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Geography

Hungary is a land-locked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia. The area of the country is 93,000 km2 with a population of 10 Million. Hungary is a member of OECD, NATO, EU and is a Schengen state. Administratively Hungary is divided into 19 counties. The capital city is Budapest. The capital on the river Danube was originally two separate cities Buda and Pest. Budapest has long and rich history and it ´s famed for culture and curative springs. Hungary has a single-chamber parliament. Parliament has 386 members who are elected by voters every four years. The highest peak is Kekes / 1014 m/ in the Matra mountains. The longest rivers are Danube – Hungarian stretch 417 km – with tributaries Raba, Drava, Sio and Ipoly and Tisza – Hungarian stretch 598 km – with tributaries Szamos, Kraszna, the Koros rivers, Maros, Hernad and Sajo. Balaton is the largest lake in the central Europe with 598 square km surface area. The other lakes are Velence lake with 26 sq km and Ferto lake with 322 sq km –Hungarian part creates 82 sq km. Hungary belongs to one of the 15 most popular tourist destinations in the world with a capital Budapest regarded as one of the most beautiful in the world. The country is home to the second largest thermal lake in the world (Lake Hévíz), the largest lake in Central Europe (Lake Balaton), and the largest natural grassland in Europe (Hortobágy). The official language is Hungarian (also known as Magyar), which is part of the Finno-Ugric family. The words of national anthem of Hungary find on Hungarian anthem website.

Characteristic data

• Official name: Republic of Hungary - Magyar Köztársaság
• Form of state: republic
• Government: Parliamentary democracy
• Location: central Europe
• Area: 93 030 km2
• Population: 10 375 000
• Capital of Hungary: Budapest
• Official language: hungarian
• Administrative division: Budapest and 19 counties

State border

length: 2,242 km of which

• Ukraine - 15 km (Csop, Vilok, Luzsanka)
• Romania - 432 km (Bors, Nadlac, Petea, Salonta, Turnu, Varsand, Valea lui Mihai, Urziceni, Cenad)
• former Yugoslavia - 31 km
• Austria - 56 km (Schachendorf, Deutschkreutz, Heiligenkreutz, Klingenbach, Nickelsdorf, Rattersdorf)
• Slovakia - 608 km (Slovenské Darmoty, Král, Komarno, Sahy, Rusovce, Siatorska Bukovinka, Slovenské Nove Mesto, Milhost, Medvedovo, Sturovo)

People

About 10 million inhabitants live in Hungary /2 million in Budapest/. 90% of the population belongs to the majority also to Hungarians. Major minoritities include Romas (2.1%), Germans (1.2%), Slovaks (0.4%), Ukrainians (0.1%), and Serbs (0.1%). and Romanians (0.1%). Most of the religious people are Roman Catholic, about a quarter are Reformed (Calvinist) and less than 10% are Evangelical (Lutheran), 5% belonging to other religions.

Economy

The country's major industries are mining, metallurgy, agriculture, construction materials, processed foods, textiles, chemicals (especially pharmaceuticals) and motor vehicles. Major trading partners are Germany, Austria, Italy and Russia. Hungary has some limited natural resources (bauxite, coal, and natural gas), as well as fertile soils and arable land. Hungarian wines are drunk throughout Europe. Economic growth is above 4% for the past years mainly due to the dynamic expansion of export.

Climate

Hungary has a continental climate with hot summers with low overall humidity levels but frequent rainshowers and frigid to cold snowy winters. Average annual temperature is 9.7 °C. Average temperature in the summer is 27 to 35 °C, and in the winter it is 0 to −15 °C. The average yearly rainfall is approximately 600 millimeters.

Winter is relatively mild, with temperatures sometimes below 0 degrees. New year's eve is an exception. Street parades, live concerts and in-house parties are the places where Hungarian celebrate the coming of the new year. Spring is glorious in Hungary. March can be a little windy but April is sure to offer some warm sunshine. This is the time of the Budapest Spring Festival, a two-week long cultural and musical event. The summer in Hungary is warm and long. Most of the tourists take some time to visit the countryside and catch a glance of the traditional Hungarian lifestyle in the Puszta, or amaze themselves with the work of artisan in historical towns like Eger or Sopron. The autumn is beautiful, nice hikes can be taken in the hills around Budapest. Museums are still open and with the passing of the summer heat, longer walks can be enjoyed during the day in the downtown area. November usually turns rainy.

The weather forecast for every day you can find on the following links:
http://www.met.hu/omsz.php
http://www.weatherinhungary.com/
http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/Hungary.htm
http://www.marys.co.hu/weather/

Local time

Hungary belongs to the Central European Time Zone: GMT +1. Summertime (GMT +2) is in effect from the last Sunday in March till the last Sunday in October. At noon in Budapest it is 03:00 in San Francisco, 06:00 in New York, 11:00 in London, 12:00 in Paris, 13:00 in Bucharest, 14:00 in Moscow and 18:00 in Tokyo.

