Hungary
Budapest
Natural abilities
The capital is separated into two parts by
the river Danube. On the eastern side
there is the plain of Pest, on the western
side there are the hills of Buda.
 The hills of Buda were cracked by crustal
movements, on the breaklines thermal
water came to the surface.
 The plain of Pest is covered by sediment.
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Climate
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sunshine
protected from the wind
north-West wind direction
thunderstorm
fog
high microclimate
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Most of the natural plant cover is extinct.
The most important water supplies the
Danube.
The city’s evolution
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First the Romans created a settlement
here called Aquincum, later one of the
conquering Hungarian tribes called
Megyer settled down here. Budapest was
created by combining Pest, Buda and
Óbuda. Today Budapest includes 23
districts.
Districts
The ruins of Aquincum
Gellért Hill
The future of the capital
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Budapest is an international city.
- financial and business services
- turism
- foreign investments
The Monuments of Budapest
Some of the most spectacular sights of
Budapest are it’s oldest bridges: the Chain
Bridge, the Margit Bridge ,the Liberty Bridge,
and the Erzsébet Bridge
 Budapest is a well known thermal spa city.
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The most famous shopping street of Budapest
is the Váci Street.
Erzsébet-Bridge
Liberty-Bridge
Chain-Bridge
The Széchenyi Thermal Spa
The Gellért Spa
The Statue of King Mátyás Hunyadi
on the Millenia Monument
The Statue of St István at the
Halászbástya
The Matthias Church
The Castle of Buda seen from the
Tóth Árpád Walkway
The Hero’s Square
Transportation
Budapest is the transportation center of
Hungary
 The main railway stations of Budapest: the
Eastern, Western and Southern railway
station.
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Cultural Institutions
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Hungarian National Museum
Hungarian National Gallery
Fine Arts Museum
National Széchényi Library
Metropolitan Szabó Ervin Library
Parlamential Library
Sport
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Hungary’s central sport institutions are
located in Budapest , among them the
Puskás Ferenc Stadion and the Papp
László Budapest Sports Arena.
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Time after time athletes of the world
encounter each other in Budapest, on
some kind of international sport events.
Puskás Ferenc Stadion
Papp László Budapest Sports Arena
The greatest water polo team in the
history
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The Hungarian national water polo team
is considered the world's top power in
the history of water polo, having won 15
Olympic, 10 World Championship, 5 FINA
World League, 8 FINA World Cup and 21
European Championship medals.They
have won the Olympic Games title nine
times, which is a record.
Hungarian Celebration Days
15th of March
The 15th of March is the memorial day of the
Revolution and Independence War against the
Austrian Empire in 1848-49.
 Unfortunately the Independence War was lost,
Austria could only defeat the Hungarian
rebellion with Russian help, the punishment was
cruel and merciless.
 On March 15th we don’t go to school and don’t
go to work, there are multiple memorials all
over the country
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Sándor Petőfi a Hungarian
poetist, writer of the National
Song, who played an important
role in the events of March 15 and
died during the Independence War.
His body was never found, he is
considered to be in one of the
mass graves.
20th of August
On August 20 we celebrate the
creation of the Hungarian State.
The Hungarian State was created
when the first king of Hungary, St
István I, was crowned on the day
of christmas in 1000.
This is also a celebration when we
are not going to work. In addittion
to the celebration there are
firework shows in multiple cities.
St. István I.
The Crowning Jewels
of St István I today are
held in the Hungarian
Parliament.
Fireworks in Budapest
23th of October
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October 23 is the memorial day of the
revolution in 1956 against the Soviet Union. The
revolution started on October 23 with a
students demonstration in Budapest and turned
into a coutry wide fight against the Soviets. The
Soviets withdrawn from the country, but on
November 4 they returned in full force and
crushed the Hungarian uprising, the revolution
lasted until November 10.
During the revolution the Soviet
symbol was cut out of the
Hungarian flag.
Destroyed Soviet Tank
Traditions
Nativity play
A Nativity play is a play which recounts the
story of the Nativity of Jesus.
 It is usually performed at Christmas, the feast of
the Nativity.
 Especially primary schools and Sunday
schools put on a Nativity play before
the Christmas break begins.
 Adults and children alike can take part in it.
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Busó-járás
(Hungarian, meaning: Busó-walking)
The Busó-walking is a carnival tradition in the
mohács part of Hungary
 Winter Carneval's Farewell, the time when the
coffin is set onto the water. At dusk, the crowd
burns away the "Winter" by lighting their
bonfires and then they have a circle dance
within the main square.
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Regölés(The Tale's Time)
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The Tale's Time, Regölés in Hungarian, is a folk tradition
practiced to welcome Winter.
I begins a day after Christmas and keeps on until
January the 6th
The Talemen, Regösök in Hungarian, are young lads who
stride trough the villages and stop by every house,
singing songs of tales and getting gifts in exchange for
their performance.
Traditional Christmas Foods
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At Christmas Night, fish dishes and several
sweets are served at the dining table, such as
Fisherman's Soup,Bearded Fish with side dish,
the Beigli and Hókifli.
Hungarian gastronomy
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Hungarians are especially passionate about their
meat stews, casseroles, steaks, roasted pork, beef,
poultry and lamb. The mixing of different varieties of
meats is a traditional feature of Hungarian gastronomy.
They usually use these ingredients : pepper, potato,
onion, red onion fat or cooking oil, wine, beer, sausage
and so on.
Some fameous Hungarian food and
sweets
Pörkölt ( Stew)
Halászlé
( Fisherman ’s Soup )
Hortobágyi palacsinta
( Hortobágyi pancake )
Mákos/Meggyes/Almás Rétes
( Poppy/ Cherry/Apple Strudel )
Goulash (Hungarian: gulyás) is a soup or stew of
meat, noodles and vegetables, seasoned with
paprika and other spices.
Kürtőskalács is a Hungarian pastry also
known as chimney cake or stove cake.
Dobos torte or Dobosh is a
Hungarian cake named after its
inventor, Hungarian
confectioner József C. Dobos.
They have famous drinks too, like beer, wine,
and brandy. There are some of them.
Arany Ászok ( beer )
Fütyülős ( brandy )
Egri bikavér
( wine )
Unicum
Unicum is a Hungarian herbal bitters, drunk as a
digestif and apéritif.
 The liqueur is today produced by Zwack
according to a secret formula of more than
forty herbs.
 During Communism in Hungary, the Zwack
family lived in exile in New York and Chicago,
and Unicum in Hungary was produced using a
different formula.
 After the fall of communism, Péter Zwack
returned to Hungary and resumed production
of the original Unicum.
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Tokaji
„Wine of kings, king of wines”
 It is a dessert wine.
 Worldwide famous, this wine is
one of the symbols of Hungary
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Pálinka
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Pálinka is a traditional fruit brandy in Hungary.
While pálinka may be made of any local grown
fruits, the most common ones are plums, apricots,
apples, pears, and cherries.
The first records of the Hungarian spirit date back
to the fourteenth century (1332), and refer as
"Aqua vitae reginae Hungariae" to the aqua vitae of
the wife of the King Charles I of Hungary.
Some interesting things
Rubik’s Cube
Rubik’s Cube (Magic Cube) is a 3-D
combination puzzle invented by a Hungarian
professor of architecture Ernő Rubik.
 In 1980 it won the German Game of the Year
special award for Best Puzzle that year.
 In 2009, 350 million cubes had been sold
worldwide making it the world's top-selling
puzzle game
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Herend Porcelain
Herend Porcelain is one of the
world's largest and fameous
ceramic factories, specializing in
luxury hand painted and gilded
porcelain.
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