Shark School Aquarium at the Zoo

Hungary's Largest Marine Tank

The Cápasuli exhibit holds the country's largest marine aquarium volume, engineered with a curved acrylic viewing wall that lets the water column read as a single unbroken scene. Structural lighting from above throws pale, rippling bands across the tank, keeping the exhibit legible even in its deepest corners.

A Shifting Shoal of Batfish

A tight school of longfin batfish is the tank's signature sight, wheeling and re-forming as a single silvery mass while sharks and other reef species move through the water beneath them. The shoal's constant, fluid motion is the exhibit's main draw — no two passes look quite the same.

Inside a Historic Zoological Garden

The tank sits within the grounds of the Zugló district's historic zoo and botanical garden, one of the oldest zoological institutions in Europe. Its marine wing sits alongside the park's long-established terrestrial exhibits, adding a deep-water counterpart to the garden's older animal houses.

A Window for Every Visitor

A wide public viewing gallery puts the tank at eye level for visitors of all ages, with the floor-to-ceiling glass framing the shoal from just a few steps away. The unobstructed sightline makes it one of the garden's most popular stops for a close look at marine life.