The library will be closed between 22nd December 2025 and 5th January 2026.
We kindly inform our readers and visitors that our opening hours and services will change during the holiday period as outlined below.
Processing of copy requests submitted online will be suspended from 7th December 2025 to 12th January 2026. During this period, document preparation services will be available via the self-service scanners located in the reading rooms.
We inform our partners that the Legal Deposit and Publication Identifier Management Department will be closed between 20th December 2025 and 4th January 2026. During this time, we will not accept legal deposit copies, and the allocation of international publication identifiers (ISBN, ISMN, and ISSN) will also be suspended.
You are very welcome to our Advent fair with a discount of 50–80% in our book and souvenir shop until 20th December.
Please note that on 19th and 20th December, only card payments are accepted in the library. Thank you for your understanding.
Between 22nd December 2025 and 5th January 2026,
the library will be closed.
We wish everyone a Christmas full of blessings and peace and a happy New Year!
The National Library of Foreign Literature will reopen on Monday, 5th January 2026,
and the National Széchényi Library on Tuesday, 6th January,
from 10:00, according to our usual opening hours.