Budapest Shopping Centers

WestEnd City Center

Address: Váci út 1-3., district VI., M3 metro, trams 4-6 Nyugati tér station
Open: Mon-Sat 10.00-21.00, Sun: 10.00-18.00
Located  next to the West Railway Station.
http://www.westend.hu/

Aréna Plaza

Address: Kerepesi út 9., VIII. district, M2 (red) metro, Keleti pályaudvar stop, from there by walk or take a bus (No. 178, No. 95) or trolley (No. 80)
Open: Shops: Mon-sat: 10.00-21.00, Sun: 10.00-19.00, Restaurants, Cafes: Mon-Sat: 10.00-22.00, Sun: 10.00-20.00, Tesco: every day: 06.00-24.00, Cinema City: every day: 10.00-24.00
Located near the East Railway Station.
http://www.arenaplaza.hu/en/

Budapest - Vintage Postcards

Saint Stephen's Day Celebration 2013, Budapest

St. Stephen's Day,  Foundation of State. St. Stephen of Hungary (Szent István király in Hungarian) (ca. 975 – 15 August 1038), was the first king of Hungary, and led the country into the Christian church. Stephen was canonized on the August 20th, 1083. and become the Patron of Hungary.

Stephen was canonized on 20th of August in 1083 and became the patron of Hungary. - See more at: http://www.budapest-tourist-guide.com/20th-August.html#sthash.2tmUtqa4.dpuf

Stephen was canonized on 20th of August in 1083 and became the patron of Hungary. - See more at: http://www.budapest-tourist-guide.com/20th-August.html#sthash.2tmUtqa4.dpuf

Stephen was canonized on 20th of August in 1083 and became the patron of Hungary. - See more at: http://www.budapest-tourist-guide.com/20th-August.html#sthash.2tmUtqa4.dpuf

Sziget festival , Budapest

Prepare your senses for Sziget 2014, as the Island of Freedom is waiting for you with an almost endless selection of special venues! 

Sziget 2013 - Hungary, Budapest, 3rd district, Óbuda Island.

Sziget Festival 2014 will be held from 11th  to 18th August in Budapest,  Sziget Festival - Info

Caves in Budapest

The longest cave of Budapest is the Palvolgyi Cave. The other major cave systems in Budapest are Matyas-hegyi cave, Ferenc-hegyi cave, Jozsef-hegyi cave and Szemlo-hegyi cave.

Hungarian Public Holidays 2013

New Year’s Day – Újév
Tue 1/Jan/2013
Memorial Revolution Day 1848 – Nemzeti ünnep
Fri 15/Mar/2013
Easter Monday – Húsvéthétfő
Mon 1/Apr/2013
Labour Day – A munka ünnepe
Wed 1/May/2013
Whit Sunday - Pünkösd
Sun 19/ May/2013
Whit Monday (Pentecost) – Pünkösdhétfő
Mon 20/May/2013

St. Stephens Day – Szent István ünnepe
Tue 20/Aug/2013
Memeorial Revolution Day 1956 – Nemzeti ünnep
Wed 23/Oct/2013
All Saint’s Day – Mindenszentek
Fri 1/Nov/2013
Christmas Day – Karácsony
Wed 25/Dec/2013
2nd Day of Christmas – Karácsony másnapja
Thu 26/Dec/2013
Bridge Public Holiday
Fri 27/Dec/2013 (Compensated 21 Dec)

Lake near the Vajdahunyad castle

Lake near the Vajdahunyad castle - City Park has the largest artificial ice surface in Europe, opened in 1870. It is turned into a boating lake in the summer.

Vist@NetCafe Internet Cafe

Vist@NetCafe is located in the heart of Budapest close to the Western Train Station.

It's a well-equipped(headsets, webcams) Internet Cafe with 40  computer stations, which can be also used for gaming. Most applications you need are already installed (including MSN Messenger, ICQ, Skype, Yahoo! Messenger, AIM, Google Talk, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome, Acrobat Reader, Codecs, Flash, Java, etc...).
You can also also find all the equipment you would find in a modern office  (fax, printer, scanner, etc...).

