IN FIGURES 2008

Hungarian Central Statistical Office

H-1024 , Keleti Károly str. 5-7. www.ksh.hu

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BE Belgium BG Bulgaria CONTENTS GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS CY Cyprus GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS ...... 1 CZ Czech Republic Official name Republic of Hungary Population, vital events ...... 2 Capital Budapest DE Germany Employment, unemployment ...... 6 Official language Hungarian DK Denmark Income, consumption ...... 8 Surface area, sq. km 93,030 Health ...... 12 Population in thousand 10,031 EE Estonia Education ...... 14 Population density, inhabitants per sq. km 108 ES Spain Economic growth, investments ...... 16 Number of parliamentary representatives 386 Agriculture, industry and services ...... 18 Number of representatives to the European FI Finland Equilibrium ...... 24 Parliament 22 FR France Prices ...... 26 Highest point, m Kékes, 1,014 Tisza, 596 GR Greece Science ...... 28 Longest rivers, km Internet, telephony ...... 30 Danube, 417 Largest lake, sq. km Lake Balaton, 594 HU Hungary Culture ...... 32 Number of thermal springs 1,289 Environment, energy ...... 34 IE Ireland Number of thermal baths 270 IT Italy Number of world heritage sites 8 TOURISM IN FOCUS ...... 36 LT Lithuania Number of protected natural areas 1,505 COUNTRIES

Area thereof, thousand hectares 884 CHANGING TIMES – EVERYDAY HUNGARIAN HISTORY ...... 45

OF LU Luxembourg Length of motorways, km 785

IST LV Latvia HOW CASING UDAPEST Largest airport Ferihegy L S - B ...... 46 Currency forint (HUF) MT Malta

NL Netherlands

PL Poland Distance on public roads between Budapest and some European cities (km) PT Portugal

RO Romania Athens 1,570 London 1,670 SE Sweden Belgrade 400 Madrid 2,620 Berlin 910 Moscow 1,980 SI Slovenia Vienna 250 Paris 1,460 SK Slovakia Brussels 1,370 Bratislava 194 BUDAPEST

UK United Kingdom Bucharest 830 Prague 570 the Hague 1,450 Rome 1,250 Helsinki 2,570 Stockholm 1,920 CH Switzerland Kiev 1,155 Warsaw 680 Copenhagen 1,290 Zagreb 342 NO Norway Ljubljana 432 RU Russia

HUNGARIAN CENTRAL STATISTICAL OFFICE, 2009 1

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Actual increase/decrease of population per thousand inhabitants U2 4.3 EU-27 U–1.4 HU K7.2 DK K7.2 UK 8.1 MT O–1.4 RO R3.9 GR G–4.4 BG Y5.9 CY E–2.0 DE L4.9 NL Z8.3 CZ U19.9 LU T4.4 AT K2.1 SK E8.2 BE T0.9 PT V–4.2 LV R5.7 FR E–0.4 EE T–4.9 LT L0.5 PL S12.0 ES E8.0 SE T7.3 IT E14.5 IE I4.9 FI I10.9 SI 2 ilgs3. 2331.6 51.3 17.1 32.3 50.8 16.9 35.7 47.1 17.2 5,270 10,031 10,045 5,276 Of which:distributionbynationality,% Hungary, thousand 1,107 10,200 Number offoreigncitizensresidingin 5,349 Villages 1,106 Other towns Budapest 1,103 Number offemalesperthousandmales Total, thousand Females, thousand Males, thousand lvka 3 6 9 3 6 10 36 8 9 1 5 10 38 7 10 8 38 8 Slovakian Chinese Serbian andMontenegrin German Ukrainian Romanian Distribution ofpopulationbycharactersettlements,% Denomination P OPULATION Major demographicdata , VITAL ,5 ,6 4,761 4,769 4,851 0120 2009 2008 2001 1 7 184 175 110 at thebeginningofyear G

ENERAL EVENTS H UNGARY

CHARACTERISTICS

IN F IGURES 2008 , H UNGARIAN Per thousandinhabitants oa etlt ae .313 1.35 1.32 73.8 1.33 73.3 71.3 Average lifeexpectancyatbirth,years Total fertilityrate Proportion ofchildrenbornoutside marriage,% Infant mortality(perthousandlivebirths) G divorces marriages deaths live births eae 567. 77.8 69.8 77.3 69.2 75.6 67.1 females males ENERAL C

CHARACTERISTICS ENTRAL Population oflargesttownsinHungaryand Denomination S TATISTICAL population densityofregions,2008 (128,808) Győr (156,664) O Pécs FFICE Major vitalevents Székesfehérvár (101,755) , 2009 (1,702,297) Budapest (167,039) Szeged Kecskemét (171,096 ) (110,316) Miskolc 903. 39.5 37.5 29.0 331. 13.0 13.2 13.3 0020 2008 2007 2000 . . 2.5 4.0 2.5 9.9 4.1 2.3 9.7 4.7 9.6 . . 5.6 5.9 9.2 Population densitypersq.km Legend Population (205,084) Debrecen 11 – 101 91 – 100 90 81 – 80 71 – – 70 Nyíregyháza (116,874) 3 2009.07.30. 15:50:21

POPULATION, VITAL EVENTS Altalanos_jelzoszamok_Eng.indd 4-5

Proportion of births outside marriage, % U37.5 HU K46.1 DK K43.7 UK T24.9 MT O26.7 RO R5.8 GR G50.2 BG Y8.7 CY E30.8 DE L39.5 NL Z34.5 CZ U29.2 LU T38.3 AT K28.8 SK E39.0 BE T33.6 PT V43.0 LV R51.7 FR E57.8 EE T29.2 LT L19.5 PL E54.8 SE S28.4 ES T20.7 IT E33.2 IE I40.6 FI I50.8 SI 4 Thousand –50 –40 –30 –20 –10 Ageing index Old-age dependencyratio Child dependencyratio Age structure: 10 20 30 aged65orolder aged15–64 aged14 orless 0 20012002 2005 2000 2003 2004200620072008 Age structureofpopulation, dependencyratio Denomination Factors influencingpopulationsize Actual decreaseofthepopulation Natural decreaseofthepopulation International migrationgains 0120 082009 2008 2007 2001 222. 3523.9 109.9 21.6 23.5 107.6 16.3 21.8 104.9 23.2 68.8 16.2 91.3 14.9 22.1 68.8 22.2 15.9 15.0 24.3 68.9 15.1 15.2 68.3 16.6 at thebeginningofyear G ENERAL H UNGARY

CHARACTERISTICS

IN F IGURES 2008 , (%) H

UNGARIAN G ENERAL Population numberbysex,ageandmaritalstatus,1January 2008 0 06 4 0 0 0 406080 20 0 100 100 0 4020 80 60 Single Married Widow Divorced C

CHARACTERISTICS huadihbtns g,yas Thousandinhabitants Age,years Thousand inhabitants ENTRAL Males S TATISTICAL O FFICE , 2009 100–X 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 0 Females 5 2009.07.30. 15:50:23

POPULATION, VITAL EVENTS Altalanos_jelzoszamok_Eng.indd 6-7

Share of part-time employment, % (within population aged 15–64) U2 17.6 EU-27 U4.3 HU K23.9 DK K24.2 UK T11.1 MT O8.6 RO R5.4 GR G2.0 BG Y6.8 CY E25.2 DE L46.8 NL Z4.3 CZ U17.9 LU T22.6 AT K2.5 SK E22.4 BE T8.6 PT V5.5 LV R16.7 FR E6.4 EE T6.5 LT L7.7 PL E25.7 SE S11.8 ES T14.1 IT E18.1 IE I12.7 FI I8.1 SI 6 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 Employment rate,% 100 0 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 % 0 20 20 20 0320 20 06 07 2008 2007 20052006 200220032004 2001 2000 Epoe Unemployed Employed mlyetrt Unemploymentrate Employment rate E MPLOYMENT Distribution ofemployed andunemployed persons byschoolattainment, 2008 (within populationaged15–64) Major labourmarkettrends , UNEMPLOYMENT G ENERAL H Unemployment rate,% UNGARY

CHARACTERISTICS primary school Maximum 8grades of apprentice school Vocational school and G.C.E. Secondary schoolwith College University

IN F IGURES 2008 , 10 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 H elett,rnigadbsns ciiis304+10.4 and othercommunityserviceactivities 300.4 Public administration,health,education 286.6 Real estate,rentingandbusinessactivities Financial intermediation Transport, storageandcommunication Hotels andrestaurants Trade andrepair Construction Of which: Industry Agriculture National economy,total UNGARIAN nmlyetrt,%75747.9 7.4 7.5 Average lengthof job search,months 12 monthsormore 7–11 months 328.8 0–6 months 311.7 316.5 Unemployment rate,% Number ofunemployedpersons,thousand energy industry manufacturing G eae . . 8.1 5.0 7.7 19.9 7.7 4.2 7.2 18.0 7.9 3.9 7.2 19.1 year-olds 55–64 15–24 year-olds females males ENERAL C

