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| Debrecen is the 2nd largest city in Hungary though it is much smaller than Budapest. It hosts many Universities. The train station is in S part of town and the main street, Piac street is stretched to N, the center of town and Nagyerdo a large forest where many Universities are located and many events are held. The tram #1 is running on this street. |
| i | Tourist Office Tourinform: Piac u. 20. T412-250. M-F9-17:00, Sa9-13:00. The staff are knowledgeable and can control foreign language including English. They will help you find cheap accommodation. It has many leaflets as well. www.tourinform.hu/debrecen, debrecen@tourinform.hu, Map of town |
| $ | OTP Bank: Piac u. 16., T413-233, MTuTh7:45-15:15, W7:45-17:00, F7:45-13:30 ATM 24hours |
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ATM: Balmazujvarosi ut(in METRO department), Kishatar ut 7. (in CORA market), Kossuth utca 20. (Police station) many more in town. |
| ta | IBUSZ: Revesz ter 2. T415-555, F410-756 i045@ibusz.hu M-F8-17:00, Sa9-13:00 |
| P | Police: Kossuth u. 20, T516-400 |
| H | Hospital: Bartok Bela ut 2-26, T511-777 |
| M0 | Post Office: Hatvan utca 5-7. T315-200, M-F7-19:00 Sa8-13:00 |
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| February 17-19 | Masquerade: (Vojtina Babszinhaz Skate Link) |
| March - April | Spring Festival: (Fonix Csarnok, Lovarda, Bartok Terem, Vojtina Babszinhaz) |
| March 15-April 15 | Spring Exhibition: (Medgyessy Ferenc Emlekmuzeum) |
| April 11 | Debreced Day: Kossuth ter, Piac u. |
| April 20-24 | Expo: (Kossuth ter, Piac u.) |
| May 7-8 | Mihaly's market Day: Boszormenyi ut |
| May 22-29 | Europe Heat Balloon Contest: (at he airport) |
| May 24-28 | Children's Dance Festival: (Kossuth ter, Civis Grand Hotel Aranybika, Bartok Terem |
| July | Summer Theatrical Festival: (Regi varoshsza udvara) |
| July weekend | People's street: (Kossuth ter setaloovezet es szukebb kornyeke, Piac utca) |
| August 5-7 | Wine Festival: Nagyerdo(Bekas-to melletti ter) |
| August 3rd Weekend | Farmer's Expo: Debreceni Egyetem Agrartudomanyi Centrum |
| August 15-20 | Flower Festival: (many in town) |
| August 16-19 | Book Festival: (Civis Grand Hotel Aranybika) |
| August 16-20 | Beer Festival: (Civis Grand Hotel Aranybika) |
| Sep 8-11 | Jazz Festival: |
| October | Autumn Festival: (Fonix Csarnok, Lovarda, Bartok Terem, Vojtina Babszinhaz) |
| Dec 31-Jan 1 | New Year's Day Party: Kossuth ter |
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| @ | DataNet Cafe: Kossuth u. 8, 6Ft/min(8-22:00), 4Ft/min(22-8:00) |
| @ | DataNet Cafe: Egyetem sugarut 54, (8-22:00), 6ft/min, 22-8:00 4Ft/min |
| @ | INTERNET CLUB: Timar u. 15, near the train station Club@hermes.hu www.hermes.hu/ |
| @ | HAON-Cafe: Kossuth u. 8. T536724 M-F8-24 00 SaSu 9-24 00 21PC 8:00-12:00 5ft/min, 12-22:00 7ft/min, 22-24:00 5ft/min |
| @ | Space Center: Lehel u. 20. |
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| The town is small and easy to walk around. | |
| B | Bus/Tram/Trolley bus: same tickets. single 140Ft |
| rb | rental bike: Egeszseghaz u.11, 1000Ft/hr, after 300Ft/hr 2800Ft/day |
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| T | Train station: Petofi ter 12 T417-934. From the center, walk S on Piac street 1.5km, about 20min on foot through a park or take Tram, #1 |
| B | Bus station: Szoboszloi u. 4-6, From the center, walk W. very close and convenient location. |
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| Destination | Fare | distance | time | departure time |
| Budapest | 2130ft | 221km | 3.0hrs | |
| Miskolc | 1282ft | 140km | 2.5hrs | |
| Eger | 1094ft | 120km | 2.5hrs | |
| Szeged | 2416ft | 266km | 3.5hrs | |
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Train to Romania: Debrecen is located in E part of Hungary and it is very close to the border to Romania. Buy a round trip ticket because they are cheaper than one way tickets. to Oradera(R): Border Nyirabrany(H)/Valea lui Mihai(R): From Hungary, 3 trains/day to Valea lui Mihai. From here 2trains/day to Oradea. But the connection is not good at all. In Romania, you have to book a seat for most fast trains and pay Express fares. /c: change trains. xx:xx/xx:xx arrival time/ departure time A: Accelerate train(cheap express) |
| Budapest | Debrecen | Nyirabrany | Valea lui Mihai | Oradea |