Working Time:  non-stop (0-24h). Address: Budapest XIII, Váci út 6.  Map

Hungarian Daily Newspapers

168oraonline - http://www.168ora.hu/
Bekes Megyei Hirlap - http://www.bmhirlap.hu/
Beszelo Online - http://beszelo.c3.hu/
Blikk - http://www.blikk.hu/
Bors Online - http://www.borsonline.hu/
Budapest Business Journal - http://www.bbj.hu/
Budapester Zeitung - http://www.budapester.hu/bz/
Business Online - http://www.bonline.hu/
Delmagyar - http://www.delmagyar.hu/
Figyelo Online - http://figyelo.hu/
Gondola - http://www.gondola.hu/
Heti Valasz - http://hetivalasz.hu/
Hirdetes - http://hirdetes.com/
Hirkereso - http://www.hirkereso.hu/
Hvg - http://hvg.hu/
Index - http://index.hu/

Magyar Hirlap - http://www.magyarhirlap.hu/
Magyar Narancs - http://magyarnarancs.hu/#
Magyar Nemzet - http://mno.hu/
Magyar Szo - http://www.magyarszo.com/

Metropol ingyenes napilap - http://www.metropol.hu/cimlap
MTI News - http://www.mti.hu/mti/Default.aspx
Napi Gazdasag - http://www.napi.hu/
Nemzeti Sport - http://www.nemzetisport.hu/
Nepszabadsag - http://www.nol.hu/index.html
Nepszava Online - http://www.nepszava.hu/
Pester LLoyd - http://www.pesterlloyd.net/
Origo - http://www.origo.hu/index.html
Palyazatfigyelo - http://www.pafi.hu/
Vilaggazdasag Online - http://www.vg.hu/

Józsefvárosi piac

Flea markets in Budapest 

The market closest to the city center, the Józsefvárosi piac is informally known as "Four Tigers," an allusion to the tremendous presence of Chinese vendors. The market, situated on the side of a railroad yard, near the Józsefváros Station, operates daily from 7am to 6pm.
You can get there by Tram: 28 from Blaha Lujza tér (Red line metro) or 36 from Baross tér (Keleti Station, Red line metro), and get off at Orczy tér (4th station on line 28, from Blaha Lujza). From there you have 500 m walk.

Another flea markets in Budapest are: Ecseri and PeCsa

Ecseri Flea Market:
Opening hours: Monday - Friday 8.00 -16.00, Saturday 8.00 -15.00, Sunday 8.00 -13.00
Address: Budapest XIX. kerület, Nagykőrösi út 156.
You can get there by Bus 54 from Baross tér (Keleti Station, Red line Metro) 

Pecsa Flea Market:
Opening hours: Saturday - Sunday 8.30 -14.00
Address: Budapest XIV. kerület, Zichy Mihály út 14. (PeCsa)
You can get there by trolleybus lines 70, 72, and 74.
Ticket Prices: 120 Ft. (for younger from 14 and older than 70 years - free entrance)

 

EUROLINES links BUDAPEST and VIENNA

Buses are very frequent between these two beautiful cities. For instance, you could leave in both directions between 7:00 and 19:00 pm at least five times. Buses to Vienna leave from Népliget central bus station. You can easily get to Nepliget central bus station by taking the metro (red metro line) and getting off at Népliget station (approx. 15-20 min from the city center, Deák tér station). In Vienna bust stops at Erdberg - stop of metro line U3. Bus travel time is an average 3 hours. You can see Eurolines for more details, and or by your ticket online.

Eurolines operates most of the international and domestic coaches from Budapest, and also the regional lines and the ones traversing the agglomeration. There are coaches to 14 different countries (Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Croatia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, ) from Népliget station.

Numismatics Shops in Budapest, AOL

Gyujtok boltja - ermek, papirpenzek, stb adas vetele
http://www.gyujtokboltja.hu/


Eremtar Kft. - Eremgyujtok boltja - Regipenzek felvarasarlasa
http://eremmuveszet.hu/



Procopius Kft. - ermek, papirpenzek, stb adas vetele
http://bolthely.hu/numizmatika/



Nummulitis Numizmatika - adas vetel csere
www.nummulitis.hu


Arpad erembolt
http://www.arpaderembolt.hu/




https://aranykereskedes.hu/

snglladies

Asia Center Budapest

Asia Center Budapest
Address: H-1152 Budapest, Szentmihályi út 167-169.
GPS: N 47° 32’ 53” E 19° 08’ 52”

AsiaCenter currently promotes 500 operating showrooms, these represent numerous Asian and Middle East nations (including China, Vietnam, India, Mongolia etc.).