Distribution ofthe unemployed bythelength ofjobsearch,% CHARACTERISTICS ENTRAL Number ofemployed personsbyindustries, 2008 Industries Denomination S TATISTICAL Characteristics ofunemployment (within populationaged15–64) (within populationaged15–64) O FFICE , 2009 thousand 3,849.1 Persons, 1,015.8 156.0 582.2 308.6 936.9 867.4 6. –11.3 168.8 38+17.3 93.8 73–11.0 57.3 0620 2008 2007 2006 16.5 46.7 16.8 36.4 Change between 2005 and2008 –0.8 –3.4 +0.8 +1.6 –1.8 –1.3 -0.2 0.0 per cent 7518.1 48.4 16.7 17.5 34.9 48.2 16.5 35.3 Share offemales 45.6 66.5 27.0 55.8 55.2 45.3 68.1 23.4 38.3 37.0 24.3 8.0 7 2009.07.30. 15:50:27

EMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT Altalanos_jelzoszamok_Eng.indd 8-9

Expenditure on pensions as a percentage of GDP U2 11.9 EU-27 U10.0 HU K10.6 DK T9.2 MT 10.7 UK O6.5 RO R11.9 GR G7.6 BG Y6.8 CY E12.7 DE L12.7 NL Z8.4 CZ U8.6 LU T14.0 AT K7.3 SK E11.0 BE T13.0 PT V6.1 LV R13.2 FR E6.0 EE T6.4 LT L12.4 PL S8.8 ES 12.0 SE T14.7 IT E5.0 IE I11.0 FI I10.3 SI 8 Thousand HUF elvleo esosprpninr1781459. 103.4 100.7 99.8 95.4 104.5 103.5 Volume ofsocialtransfersinkind 107.8 106.3 Real valueofpensionsperpensioner Real wagesandsalariesperearner Real incomepercapita 105 150 120 135 15 30 45 60 75 90 0 2000 20012002 2003 2004 20052006 2007 2008 Denomination I Change ofrealearningscomparedto 2000,% Average netmonthlyearnings,thousand HUF NCOME Income trends , Earnings CONSUMPTION 0. 0. 00103.1 90.0 .. 102.8 104.0 95.9 102.4 102.9 0520 072008 2007 2006 2005 G ENERAL H UNGARY (previous year=100.0)

CHARACTERISTICS

IN F IGURES 2008 , 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 % 0 5 H UNGARIAN Private sector National economy,total National economy,total Public sector Public sector Private sector vrg ubro eiins huad3071709. 1,247 94.5 167.0 3,027 per capita, HUF Average monthlyamount ofprovisions Average numberof recipients,thousand Expenditure onprovisions, billionHUF G as %ofGDP ENERAL Thousand HUF 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 0 Denomination 20 0120 03 0420 06 20072008 200420052006 20012000 2002 2003 C

CHARACTERISTICS ENTRAL Denomination As apercentageofaveragethenationaleconomy S TATISTICAL Pensions andfamily support,2008 Average monthlyearnings,2008 Change ofrealpensionscomparedto 2000,% Amount ofpensions,thousandHUF Average monthlypensions Average grossearnings,HUF O FFICE , 2009 aulNon-manual Manual 3,2 274,819 130,821 3,3 299,441 131,336 3,5 247,297 130,558 65.8 65.6 66.0 Pensions ,6. 0. 59366.8 95.9 102.4 3,062.6 4363,8 55524,521 75,505 31,381 84,306 1602031.4 0.3 0.2 11.6 Child care allowance 138.1 150.5 124.3 Child care fee 198,942 192,351 218,993 Total 100.0 Family al- 110.1 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 lowance % 96.7

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INCOME, CONSUMPTION Altalanos_jelzoszamok_Eng.indd 10-11

Poverty rate, % U2 16 EU-27 U12 HU K12 DK K19 UK T14 MT O19 RO R20 GR G14 BG Y16 CY E15 DE L10 NL Z10 CZ U14 LU T12 AT K11 SK E15 BE T18 PT V19 LV R13 FR E19 EE T21 LT L17 PL S20 ES E11 SE T20 IT E18 IE I13 FI I12 SI 10 rmsca rnfri id1. 0719.6 100.0 20.7 100.0 18.0 100.0 Domestic consumption, total From socialtransfer inkind non-market production Ofwhich:purchase From disposableincome Other Health Transport, communication Food andnon-alcoholicbeverages 100 20 40 60 80 % 0 Consumption ofhouseholdsbysourceincome Denomination Hnay EU-27 Hungary Structure ofhouseholdconsumption in HungaryandtheEU recreation, restaurants Alcoholic beverages,tobacco, Clothing andfootwear Housing 0520 2007 2006 2005 787. 77.1 80.4 76.0 79.3 77.8 82.0 4.2 G ENERAL H UNGARY

CHARACTERISTICS . 3.4 3.3

IN F IGURES 2008 , (%) H UNGARIAN Consumer durablegoods Dishwasher CD-player DVD Digital camera Of which:own Passenger car Mobile phone Personal computer G United Kingdom ENERAL Czech Republic Luxembourg Netherlands C Lithuania Denmark Germany

Romania Hungary Portugal CHARACTERISTICS Slovenia Belgium Bulgaria Slovakia Sweden ENTRAL Finland Estonia Ireland Greece Cyprus Austria Poland France Consumer durablegoodsper100households,2007 Latvia Spain Malta Difference betweenconsumption ofhighest S

123 4 12 3 0 TATISTICAL and lowestincomequartiles Households children O without 2 4 6 168 163 245 127 FFICE 88 183 41 83 38 65 051 30 53 26 16 850 48 68 31 47 571 79 35 36 72 76 44 46 432 14 411 314

, 2009 Households children with -fold income Lowest decile 39 9 EU-average income Highest decile Total 166 20 35 43 53 56 53 7 11 2009.07.30. 15:50:31

INCOME, CONSUMPTION Altalanos_jelzoszamok_Eng.indd 12-13

Average life expectancy at birth, years U2 79.1 EU-27 U73.2 HU K78.4 DK K79.1 UK 79.5 MT O72.6 RO R79.5 GR G72.7 BG Y80.6 CY E79.9 DE L80.0 NL Z76.8 CZ U79.4 LU T80.1 AT K74.4 SK E79.5 BE T78.9 PT V70.9 LV R81.0 FR E73.1 EE T71.1 LT L75.3 PL E81.0 81.1 SE ES T81.0 IT E79.7 IE I79.6 FI I78.3 SI 12 Thousand Number ofnursingdays,million Share ofactivebeds,% inhabitants Hospital bedsinoperation,pertenthousand vrg egho usn,i ct ad,dy . . 5.6 6.1 Number ofdischargedpatients,thousand 6.3 days Average lengthofnursing,inchronic wards, Average lengthofnursing,inacutewards,days 31.4 84 29.2 87 25.2 Inhabitants perpharmacy 83 Home visitsofspecialisednursesperpatient Home visitspernurse Number ofaGP’ssendingpatientstohospitals specialists’ consultations Number ofaGP’sdirectingpatientsto Annual homevisitsbyaGP a GP’sconsultations Annual numberofpatientsvisiting paediatrician, persons Inhabitants perGPandfamily 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 0 5 20012002 2003 2004 2005 2006 20072008 Number ofreportedmalignant neoplasms Primary healthcare,inpatientservice Denomination Primary healthcare Inpatient service H Males Females EALTH G 0791,5 9,669 11,455 10,789 ,2 ,3 1,540 1,535 1,529 ,0 ,1 2,423 2,716 2,800 4,507 4,835 4,873 1,998 1,826 1,665 0520 2007 2006 2005 ENERAL 272. 19.3 21.6 22.7 183. 27.0 32.2 31.8 1 8 386 486 517 2 4 554 840 926 H 06 45 72 60 79 60 79 UNGARY

CHARACTERISTICS

IN F IGURES 2008 , H UNGARIAN Surgery Neonatology andpaediatrics Neurology Oto-rhino-laryngology Internal medicine Rheumatology Ophthalmology Dentistry Physiotherapy Laboratory diagnostics G Disorders ofbonedensity Cerebrovascular diseases ENERAL Deforming dorsopathies Fields ofspecialization and spondylopathies C Coronary diseases Diabetes mellitus

CHARACTERISTICS ENTRAL Hypertension and structure General Practitioners,perthousandinhabitants Most visited fields inoutpatientservice,2007 Most visitedfields Diseases ofpersonsagedover18registeredat S TATISTICAL 20 2003 2001 5 1010 0 5 300350 100200 250 150 50 cases 0 O FFICE , 2009 attendance Cases of 111 24 16 20 36 33 23 75 61 12 per hundredinhabitants 05 2007 2005 Interventions 1,241 256 273 123 133 77 80 82 98 74 Working hours performed by specialists 48 13 7 8 5 6 7 7 1 7 13 2009.07.30. 15:50:34

