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Pick what matters to you and see which neighbourhoods fit best. A starting point, not a ranking: walk the streets on a weekday and on Shabbat before you decide.
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- HaShvatim (Buchman North)Formerly Buchman North. Mostly ground-level and semi-detached houses on streets named after the 12 tribes. On NBN's list of neighbourhoods popular with olim; among the priciest per m2.Places listed here: 4
- Moriah (Buchman South)Formerly Buchman South, the southernmost neighbourhood. Ground-level and semi-detached homes, 11 shuls, the Moriah Center and the skate park. Popular with English-speaking olim.Places listed here: 17
- HaNechalim (Safdie)One of the first neighbourhoods (1996), planned by Moshe Safdie. Low-rise flats and semi-detached homes, with the culture hall, the main library and Givat HaTitura on the doorstep.Places listed here: 14
- Masuah (Givat C)Formerly Givat C: central and high, next to Anava Park and the city centre. Flats, some semi-detached streets and six towers, and 22 shuls, the most of any neighbourhood.Places listed here: 11
- HaPrachim (Miromi)Formerly Miromi. Central and settled from 1996, with City Hall, Terem urgent care and the Modiin Center shopping centre. Generally a little cheaper per m2 than its neighbours.Places listed here: 9
- HaMeginim (Shimshoni South)Formerly Shimshoni South, in the north-west. Flats, cottages and two tower compounds around the Solomon Center mall; 14 shuls including Darchei Tzion and Kehillat Yozma (Reform).Places listed here: 17
- HaNevi'im (Shimshoni North)Formerly Shimshoni North. Apartment buildings and towers on streets named after the Prophets, with the Dona Center for shopping. Fewer shuls than most (4).Places listed here: 8
- Avnei Chen (Kaizer)Formerly Kaizer, on the west side by Anava Park. Flats, towers and ground-level homes, 16 shuls and the city pool. One of NBN's neighbourhoods popular with olim.Places listed here: 18
- HaKramim (Tzipor)Formerly Tzipor, the most populous neighbourhood, by Route 443. Three-to-seven-storey buildings. Bizportal notes the train stations are far, so expect a car or a feeder bus.Places listed here: 12
- HaTziporimA small, newer neighbourhood (from 2017) between Anava Park and Route 431, with bridges to Masuah and Nofim. On NBN's list of neighbourhoods popular with olim.Places listed here: 4
- NofimSettled from 2019 on the western edge, with streets named after Israeli forests, two new schools and eight gans. Popular with young olim families.Places listed here: 4
- MoreshetThe newest neighbourhood, still being built (from 2022) at the foot of Givat Barfilya, with a commercial boulevard and 9 shuls already. Bus lines 52 and 59 were boosted to serve it.Places listed here: 10
- City Center (Merkaz HaIr)Five-storey buildings with shops below, around Sderot Dam HaMaccabim, between Azrieli Mall, Modiin Center station and Anava Park. Mostly 2-3 room flats; the best transit in town.Places listed here: 24
- MaccabimA low-rise, ground-level community at the eastern edge, founded in 1985 and part of the city since 2003. Quiet and green; residents rate public transport low and car access high.Places listed here: 6
- Re'utA low-rise community south-east of Modiin, founded in 1988. Home to Beit Oleh: the city's Absorption Department and ulpan at 29 Irusim St.Places listed here: 15
- Givat Sher (planned)Planned, nobody lives here yet: about 6,000 homes south of Nofim and HaTziporim, with schools and gans, and streets to be named after spices.
- HaMaayanot (planned)Planned, nobody lives here yet: about 3,200 homes west of HaKramim (30% affordable housing), five to nine storeys with bike paths. Numbers are still provisional.