Working time: Mo-Su  between  10:00-19:00



From Keleti railway station you can use 173, 173E bus lines till  Nyírpalota úti end station, and from there walk 150 m.

Tropicarium Budapest

Tropicarium do not only present a part of the deep sea world but also a tiny bit of a tropical rainforest, where the sky thunders every quarter of an hour, rain starts to fall and lightning zigzags over the lazily lying Mississippi alligators. Besides, the Tropicarium can boast with the largest sea aquarium in all Central Europe, the shark aquarium containing 1.4 million litres of salt water, housing 8 two-meter-long sharks and hundreds of colourful fish of other species, swimming around in peaceful harmony. In addition to the enormous fish-tank, there are 50 other ‘smaller' aquariums and terrariums (meaning 5-40.000 litres each!) on site.

Working time is  - Every day of the year between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. - The ticket office closes at 7 p.m.


Address: 1222 Budapest, District XXII, Nagytétényi út 37-43. (South Buda area)

Accessibility:By car directly from motorways M0, M1 and M7, via highway 6 or from Nagytétényi út. (Free parking facility of 1800 places for cars and buses).

By bus from Móricz Zs. körtér by bus 3, from Kosztolányi D. tér by bus 14 and 114. Bus 233 connects with the city centre (Astoria, Ferenciek tere).
Visitors have to take off all three buses at the bus stop in Lépcsős utca.

By train: Through the train station named Budatétény next to the Campona.

Museums and Galleries

Aquincum Museum and Ruins
Szentendrei ut 135-139. Site: Aquincum Museum and Ruins
One of the largest archeological parks in Hungary. Visitors can see Roman period objects from the territory of Budapest in the permanent and temporary exhibitions. Permanent exhibition Rome in Aquincum.
Suburban railway from Batthyany Square towards Szentendre
Bus - 34,134,106

Budapest History Museum Castle Museum
Szent Gyorgy ter 2. Collection of archaeological finds in Budapest. Budapest in the Middle Ages
Bus - 5,16,178
Tram - 18


Museum and Institute of Military History
Toth Arpad setany 40. Site: Museum and Institute of Military History
A rich collection of weapons from the day before the Turkish wars to the 20th century.
Bus - 16A


Ferenc Hopp Huseum of Eastern Asiatic Art
Andrassy ut 103. The collection based on 19th century art collector Ferenc Hopp's collection.
Metro line 1 till Bajza utca
Trolleybus - 70,78

Holocaust Memorial Centre
Pava u. 39. Site: Holocaust Memorial Centre
Tram - 4,6,21
Metro line 3 till Ferenc Korut

Museum of Applied Art
Ulloi ut 33-37.  Site: Museum of Applied Art
The most precious items in the museum's collection can be seen in the permanent exhibition.

Tram - 4,6

Kassak Lajos Memorial Museum
Fo ter 1. Exhibition in the former Zichy Mansion on the art of Lajos Kassak, leading artist of Hungarian avant-garde, poetry, painting and literary editor.
Bus - 206, 86
Tram - 1

Kiscell Museum
Kiscelli utca 108. Its exhibitions embrace two major areas of collections from the Budapest History Museum: modern urban history, and the fine art collection of the Municipal Gallery.
Bus - 260, 165
Tram - 17

Transport Museum
Varosligeti korut 11.  Site: Transport Museum
One of Europe's oldest transport history collections include 100 years and today, 100 years of Hungarian motoring, a century of Hungarian state shipping, History of Motoring, History of Steam Locomotion, History of urban transport.
Bus - 7,173E
Metro line 1 till Szechenyi bath

Hungarian Natural History Museum
Ludovika ter 2-6. Site:  Natural History Museum
Large mineral and rock collection. Permanent exhibitions are: Man and nature in Hungary, Treasures from the mineral collection, Time track-rock park in front of the museum.
Metro line 3 till Nagyvarad ter
Tram - 24

Art Gallery
Dozsa Gyorgy ut 37 (Heroes' Square). Site: Art Gallery
The largest exhibition gallery in the country. It does not have its own collection, but its regular temporary exhibitions feature mainly the contemporary arts, and the works of artistic groups.
Metro line 1 till Heroes' Square
Bus - 20,30,105
Trolleybus - 75,79

