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Üdvözöljük Magyarországon
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★ Has its own city story
A capital of baths on the Danube, a language like no other and the inventors of the Rubik's Cube and the ballpoint pen.
Hungary lies in the Carpathian Basin, a land of plains, hills, thermal springs and the long Lake Balaton. Its people came from the east more than 1,100 years ago and kept a language unrelated to their neighbours'. Hungarians gave the world the Rubik's Cube, the ballpoint pen, the discovery of vitamin C and holography. See the treasures of the National Museum, the Old Masters of the Museum of Fine Arts and Queen Sisi's palace at Gödöllő. Plan your museum days on museumtickets.com, then try a bowl of gulyás and a warm chimney cake.
Horsemen from the east, kings, Ottomans, Habsburgs and freedom.
The Magyar tribes cross the Carpathians and settle in the basin.
See it at: Hungarian National MuseumStephen I is crowned and brings Hungary into Christian Europe.
See it at: Hungarian National MuseumA Renaissance king builds one of the greatest libraries in Europe.
See it at: Visegrád Royal PalaceThe Ottoman army defeats the Hungarians; Buda is under Ottoman rule from 1541 to 1686.
See it at: Hungarian National MuseumHungarians rise for freedom on 15 March; the revolution is crushed in 1849.
See it at: Hungarian National MuseumHungarians rise against Soviet rule; it is crushed by Soviet tanks.
See it at: Hungarian National MuseumA castle defender, the first woman doctor and a queen who loved Hungary.
She defended the castle of Munkács against the Habsburg army for three years, from 1685 to 1688.
She studied medicine in Zurich and in 1897 became the first woman doctor recognised in Hungary.
The Austrian empress learned Hungarian, loved the country and helped bring the Compromise of 1867; her favourite home was Gödöllő.
See it at: Royal Palace of GödöllőFrom a painter of giant visions to the father of op art.
19th-century painter of dramatic scenes, famous in Paris.
A visionary painter of huge, glowing landscapes; his museum is in Pécs.
His 'Picnic in May' brought fresh open-air light to Hungarian painting.
Born in Pécs, the father of op art, painting shapes that seem to move.
Ceramic artist whose gentle clay figures fill a museum in Szentendre.
Paprika, gulyás and cakes from the coffee houses.
A soup of beef, onions, potatoes and paprika, first cooked by herdsmen in a cauldron.
Chicken in a creamy paprika sauce with small dumplings.
Fried dough with sour cream, cheese and garlic, a beach and market favourite.
Chimney cake: sweet dough wound on a spit, baked over embers and rolled in sugar.
A layer cake with chocolate cream and a hard caramel top, created in 1885.
Scary masks, Easter water and fireworks on the Danube.
In Mohács, men in horned wooden masks and sheepskins chase winter away; UNESCO lists the custom.
Boys sprinkle girls with perfume or water and recite a poem, and get painted eggs.
The national day: new bread, crafts on Buda Castle and fireworks over the Danube.
Kalocsa and Szeged dry strings of red paprika on the houses.
Christmas markets in Budapest with mulled tea, chimney cakes and crafts.
Bring swimwear: Budapest's thermal baths are part of the culture.
Take a tram or boat along the river at night.
Fast trains link Budapest with Lake Balaton, Pécs and Eger.
Many museums close on Mondays.
On museumtickets.com: 253 museums with photos, the way there and the museums nearby. Save your favourites in the free Culture Passport and, where the museum offers it, pay your admission in advance.
From the airport to the city centre by public transport, then the trains and local lines to the museums.
Lines and timetables change. Check the operator’s website before you travel.
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