| Dear Visitor, Welcome to the homepage of the Hungarian Embassy in Copenhagen. We appreciate your interest and it is our aim to facilitate you accessing information on Hungary that is important or interesting to you. The primary endavour of the embassy is strengthening the Danish - Hungarian relations and representing Hungarian interests in Denmark. This website has been created to that effect and is actualised with the required frequency. We welcome your helpful remarks in our postbox. However if it is an official contact you want to initiate, please use the official address given on this page. I wish you a pleasant and useful surfing through this site, hoping Hungary is just about to gain yet another friend. Ottó Róna Ambassador |
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| Embassy of the Republic of Hungary Copenhagen -- Denmark |
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| Strandvejen 170 DK-2920 Charlottenlund Denmark Tel.: 45/3963-1688 Fax: 45/3963-0052 huembcph@teliamail.dk Consular Section open: Tuesday and Thursday 10.00-12.00h Visa information: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Consular Services) Trade information: huntrade@teliamail.dk |
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| Do you need a telephone number in Hungary? Please find it on the electronic telephoneregister of Magyar Telekom |
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| Sören Kierkegaard (1813-1855) was a great Danish thinker, whose impact on philosophy, theology and aesthetics was highly inspirational and challenging for generations. The influence of Kierkegaard was crucial for such different Hungarian thinkers and writers, as György Lukács, Béla Hamvas and János Pilinszky. Since 2001 Kierkegaard Cabinet has a permanent place in Budapest at the Eötvös Loránt University |
| Importers of Hungarian wine in Denmark |
| The Hungarian Prime Minister's Office Political Parties in the Hungarian Parliament: MSZP (Hungarian Socialist Party) SZDSZ (Alliance of Free Democrats) FIDESZ-MPSZ (Federation of Young Democrats - Hungarian Civic Alliance) MDF (Hungarian Democratic Forum) |
| Hungarian Tourist Office in Denmark: Omögade 8 2nd floor, DK-2100 Copenhagen Phone: +45 3916-1350 Fax: +45 3916-1355 E-mail: htcopenhagen@mail.dk Website: www.ungarn.dk |
| Accomodation in Hungary: www.hotels.hu (English, German, Hungarian) www.tourinform.hu (English, German, Hungarian) www.budapesthotelreservation.hu (English, Hungarian) www.budapesthotelstart.com (English, German, Italian, Hungarian) www.ohb.hu (English, German, Italian, Spanish, Hungarian) |
| Area: 93.036 square kilometres Total length of the state borders: 2.216 km Population: 10.196.000 inhabitants (census data from 2002.) Official language: Hungarian State form: republic Currency: Hungarian Forint (1 euro = 270 HUF approximately; for current exchange rates visit the website of the National Bank of Hungary) Capital: Budapest (1.811.000 inhabitants) Largest cities: Budapest (1.811.000 inhabitants), Debrecen (204.000), Miskolc (172.000), Szeged (158.000), Pécs (157.000), Győr (127.000) Main rivers: Danube (length in Hungary: 417 km), Tisza (596 km) Largest lakes: Lake Balaton (596 square kilometres), Lake Fertő (southern part: 75), Lake Velencei (26) Geographic regions: Alföld (Great Plain), Kisalföld (Small Plain), Alpokalja (Lower Alps), Dunántúli-dombság (Transdanubia Hills), Dunántúli-középhegység (Transdanubia Mountain Range), Északi-középhegység (Northern Mountain Range) Administration structure: 19 counties and the capital city Main religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant (Calvinist and Lutheran), Greek Catholic, Jewish and Orthodox National holidays: (according to the Act VIII of 1991) March 15: the first day of the 1848-49 Revolution and War of Independence and also the birthday of modern parliamentary democracy in Hungary August 20 (official state holiday): St. Stephen's Day, in honour of the founder of the Hungarian State: he was crowned king as Stephen I. with a crown sent by the Pope at Christmas in the year 1000; during his reign Christianity was adopted and the structure of the Hungarian state was set up (he established bishoprics and monasteries, reorganized the army, built up a state structure and created the district-based royal counties, which even today are important units in Hungarian local administration) October 23: the day commemorating both the 1956 Revolution and War of Independence and the Proclamation of the Republic of Hungary in 1989 |
| Hungarian films at the Copenhagen International Film Festival: Relatives (director: István Szabó) Just Sex and Nothing Else (director: Krisztina Goda) link White Palm (director: Szabolcs Hajdu) Fresh Air (director: Ágnes Kocsis) |
| ITD Hungary The Hungarian Investment and Trade Development Agency |
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| Hungarian & Central-European International Studies Center (University of Szeged) |
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| Danish Cultural Institute in Hungary |
| This is the old website of the Embassy of Hungary. New official websites of our Embassy and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary can be found here: Embassy of Hungary in Copenhagen Ministry of Foreign Affairs |