ABOUT HUNGARY
Population: 9.8 million
Capital: Budapest
Area: 93 030 sq km (35 919 sq miles)
Major language: Hungarian
Major religion: Christianity
Currency: Hungarian Forint – HUF
International dialing code: +36
HUNGARIAN LANGUAGE
Hungarian, unlike the languages surrounding it, is not an Indo-European language, but belongs to the Finno-Ugric language group, showing distant relations or resemblances to Finnish, Estonian, Lappish, and a few, little-known languages in Siberia. This resulted in the language being very different from most European languages, e.g., Hungarian does not differentiate between genders and has only one past tense, but is extremely rich in word forms and endings. That said, Hungarian has not developed in isolation, but has been influenced by other languages for many centuries, with imported words from Slavic, Latin, German or Turkish.
Survival Hungarian - http://www.letslearnhungarian.net/2008/06/21/survival-lesson- 1/
USEFUL NUMBERS
Sofitel Budapest Chain Bridge
+ 36 1 235 1234
Szechenyi Istvan ter 2
Budapest, 1051
https://www.accorhotels.com/gb/hotel-3229- sofitel-budapest- chain-bridge/index.shtml
US Embassy Budapest
Szabadság tér 12
Budapest, 1054
http://hungary.usembassy.gov
Regular hours (Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m.) calls: (+36-1) 475-4400
After-hours (5 p.m.-8 a.m.) emergency calls: (+36-1) 475-4400
IIE Europe Office
Vörösmarty tér 4.
Budapest, 1051
+36 1 472 2284
Emergency
112 General emergency number
107 Police
104 Ambulance
105 Fire Department
11824 Special information
TAXI AND TRANSPORTATION
Taxi Companies and Shuttles
Főtaxi (+36 1) 2 222 222; www.fotaxi.hu (official taxi company located at airport)
City Taxi (+36 1) 2111 111; www.citytaxi.hu
Taxi 4 (+36 1) 4 444 444; http://www.taxi4.hu
Airport Shuttle Minibud; www.minibud.hu/en
Local transport
Local Transport Company - BKK www.bkk.hu/en
Airport bus transfer - Bus 100E leaves from the Airport every 30 minutes and takes you directly to Deak Ferenc Ter in the city center. From there it is only a 7-minute walk to the hotel.