About Hungary

Hungary

Hungary is a middle sized country (93000 sqm) in Central East Europe. Landlocked country but has its own "sea", the largest lake in Europe , Balaton.
    The country's highest point 1014m, and called "Kekes". It is in the northern part of the country at the Matra Hills.
    There are mainly plains in Hungary's south and north western part. The Great Plain in the south called "Alfold" home of some unique species and the last remaining plains in Europe, the Hortobagy.
There are two main rivers in Hungary, one is the Danube which flows across Budapest, and the Tisza river which flows in the eastern part of Hungary.
Both the Danube and the Tisza and the many other smaller rivers offer great opportunity to take a tour by kanoe or boat.
The largest lake of Hungary is the lake Balaton, which is a famous and popular summer destination for hungarians

Weather in Hungary , Hungary has continental climate, that means normally winters are cold, summers are warm.
Average summer air temperature is 27 - 35 degree Celsius (81 to 95 in Farenheit), in winter  0 to -15 (32 to 5 ).
Average yearly rainfall is approximately 600mm.

  Hungary also famous for its history. A quite small country with a very rich and colorful history. From the old ages of the cavemans, whom lived in the caves of Bukk and Matra , through roman empire and mogolians, turkish empire, everybody had been here for a while. So you can find many historical sites and sights in Hungary. Castles, churches, museums are waiting for you to discover.
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Famous hungarians

Founder of Absolute Geometry by Janos Bolyai

Saviour of Mothers, Dr. Ignac Semmelweis

Dynamo Inventor, Anyos Jedlik

Creators of transformers, Otto Blathy, Miksa Deri and Karoly Zipernowsky

Inventors of the carburettor, Donat Banki and Janos Csonka

Researcher of gravitation , Lorant Eotvos

Pioneer of Railway electrification, Kalman Kando

Supersonic flight, Todor Karman

Inventor of Jet propulsion unit, Albert Fono

Television Innovator, Kalman Tihanyi

Founder of modern information technology, Janos Neumann

Designer of the nuclear reactor, Leo Szilard

Creator of the hydrogen bomb, Ede Teller

Developer of stereo transmission, Antal Csicsatka

Creator of radar astronomy, Zoltan Bay

Builder of moon vehicle, Ferenc Pavlics

Builder of mars walker, Antal Bejczy

Zoltan Kodaly and Bela Bartok, Musicians

World Heritage Sites in Hungary

Aggtelek, Caves and National Park

Pannonhalma, The Benedictine Archabbey

Budapest, Heroes's Square, the Buda Castle, The Andrassy av., the Danube Promenade, Interiors and work arts of Buda Castle

Holloko, the village.

City of Pecs

Hortobagy the Puszta.

Tokaj wine region