Hungary - Ungarn

Hungary is a Central European Landlocked country. Neighboring states are Austria, the Slovakia, the Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia. Hungary is known, among other things, for its unique landscapes such as the Puszta and des Lake Balaton. Until the end of the First World War, Hungary belonged to the K.u.K. Monarchy (Austria-Hungary).

Regions

• Great Hungarian Plain (Alfold)
• Northern Hungary (Észak-Magyarország)
• Central Hungary (Közép-Magyarország)
• Transdanubia (Dunántúl)
  • Balaton

Counties:

Bács-Kiskun | Baranya | Békés | Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén | Csongrád | Fejér | Győr-Moson-Sopron | Hajdú-Bihar | Heves | Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok | Komárom-Esztergom | Nógrád | pest | Somogy | Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg | Tolna | Vas | Veszprém | Zala

Cities

Budapest Debrecen Miskolc Nyíregyháza Szeged Pécs Gyor Székesfehérvár Szombathely Sopron Kecskemét

Map of Hungary

• Budapest - Capital and by far the largest city in the country (almost a fifth of Hungarians live here), political, economic and cultural center with a cosmopolitan flair

• Debrecen - largest city in Eastern Hungary, university and cultural city with various festivals
• Gyor (Raab) - largest city in western Hungary, thanks to its convenient location and the Audi factory, one of the country's most economically strong cities, baroque architecture well worth seeing
• Kecskemét - City of gardens and well-tended squares, town hall and baroque church well worth seeing, one of the Hungarian cities with the most Art Nouveau buildings
• Miskolc - traditional industrial city that lost many inhabitants after the collapse of the Eastern bloc, but still has a rich cultural heritage and beautiful natural surroundings
• Nyíregyháza - Hungary's most easterly located city, magnificent main square with town hall in the Austro-Hungarian style, neo-Romanesque cathedral, popular zoo
• Pécs (Fünfkirchen) - strongly multicultural (including the center of the Hungarian Germans, Roma and Croats), university town and bishopric, art nouveau buildings worth seeing
• Szeged - the largest city in the south of the country and the sunniest city in Hungary, an important university city and gastronomic center (place of origin of most salamis and peppers), rich Art Nouveau architecture
• Székesfehérvár (Stuhlweissenburg) - in the Middle Ages the coronation city of the Hungarian kings, hence called the “city of kings”, historical old town

• Eger (Erlau) - well-preserved, baroque old town; imposing castle
• Esztergom - Hungary's largest basilica (one of the largest church buildings in Europe), well-preserved medieval castle on the Danube
• Sopron (Ödenburg) - in the extreme northwest of Hungary, borders on three sides with Austria, well-preserved old town with medieval and baroque buildings
• Szombathely (Steinamanger)
• Visegrád - Medieval castle and royal palace on the Danube Bend

See also Hungary / Places in Hungary

Other goals

• Balaton (Lake Balaton) - the "Hungarian Sea", the largest lake in Hungary and one of the largest in Central Europe; A popular destination for bathing tourism because of its largely shallow and warm water
• Aggtelek National Park - Karst mountains with several stalactite caves, world natural heritage
• Bükk National Park - Wooded low mountain range with waterfalls, castle and monastery ruins and romantic narrow-gauge railways
• Hortobágy National Park - Pusz Valley landscape (flat grass steppe), important bird sanctuary, world natural heritage
• Kiskunság National Park
• Raab-Őrség-Goricko Nature Park (Austria, Slovenia, Hungary)
• The Amber Road

background

Until the Magyar conquest

Before the Romans incorporated what is now Hungary into their empire, it was from Illyrians and after their expulsion from Celtic Eraviskern sparsely populated. The one they built at the foot of today's Gellért Hill Oppidum was at the same time their capital. Around 11 AD the Romans conquered the region of the later province Pannonia and built the fortress in 89 Aquincum to secure the area. In the course of time Aquincum developed into a double city, which consisted of the fortress with a settlement and an independent civil city and thus also became the provincial capital with the seat of the Roman governor.

The Roman domination of the time lasted for four centuries before an agreement with the Huns resulted in a settlement King Attila withdrew from the province, surrendered it and thus heralded the fall of the Western Roman Empire.

