Medveotthon, the Bear Farm, is located about 30 kilometers from Budapest, in Veresegyház. It is a preserve for bears and wolves, where animals live in their natural habitat, but surrounded by the fence for…BudapestIndex.com is a comprehensive Budapest guide for travellers and tourists, locals and expats, students and backpackers. Here you will find what to do and what to see in Budapest, from tourist attractions to spas to stag party bars.
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Medveotthon, the Bear Farm, is located about 30 kilometers from Budapest, in Veresegyház. It is a preserve for bears and wolves, where animals live in their natural habitat, but surrounded by the fence for…07 Oct 2012
Vác is perfect choice for one-day trip from Budapest as the town is located just 34 kilometers north of the Hungarian capital on the left bank of the Danube river. It is easily accessible by train from Nyugati Train Station in Budapest.
Vác is a neat and peaceful town with gracefully aged…
07 Oct 2012
On September 22, 2005 Budapest experienced its greatest Critical Mass bike ride ever: between 24,000 and 30,000 bikers participated in the event.
This year the ride aimed at making cyclists' life on…07 Oct 2012
Budapest is a relatively young city, and its downtown area was meticulously planned using the skills of the best architects and advanced technologies.
Many of its turn-of-the-century buildings are true gems, and one can spend hours admiring and deciphering rich façade decorations. Take a look at…
07 Oct 2012
This year’s Critical Mass
event to be held on the 20th of April in celebration of the Earth Day is expected to be enormous with the route on both sides of the Danube.
The Critical…07 Oct 2012
This exhibition that will run in VAM Design Center in the downtown Budapest features more than 200 organs and full body specimens in 9 galleries.
On display are the dissected real human…07 Oct 2012
János hegy, the highest point of Budapest (526 m) is one of the most popular weekend and tourist destinations.
This weekend we checked the route to tell you about its pitfalls and give you some tips on how to make the trip more pleasant.
The trip may take up to 5 hours, so you better start off in…
07 Oct 2012
The seven-hour Budapest – Visegrád – Esztergom – Budapest trip starts from Nyugati train station which can by reached by tram 4 or 6, or metro M2.
Train to Nagymaros departs every hour (the detailed schedule is on Elvira). While waiting for the train you can get the Budapest and Surroundings map…
07 Oct 2012
Christmas in Budapest
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Danube floods happen in Hungary quite often causing damage to the small towns and village, and attracting crowds with cameras to the river banks in Budapest.…07 Oct 2012
See also Budapest Surroundings: Visegrád and Esztergom, and Trip to Szentendre.
Gödöllő is a small town located to the east of Budapest. The town is famous for Gödöllő Palace, one of the finest examples of Hungarian baroque architecture built between 1735 and 1749.…
07 Oct 2012
Outdoor museum featuring over 100 locomotives in very good and working condition.…07 Oct 2012