HEALTH Altalanos_jelzoszamok_Eng.indd 14-15

Average mathematics scores in PISA test U490.9 HU K513.0 DK K495.4 UK O414.8 RO R459.2 GR G413.4 BG E503.8 DE L530.7 NL Z509.9 CZ U490.0 LU T505.5 AT K492.1 SK E520.3 BE T466.2 PT V486.2 LV R495.5 FR E514.6 EE T486.4 LT L495.4 PL E502.4 SE S480.0 ES T461.7 IT E501.5 IE I548.4 FI I504.5 SI 14 Students intertiaryundergraduate(Bachelor)andpostgraduate * Including studentsinuniversity andcollegeleveleducation andinundivided training. Total Services 13.9 Health andwelfare Agriculture Engineering, manufacturingandconstruction Computing Science Law Business andadministration Social sciences Humanities Arts Teacher trainingandeducationscience uissuet e ru 282. 252. .. 17.0 11.6 27.4 13.2 22.5 10.4 20.3 10.9 22.8 Pupils/students perteacher Pupils/students pergroup Of which: students, thousand Number offull-timepupils/ institutions, % state orlocalgovernment share ofpupils/studentsin share ofgirls,% Denomination (Master) training by fields oftraining* (Master) trainingbyfields Denomination Data onschoolyear2008/2009 E Kinder- garten DUCATION 2. 8. 3. 4. 242.9 440.1 133.7 788.6 325.7 824. 715. 52.6 52.6 37.1 48.1 48.2 429. 538. 87.9 81.1 85.3 92.3 94.2 Primary school G Vocation- al school 0120 2008/2009 2001/2002 0. 100.0 100.0 ENERAL 21.4 15.1 H 8.7 8.1 3.6 3.5 1.7 5.6 9.5 7.4 1.5 UNGARY

CHARACTERISTICS Second- school

IN ary F IGURES 25.5 14.7 8.5 9.3 2.6 3.7 3.4 4.9 8.8 8.3 2.1 8.1 Tertiary educa- tion 2008 , (%) H 18–22 year-olds Students intertiary education 14–17 year-olds UNGARIAN 25–64 year-oldsbyqualification 25–64 20–24 year-oldswithatleastsecondaryeducation Students withadegreeaspercentageof22year-olds Students withG.C.E.asapercentageof18year-olds Vocational schoolstudents Primary schoolpupils 6–13 year-olds 3–5year-olds Secondary school students G living instudents’ hostels withtertiaryeducation withatleastsecondaryeducation withatmostprimaryeducation living instudents’ hostels receiving meals attending day-timehomesservices holding ascholarship receiving meals living instudents’hostels ENERAL Full-time pupils/studentsasapercentageofpopulation C

CHARACTERISTICS ENTRAL Denomination 0 20 40 60 80 100 % 100 80 60 40 20 0 S TATISTICAL Denomination StudentswithG.C.E.,graduates Services relatedtoeducation O FFICE corresponding age , 2009 0620 0720 2008/2009 2007/2008 2006/2007 446. 65.4 64.3 64.4 242. 20.8 9.8 9.7 21.3 10.3 10.1 22.4 10.9 10.9 142. 20.1 20.2 21.4 184. 42.8 41.4 41.8 2.1 0520 2007 2006 2005 711. 18.0 79.2 17.7 20.8 78.1 17.1 21.9 76.4 84.0 23.6 21.5 82.9 62.9 23.1 83.4 62.0 25.1 61.7 . 2.2 2.1 2007/2008 2005/2006 (%) (%) 15 2009.07.30. 15:50:36

EDUCATION Altalanos_jelzoszamok_Eng.indd 16-17

Per capita GDP at purchasing power parity (EU-27 = 100.0) U2 100.0 EU-27 U62.9 HU K117.1 DK T79.0 MT K118.5 UK O44.9 RO R96.6 GR G39.2 BG Y92.6 CY E115.6 DE L132.2 NL Z81.3 CZ U258.4 LU T124.8 AT K70.7 SK E118.5 BE T75.5 PT V55.1 LV R108.1 FR E65.1 EE T60.6 LT L56.1 PL S104.2 ES E120.1 SE T99.3 IT E143.1 IE I115.5 FI I90.8 SI 16 culfnlcnupin oa 51 . 19–0.2 –1.9 2.3 75.1 Gross fixedcapitalformation Actual finalconsumption,total Of which: Total domesticuseofGDP Of which: Total GDP –4 –3 –2 –1 government actual finalconsumptionof households actual finalconsumptionof personal serviceactivities Other community,socialand health andsocialwork Public administration,education, activities estate, rentingandbusiness Financial intermediation,real communication Transport, storageand restaurants Trade andrepair,hotels Construction Industry fishing Agriculture, huntingandforestry, % 0 1 2 3 4 Export (+)andimport asaproportionofGDP (–)surplus 00 01 0220 0420 20 2007 2008 2006 2002 20032004 2005 2001 2000 E CONOMIC Industries Gross domesticproduct

GROWTH Distribu- 0. . . 0.6 1.2 4.0 100.0 2008 tion, 01-. 18–2.6 1.8 0.1 -3.7 –1.4 20.1 1.9 65.6 88 . 100.4 –1.0 1.7 98.8 77 . 390.5 –2.3 –3.9 1.1 0.3 6.3 17.7 21.9 –0.1 6.6 5.6 24.9 39 . 38–2.6 3.8 8.2 13.9 . 14 . –4.0 3.4 1.4 4.5 . 49–. –1.9 –4.5 4.9 9.5 . 59 . 0.3 5.1 –5.2 5.9 –6.7 8.3 0.8 4.6 . 65–1050.6 –21.0 –6.5 4.3 , INVESTMENTS G ENERAL 0620 2008 2007 2006 H UNGARY Change involume on previousyear

CHARACTERISTICS

IN F IGURES 2008 , (%) H 100 20 40 60 80 UNGARIAN 2000 2005 2007 2006 % eidFrincptlsoki ugr Hungariancapitalstock abroad ForeigncapitalstockinHungary Period G 0 100 120 130 110 140 ENERAL % 2001 2002 2003 2005 2004 2006 2007 2008 Distribution ofinvestmentexpenditures bymainindustries 2006 2007 2008 C

CHARACTERISTICS ENTRAL Foreign directinvestmentsinHungaryand GDP S TATISTICAL GDP anditsmaincomponents ofuse investmentsofresidentsabroad 15,164 13,843 11,795 5,577 O (stocks atendofyear) FFICE , 2009 (2000 =100) households consumption of Actual final Other industries Non-market services Real estate,renting andbusinessactivities Transport, storageandcommunication Trade andrepair Manufacturing formation Gross fixedcapital 2,327 2,861 1,631 351 (billion HUF) 17 2009.07.30. 15:50:38

ECONOMIC GROWTH, INVESTMENTS Altalanos_jelzoszamok_Eng.indd 18-19

Share of land under agricultural use of total land area, % U62.4 HU K62.5 DK T32.6 MT 66.1 UK O57.5 RO R30.2 GR G46.1 BG Y16.4 CY E47.5 DE L50.5 NL Z53.9 CZ U50.6 LU T38.6 AT K39.4 SK E44.9 BE T40.0 PT V28.5 LV R53.6 FR E18.2 EE T41.3 LT L51.7 PL E6.9 SE S49.7 ES T48.1 IT E60.8 IE I6.7 FI I24.6 SI 18 100 160 180 120 140 60 80 % Total 11.1 Animal products 13.5 Animals 13.0 Other cropproducts Fruits Horticultural products,potatoes Industrial crops Cereals 2008 2007 20042005 2006 2001 2002 2003 products Live animalsandanimal Crop products A GRICULTURE Products Structure ofagriculturalproduction Gross agriculturalproduction , INDUSTRY (2000 =100) Agriculture, total Animal husbandry Crop production 0. 0. 100.0 100.0 100.0 0620 2008 2007 2006 863. 34.5 36.8 38.6 512. 22.0 23.2 25.1 31.7 27.9 27.0 146. 65.5 63.2 61.4 341. 12.5 13.6 13.4 3.9 8.9 8.5 G

AND ENERAL H UNGARY

4.0 11.4 8.1 9.7

SERVICES CHARACTERISTICS

IN F IGURES 3.4 7.9 2008 , (%) H UNGARIAN Cows’ milk,millionlitres Fruits Vegetables Meat, thousandtons thousand tons Animals forslaughter, a) 2007. Grape Sugar-beet Sunflower Maize a) Fish, tons Honey, tons Wool, tons Hen eggs,million b) 2006. Wheat G 2007. ENERAL Denomination Denomination C

CHARACTERISTICS ENTRAL S TATISTICAL Production ofmajoranimalproducts Production ofbasiccropproducts O FFICE 0620 2008 2007 2006 0722,8 0000.3 9.8 20,000 22,394 21,384 15,996 20,762 17,319 0620 2008 2007 2006 ,7 ,6 1,818 1,760 1,779 ,8 ,2 ,9 14.3 8,897 1,693 4,027 2,454 8,282 ,7 ,8 5,631 3,987 4,376 ,8 ,6 ,6 21.5 1,468 1,060 1,181 ,9 ,9 1,790 1,794 1,796 ,7 ,9 1,378 1,396 1,372 ,8 ,0 4,502 4,603 4,689 ,5 ,4 2,871 2,843 2,956 863 523 , 2009 782 thousand tons in naturalunits 360 540 783 840 570 573 .. as apercentage as apercentage of EU-27 of EU-27 2.7a) 1.1 2.0 0.5 3.8 1.2 2.6 2.6 .. .. a) a) b) a) a) a) a) 19 2009.07.30. 15:50:41

AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRY AND SERVICES Altalanos_jelzoszamok_Eng.indd 20-21