Money

The official currency is the Forint, Ft., HUF in written. There are 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 Forint coins and 200, 500, 1 000, 2 000, 5 000, 10 000 and 20 000 Forint bills. Credit cards are widely accepted.

Banks

Banks in Hungary are usually open between 8.00 - 16.00 on weekdays. Some banks are open on Saturday, but all are closed on Sunday. ATM machines and currency exchange machines are available throughout the country. The credit cards used most often - AMEX, Diners Club, EnRoute, Euro/Mastercard, JCB, VISA - can use to pay bills in hotels, restaurants and shops. Emblems at the entrance mark the shops where credit cards are accepted. Most banks have their own automated networks.

Emergency Calls

International emergency call centre: 112
Ambulance: 104
Fire Department: 105
Police: 107
Hungarian Automobile Club's Emergency Phone: 188

The above phone numbers can be called free of charge.

Telephone

Country Code for Hungary: +36
City Code for Budapest: 1
International calling prefix: 00 (wait for the dial tone, dial the country code and city code (they are listed in the phonebook), and then dial the required number)

If You travel to Budapest, You have to take care just the same way as You would in any other big European city. If You watch your purse and luggage, do not leave anything in the car, read and ask everything carefully, it is not probable that anything bad will happen to You. Pick pocketing and bag snatching can happen in big cities like Budapest, Debrecen, Miskolc or Szeged, especially on crowded public transport, in the street, shopping centres and other places frequented by tourists. In the bars check your bill before paying, unfortunately some bars, clubs and restaurants charge extravagant prices by means of scams foreigners. If you take a taxi do not forget to ask for a bill. It is good if You get some relevant information about taxi prices (airport-hotel for example) before your trip, so You would know if a driver asks for more than he should.

Don´t forget:

• Don't change money on the street
• Always hold your bag close to you
• Ask for the price if it is not indicated on the menu card in restaurant
• On public transport make sure validate your ticket every time
• Try to avoid private taxis without a company name on the side of the car
• Don´t keep your credit card with PIN code on the same place
• Make a copy of ID card or passport

Informations sur les Visas et le Passage de la Frontière

Liste des Ambassades en Hongrie

Pour plus d'informations, merci de consulter les pages Internet Ministère des Affaires Etrangères.

Le système de transport hongrois inclut des trains internationaux, nationaux et des trains de banlieues, des bus, des tramways et un métro.

Le train

Le réseau ferroviaire relie les grandes villes et les villes en Hongrie. Il est plus rapide de revenir sur Budapest pour atteindre votre destination finale. Vous pouvez utiliser les trains Express, les trains de banlieue, les trains InterCity ou EuroCity.

Il y a 3 gares internationales à Budapest: la gare de l'Est (Keleti), de l'Ouest (Nyugati) et de Sud (Déli). Pour plus d'informations sur les trains pour Budapest, cliquez sur Budapest Train Stations & Destinations

Les autres gares importantes en Hongrie:
la gare Tiszai à Miskolc
la gare de Pécs, Győr, Szeged et Székesfehérvár.

Vous trouverez plus d'informations sur le site des trains hongrois.

Les autoroutes

Il existe un important réseau autoroutier en Hongrie:

• M1: Budapest - Hegyeshalom
• M15: Hegyeshalom - Rajka
• M3: Budapest - Görbeháza
• M5: Budapest - Röszke
• M6: Érd - Dunaújváros
• M7: Budapest - Balatonkeresztúr et Sormás - Letenye (15 km d'autoroute)

Les autoroutes sont des autoroutes à péage et peuvent être utilisées avec des vignettes pré-payées. Vous pouvez les acheter dans les stations-services ou les bureaux de poste.

Pour plus d'informations, merci de consulter les pages internet des autoroutes hongroises.

Service d'urgence
Les cabines téléphoniques d'urgence sont placées tous les 2 kilomètres sur l'autoroute M1, M5 et M7. Vous pouvez les utiliser non-stop. Le numéro de téléphone du service d'urgence est le 188. Ce numéro peut être appelé gratuitement.

Les Aéroports

Il existe 43 - 45 aéroports en Hongrie. Les 5 aéroports internationaux sont Budapest-Ferihegy, Debrecen, Sármellék ou FlyBalaton, Győr-Pér et Pécs-Pogány. Ici vous pouvez trouver la liste des aéroports hongrois.

Aéroport Budapest Ferihegy
La compagnie hongroise MALÉV y fait décoller ses plus de 60 vols, essentiellement vers l'Europe.

Des vols à l'arrivée et au départ de:

• Ferihegy 2 A - MALÉV Hungarian Airlines
• Ferihegy 2 B – autres compagnies

Les Terminaux Ferihegy 1 et Ferihegy 2B sont également ouverts non-stop aux entreprises privées, aux vols VIP et aux vols à bas prix.

