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The Pearl of the Danube – Budapest is located in the north-central part of the country on the both banks of Danube River. The capital and largest city of Hungary – Budapest is the industrial, cultural, and transportation hub of Hungary.

Budapest is one of the most beautiful and fascinating cities of the world, often nicknamed as the ‘Paris of the East’. It is wonderful tourist destination. Budapest is your destination for vivacious nightlife, scenic beauty, arresting islands, captivating churches, majestic museums, etc. The city has wide array of theaters, opera houses, performance halls, cinemas, swimming pools, spas, restaurants and discos.

Attracting bulks of tourists every year, Budapest is the city full of tourist attractions. Some of the major attractions of Budapest include –

ANDRÁSSY AVENUE – with the State Opera House, the Pest Broadway, and the House of Terror; BUDA CASTLE – with the Royal Palace, the Funicular, Hungarian National Gallery and National Széchényi Library, Matthias Church, and Fisherman's Bastion; CITY PARK – with Széchenyi Medicinal Bath, Vajdahunyad Castle, the Zoo, the Municipal Grand Circus, and the Amusement Park; DANUBE PROMENADE (Duna-korzó) with Vigadó Concert Hal; DOHÁNY STREET SYNAGOGUE – with the Holocaust Memorial (weeping willow statue); ERZSÉBET BRIDGE; FERENCIEK TERE – with Paris Courtyard and Inner City Parish Church nearby
Franz Liszt Academy of Music; Gellért Baths, GELLÉRT HILL – with Gellért Statue, Cave Church and Citadella
Grand Market Hall and Liberty Bridge; HEROES' SQUARE – with the Millenary Monument, the Palace of Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts; –

– Margaret Island, Museum of Applied Arts, National Museum, New York Café; Óbuda, Palace of Arts and National Theatre, Saint Stephen's Basilica, Statue Park, Széchenyi Chain Bridge, Academy of Sciences and Gresham Palace, Tomb of Gül Baba, Váci Street and Vörösmarty Square, and Western Railway Station.

Quick facts about Budapest: —

• Area: 525 sq km (203 sq miles)
• Population: 2,000,000
• Currency: Forint (HUF)
• Language: Hungarian is the official language. German is also spoken.
• Ethnicity: Hungarian 92.3%, Roma 1.9%, other or unknown 5.8%.
• Religion: Roman Catholic 51.9%, Calvinist 15.9%, Lutheran 3%, Greek Catholic 2.6%, other Christian 1%, other or unspecified 11.1%, unaffiliated 14.5%
• Visa Information: The visitors from the EU, North America and Japan do not require a visa unless studying or working in Hungary. The other nationalities require a visa.

Climate: —

Budapest enjoys warm summer and bitterly cold winter, with plenty of rain all year round. The winter is short, but extremely chilly, cloudy, damp around mid-December. The summer days are sunny, warm, and highly humid. The sun shines for about 10 hours a day.

Traveling To Budapest: —

Budapest Ferihegy International Airport is the main entryway to the city of Budapest. The airport receives international flights from major destinations of the world.

Hungarian State Railways (Magyar Államvasutak or MÁV) operates the main-line railways in the city. The other transport network in Budapest includes metros, suburban rails, buses, trams, boats, trolleybus service, funicular, cycle-car, chairlift, cog-wheel railway, and children's railway.

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