Share of high-tech exports of total exports, % U20.3 HU K12.8 DK K26.5 UK 54.6 MT O3.8 RO R5.7 GR G3.3 BG Y21.4 CY E14.0 DE L18.3 NL Z12.7 CZ U40.7 LU T11.2 AT K5.4 SK E6.6 BE T7.0 PT V4.2 LV R17.9 FR E8.0 EE T4.7 LT L3.1 PL S4.9 ES E13.4 SE T6.4 IT E29.0 IE I18.1 FI I4.7 SI 20 100 20 40 60 80 % Other industry, printingandpublishing Textile, leather,woodandpaper Manufacture ofbasicmetals Electricity, gasandwatersupply and tobacco Manufacture offoodproducts,beverages Chemical industry Machinery branches ae n aebad huadtn 5 2 460 529 551 Gas andfueloil,thousand tons Motor fuel,thousand tons Paper andpaperboard, thousandtons Electricity, GWh Natural gas,millioncubicm Crude oil,thousandtons ai lsi aeil huadtn ,7 ,7 1,434 1,672 1,578 thousand units Seats withwooden frames,upholstered, Basic plasticmaterial, thousandtons 0 Distribution ofindustrialproductionandsalesbysize sls sales Export- sales Domestic Production Distribution ofindustrialproductionandsales,2008 Branch, branchgroup Production ofcertainindustrial products Products enterprises, 2008 enterprises, production 2163,6 34,996 35,763 32,156 Share ofmajorbranchgroups ,6 ,9 1,364 1,394 2,700 1,369 2,653 3,254 ,2 ,5 3,736 3,855 3,723 0620 2008 2007 2006 751. 18.1 10.9 13.1 66.8 17.5 47.0 4 7 647 8 3 775 839 886 G . . 5.5 5.2 2.6 5.9 3.8 40.7 13.7 4.6 7.5 5.1 1.9 4.3 7.7 8.3 9.8 ENERAL H UNGARY more 250 employeesor Enterprises with 50–249 employees Enterprises with 5–49 employees Enterprises with 0–4 employees Enterprises with industrial

xotdomestic export CHARACTERISTICS 11 629

IN F sales IGURES 2008 , (%) H Settlement type UNGARIAN previous year=100.0 2005=100.0 te on 2,119 Villages Other towns Budapest Distribution, % persons Number, thousand Total dwellings, sq.m Average basicfloorspaceofbuilt Number ofceaseddwellings Number ofbuiltdwellings production, % Distribution of G ENERAL Denomination Distribution of construction output by staff categories,2008 Distribution ofconstructionoutputbystaff C

CHARACTERISTICS ENTRAL Denomination 2006 Dwelling stock,inhabitantsper dwellings,2008 Construction activitiesbycontractors,2007 S TATISTICAL Number of dwellings, thousand Dwelling constructionandcessation 4,303 1,303 881 Construction O industry 9. 15.3 191.1 FFICE 4289.5 84.2 84.7 4879.4 84.8 79.5 Manual workers Volume index hundred dwell- , 2009 Population per ings, persons 233 241 247 194 tion enterprises Non-construc- 3843,5 36,075 36,159 33,864 6.4 6.3 ,8 ,1 3,745 4,114 4,884 89.3 dwellings, sq.m Average basic floor spaceof 250 personsormore 50–249 persons 20–49 persons 10–19 persons 5–9 persons 4 personsorfewer Construction by 75.4 84.6 63.4 74.7 households 89.4 34.0 97.7 14.1 2007 9.0 87.4 hundred rooms, Inhabitants per persons 90 91 92 82 100.0 100.0 240.4 Total 2008 85.1 85.5 90.0 21 2009.07.30. 15:50:43

AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRY AND SERVICES Altalanos_jelzoszamok_Eng.indd 22-23

Share of electrified railways, % U2 49.8 EU-27 U35.8 HU K24.1 DK K25.1 UK O36.3 RO R3.2 GR G69.3 BG E56.5 DE L73.4 NL Z31.5 CZ U95.3 LU T61.8 AT K42.9 SK E84.0 BE T50.5 PT V11.4 LV R50.4 FR E13.7 EE T6.9 LT L60.8 PL S56.6 ES E70.2 SE T69.9 IT E2.7 IE I45.7 FI I41.0 SI 22 Distribution ofinterurbanpassengertransportperformances Denomination Railway waterway Inland Road Pipeline Total 0.1% Ship According tonumberofpassengerstransported According topassengerkilometre performance Airplane 22.4% (100% =26.0billionpassengerkilometres) Goodstransportperformances,2008 ton-kilometres billion freight ( 100% =691.1millionpersons) 0.1% Ship 53.5 35.7 9.9 2.3 5.6 Performance in 2008 previous year=100 Airplane 0.6% 102 100 99 98 97 G ENERAL H UNGARY Coach 45.6% Coach

78.3% CHARACTERISTICS Railway

IN international 31.9% Railway F traffic,% 21.0% Share of IGURES 100 71 64 86 80 2008 , H United Kingdom UNGARIAN Total Suburban railway Underground Trolleybus Tram Bus Czech Republic G ENERAL Luxembourg Netherlands Numberofpassengerstransportedinurbanpublictransport Lithuania Denmark Germany Romania Hungary Denomination Portugal Slovenia Belgium Bulgaria Slovakia Sweden Finland Estonia Ireland Greece Cyprus Austria Poland France C EU-27

Latvia Spain Malta CHARACTERISTICS ENTRAL Italy Distribution offreighttransportperformance (based ondatacalculatedinfreightton-kilometres) 1 2 04 5 0 70 80 90 5060 203040 10 100% 0 S TATISTICAL O waterways Inland FFICE by modes,2007 , 2009 2,233 1,373 2006 280 412 110 58 ala Road Railway 2,158 1,301 2007 282 109 409 57 (million persons) 2,124 1,258 2008 108 406 297 55 23 2009.07.30. 15:50:45

AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRY AND SERVICES Altalanos_jelzoszamok_Eng.indd 24-25

Ratio of “Maastricht” debt of government sector to gross domestic product U2 61.5 EU-27 U73.0 HU K33.3 DK K52.0 UK T64.1 MT O13.6 RO R97.6 GR G14.1 BG Y49.1 CY E65.9 DE L58.2 NL Z29.8 CZ U14.7 LU T62.5 AT K27.6 SK E89.6 BE T66.4 PT V19.5 LV R68.1 FR E4.8 EE T15.6 LT L47.1 PL E38.0 39.5 SE ES T105.8 IT E43.2 IE I33.4 FI I22.8 SI 24 100 150 200 250 300 HUF 2008 2006 2007 2003 2004 2005 20012000 2002 Of which: General government Of which: Balance ofcurrentaccount Current transfers Incomes Services Local governments Social securityfunds a) Preliminarydata. Central government Goods Balance ofgeneralgovernmentanditssubsystems Denomination Denomination Balance ofcurrentaccountanditsitems Average annualforeignexchange rates EUR USD CHF E (on accrualbasis) QUILIBRIUM 674–,0 –8,902 –6,602 –6,794 219–,4 –905 –1,248 –2,189 557–,7 –8,585 –7,477 –5,577 246–,2 –799 –1,424 –2,406 318 –2,051 0620 2008 2007 2006 2008 2007 2006 ,4 ,5 910 1,051 1,246 –160 42–9 –1,313 –494 –412 7 7 –80 177 377 G ENERAL H UNGARY

CHARACTERISTICS 1–27 –1

IN F (million EUR) (billion HUF) IGURES 2008 , 86 a) H UNGARIAN Government services Business services Transport services Travel Machinery andtransportequipment Manufactured goods Fuels, electricenergy Raw materials Food, beverages,tobacco G 10 Total Total 100 102 104 106 108 120 110 116 118 112 114 % ENERAL 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 % 200620072008 20042005 20022003 2001 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Merchandise import andexportvolumes(previousyear=100) Ratio of general government deficit inlinewithMaastricht Ratio ofgeneralgovernmentdeficit C

CHARACTERISTICS ENTRAL Denomination Imports Exports External tradeingoodsandservices,2008 S TATISTICAL criteria togrossdomesticproduct O FFICE , 2009 Services Goods mot xot Balance Exports Imports 2977,3 –159 72,838 72,997 2371,9 999 13,396 12,397 5764,9 8,344 –3,683 44,090 19,391 35,746 23,074 ,8 ,0 –979 6,402 7,381 –6,608 290 1,498 2,770 1,712 4,875 9,378 1,422 3,377 ,0 ,9 694 2,796 2,102 ,4 ,0 1,361 4,101 2,740 175 8–77 98 (million EUR) 25 2009.07.30. 15:50:48

