General Information

Corvinus University at night


Parliament Buildings


Bridge over the Danube at night

Budapest is the capital city of Hungary and the country's principal political, industrial, commercial and transportation centre. It has more than 1.9 million inhabitants, down from a mid-1980s peak of 2.07 million. Budapest became a single city occupying both banks of the river Danube with the amalgamation in 1873 of right-bank Buda (Ofen in German) and Óbuda (Old Buda or Alt-Ofen) together with Pest on the left (east) bank. It is the sixth largest city in the European Union.

University information

http://www.bkae.hu/index_angol.php?org=2&LNG=eng

Time zone

Standard time zone: UTC/GMT +1 hour
Daylight saving time: +1 hour
Current time zone offset: UTC/GMT +2 hours
Time zone abbreviation: CEST - Central European Summer Time

Other useful links

• http://www.budapestinfo.hu/en/  ß tourist office 
• http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Europe/Hungary/Budapest_Fovaros/Budapest-436839/TravelGuide-Budapest.html
• http://www.budapesthotels.com/ ß hotels
• http://www.ohb.hu/  ß hotels
• Hotel Gellert Budapest
  http://www.budapesthotelreservation.hu/hotels/hotel_gellert.EN.php
• Taverna Hotel Budapest
  http://www.budapesthotelreservation.hu/hotels/hotel_taverna.EN.php
• City Hotel Matyas
  http://www.budapesthotelreservation.hu/hotels/city_hotel_matyas.EN.php
• Airport parking and airport hotels - car parking at Gatwick, Heathrow, Stansted, Manchester and all major UK airports

Directions

• http://www.hot-maps.de/europe/hungary/budapest/homeen.html  ß really good online map
• http://www.talkingcities.co.uk/budapest_pages/sights_budapest_map.htm ß good online map

Photos

http://www.bkae.hu/foto/