Museum of Fine Arts
Dozsa Gyorgy ut 41 (Heroes' Square). Site: Museum of Fine Arts
The museum has a broad collection of foreign art from Antiquity to the present day. In addition to the Egyptian, Greek, and Roman collections, the italian collection, which give a comprehensive overview of italian schools of painting from 13th to 18th century.....
Metro line 1 till Heroes' Square
Bus - 20,30,105
Trolleybus - 75,79

Stamp Museum
Harsfa utca 47. Site: Stamp Museum
Tram - 4,6
Trolleybus - 74

Underground Railway Museum
Deak Square-pedestrian underpass.
Metro lines 1,2,3 Deak Square

Baths in Budapest

Today's Budapest has been a habitation site noted for its baths for nearly two thousand years; From the earliest traces of various tribal settlements to the former bathing buildings and the barracks of the 2nd Roman legion in Acquincum of the province of Pannonia. The earliest known remains from after the establishment of the nation, date from 1178, and mention a settlement under the name of Felhévíz (Upper Hot Spring) in the present area of Óbuda-Újlak (thermal baths Lukács and Császár).

Turkish baths: Rudas,Király
Historical baths: Gellért, Lukács, Széchenyi
Baths: Dagály, Dandár

Budapest Spas and Hot Springs

Heroes' Square Budapest

The most spectacular square in the capital, Heroes' Square is located at the entrance to City Park. The central site of the Hero's square, as well as a landmark of Budapest, is the Millennium Monument. The construction of the Monument started when the one thousand-th anniversary was celebrated (in 1896), but it was finished only in 1900, and the square got its name then.


When the Monument was originally constructed, Hungary was a part of the Austrian Empire and thus the last five spaces for statues on the left of the colonnade were reserved for members of the ruling Habsburg dynasty. From left to right these were: Ferdinand I (relief: Defense of the Castle at Eger); Leopold I (relief: Eugene of Savoy defeats the Turks at Zenta), Charles III, Maria Theresa (relief: The Hungarian Diet votes support "vitam et sanguinem") and Franz Joseph (relief: Franz Joseph crowned by Gyula Andrássy) The monument was damaged in World War II and when it was rebuilt the Habsburgs were replaced by the current figures.

Useful phone numbers

The international prefix for Hungary is +36, and 1 for Budapest. To call abroad from Hungary, dial 00 or +, followed by the country code.

If you are using your mobile phone in Hungary, there are 3 providers to choose from: Vodafone, T-Mobile and Pannon. The general prefix for all calls is 06, followed by the area code and the telephone number. When you dial a local number from a landline telephone, the prefix is not needed.

Calling the ambulance (104),  the fire service (105), the police (107), and the general emergency number - central help number (112) are free of charge.

Example:  If you want to call Budapest number 450-0950

1- From other Budapest phone you call 450-0950
2- From other place in hungary you call 06-1-450-0950, or +3614500950 or
    003614500950
3- From mobile you call 06-1-450-0950 or +3614500950
4- From abroad +3614500950 or 003614500950

River Ride Amphibious bus in Budapest

Gellert Baths

Gellért Thermal Baths and Swimming Pool, also called Gellért fürdő or Gellért Baths, are a bath complex in Budapest, built between 1912 and 1918. They were damaged during WW2, but then rebuilt. References to healing waters in this location are found from as early as the 13th century. A hospital was located on this site during the Middle Ages. During the reign of the Ottoman Empire, baths were also built on this particular site.

The Gellért Baths complex includes thermal baths, which are small pools containing water from Gellért hill's mineral hot springs. The water contains calcium, magnesium, hydrocarbonate, alkalis, chloride, sulfate and fluoride. Medical indications of the water includes degenerative joint illnesses, spine problems, chronic and sub-acute joint inflammations, vertebral disk problems, neuralgia, vasoconstriction and circulatory disturbances; inhalation problems for the treatment of asthma and chronic bronchitis problems. There are two different thermal baths, according to the signs on the walls of the baths, one is around 36 °C and the other around 38 °C. The thermal baths are decorated beautifully with mosaic tiles.

The complex also includes saunas and plunge pools (segregated by gender), an open-air swimming pool which can create artificial waves every ten minutes. A Finnish sauna with cold pool and children's pool is also enclosed within the complex.

The one warm water swimming pool is possible to visit mixed, but the male and female thermal sections (saunas and massage) are separate. In 2011, every Sunday is a family day, so all sections can be visited mixed. Gellért Baths also offer a range of medical services.