EQUILIBRIUM Altalanos_jelzoszamok_Eng.indd 26-27

Relative price level (EU-27 = 100.0) U2 100.0 EU-27 U61.8 HU K143.3 DK K111.5 UK T69.4 MT O54.5 RO R88.6 GR G41.0 BG Y90.2 CY E102.4 DE L104.5 NL Z58.4 CZ U123.7 LU T105.0 AT K58.6 SK E108.1 BE T83.9 PT V61.0 LV R108.6 FR E65.9 EE T54.5 LT L57.8 PL S91.8 ES 122.6 SE T105.8 IT E126.0 IE I122.2 FI I76.9 SI 26 Terms oftrade Export priceindex Import priceindex 110.5 112.0 108.2 Alcoholic beveragesandtobacco Food andnon-alcoholicbeverages iclaeu od n evcs125150104.1 105.0 102.5 Total Miscellaneous goodsandservices Restaurants andhotels Education Recreation andculture Communications Transport Health and routinemaintenance Furnishing, householdequipment other fuels Housing, water,electricity,gasand Clothing andfootwear External tradepriceindices and termsoftrade Denomination Denomination Consumer priceindex P RICES 0. 0. 106.1 108.0 103.9 0620 2008 2007 2006 2008 2007 2006 0. 55100.4 102.1 95.5 95.6 106.4 107.9 0. 0. 107.5 104.6 108.2 106.4 105.3 106.2 99.0 107.7 103.4 120.7 109.4 103.5 104.4 115.1 105.6 105.5 106.9 104.3 0. 0. 103.2 103.2 101.5 869. 98.3 99.9 98.6 639. 99.4 96.5 100.9 96.3 101.6 100.0 98.6 101.0 99.4 G ENERAL H UNGARY (previous year=100.0) (previous year=100.0)

CHARACTERISTICS

IN F IGURES 2008 , H 100 150 160 120 130 110 140 20072008 2004 2005 2006 20012002 2003 % UNGARIAN aua n auatrd(ie)gs 0cbcm5877931 757 548 Water charges,cubicm Natural andmanufactured(piped)gas,10cubicm Electricity (daytime),10kW/h Gasoline (unleaded,95octane),l Hi-fi set Colour stereoTV(70–75cm,teletext) Beer lager,0.5lbottle Hungarian salami,kg Milk (2.8%),l Bread (home-madetype),kg G ENERAL C Average consumerpriceofselectedgoodsandservices

CHARACTERISTICS ENTRAL Denomination S TATISTICAL Consumer prices Industrial producer prices Agricultural producerprices Producer andconsumerprices O FFICE (2000 =100) , 2009 3503,4 35,200 63,380 39,640 70,200 43,560 75,800 ,4 ,5 4,770 4,550 4,040 0620 2008 2007 2006 2 5 273 252 420 293 383 223 276 343 277 219 293 187 256 168 217 1 3 141 130 119 (HUF) 27 2009.07.30. 15:50:51

PRICES Altalanos_jelzoszamok_Eng.indd 28-29

Total R&D expenditures as % of GDP U2 1.83 EU-27 U0.97 HU K2.55 DK T0.60 MT O0.53 RO R0.57 GR G0.48 BG Y0.45 CY E2.53 DE L1.70 NL Z1.54 CZ U0.63 LU T2.56 AT K0.46 SK E1.87 BE T1.18 PT V0.63 LV R2.08 FR E1.14 EE T0.82 LT E3.64 SE S1.27 ES E1.31 IE I3.47 FI I1.53 SI 28 e 0 cetss9 5 79 6 33.5 100 155 22.3 14 37.0 94 49,485 33,059 210 13,133 245,693 8,573 38.8 123,669 25,923 92 18,545 57,365 per 100scientists Foreign-language papers 10,429 5,941 papers per100scientists 59,337 Hungarian-language scientists, % Share offemales scientists, persons Actual staffnumberof persons Actual staffnumber, HUF Expenditures, million 2000 20012002 2003 2004 20052006 2007 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 % 0 Denomination Research anddevelopmentdatabyR&Dunits,2007 Proportions of R&D expenditures financed by Proportions ofR&Dexpenditures financed Government Enterprises government andenterprises institutes Research S CIENCE Tertiary-level educational institutions G ENERAL H UNGARY nepie Total Enterprises

CHARACTERISTICS

IN F IGURES 2008 , H UNGARIAN G ENERAL 2007 2006 2000 100 20 40 60 80 % 60708090 50 10203040 100 0 % 0 C Qualifications asapercentageoftotalheadcount, 2007 Qualifications eerhisiue Trir dcto Enterprises Tertiaryeducation Researchinstitutes institutes

CHARACTERISTICS ENTRAL ai eerh ple eerh Experimentaldevelopment Appliedresearch Basic research S TATISTICAL Utilization ofR&Dexpenditures Share ofthosehaving anacademicdegree,% Share ofthoseholding adegree,% O FFICE , 2009 29 2009.07.30. 15:50:52

SCIENCE Altalanos_jelzoszamok_Eng.indd 30-31

Accessibility of e-government services, % U2 59 EU-27 U50 HU K63 DK T95 MT K89 UK O35 RO R45 GR G15 BG Y45 CY E74 DE L63 NL Z55 CZ U40 LU T100 AT K35 SK E60 BE T90 PT V30 LV R70 FR E70 EE T35 LT L25 PL E75 SE S70 ES T70 IT E50 IE I67 FI I90 SI 30 Thousand 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 E-mail Internet/WWW Intranet Mobile phone Personal computer,workstation 500 0 2006 2007 2008 Share of enterprises usingmajorinformationand Share ofenterprises Denomination I communication technologies NTERNET xDSL Cable TV Wireless Public switchednetwork(bymodem)+ISDN Other (e.g.LAN,leasedline) Internet subscriptions , TELEPHONY 0620 2008 2007 2006 959. 89.6 90.5 89.5 818. 86.2 16.2 89.7 85.0 21.5 91.3 78.1 17.0 90.1 408. 85.0 84.1 74.0 G ENERAL H UNGARY

CHARACTERISTICS

IN F IGURES 2008 , (%) H UNGARIAN Average lengthofinitiatedcalls,minutes Calls perlineorsubscriptionnumber Number ofinitiatedcalls,million subscriptions, thousand Number offixedmainlinesandmobilephone United Kingdom G Czech Republic Per 100inhabitants Length, minutes ENERAL Luxembourg Netherlands Lithuania Denmark Germany Romania Hungary Portugal Slovenia Belgium Bulgaria Slovakia Sweden C Finland Estonia Ireland Greece Cyprus Austria Poland

France Proportion ofhouseholdshavinginternetaccess,2008 CHARACTERISTICS Latvia Spain ENTRAL Malta Italy 0 0 0 0 05 6 0 80 90 6070 4050 % 30 20 10 0 S TATISTICAL Indicator Internet access Main dataoftelephony,2008 O FFICE , 2009 Broadband access Fixed-line Mobile 1,981 1,938 ,0 12,224 3,100 30.9 634 3.1 7,777 1,289 121.9 636 2.0 31 2009.07.30. 15:50:54

INTERNET, TELEPHONY Altalanos_jelzoszamok_Eng.indd 32-33

Cinema attendance per inhabitant U2 1.9 EU-27 U1.2 HU K2.3 DK T2.3 MT 2.6 UK O0.1 RO R1.2 GR G0.3 BG Y1.1 CY E1.7 DE L1.4 NL Z1.1 CZ U2.7 LU T2.1 AT K0.6 SK E2.3 BE T1.5 PT V0.9 LV R3.0 FR E1.2 EE T0.7 LT L0.8 PL E1.7 SE 2.8 ES T1.8 IT E4.2 IE I1.3 FI I1.3 SI 32 ot n hlrnsltrtr,ttl881101,407 1,170 858 Of which,% Youth andchildren’sliterature,total l ulse ok,bolt oa 1771,0 15,255 13,600 11,737 Of which,% All publishedbooks,bookletstotal inhabitants Museum attendanceperthousand inhabitants Concert attendanceperthousand 14,447 inhabitants Theatre attendanceperthousand 13,239 inhabitants Cinema attendanceperthousand 11,377 books, thousand Number ofcopiespublished Number oftitlespublishedbooks German British American(USA) Hungarian German British American(USA) Hungarian Books andbookletsbynationalityofauthor Denomination Denomination Selected indicatorsofculturallife C ULTURE 8214,2 42,507 43,824 38,281 0620 2008 2007 2006 ,5 ,1 1,014 1,111 1,153 1,164 1,085 1,155 1 0 401 403 413 43 G 0620 2008 2007 2006 273. 35.4 35.9 42.7 896. 69.4 66.4 68.9 391. 12.8 12,8 15.4 15,4 13.9 13,9 ENERAL . 238.6 14.6 12.3 26.3 9.8 5.2 25.3 2.3 9.8 . . 4.5 5.5 5.4 H UNGARY number oftitles

CHARACTERISTICS 40

IN F IGURES 2008 , 41 H Million UNGARIAN tedne huad1663 226 32 280 146 430 28 339 Attendance perperformance Attendance, thousand Number ofperformances Number ofcountries European championships World championships Beijing Olympics G 2008 20062007 2002200320042005 20012000 10 15 20 ENERAL 0 5 Hungarian medalswonatBeijing Olympics andatEuropean Denomination C

Denomination CHARACTERISTICS ENTRAL Proportion ofcinema-goersattending Hungarianfilms,% Attendance, million S TATISTICAL Theatreguestperformances,2007 world championships, 2008 O FFICE Cinema attendance Gold , 2009 9 1 3 Hungarian theatres abroad Silver 15 1 6 Foreign theatres in Hungary Bronze 16 3 2 0 5 10 15 20 % 33 2009.07.30. 15:50:57