After Attila's death in 453, anarchy and the continued Great Migration one and the land was inundated and plundered by the Huns, Goths, Lombards and Avars. Only after the so-called Land grab of the Magyars who immigrated from the east under Prince Árpád in 896, a relative calm began. According to tradition, the Árpáds tribe settled on the Csepel peninsula near present-day Budapest. From here, the Magyar cavalry hordes began raids across all of today's Europe, but also colonized the whole of it Pannonian basin.

middle Ages

Tired of constant raids, collected King Otto I. an army from an alliance of Saxony, Franconia, Swabia and Bavaria and defeated the Hungarians on August 10, 955 in the battle on the Lechfeld near Augsburg, taking their leaders Bulcsú, Lehel and Sur prisoner and together with other nobles to Regensburg managed. There they were killed in mass executions. According to legend, Otto owed his overwhelming victory to the one he carried Holy Lance. As a result of this pacification, the Hungarians were Christianized and settled.

The coronation of Stephen I as the first Hungarian king in the year 1000 formed the basis of Hungarian supremacy in the Pannonian basin and a relative peace into the 13th century.

Then broke under Temujin, the later Genghis Khan, the Mongol storm started. Batu, the khan of Golden Horde defeated King Béla IV. on April 11, 1241 in the Battle of Muhi devastating and destroyed Buda and Pest.

Hungary experienced a heyday in the second half of the 15th century under the king Matthias Corvinuswhen the country became a major political power as well as a center of Renaissance culture and humanism.

Modern times

In the 16th century, Hungary was threatened by the Ottomans and lost the Battle of Mohács in 1526. The king died and the empire was divided into three parts. The southern part fell under Ottoman rule, the north-west continued to exist as Royal Hungary under the Habsburgs, in the east the princes of Transylvania also the Hungarian royal dignity, but recognized the Ottoman sultans as rulers.

It was not until 1683 that the Ottoman-occupied territories (including the capital Buda) were conquered by the Habsburgs. In the 17th to early 18th centuries, however, there were repeated anti-Habsburg revolts by Hungarian aristocrats.

In the 19th century, Hungary developed industrially and the infrastructure was expanded (e.g. the first railway line pest–Vác 1846, Chain Bridge in Buda-Pest 1839–49). During the Europe-wide revolutionary years of 1848/49 there was an uprising of the awakening Hungarian national movement. For a short time Hungary had its own liberal government. However, the revolution was eventually crushed by Austrian troops, many of its actors executed or imprisoned or went into exile. The anniversary of the beginning of the revolution, March 15, is now one of the national holidays of Hungary and several leaders of the revolution (Lajos Kossuth, Sándor Petőfi, István Széchenyi) are counted among the most important personalities in Hungarian history, after whom streets and squares are named in almost every city.

The ongoing tensions between the Austrian and Hungarian parts of the empire led to the Austro-Hungarian settlement in 1867, whereby both countries became equal parts of the dual monarchy. Hungary had its own government and parliament, but there were also a large number of common, imperial (Austrian) and royal (Hungarian) - abbreviated k. u. k. - Institutions and bodies. Many Hungarian cities grew and flourished at the transition from the 19th to the 20th century and their cityscapes are still shaped by historicism, as it is typical for the countries of the Danube Monarchy (e.g. parliament buildings and large boulevards in Budapest), but also by an independent Hungarian variant of Art Nouveau (Hungarian szécesszió, e.g. B. the different buildings of the architect Ödön Lechner).

20th century

The Habsburg dual monarchy ended at the end of the First World War. What the Treaty of Versailles was to Germany and that of St-Germain-en-Laye to Austria, was to Hungary Treaty of Trianon 1920, by which the land all its possessions outside of the present state territory (Croatia, Slovakia, Parts Romania and Serbia as well as that Burgenland) lost. As a result, over two million ethnic Hungarians still live outside Hungary. Hungarian nationalists still regard “Trianon” as a national disgrace.

After a short phase of the communist Soviet republic, Admiral Miklós Horthy led an authoritarian regime as "Reichsverweser", which was partly based on fascism. During the Second World War, Hungary was an ally of the Axis powers. Over 200,000 Hungarian Jews, who until then had shaped the cultural life of Hungary, were exterminated in the Holocaust, most of the survivors fled the country to Israel or America.

