Hungary

Budapest

Natural abilitiesThe 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.

Climatesunshine protected from the wind north-West wind directionthunderstormfoghigh microclimate

Most of the natural plant cover is extinct.The most important water supplies the

Danube.

The city’s evolutionFirst 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

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.

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

TransportationBudapest is the transportation

center of HungaryThe main railway stations of

Budapest: the Eastern, Western and Southern railway station.

Cultural InstitutionsHungarian National MuseumHungarian National GalleryFine Arts MuseumNational Széchényi LibraryMetropolitan Szabó Ervin LibraryParlamential Library

Sport Hungary’s central sport

institutions are located in Budapest , among them the Puskás Ferenc Stadion and the Papp László Budapest Sports Arena.

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

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

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 AugustOn 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 OctoberOctober 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 playA 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.

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.

Regölés(The Tale's Time)

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

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 gastronomyHungarians 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 sweetsPörkölt ( Stew)

Hortobágyi palacsinta

( Hortobágyi pancake )

Halászlé ( Fisherman ’s Soup )

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.

Fütyülős ( brandy )

Egri bikavér ( wine )

Arany Ászok ( beer )

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.

Tokaji

„Wine of kings, king of wines”

It is a dessert wine.Worldwide famous, this

wine is one of the symbols of Hungary

Pálinka

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

Herend PorcelainHerend Porcelain is one of the world's largest and fameous ceramic factories, specializing in luxury hand painted and gilded porcelain.

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