Information on Budapest

The official Hungarian currency is the Hungarian Forint (HUF). Few shops already accept Euros. 1 euro is around 320-330HUF. You will find small exchange offices in the center you can use safely. Most bigger shops accept cards. Budapest is generally a safe place. Pick-pocketing can happen on public transportation, on main streets, so be cautious. The organizers were really happy that even some highly valuable lost items were handed in on the main boat (like mobile phones), so the crew is really great 꼬르륵 소리 다운로드. Still this is not the norm here, so keep an eye on yours belongings.
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Getting here

Budapest is situated in Central Europe and easily accessible from most parts of Europe! Hungary is the member of the European Union. We are also inside the Schengen zone so no border control if you are coming from a country within the Schengen zone. If you are coming from outside the EU, you might need a VISA. The following description helps you to find some alternatives 빙고판 다운로드. Fly to Budapest: Budapest airport has a new name since 2011: Budapest Liszt Ferenc International (previously called: Ferihegy). Web page of the airport: www.bud.hu
The airport has 2 terminals, but No. 1 is currently closed.
From the airport you can get to the center in a variety of ways:
  • By taxi: the official taxi company of the airport is Főtaxi. Reservations can be made in person at the Főtaxi booth located at the exit of the airport. Prices: around 28 euros.
  • Public transport – direct bus: You can get to the center cheap and fast with bus 100e Don't starve to mode! More info here
  • Public transport: You can use regular public transportation lines as well to get to the center. Bus 200E connects the airport with Kőbánya-Kispest metro terminal. From there by the ‘blue’ (3) Metro you can reach the center. For more information about the public transport of Budapest and the timetable of buses, see www.bkk.hu.
  • Train: there is no train station at the airport
  • You can find more information about these possibilities here Eternal City.
Drive to Budapest: Budapest is directly connected by highway to the following cities: Wien, Ljubljana, Bratislava, Zagreb, Belgrad. You have to buy e-vignette for accessing the highways. You can buy one for 10 days. It is an e-vignette as you do not have to put anything on the windscreen any more. You can buy an e-vignette at any petrol station. If you cross the Hungarian border on a highway you will get to Budapest within 2 hours. Coming by coach: You can get to Budapest by international coaches from most big cities 한글 오피스 다운로드! Try Flixbus or Volánbusz Coming by train: There are convenient night trains with sleeping compartments for example from Kiev and Munich. Trains usually arrive at Keleti pályaudvar (Eastern railway station).

Getting around

All the places (classes, parties) of the camp are within 20 minutes on foot in beautiful surroundings. You can get accommodation around the event area so you can just walk for 5 days. However, it can be useful to know some other solutions to get around 유 덩키 다운로드.
Public transport: Accessible all day and night. Besides single tickets we have daily, three-day and one week passes as well. During the night we still have public transport – however less frequently & less lines. Check out your routes in advance! The public transport company of Budapest is called BKV and controlled by BKK. Besides timetables and route descriptions you can find detailed maps for each line and a route finder on the home page of BKK and BKV.
Information about public transport: Home page, Tickets & prices, Night service Intel Compiler.
Note: Google map is a really great place for planning your public transportation route!
Cycling: There are more and more bicycle rentals, more bicycle roads, more bicycle parking. Keep in mind that car drivers are not cautious enough, they still learning to accept cyclists around them, so be careful! If you come by car: generally you have to pay for parking on working days from 8AM until 6-8PM, sometimes on Saturday as well. And as in all big cities, we have congestion, very few parking spaces … and you should never leave anything valueable in the car! Note: 1st November the parking will be free in Budapest as it is a holiday Windows 10 Enterprise Download. Using taxis: do not stop a cab on the street as it may be very expensive. Call a cab on the phone. Note: we probably provide on-site taxi service and help you call a cab. Maps: Google map

Tourist information

Cuisine

We are proud of our cuisine, which is spicy. Some traditional meals: – Gulyásleves (goulash soup), – Halászlé (fish soup with paprika), – Jókai bableves (a bean soup named after the author Mór Jókai), – Töltött káposzta (stuffed cabbage), – Lecsó (mixed vegetable stew), – Túrós csusza Old Version of Knox. (dumplings called galuska baked with quark cheese called túró – served savoury with bacon or sweet), – Csirkepaprikás (a stew with a lot of sweet paprika, cream or sour cream called tejföl), – Hortobágyi palacsinta (pancake filled with veal stew), – Túró Rudi (sweet quark cheese – called túró – filled chocolate bar), – Madártej (Floating island, a dessert made of milk custard with eggwhite dumplinds floating on top), … Use your time wisely and try as many as possible 🙂 Most restaurants, even fancy ones serve “daily menus”; set lunch menus for 4-5 euros, and on the other end of the spectrum we already have restaurants with Michelin star! More information on Wikipedia.

Language

Hungarian language has many strange characters. We use: á,é,ó,ö,ő,ú,ü,ű. Even we have some double letters (used together): cs, gy, ny, sz, ty, zs iperf 다운로드. Weird? Well Hungarian is not an Indo-European language that is the origin of most EU countries’ languages. Some expressions (the pronunciation is the next challenge):
  • Hi – Szia
  • Thank – Köszönöm or Kösz
  • Yes / No – Igen / Nem
  • Would you like to dance? – Szabad egy táncra?
  • One more? – Még egyet?
  • Open / Close – Nyitva / Zárva
  • Pull / Push – Húzni / Tolni
  • I don’t speak Hungarian – Nem beszélek magyarul