After the war ended, Hungary belonged to the Soviet-dominated Eastern Bloc. In October 1956 there was a popular uprising, the reform-oriented communist Imre Nagy ruled briefly in a coalition with bourgeois parties and dissolved the hated secret police. The Politburo of the Communist Party brutally suppressed these efforts with the support of Soviet troops (an estimated 2,500 to 3,000 civilians dead, tens of thousands were imprisoned, 200,000 Hungarians fled abroad). After this extremely repressive phase, the People's Republic of Hungary switched to “goulash communism” in the 1960s and was considered to be the most liberal of the Eastern Bloc countries. In contrast to the GDR, for example, some “Western” products (jeans, records with Western pop music, Danone yoghurt) were also available here. Thanks to the comparatively high level of comfort and the (for western foreigners) low prices, Hungary was also popular with western German and Austrian travelers, which in turn brought the country “hard” currencies.

Hungary was then also the first Eastern bloc state in which the "turning point" broke out. Opposition parties were admitted as early as September 1988. On June 27, 1989, the Hungarian Foreign Minister Gyula Horn and his Austrian counterpart Alois Mock symbolically severed the border fence Sopron/Klingenbachwhich enabled a large wave of GDR citizens (who were partly on summer vacation in Hungary) to flee to the West.

population

A good 92% of the population are Magyars, i.e. Hungarians in the ethnic sense. According to the census, another 2% are Roma, but possibly significantly more (because some Roma do not admit to this in the census). The once large group of Hungarian Germans has shrunk to 0.6% of the population as a result of flight and displacement. There are also smaller groups of Slovaks, Croats and other peoples.

The largest religious group are the Catholics with 39%, followed by Calvinists with 12% and Lutherans with 2.2%. The Catholics dominate in the west and central Hungary, while the Calvinists are particularly strong in the east of the country. Jews only make up about 0.1%. Almost half of Hungarians have no religion or are at least non-religious.

getting there

Citizens from Germany, Austria and Switzerland only need an identity card or identity card to enter Hungary. Vaccinations are not required for entry.

By train

Connect in international rail traffic Eurocity trains (EC) Budapest with Prague, Berlin and Hamburg. The runs several times a day between Vienna and Budapest Railjet (RJ) of the Austrian Federal Railways, which also offers direct connections from southern Germany and Switzerland. The same goes wrong ÖBB Nightjet from Austria and Germany to Budapest. These train connections each end in Budapest Keleti pályaudvar Railway Station (Eastern Railway Station). This station is also the most important for IC / EC trains.

Two other large train stations are in Budapest, Déli (south station) and Nyugati pályaudvar (west station). Trains continue from these stations into the country. When connecting via Budapest (similar to Paris or Moscow), the train station often has to be changed, as there is no main train station, but different stations for the respective cardinal points. Coming from the west, it is often better to change trains directly in Kelenföld.

Other important rail hubs that can be easily reached from abroad and that offer good connections to the Hungarian hinterland are:

• Sopron (hourly regional trains from Vienna and Wiener Neustadt)
• Győr and Hegyeshalom (regional and express trains from Vienna)
• Nyíregyháza (long-distance trains from Ukraine)
• Zalaegerszeg (long-distance trains from Zagreb)

While air-conditioned open-plan and compartment cars are mainly used in international traffic, non-air-conditioned passenger cars from before 1990 predominate in domestic traffic.

By bus

Hungary is operated by various bus companies in the Long-distance bus transport approached. At the long-distance bus station Budapest Nepliget Autobus Station The long-distance bus companies operate long-distance buses to Austria, Switzerland and Germany Eurolines, Flixbus, ArdaTur, Fudeks, RegioJet / Student Agency and Regiojet. Another long-distance bus stop in Budapest is Budapest ZAST best before (Address: busu 901, Könyves Kalmaku, AN Nepliget).

• Busliniensuche.de
• Fernbusguide.de

By boat

There is a possibility of Vienna above Bratislava to Budapest to travel by hydrofoil. The Vienna - Budapest route costs 65 EUR (with return 89 EUR). More information is available from: MAHART Passnave Budapest Tel. 36 1 484-4010, Fax 36 1 318-7740, http://www.mahart.hu.

In the street

driving licence

Citizens of the EU and Switzerland are allowed to drive a car in Hungary with their driving license, an international driving license is not necessary.

Car insurance

Liability insurance for a car or motorcycle is mandatory. German, Austrian or Swiss license plates are sufficient as proof. A green insurance card is recommended, but not compulsory.

What to do in the event of an accident

In the event of an accident with personal injury, the police must be notified mandatory. This is also advisable in the event of accidents with property damage because of the damage regulation. Under the Police emergency number 107 the police can be reached anywhere in Hungary.

