Most guidebooks will provide you with detailed information about the following things. If you have any other questions, please don`t hesitate to ask us on arrival in Hungary. We will try to answer all of your questions and help you to get your way around or rather tell you which agency is responsible to provide further information.

Ambassies

• British Embassy :
  1051 Budapest, Harmincad u. 6.
  Tel: (0036) 1 266 28 88
• British Council :
  1068 Budapest, Benczúr u. 26.
  Tel: (0036) 1 478 47 00
• American Embassy :
  1054 Budapest, Szabadság tér 12.
  Tel: ,(0036) 1 475 44 00

Climate

Hungary has a mild continental climate. The number 2,000 hours per year. In Budapest there can be up to 8 hours of sunshine a day from April to September.

Currency

The local currency is called "Forint" (short: Ft). Currently, the exchange rate is around 250 Ft per 1 Euro. The Forint is a convertible currency. Money can be exchanged in banks, travel agencies, or exchange agencies, which are located on main roads and public places, shopping miles, train stations, and airports.

International credit cards are being accepted everywhere and ATMs operate in different languages (English and/or German). Please note that the amount of money that can be drawn out within one week is limited.

Caution: In Hungary you cannot pay with checks, only with cash or money transfer.

Language

The Hungarian language is exceptionally difficult, but there are some go-between languages, like English, French, or Italian used as well. The elderly age-groups usually speak German.

Personal Identity Card (ID)

Citizens of the following countries are permitted to enter Hungary and stay for a period no longer than 90 days with their identity card if the purpose of their journey is neither an employment nor any other profitable activity: Austria, Belgium, France, Croatia, Luxembourg, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Slovenia.

Passport

All citizens of the European Union can enter Hungary with passport and without visa. Among the non-European countries, all citizens of the following countries don't need visa: the United States, Argentina, Brasil, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Israel, Japan, South-Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New-Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Seychelle Islands, Singapore, Republic of South-Africa, Uruguay, Venezuela.

Money

The local currency is called "Forint" (short: Ft). Currently, the exchange rate is around 240/245 Ft per 1 Euro. The Forint is a convertible currency. Money can be exchanged in banks, travel agencies, or exchange agencies, which are located on main roads and public places, shopping miles, train stations, and airports. We adcive you to avoid change in aiports and stations ( bad rates).

The credit cards are accepted everywhere and if you need cash, you can take out of the cash machines that offer their services in more languages (English, Germain). However, don't forget to see to it that you will need more kind of means of payment because the amount you can take out of the machine is limited.

 

Telephone

The telephone boxes work with cards and coins. Cards can be bought at post offices, tobacco shops, and news vendor shops. To call abroad, dial 00 and then the country code (France: 33, Switzerland: 41, Italy: 39, Belgium and Luxembourg: 32, Great Britain and Ireland: 44, United States: 1 etc.). Be careful not to dial the 0 before the region code because this way the call will be unsuccessful.
For example, to call Paris you need to dial 00 33 1
To call Budapest from France, you need to dial 00 36 and then 1 (Budapest`s region code) and finally the number of the person you want to call.

Tourism Office of Budapest

• Adress: Budapest, V. Március 15. tér 7.
• Tel.: (0036) 1 266-0479
• Website: :http://www.budapestinfo.hu

 

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