CULTURE Altalanos_jelzoszamok_Eng.indd 34-35

Concentration of dust in one cubic metre of air in towns, microgrammes U35.8 HU K27.1 DK K24.8 UK O52.2 RO R36.1 GR G55.4 BG E25.6 DE L31.0 NL Z40.7 CZ T30.4 AT K28.3 SK E33.9 BE T32.0 PT R21.1 FR E22.7 EE T20.2 LT L44.7 PL E20.4 SE 31.4 ES T41.6 IT E15.4 IE I16.6 FI I33.3 SI 34 msin fpriuaemte,k/esn89826.0 8.4 8.2 11.7 5,720 8.9 12.8 5,924 Emissions ofparticulatematter,kg/person Emissions ofsulphurdioxide,kg/person 6,045 compounds (NMVOC),kg/person Emissions ofnon-methanevolatileorganic Emissions ofcarbondioxide,kg/person removal services,% Proportion ofdwellingscoveredbywaste Municipal solidwaste,kg/person Proportion oftreatedwastewater,% sewerage network,millioncubicm Waste waterconnectedtopublic Forest area,thousandha incineration withenergyrecovery Collection anddisposalofmunicipalsolidwaste,2007 Collection by Denomination E NVIRONMENT Environmental protection other method reprocessing landfilling cleaning publicareas collection ofbulkywaste separate collection traditional collection , ENERGY 8. 6. 534.0 567.4 1,891 1,853 588.7 1,851 0520 2007 2006 2005 761. 14.7 17.5 17.6 029. 92.3 91.9 71.7 90.2 67.5 65.9 G 6 6 456 468 460 ENERAL H UNGARY Disposal by

CHARACTERISTICS

IN F IGURES 2008 , H UNGARIAN 0811009. 98.9 96.5 96.1 99.5 97.7 99.9 1,120.0 1,125.4 1,152.0 2008 2007 2006 G United Kingdom Czech Republic ENERAL Luxembourg Netherlands Year Lithuania Energy dependencyoftheEUanditsmemberstates,2007 Germany Romania C Hungary Portugal Slovenia Belgium Bulgaria Slovakia Sweden

Finland Estonia Ireland Greece CHARACTERISTICS Cyprus Austria Poland France ENTRAL Latvia Spain Malta Italy S (net importsasapercentageofenergysupply) 0 20 40 80 60 100% TATISTICAL eaolspreviousyear=100.0 petajoules O Energy consumption FFICE , 2009 Total

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ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY TOURISM IN FOCUS

Number of foreign visitors in Hungary by major sender countries TOURISM IN FOCUS (thousand) Country 2006 2007 2008

Slovakia 7,380 7,805 8,142 Romania 7,998 7,990 8,079 Hungary, rich in natural beauties, spas, tourist sights, also having a Austria 5,936 6,510 6,397 lively cultural life, attracts more and more foreign visitors due to its Germany 3,090 3,059 3,103 improving infrastructure and reviving spa culture. Monuments, castles, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo 3,114 2,927 2,279 historic sites, museums, cultural landscapes, archeologic, ethnographic Poland 1,125 1,293 1,526 heritages and those figuring on UNESCO’s world heritage list: old village of Hollókő and its surroundings; Budapest, including the banks Ukraine 1,756 1,420 1,371 of the Danube, the Quarter and Andrássy Avenue; caves Bulgaria .. 1,212 1,243 of Aggtelek Carst and Slovak Carst; Tokaj wine region historic cultural Czech Republic .. 932 1,086 landscape; the Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma and its Croatia 1,199 1,119 990 natural environment; Hortobágy National Park; Fertő/Neusiedlersee cultural landscape and early Christian necropolis of Pécs consisting of Hotels had the highest share, nearly four tenths of the 303 thousand 16 buildings as well. bed-places available at public accommodation establishments. Out of the 277 thousand bed-places at private accommodation establishments, 8 tenths were available at private room-service and 2 tenths at rural room-service. 3.5 million foreign tour- ists arrived at public, 285 thousand at private accommodation establishments. They focused their interest principally on Budapest, Western Transdanubia and Lake Balaton. The number of Hungarian guests at public accommodation establishments amounted to 4.1 millions, while 684 thousand Hungarians arrived at private accommodation establishments. As a result of the geographic and An annually growing number of visitors arrives in Hungary, nearly 40 geologic characteristics of the country, million visitors in 2008. Almost two thirds of them came as transit visitors waterside and health tourism are sig- or had the purpose of shopping or working, however, the share of those nificant. There are 63 thermal baths, coming for recreation was also significant. City sightseeing, holidays, 22 spas and 10 amusement baths, an- health tourism and visiting friends or relatives are important motives for other 78 offer both medicinal and thermal water, and in further 34 both those spending their free time here. The proportion of tourists partici- the services of amusement baths and those of spas or thermal baths can pating at fairs, exhibitions among business travellers is significant, while be found. In Budapest 10 spas and thermal baths and 3 amusement baths conference participants have a lower share. await guests.

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Number and share of foreign visitors in Hungary, spending at least one Main indicators of spa and wellness hotels, 2008 night, by touristic regions visited*, 2008

Indicator Spa hotels Wellness hotels As a percentage of Touristic region Thousand visitors Number of operating unitsa) 54 82 foreign visitors Number of bed-placesa) 14,645 11,689 Budapest 3,612 41.0 Number of foreign tourists, thousand 310 161 Central Danubia 230 2.6 Number of Hungarian tourists, 456 554 thousand Northern Great Plain 546 6.2 Number of foreign tourism nights, 1,356 452 Western Transdanubia 2,346 26.6 thousand Northern Hungary 310 3.5 Number of Hungarian tourism nights, 1,339 1,208 thousand Lake Balaton 1,205 13.7 Average length of stay of foreign 4.4 2.8 Lake Tisza 106 1.2 tourists, night Average length of stay of Hungarian Central Transdanubia 500 5.7 2.9 2.2 tourists, night Southern Great Plain 303 3.4 Gross average room rate, HUF 13,027 14,678 Southern Transdanubia 466 5.3 a) On 31 July 2008. * Respondents were allowed to mark more than one region. 531 international conferences and 57 international 1.7 million foreign visitors arrived in Hungary in 2008 with the main fairs or exhibitions were organized in 2008 in Hungary. purpose of health tourism and they spent 5 days here on the average. Most Altogether some 120 thousand guests participated at the of them came from Austria, Germany and Slovakia. 409 thousand Hungari- international conferences. The highest share of these ans participating at a multi-day trip in the country had the same objective. events focused on economic or medical issues. 8 tenths Spa and wellness hotels, belonging to public accommodation establish- of the conferences were organized in Budapest, the num- ments, offer specialised services. The number of such hotels was 136 in ber of participating countries was more than nine on the 2008. 37% of the bedplace-capacity of spa hotels (2 stars or above catego- average, more than 3 fourths of the guests arrived from ry) and 33% of that of wellness hotels (3 stars or above) were available in abroad. Budapest is the 6th most attractive conference Lake Balaton Priority Resort Area. site on the world after Paris, Vienna, Barcelona, Singa- pore and Berlin. The largest number of conferences, 77.3% of the to- tal took place at conference hotels. Conference centres had a proportion of 14.5, while universities and other scientific organizations 4.3%. The 8 most important caves open for tourism were visited by 440 thousand tourists in 2008. Baradla in Aggtelek, constituting part of the world heritage and the cave lake in Tapolca had the most visitors. Baradla and the cave system in Szemlő hill in Budapest have the longest system explored. Visitors had the opportunity to visit special caves like the cave lake in Miskolctapolca or Szent István Cave in Miskolc, used for medical therapy as well.

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.Number of visitors in major caves in Hungary, 2008 Traditional and wines are not only enjoyed by Hun- garian but also by foreign guests. Diverse programmes provided beside gastronomic offers, various gastronomic festivals attract a high number of Lóczy (Balatonfüred) visitors. Szemlő-hill (Budapest) Pálvölgyi (Budapest) Spa tourism sites and wine regions in Hungary Szent István (Miskolc) Abaliget (Abaliget) Tapolca (Tapolca) ry nga Hu Baradla (Aggtelek) hern Nort a

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Wine regions in Hungary:

Ászár-Neszmély Bükk Mátra Szekszárd Badacsony Csongrád Mór Tokaj Balatonboglár Eger Nagy-Somló Tolna Balaton-felvidék Etyek-Buda Pannonhalma Villány Balatonfüred- Hajós-Baja Pécs Zala Csopak Kunság Sopron

In the frame of wine tourism, participants going along the wine Zoos belonging to the Federation of Hungarian Zoos routes can visit the most significant settlements of the wine region. Various programmes are organized to amuse the tourists; such as visiting cellars, Number of Number of including wine tasting, wine museums (vinotekas), vintages and vintage Settlement Area, ha Settlement Area, ha species species feasts, wine auctions, wine festivals. Out of the 22 wine regions in Hun- Budakeszi 30 49 Miskolc 21 156 gary, the Kunság wine region, consisting of 97 settlements in Southern Great Plain, is the largest, while Southern Transdanubia has the most wine Budapest 11 862 Nyíregyháza 30 319 regions. Producers of the Tokaj-Hegyalja wine region, which is lying on Debrecen 17 175 Pécs 3.5 196 11 thousand hectares, produced a quantity of 250 thousand hectolitres of Győr 7 100 Szeged 40 144 wine, and about 15 thousand people were involved in viticulture. In 2008 Jászberény 4.5 73 Veszprém 13 140 the number of producers’ wineshops was nearly 2,600, most of which, Kecskemét 3 64 some 700 were in Northern Hungary and in Central Transdanubia each.