Traffic regulations

The alcohol limit in Hungary is 0.0 per mille!

Cell phones may only be used with a hands-free system.

Outside built-up areas, it is compulsory to switch on the dipped headlights during the day, and seat belts must be worn on both the front and rear seats. You have to bring a warning triangle, warning vest and bandages.

Speed ​​limits

Vehicles of any kind may drive a maximum of 50 km / h within residential areas and built-up areas. Cars without trailers and motorcycles are allowed to drive 130 km / h on motorways, 110 km / h on expressways and 90 km / h on other roads. Trucks, buses and cars with trailers are allowed to travel at 80 km / h, 70 km / h and 70 km / h, respectively.

Vignette compulsory

For the motorways (M1, M3, M5, M6 and M7) a motorway vignette (10 day, month or year vignette) is required, it is on-line, available at border stations and Hungarian petrol stations. A 10-day vignette costs HUF 2,975 for cars and HUF 1,470 for motorcycles. The license plate number is registered at the time of purchase. Also at the ÖAMTC at the border crossing Nickelsdorf you get vignettes, the 10-day vignette costs € 12.50 there, the vehicle license must be presented. More information at www.autobahn.hu. When buying the vignette, the number plate is often incorrectly registered, so you should check the data carefully.

miscellaneous

The fuel prices in Hungary are a little cheaper than in Germany. The bypass motorway around Budapest (M0) has now been completed and is largely accessible on three lanes in each direction. It should be noted that the access to the M5 has been shifted somewhat to the south and is now combined with the airport motorway, which is also called M0. Hungary's 30,000 km long road network enables all towns to be reached via paved roads. Motorways are marked with an M, international roads with an E.

By plane

Hungary's international airports are:

• 47.43944444444419.2619444444441  Budapest – Liszt Ferenc (IATA: BUD), 1185 Budapest, BUD Nemzetközi Repülőtér. Tel.: 36 (0)1 296 70 00. .Ferihegy; in central Hungary, by far the largest airport in the country, numerous direct flights from German-speaking countries, for example with Austrian, Easyjet, Eurowings, Lufthansa, Ryanair, Swiss and Wizz Air.last change: not specified

• 47.48888888888921.6152777777782  Debrecen (IATA: DEB). .in the northeast of the Great Plain, direct flights from Munich with Lufthansa Regional.last change: not specified

• 46.68638888888917.1591666666673  Hévíz – Balaton (IATA: SOB). .Sármellék; at Lake Balaton, only seasonally with Lufthansa.last change: not specified

There is also a flight to travel to the north-west of Hungary Vienna or Bratislava into consideration.

mobility

Special traffic regulations

For drivers and passengers, cyclists and, since 2008, also for pedestrians, it is compulsory to wear safety vests if they are out on foot outside built-up areas at night or in poor visibility. Failure to comply may result in a fine of up to € 120.

railroad

There are two railway companies in Hungary: MÁV (Magyar Államvasutak - Hungarian State Railways) and GySEV (Győr-Sopron-Ebenfurti Vasút - Raaberbahn, a Hungarian-Austrian joint venture). While MÁV serves almost all parts of the country, GySEV only exists in the northwest of the country. Both railways use a connected route network, changing between trains is not necessary and you do not need separate tickets.

MÁV enables with the eTicket systemBuying tickets online and sometimes printing them yourself, but this is only possible under certain conditions. In all other cases you will receive a ten-digit PIN after payment (by credit card), which you can enter at many train stations in Hungary at an eTicket machine. The tickets are then printed out immediately.

In addition to these eTicket machines, where you can only print tickets that have already been purchased, there are also normal ticket machines in many places where you can pay with credit card, normal bank card or cash. There are machines only in larger cities, where eTicket machines are located, can be on a corresponding Website being checked.

In smaller train stations, tickets are sold by staff.

The station announcements for domestic traffic are usually only in Hungarian, for international connections also in English and German. In addition, there are no electronic displays on platforms at small train stations. When the train arrives, travelers must check whether it is their train. Furthermore (except for international connections again) there is usually no announcement in trains that a train station is being reached.

Trains are divided into three different categories:

• Passenger trains (do not have a special designation on the online timetable): They represent the slowest and cheapest connection.
• Express trains (are on the online timetable with a P. marked): In addition to the normal ticket, an express train surcharge (gyorsvonati pótjegy) must be purchased.
• InterCity (are on the online timetable with IC marked): They are the fastest and most expensive connection. In addition to the normal ticket, an IC surcharge and a seat card (pót- és helyjegy) must be purchased.