Informations sur l'Aéroport
Aéroport Ferihegy +36 1 296-9696

Réservations téléphoniques MALÉV
Lundi - Vendredi: 7:30 - 18:00
Samedi: 7:30 - 14:00
+36 1 235-3888, +36 1 235-3804
06 40 21 21 21 (numéro bleu)

Pour de plus amples renseignements sur le voyage en avion vers Budapest, merci de consulter notre site pour des informations sur les vols.

Transport entre Ferihegy et le centre-ville
Les passagers peuvent utiliser la navette entre les terminaux de l'aéroport de Ferihegy ou entre Budapest et Ferihegy. Le prix de l'aller simple est de 14 EUR.
Le prix d'un transfert en taxi est de 34 EUR pour 1 à 3 personnes.

Les compagnies à bas prix
Les low cost atterrissent et décollent de:

Budapest Terminal 1
Easyjet
Germanwings
Norwegian Air Shuttle
Sterling
Wizzair
Jet2

Budapest General Aviation Terminal 2
Air Lingus (2A)
Air Berlin (2B)
Blue 1 (2B)
Air Baltic (2B)
Smart Wings (2B)
Meridiana (2B)

Les autres aéroports en Hongrie

Aéroport International Debrecen
Adresse:
H-4030 Debrecen, Mikepércsi út
tel: +36 52 518-800
tel/fax: +36 52 518-802
E-mail: office@aiportdebrecen.hu

Aéroport FlyBalaton
Adresse:
H-8391 Sármellék
tel: +36 83 554-200
tel/fax: +36 83 554-210
E-mail: info@flybalaton.com

Maybe you have already heard of delights of Hungarian cuisine. The traditional Hungarian dishes are spicy, flavourful, often rather heavy but very delicious. Paprika and garlic is to be found everywhere. World famous traditional dishes are goulash “gulyás”, Fisherman's soup or “halászlé”, chicken paprikash, goose liver, “pörkölt“ stew, "vadas" (game stew with vegetable gravy and dumplings), dumplings with fresh quark cheese. Dobos cake, strudels filled with apple, cherry or cheese, Gundel pancake or plum dumplings belong to favourite desserts. Hungarian cuisine is famous for its spice. Except paprika can be used onions, garlic, black peppercorn, parsley, ground black and white pepper, bay leaf, dill, caraway, marjoram, thyme, mustard (prepared), tarragon, vinegar, almond, vanilla, poppy seeds, cinnamon and other.

The best-known wines are the white dessert wine called Tokaj (North-Eastern region of Hungary) and the red wines from Villány (Southern part of Hungary). Famous is also dark, full – bodied red wine called Bull's Blood (Egri Bikavér). Hungarian fruit wines like red-currant wine are mild. Hungarian beer has a long history as well. Very delicious are hungarian herbal bitters liquors and Palinka, a fruit brandy from apricot (barack), cherry (cseresnye) or plum (szilva).

Approximate exchange rates

1 CZK = 10,20 HUF; 1 EUR = 262 HUF; 1 USD = 208 HUF

Item		HUF		EUR		USD
apple 1 kg		179,-		0,68		0,86
loaf of bread 500 g		79,-		0,30		0,38
eggs 10		249,-		1,05		1,20
milk 1 l		179,-		0,68		0,86
beer Sopron 1,5 l		349,-		1,33		1,68
wine Egri bikavér 0,75 l		479,-		1,83		2,30
Coca cola 2 l		289,-		1,10		1,39
toothpaste		599,-		2,29		2,88

Date				English name		Local name		Remarks
January		1st		January New Year's Day		Újév
March		15th		National Day		Nemzeti ünnep		Márciusi ifjak ("March youths"), memorial day of the 1848 Revolution. There are usually speeches and music pieces performed; several people wear a cockade with the national colours (red, white and green).
Variable				Easter Monday		Húsvéthétfő		Men visit women and ask for permission for sprinkling by reciting a little Easter poem, they sprinkle them with some perfume (or sometimes a bucket of cold water in the countryside), and they get eggs (mostly of chocolate) in exchange. Children get chocolate bunnies and eggs.
May		1st		Labour Day		A munka ünnepe		anniversary of the accession to the EU
Variable				Pentecost Sunday		Pünkösdvasárnap		Sunday, 50 days after Easter
Variable				Pentecost Monday		Pünkösdhétfő		Monday after Pentecost
August		20th		Saint Stephen Day		Szent István ünnepe		St. Stephen's Day, Foundation of State, "the day of the new bread" as well. St. Stephen of Hungary (Szent István király in Hungarian) (ca. 975 – August 15, 1038), was the first king of Hungary. Celebrated with a half-hour fireworks on the bank of the Danube in the evening, attended by several hundreds of thousands of people.
October		23th		National Day		Nemzeti ünnep
November		1st		All Saints Day, Day of the Dead		Mindenszentek, Halottak napja		It is a day to remember the lost ones. On this day people generally visit all their lost relatives' graves which they decorate with flowers.
December		24th		St. Night Christmas		"Szenteste", Karácsony
December		25th		Christmas		Karácsony
December		26th		Second Day of Christmas		Karácsony másnapja

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