Lajos Kósa
Mayor of
Debrecen
A SUITABLE PLACE
TO BUILD THE ESS:
DEBRECEN
Debrecen
17th June, 2008
The second
largest city of
Hungary
•Debrecen is situated
in the eastern part of
Central Europe
•Within a circle of
1,000 km, measured
in linear distance
from the city, two
dozens of states are
accessible
•Central European
Transport Corridor 5
links Debrecen to the
major cities of the
region
•Residents of
Debrecen: 205,326
population living in
its vicinity: 400,000
(January 1, 2008)
Debrecen – in the centre of Europe
•220 km from
Budapest, direct
motorway
connection
•Debrecen
International
Airport: the 2nd
largest international
airport with
“Schengen”
qualifications,
controlled air-space
and with constant
border opening
within 1 km from the
point of the proposed
area closest to the
city.
• Favourable urban
traffic conditions
(tram and suburban
railway)
Accessibility of Debrecen
THE PROPOSED
SITE
• The location has
the requested
dimensions, total
126.45 ha
• Near Debrecen
International Airport
• Direct 2x2 lane
highway connection
with the city centre
(10-12 min)
•The site can be
supplied with the
necessary utilities
and infrastructure
• Possibilities for
expanding the
installation
Major cultural
programmes:
Flower Festival
Béla Bartók
International Choir
Contest,
International Military
Band Festival,
Spring and Autumn
Festivals and Art
Exhibition,
National and
International
Children’s Folk Dance
Festival,
Jazz Days,
Wine Festival,
Christmas Art
Auction.
Debrecen – touristic and cultural centre
Kölcsey
Convention Centre
Debrecen – touristic and cultural centre
The 2nd largest
venue for
conferences, concerts
and exhibitions in
Hungary
- a conference hall
with a capacity of
750 to 1150 persons,
two ball rooms
for 350 persons each
- eight lecture rooms
for 100 people,
transformable into
ballrooms or
exhibition halls
Kölcsey Convention Centre
Aquaticum
Mediterranean
Adventure Centre
Aquaticum Mediterranean Adventure Centre
MODEM Centre
for Modern Arts
A new 3-storey
museum on 4600 m2
of which 2600 m2
for exhibitions.
More than 150,000
visitors at the
Leonardo da Vinci
exhibition in 2007
Museum and
Library of the
Calvinist College
A world-famous
Bible collection in
250 languages
Déri Museum
Munkácsy paintings,
rich archeological
and other
collections
Debrecen – touristic and cultural centre
7 years –
12 international
sports events
Athletics stadium
- 2001 IAAF-Westel
Youth Championship
in Athletics
Főnix Hall
-World Championship
in Gymnastics 2002,
-IIHF Division I
Ice Hockey World
Championship 2005
Swimming pool
European Short
Course Swimming
Championship, 2007
- Ice Hall
- leasure centres
- gymnasiums
- near the city
an 18 - hole golf
course
Debrecen – sports centre
Debrecen – educational centre
Primary schools
•expanded network, high-standard education
•High-level foreign language training, bilingual education
•intensive education of natural sciences in several
schools
Secondary and vocational schools
•secondary and vocational schools of regional importance
and significant traditions
•bilingual education in 6 institutions, under accreditation
in two other institutions (English, Spanish, German, Italian,
French)
•high standard technical and IT education
•international baccalaurate in five secondary schools
from the school year 2009/2010
The biggest
university outside
the capital,
Over 29,000
students
Over 1,500 foreign
students from 48
countries
3 centres
15 faculties
21 doctoral schools
From the point of
view of ESS relevant
internationally
recognised
researches
University and
National Library
University of Debrecen
Industrial parks (IP)
•Debrecen Regional
and Innovational IP
•DELOG Debrecen
Logistics Service
Centre and IP
•The IP of the
University of
Debrecen
•Western IP
The most important
companies in
Debrecen
•National Instruments
Ltd ,
•FAG Automative Ltd,
•TEVA Pharmaceutical
Industries Ltd.
•BT (British Telecom)
•Ygomi Europe
•IT Service Hungary
Debrecen – economic centre
People arriving in
the city would not
suffer any set-back
in their
quality of life.
They can find a place
to live quickly and at
a favourable price.
Debrecen – a nice place to live
Real-estates
Thanks to the
presence of
multinational retail
companies and
banks, the range of
products and
financial services
that investors have
become accustomed
to are also available.
A wide range of
cultural programmes
and sports events
are held in
Debrecen.
Banks
(ING, Citibank, UniCredit, Raiffeisen, CIB)
Concerts and
other cultural
programmes
Schools, university
Sports events
(European
and World
Championships)
Hypermarkets, malls
www.debrecen.hu
THANK YOU FOR
YOUR ATTENTION!