Lake Balaton
biggest lake in Europe
Budapest
A must see city
Danube bend
Visegrad castle
Eger
Baroque town, wineyards
Quick facts :
land area : 93,000 sqkm
population : 10,000,000 people
capital : Budapest
largest cities : Debrecen (211,000), Miskolc (184,000), Szeged (168,000)
unemployment : 7% (2005)
currency : Forint (HUF) check for rates
official language : hungarian
time zone : Central European Time (GST+1hour)
Climate : hot summer, cold winter
Main river : Danube, Tisza
Largest lakes : Balaton, Velence, Fertő
Did you know?
that Hungay has 8million year old trees?
Recently discovered in a coal mine in Bukkabrany, 16 ancient stumps were preserved thanks to a coat of sand. You can see one in Miskolc, Herman Otto Museum
that Pálinka is a Hungaricum?
Palinka is a strong fruit brandy, can be made of just about any type of fruit. Common flavors are pear, plum, peach and cherry.
Lake Balaton is central europe's largest still water.
Lake Heviz is the World's second largest thermal lake.
Hungary has Europe's only cave spa in Miskolctapolca
The M1 yellow undergound in Budapest, opened 2nd May, 1896 was mainland's Europe's first electrically operated underground railway.

Hungary

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    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 "Kékes". 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 "Alföld" 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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Lillafüred
Wine and Palinka
taste famous hungarian wines and spirits
Wellness and Thermal
try our thermal spas and wellness therapies
Activity and ecotourism
horse riding, sailing, hills hiking, biking
Special hungarian
pig slaughtering fest, puszta tour
Castles and fortesses
discover historical places
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News about Hungary :
Budapest Business Journal
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Famous Hungarians

Founder of Absolute Geometry by Janos Bolyai
Saviour of Mothers, Dr. Ignác Semmelweis
Dynamo Inventor, Ányos Jedlik
Creators of transformers, Ottó Bláthy, Miksa Déri and Károly Zipernowsky
Inventors of the carburettor, Donát Bánki and János Csonka
Researcher of gravitation , Loránt Eötvös
Pioneer of Railway electrification, Kálmán Kandó
Supersonic flight, Tódor Kármán
Inventor of Jet propulsion unit, Albert Fonó
Television Innovator, Kálmán Tihanyi
Founder of modern information technology, János Neumann
Designer of the nuclear reactor, Leó Szilárd
Creator of the hydrogen bomb, Ede Teller
Developer of stereo transmission, Antal Csicsátka
Creator of radar astronomy, Zoltán Bay
Builder of moon vehicle, Ferenc Pavlics
Builder of mars walker, Antal Bejczy
Zoltán Kodaly and Bela Bartok, Musicians
Visit World's Heritage Sites
Budapest
buda castle district and andrassy boulevard
Hollókő
old village and natural enviroment
Aggtelek
karst caves
Pannonhalma
1000years old benedictine abbey
Hortobágy
The puszta
Pecs
Early christian burial
Lake Fertő
cultural landscape
Tokaj wine region
Narrow gauge train
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