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Beside horse-breeding, events figure in the offer of this festival. The number of visitors is nearly having historic traditions, 70 thousand, more than 30% of the tickets are sold to foreigners every and equestrian performanc- year. 80% of the foreign visitors arrive by plane, spend 6–7 nights in Buda- es, service providers offer pest on the average and participate at more than 3 events. 1 fifth of them various services for those are returning guests. interested in equestrian tourism. Share of service providers belonging to the Thousand % top categories, indicated 400 by 4 or 5 horseshoes, is the 70 350 highest in Northern Hun- 60 300 gary and Northern Great 50 250 Plain. One of the two state-owned stud-farms can also be found in North- 40 ern Hungary, in Szilvásvárad. 200 30 Hungarian and international art programmes and festivals are a core 150 20 area in cultural tourism in Hungary and abroad as well. Approximately 3 100 thousand festivals are recorded annually, and according to surveys, most 50 10 people visit cultural and art festivals. Beside these, many visitors are at- 0 0 tracted by gastronomic, amateur festivals, or those linked to landscape, 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 natural values or traditions. For instance, the Miskolc Meat-jelly Festival, Number of visitors, Share of foreign buyers of thousand pre-purchased tickets, % Csaba Sausage Festival belong to the gastronomic, the Budapest Spring Festival, the International Bartók Festival, the International Opera Festi- val to music, the VIDOR Festival to all-artistic festivals. Beside those orga- nized in the capital and attracting a high number of visitors, cultural events make known many smaller settlements. Foreign guests also appear, depending on the topic, the performers, the site, European level of fame, and naturally on the ticket prices. For example, the share of foreigners is especially high at the Sziget Festival, organized annually in Budapest, and at the Budapest Spring Festival, also taking place in the capital. The Budapest Spring Festival has been the largest cultural festival in Hungary since 1981. Nearly 200 events are organized at 50–60 sites in the capital in the last two weeks of March. 15 sites in the country outside Buda- pest have also joined the course of events dur- ing the years. Beside the classic and light music concerts, theatre performances, films, open-air programmes and other

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Sziget Festival was organized in 1993 for the first time, on the Óbuda Island. The number of visitors in 2008 was more than 65 thousand daily. CHANGING TIMES – One of the outstanding events in the summers of Budapest is the For- ma 1 Hungarian Grand Prix, which has been organized at the Hunga- EVERYDAY HUNGARIAN HISTORY roring track, situated 19 kilometres away from Budapest since 1986. The track is said to be resemblant to that of Monaco because of its narrow The population number was 7.6 million …at the beginning of 2009 2.4 million curves. It meets the strictest technical standards and is among the safest on the present area of Hungary at the end more, 10 million 31 thousand people of 1910… lived in Hungary. tracks of the world. It saw Nigel Mansell and Michael Schumacher becom- ing world champions in 1992 and in 2001, respectively. Nearly 90% of the At birth newborn boys and girls could …until 2007 life expectancy at birth expect to live for 39 and 40 years, respec- lengthened by 30 years for boys and by foreign guests of the Formula 1 arrived in Hungary only because of the tively, in 1910–1911… 37 years for girls, so their life prospects Formula 1 Grand Prix, and almost 60% planned to return in the following can be estimated to equal 69 and 77 years, 3 years. As a result of the Polish racer 22% of the foreigners was Polish, an- respectively. The proportion of children born out of …and 39.5% in 2008. The about five-fold other 22% British, 9% German. Nearly half of the visitors arrived by plane, wedlock was 8% in 1919… rise dates essentially from the end of the within that, one third by low-cost airlines. 53% planned to spend 2–4, eighties. 36% 5–8 days in Hungary. Four-, five- and three-star hotels and camp- Out of a thousand live-born children 215 … this share was 5.6 per mille in 2008, a sites were the most popular among them. 41% of Hungarian visitors par- did not live at their first birthday in 1911… very slight proportion of what was mea- ticipated at the Hungarian Grand prix for the first time, while the share sured previously. of those coming for the second or third time reached 35%. There were 3 physicians and 21 hospi- …until 2007 the number of active physi- tal beds per ten thousand inhabitants in cians more than decupled (32), and that 1910… of hospital beds in operation rose to three and a half fold (72).

62% of deaths were reported to have been … 50% of deaths were caused by circula- caused by “other causes” in 1921, which tory diseases, 25% by neoplasms, and the were followed by infectious diseases… cause of death was unknown or “other” only in a very slight proportion of cases in 2008.

The number of automobiles was 1,047 in … 3 million 55 thousand passenger cars 1910… were running on public roads in 2008.

24,694 dispatches were sent from tele- …Hungarian post offices forwarded 700 graph offices in 1911… thousand telegrams in 2007, while 1.9 billion SMS messages were sent from mo- bile phones.

Motion picture attracted 19 million visi- …in 2008 – in the age of television, mo- tors in 1935, which figure rose to 140 mil- bile phones and internet – cinema atten- lion until 1960… dance was 10 million.

In hotels and boarding houses of Budapest ...in 2008 the number of domestic and in- 174 thousand domestic and 53 thousand ternational tourist arrivals at this type of foreign tourists were accommodated in establishments was 374 thousand and 2 Sources: 1910… million 119 thousand, respectively. Magyar Turizmus Zrt, Hungarian Convention Bureau, International Congress & Convention Association, Office of Nature Conservation, Federation of Hungarian Arboreta and Botanical At the end of the 19th century one in a …at the beginning of 2009 90% of dwell- Gardens, Federation of Hungarian Zoos, Wine Cadastre and Data of Viticulture of Tokaj Wine hundred dwellings had a bathroom, while ings were equipped with a bathroom. Region, Hungarian Equestrian Tourism Society, Ministry of Education and Culture, Wikipedia, 30 years later more than 6 bathrooms were Budapest Spring Festival, Forma 1 Hungarian Grand Prix. recorded per hundred dwellings…

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care was developed; the Káposztásmegyer waterworks, one of the most advanced waterworks of Europe at the time, were completed between SHOW -CASING BUDAPEST 1893 and 1904 with their wells, engine houses and pipe network. In this period did Budapest become a fully fledged transport, industrial, commercial, financial and cultural hub. Greater Budapest was created on 1 Janu- Budapest is the capital of Hungary; the country’s economic, transport and ary 1950 with the integration of suburban th cultural centre. With a population of 1 million 709 thousand, it is the 12 towns and villages – a total of 23 settlements th and 8 most populous city in Europe and the European Union, respecti- – being in the surroundings of the capital: vely, covering an area of 525 sq. km on the banks of the Danube. Widely as a result of this its territory was two and a regarded as a city of beautiful location, in 1987 the Budapest Danube Pa- half times larger and its population number norama and the Buda Castle District, then in 2002 the Andrássy Avenue one and a half times higher than before the and its historical surroundings were awarded world heritage status by unification. As a consequence of a suburban- the UNESCO World Heritage Committee. The city is outstandingly rich ization process Budapest is surrounded by an in natural assets. A unique natural asset is that there are 123 tepid and agglomeration belt of 80 settlements and 725 thermal springs in its territory; these were already used during the Roman thousand people. age and the Turkish occupation. In 1934, a spa resort status was awarded for Budapest and the first Inter- Resident population, vital statistics in Budapest national Balneological Congress declared it as an international spa Births, deaths, thousand Resident population, thousand resort in 1937. 50 2,400 The present “Budapest capi- 45 2,000 tal” was established on 17 No- 40 vember 1873 with the unification 35 1,600 of the royal boroughs of Pest and 30 Buda, the borough of Óbuda and 25 1,200 the . 20 15 800 In the development of this 10 400 city, the first and most dynamic 5 period was the four decades between the unification and World War 1. 0 0 That is when the present urban structure came into existence: ring roads

and avenue, railway stations, bridges, public warehouses were built; the 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 Parliament, the Opera, the Museum of Fine Art, the Museum of Ethnog- Resident population Live births Deaths raphy, the Museum of Applied Arts, the Basilica and the Central Market- place were completed between 1884 and 1906. Since 1893 street gas Budapest had a population of about 302 thousand people in its lamps have been replaced by public electric lighting, as part of the de- present area at the time of the first official census of 1870, since then a velopment of public transport, in the year of the millennial celebrations 5.5-fold rise has occurred. The population of the capital – first of all as of 1896 the first shallow-subway of Europe was completed; tramway a result of a large immigration that served to satisfy the labour demand services were started; universities, secondary schools, student hostels, caused by the industrialization –, up to 1980, showed a more dynamic publishing houses and theatres were established, the network of health- growth than what was seen nationally. The capital reached a peak of