All tickets and surcharges are printed individually. So it can happen that you have six tickets for a return trip, each with an express train surcharge and seat reservation.

Traveling is cheap compared to Germany, the 221 km long route from Budapest to Debrecen costs between 13 and 17 euros, depending on the type of train. In addition, there is no train connection (except for ICs) and in some cases you can start the released journey one or two days later. The rail network is oriented towards Budapest.

EU citizens aged 65 and over can travel by train in 2nd class free of charge, but must first get a corresponding free ticket at the ticket office. Surcharges are to be paid.

Travelers can use a Live view of the train traffic on the Internet and thus see the punctuality of the trains.

language

Hungarian is a Finno-Ugric language that is not related to the languages ​​of neighboring countries and is rather difficult to learn for German speakers. Nevertheless, as in other countries, it is of course very much appreciated when travelers try at least to speak a few bits of Hungarian. Due to its history and the large number of visitors from Austria and Germany, German is particularly widespread in the hospitality industry. Tourist information boards are often in three or four languages ​​(Hungarian, English, German and increasingly also in Russian). In the larger cities and tourist regions (e.g. Balaton) you can get along with German or English without any problems. Off the beaten path, a basic knowledge of Hungarian is of course an advantage, but here too many people speak at least one foreign language, which means that rudimentary communication is always possible.

• Please refer Phrasebook Hungarian

Regional language groups include Croatian and Slovak. In the border area with Austria, many people speak German very well.

shop

The Hungarian currency is the forint (HUF or Ft), which in August 2018 is roughly 1: 320 to the euro and 1: 280 to the Swiss franc. The smaller unit filler (¹/₁₀₀ Forint) is only available in theory, but because of its low value it does not play a role in practice. Since many products, especially those for everyday use, and services are cheaper in Hungary than in the euro area or Switzerland, the real purchasing power of the forint is greater than the nominal exchange rate. There are coins of 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 and 200 forints in circulation. The smaller coins are made of copper-nickel alloys, the two largest have a core and a ring made of two different metals (similar to the 1 and 2 euro coins). There are 500, 1000, 2000, 5000, 10,000 and 20,000 forints in circulation.

You can shop very cheaply in the various department stores, although the prices vary greatly depending on the area you are in. In cities, the price level can easily be up to 100% higher than in rural areas. Clothes, furniture, fuel and imported food can in some cases reach a Western European level.

It is also worth mentioning that the infrastructure for electronic payment transactions is not yet available everywhere, but at least at petrol stations, this payment method is now possible everywhere, albeit with a little more patience and a jumble of paper that you receive for receipt. Gasoline and diesel prices can change from day to day and it is wise to compare as they can vary by Ft 5 per liter within a kilometer. They are currently around Ft 420 per liter on motorways and around Ft 415 in rural areas (as of June 2014).

Tobacco products (dohány) are sold in special shops without window displays. Minors are not allowed to enter. Alcohol, especially spirits, are sold in all supermarkets with the appropriate age restriction.

kitchen

Many specialties in Hungary, such as the famous goulash or paprika chicken with dumplings, are based on red paprika powder, green paprika, onions and tomatoes. A common misconception is that gulyás is the dish that is served as "goulash" in Germany. Indeed it is gulyás rather a "goulash soup", while the equivalent of "goulash" in Hungary pörkölt or paprikás called. Incidentally, “Szegediner Goulash” is largely unknown in Hungary and by no means comes from the city Szeged. Other typical dishes are soups such as fish soup or Újházy chicken soup. Hungary is also known for its salamis and Debrecziner sausages (which, however, are not Debrecen originates).

A legacy of the Habsburg era is the variety of pastries and cakes (dessert, sütemények or torta), which are particularly characteristic of the Budapest coffee house culture. This of course includes the pancakes (palacsinta), the Hungarian variant of the pancake, e.g. B. with nut cream ("Gundel palacsinta"), jam, curd cheese (quark) or sour cherries; as well as pot noodles, various types of strudel (rétes), Pogatschen (pogácsa), Schomlauer Nockerln (Somlói galuska) or Vargabéles (Schusterstrudel).

