General Information about Hungary
| Area: |
35.919 sq miles |
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| Population: |
10 millions |
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| Capital: |
Budapest (2 millions) |
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| Geography: |
Hungary is situated in Central Europe, sharing borders to the N with Slovak Republic, to the NE with the CIS, to the E with Romania, to the S with Croatia and Yugoslavia and to the W with Austria and Slovenia. The variety of several ranges of hills, chiefly in the north and west have offered terrain for wine cultures throughout the centuries. The Great Plain stretches east from the Danube to the foothills o the Carpathian Mountains in the CIS, to the mountains of Transsylvania in Romania, and S to the Fruska Gora range in Croatia. Parts of the plain are called Puszta, home of protected flora and fauna, where horse and kettle breeding goes back to the times of the Conquest of the land in the 10th century A.D. Lake Balaton is the largest unbroken stretch of inland water in Central Europe, an ideal summer resort for holiday makers.
Budapest, the metropole with its unrivalled flair and unique geographic location remains the attraction Number One for travellers.
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| Language: |
Hungarian. English, German are generally spoken |
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| Time: |
GMT + 1 |
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| Electricity: |
220 volts AC, 50 Hz |
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| Money: |
Forint (HUF)
Currency can be exchanged at hotels, banks, airports, licenced exchange booths.
ATM machines are widespread.
Major credit cards are accepted mostly everywhere. |
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| Public Holidays: |
Jan 1 New Year’s Day
March 15 Anniversary of 1848 uprising against Austrian rule
March/April Easter Monday
Whit Monday,
August 20 Constitution Day
October 23 - Anniversary of the 1956 Revolution against Russian supremacy
December 25 – 26 – Christmas |
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| International Travel: |
Due to its central situation Hungary can be reached in a couple of hours from any corner of Europe by air. Two airports, Ferihegy 1 and 2 receive the domestic aircrafts of Malév as well as all major international flights. Recently opened new facilities have been added to receive the traffic of low budget air companies. |
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Daily hydrophoil service links Budapest with Bratislava and Vienna. |
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| Motorways to Vienna, Bratislava-Prague, resp. to Novisad-Beograd, soon to Croatia |
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| Climate: |
There are four seasons, with a very warm summer from end of June to the end of August. Spring and autumn are mild, while winters may be very cold. Rainfall is distributed throughout the year with snowfalls in winter.
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