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2 million 59 thousand people in 1980. However, since the 1980s the nat- Employment, unemployment, earnings, 2008 ural decrease has been in excess of the number of those moving into the capital, moreover around the turn of the millennium there was a strong Denomination Budapest Country outward migration from Budapest to Pest County. Number of employed persons, thousanda) 747.6 3,879.4 In the last decades Budapest has showed a significant change Number of unemployed persons, thousanda) 33.2 329.2 in the age structure of the population: a decrease was seen in Economically active population, thousanda) 780.8 4,208.6 the number of children aged less than 15 years along with an Economically non-active population, thousanda) 529.7 3,501.6 increase in that of the population aged over 64 years. The capital Activity rate, %a) 59.6 54.6 has a more unfavourable age structure than other areas of our Employment rate, %a) 57.0 50.3 country: there are nearly 150 old-aged people per 100 children, Unemployment rate, %a) 4.3 7.8 40 more than nationally. (Only four out of the capitals of the Average gross monthly earnings of employees, HUF 256,953 198,942 European Union member states have a higher ageing index than Average net monthly earnings of employees, HUF 149,055 122,047 that of Budapest). In conjunction with this, inhabitants of Buda- a) Within the population aged 15–74 years. pest have a higher average age than nationally. Budapest makes a significant contribution to the economic output of Life expectancy at birth, average age, 2008 (year) Hungary: it accounts for 37% of the gross domestic product of the coun- try. GDP per capita is HUF 5.5 million, 2.2 times higher than nationally. At Denomination Budapest Country purchasing power parity, per capita GDP in Budapest was 36% higher than Life expectancy at birth a), men 71.22 69.19 the average of EU-27. Life expectancy at birth a), women 77.85 77.34 Average age, men 39.9 38.4 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Budapest Average age, women 44.6 42.6 a) 2007. GDP per capita GDP at market prices, Year million HUF thousand HUF country = 100,0 Budapest’s population has a higher employment and a lower unemp- 2000 4,708,767 2,653 200.5 loyment level than nationally. According to 2008 data, the employment 2005 7,895,286 4,651 213.3 rate in the capital is 6.7 percentage points higher than the national 2007 9,359,301 5,508 217.4 average, at the same time the unemployment level is significantly lower than the average. In Budapest, services play a more significant role in the generation Deriving from the administrative, educational, cultural and healthcare of gross value added than nationally. Services accounted for about eight functions of the capital, a third of all employed persons are in manage- tenths of the value added of the capital in 2007 against a national average rial and white-collar jobs; a proportion significantly above the average in of two thirds. national comparison. Owing to this specific composition incomes in Bu- A fourth of the registered and six tenths of the dapest are above the average. foreign-owned enterprises in our country are head- Commuters play a significant role in the labour supply of the capital: quartered in Budapest. There is an outstanding based on micro-census data of 2005, around 210 thousand employed per- enterprise density: 215 registered enterprises per sons – nearly a fourth of the total – commute from the countryside, first thousand people, 60 more than the national average. of all from the agglomeration, to a Budapest-based workplace; at the same As a consequence of the organizational inte- time around 63 thousand inhabitants of Budapest work in other settle- grations of 2000/2001, then the transition to the ments. so-called Bologna system introduced in school

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year 2006/2007 there was a significant from Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain change in the higher education of Hungary. and Italy, the most significant source coun- In school year 2007/2008 Budapest had 46 try outside Europe being the United States of higher education institutions and 40%, 160 America. thousand of the national student headcount. Budapest is the country’s cultural centre, Budapest is the largest higher education cen- abounding in historical attractions, cultural and tre of our country with 94 students per thousand other entertaining events and high-quality services inhabitants, which is twice as high as the national of internationally famous museums, exhibition facili- average. Those studying in universities and colleges ac- ties and theatres. Of cultural establishments in the capital counted for an overwhelming proportion, those studying in cinemas and museums are the most frequented, followed by the- advanced as well as PhD courses, in a national context, accounted for a atres and concert halls. There are 130 cinemas in the city with a combined higher than average proportion of one tenth. Budapest plays an especial- capacity of 24 thousand places; a total of 6 million 400 thousand admis- ly significant role in teaching economics, medical and technical sciences sions were recorded. In 2007, Budapest had 85 museums with nearly as well as arts. 5 million visitors and 566 permanent and temporary exhibitions. The 22 In school year 2007/2008 105 thousand, 24% of all secondary school theatres of the capital having a permanent company had a total capacity students studied in the capital, nearly half of them in general secondary of nearly 15 thousand places. A total of 2 million 300 thousand theatre schools. attendances were recorded in the course of the year. In terms of theatre attendances the Madách Theatre (374 thousand), the Budapest Operetta Secondary education, 2007/2008 and Musical Theatre (366 thousand), the Comedy Theatre of Budapest (349 thousand), the Opera House (234 thousand) and the József Attila Of which: General Secondary Students Theatre (106 thousand) were in the forefront with a combined atten- general Denomination secondary vocational Teachers in full-time secondary dance figure of nearly four tenths of the total of all theatre attendances school school education school in the capital. Budapest 186 189 10,083 105,173 50,917 Country 822 955 38,874 442,042 200,026 Main indicators of cultural life, 2007

Budapest is the country’s most outstanding tourist hub: the capital Institution Budapest Country = 100 accounts for 33.7% of the GDP of the section of hotels and restaurants. Cinema performances 208,755 48.0 About 40 thousand bed-places are in Budapest-based public accommoda- Attendants, thousand 6,395 58.6 tion establishments, 34 thousand of them in hotels. 60 out of 145 hotels Attendance per 100 inhabitants 376 3.5 times in the capital are four- and five- Theatre performances 6,357 47.1 star rated. In 2008, 2.6 million Attendants, thousand 2,288 56.5 arrivals and 6 million tourism Attendance per 100 inhabitants 135 3.4 times nights were recorded in Buda- Museums 85 13.4 pest-based public accommoda- Exhibitions 566 19.6 tion establishments. A majority, Attendants, thousand 4,969 44.5 Attendance per 100 inhabitants 292 2.6 times 84% of guests came from abroad, Concerts 124 9.2 most of them from the member Attendants, thousand 68 17.0 states of the European Union. Of these countries the most tour- Year by year concerts of world famous artists are held in the concert ists, in a decreasing order, arrived halls of Budapest. In 2007, 124 concerts took place in the capital with

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UK 4th a combined attendance of 68 thousand. The Bartók Béla IE 6th National Concert Hall of the Palace of Arts, which is the th CH 7 most modern concert hall of Central Europe, was opened GR 9th in 2005 in Budapest with an auditorium of 1,700 people. underground services to meet the public transport demand of Budapest. An ever increasing chal- DE 11th In the first place tramway and trolleybus lines are to make the inner dis- lenge for the metropolises of tricts accessible, in some places bus lines cross the city boundaries, in this ES 12th the world is to provide the way – similarly to suburban train lines – they are to link the capital with conditions to live a healthy IT 13th agglomeration settlements. life, in which clean air and the

proper drinking water provi- Main indicators of public transport of Budapest, 2008 AT 15th sion play a determining role. Based on average air pollu- Passengers Daily average number of th DK 17 tion data for 24 hours in Buda- passenger Vehicle passengers pest in 2007 the high concentration of particulate matter is the kilometers th thousand distribution, % RU 18 most important concern, at the same time the concentration of thousand sulphur-dioxide, carbon-monoxide, ozone and benzene did not Tramway 545,875 41.7 1,491 7,467 th CZ 20 reach the respective limit values. Trolley 333,067 25.5 910 2,508 Budapest’s drinking water is of much higher quality than the re- Bus 296,507 22.7 810 3,389 NO 21st Suburban NL 21st spective limit values and the corresponding figures of several other 77,205 5.9 211 533 European capitals. 70% of residential drinking water is provided by railway Underground 55,166 4.2 151 1,254 the wells of the northern water base in the Szentendre Island and on the left bank of the Danube – backed by the Káposztásmegyer Total 1,307,820 100.0 3,573 15,151 BE 26th facilities –, while 30% comes from the southern water base in the Island. In 2008, nearly 600 thousand personal cars were registered in Buda- th FI 27 Based on the noise map of pest with an average age of 9 years. HU 28th Budapest, which was made in 2007, road traffic plays the main role in the noise pollution th RO 30 of the city. Two fifths of the

Most expensive shopping streets of Europe, based on world-wide ranking based on world-wide ranking shopping streets of Europe, Most expensive SE 31st people live in a place where the level of noise – as a daily aver- BG 32nd age – is in excess of 65 dB, 41% of Budapesters live in a neigh- bourhood with a level of night PL 36th noise in excess of 55 dB. There are tramway, trolley- PT 38th bus, bus, suburban train and SK 38th

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Map data: Cartographia 21. 23. 1 Budapest Zoo & 9 Hungarian State Opera 17 Parliament Botanical Garden House 18 Vigadó Concert Hall 2 Budapest Operetta 10 Hungarian National 19 Liberty Statue Theatre Museum 20 St. Stephen’s Basilica 3 Buda Castle 11 Hungarian Academy 21 Széchenyi Thermal 4 Castle Hill Funicular of Sciences Bath 5 Citadel 12 Millennium Memorial 22. Museum of Fine Arts 6 Fishermen’s bastion 13 Mathias Church 23 7 Liszt Ferenc Academy of 14 Műcsarnok (“art hall”) 24 Comedy Theatre Music 15 Palace of Arts 8 Madách Theatre 16 National Theatre

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