LangosThe hearty, traditional bread specialty, Lángos, from Hungary is also very popular. The Lángos snack, known for Hungary, looks back on a long history. Experts even assume that the yeast dough cake goes hand in hand with the invention of bread. Similar to bread, the idea arose of preparing the flatbread in hot fat and experimenting with different variations. The result is impressive - Lángos is now very popular not only in Hungary, but also in many other countries such as Austria, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The toppings are traditionally chosen to be hearty. No matter where, you can find lángos everywhere on the menu.

Typical drinks are wine (especially the Tokaj), beers (e.g. Dreher, Aranyászok, Soproni), sparkling wine (Törley), various fruit schnapps and Zwack Unicum.

In Hungarian restaurants, tips of 10-20% are common.

Culinary events

• At the beginning of July takes place in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén at Boldogkö Castle Apricot Festival instead of. Jams, juices and pálinka from the local distillery made from Gönc apricots are offered.

• The second weekend in September will be in Szolnok wanted the perfect kettle goulash. The Goulash Festival is one of the largest events in Hungary, where traditional kettle goulash is prepared every year.

• That will be in mid-September Paprika festival in Kalocsa hosted.

nightlife

A center of party life in Budapest is the lively Liszt Ferenc ter: in summer, the square with the modern Liszt monument is a popular place for a leisurely coffee or a light lunch. In the evening it turns into a party mile with its many bars and restaurants.

Ruin pubs
The bar scene in Budapest's old Jewish quarter has a very special charm. Many of the ruin pubs that are now typical of Budapest's nightlife have settled here. Some, like the Szimpla an der Kertész u. 48, have achieved cult status in recent years. The popular student café is located in an empty factory building. Offshoots of the famous pub can already be found at Lake Balaton (only in summer) and in Berlin. Other ruin pubs have set up in old garages - such as the restaurant with the name "kuplung", which is easy to understand for German guests, at Király utca 46 - or fill old abandoned backyards with new life. Sirály is an important cultural center in the old Jewish quarter, a multi-cultural scene meeting at Király utca 50. A spacious cultural oasis has been created in a former bookstore. There is a café with its own library on the ground floor, while exhibitions are shown on the upper floor. Theatrical performances take place in the basement of the building. In addition, alternative films are shown here almost every day (www.siraly.co.hu). Before the owners occupied the house around five years ago, it was empty for a long time.

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public holidays

Next appointment	Surname	importance
Saturday 1st January 2022	Újév	New Year
Tuesday March 15, 2022	Nemzeti ünnep	National holiday (Revolution 1848)
Friday April 15, 2022	Nagypéntek	Good Friday
Monday April 18, 2022	Húsvéthétfő	Easter Monday
Saturday 1st May 2021	A munka ünnepe	Labor Day
Monday, May 24, 2021	Pünkösdhétfő	Whit Monday
Friday 20th August 2021	Szent István ünnepe	Day of St. Stephen (national holiday)
Saturday 23 October 2021	Nemzeti ünnep	National holiday (1956 popular uprising)
Monday 1st November 2021	Mindenszentek	All Saints Day
Saturday 25 December 2021	Karácsony	1st Christmas Day
Sunday, December 26th, 2021	2. Karácsonynapja	2nd Christmas Day

security

The emergency number, ambulance and accident report can be reached all over Hungary at 104. The international emergency number 112 can also be used throughout the country.

health

climate

Hungary has a temperate continental climate with little rainfall, hot summers and cold winters. The coldest month is January (average -1 ° C), the warmest is August (21 ° C, max. Over 44 ° C). There are 1,785 hours of sunshine annually.

Practical advice

taking photos

Since the middle of March 2014, a law has been in force in Hungary according to which private individuals are no longer allowed to be photographed without their consent. This ban also applies to photos that are not published. Publicly active personalities (politicians) can still be photographed without their consent, this also applies to crowds.

currency

1,000 Hungarian Forints = 3.18 Euros (€)

1,000 Hungarian Forints = 3.34 Swiss Francs (CHF)

1 Euro (EUR) = 313 Hungarian Forint (HUF)

1 Swiss Franc (CHF) = 299 Hungarian Forint (HUF)

(As of July 2015)

Post and Telecommunications

Telephone code from abroad 36 then region code-local number. Inside Hungary: Non-local calls code 06 then region code-lN.

literature

• Matthias Eickhoff: Hungary. Ostfildern: DuMont Travel Paperback, 2005, ISBN 3-7701-3149-5 .

Web links

• https://www.kormany.hu/en - Official website of Hungary
• Hungarian Tourism Office website