| -221km | 0 km | 30km | 39km | 105km |
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| The fare from the border $1=21,800lei(00.7.1) | 0lei | lei | ||
| 05:00 | 05:42/06:20 | 07:35/ | ||
| 08:05 | 11:24 | 12:04/12:30 | 13:45/cA18:04 | 19:24 |
| 13:05 | 16:37 | 17:17/18:05 | 19:20/cA03:15 | 04:12 |
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| Budapest: | 2660f |
225km |
4hrs(need to change train once.) |
| Miskolc: | 1740 | 145km | 2.5hrs, Many 5:30-22:10 |
| Eger: | 1,500Ft |
125km |
2.5hrs 10, 13:45, 15:15, 16:30, 17:30 |
| Szeged: | 3,120Ft |
265km |
2.5hrs 5:30, 6:35, 9:05, 10:55, 16:15, 17:30, 18:25, 20:31, 21:21 more. |
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| Kosice(Slovaika): |
2200Ft |
186km | 4.0hrs, M-Th7:00(11:00) |
| Oradea(Romania): |
984Ft |
82km | 2.5hrs, 12:50, 14:00, TuTh6:30 |
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| ACCOMMODATION | ||
| Since it is a University town, there are many student accommodation which are clean and cheap. You do not have any problem to find one. | ||
| h | Nimethy panzio: Peterfia u. 50. T444480 F444480 www.hotels.hu/nemethy d4000f/p clean nice room. Bf extra 500Ft | |
| h | Vaci Mihaly Szakk. Kollegium: Debrecen Apafi u. 16 T412252 1000ft/p Summer only. 6 bed rooms. The cheapest in town. | |
| h | Ujkerti Altalanos Iskola Diakotthona Jeriko u. 17, T413922 sb 1415ft/p FSa only, 4 bed rooms | |
| h | Gulyas Pal Kozepisk. Kollegium: Sumen u. 3 T349-644, F349492 1250ft/p 4 bed rooms, Summer and weekend only Trolley #2, Bus #3, 21, 30 | |
| h | Kozepiskolai Sportkollegium: Moricz Zsigmond korter 4, T486003 1300ft/p 4 bed rooms, Student vacation and weekend only | |
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Marothi Gyorgy Kollegium: Blahane u. 15 T410-166 www.kfrtkf.hu/egyseg/ko/index.htm sb/ab 1495-2300-2990ft/p all year around Bus#31 |
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| h | DATE-Veres Peter Kollegium: Boszormenyi ut 140, T414255, 1500-2000ft/p 4 bed rooms, summer only Bus #14, 28 | |
| h | Moricz Zsigmond Kollegium: Egyetem sgt. 75, T536698 1100ft/p+tax 8 bed rooms, summer only | |
| h | DOTE-III.Kollegium: Moricz Zsigmond korut 22,T411717 ab t5000ft July 1 - Aug 30 Bus#10, 26 | |
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EKKO Kft. Kollegiuma: Vamospercsi
u. 84 T410033 ab 1500Ft/p 2-3 bed rooms |
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| h | DE - Tothfalusi Sandor Kollegium: Egyetem Ter 1. T316666 ab 3200-4800 Ft/p During student vacation, it has many beds available but other time limited number of beds. | |
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DE Benczer Gyula Kollegium:
Pallagi u. 11, T316933 1700 Ft/p all year around Bus#10, City train #1 |
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| h | Gabor Denes -Muszaki Szakk. Koll?giuma: Furedi u. 69, T537215 1235 Ft/p Weekend and summer | |
| h | Debreceni Konzervatorium Kollegiuma: Egyetem tdr 2.T419366 Summer only | |
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Nagyerdei Kollegiumok:
Egyetem ter 1, T512900, 1800 Ft/p limited number of beds but open all year around Trolley#1 |
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| h | Debreceni Marton Aron Szakkollegium: Egyetem sgt. 13, T536723 1500 Ft/p All year around | |
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| FOOD | ||
| r | Babalu: Piac utca 29. (Gambrinus koz) Mexican, Italian, French, International food. Good drink selection. Mid range. | |
| r | Klub Barabas: Var utca 11, Su all you can eat 1500Ft Hungarian mutton boar and many more special food. M-Th11-23:00, FSa11-24:00, Su11-17:00 Mid range | |
| r | Flaska vendeglo: Miklos utca 4, Central location. M-Sa11:30-24:00 Su11:30-22:00 Traditional Hungarian Very popular, | |
| r | Leveles Csarda: Medgyessy setany 11:00-, Cheap. Hungarian Open since early 20th C. Popular for students. Good fish dishes. | |
| r | Matyas pince: Peterfia St + Ajto St, M-Sa12-24:00 International Popular from youngs to olderly. Many writers come here. | |
| r | Regi Vigado: Nagyerdei park 1, Middle of the forest (Nagyerd) Hungarian Mid range, 19th C. building used for hot spring facility. In summer, food served in the terrace. | |
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Deri Museum: Deri ter 1, W from Reformed Church, T322207, deri@derimuz.hu Apr -Oct Th-Su10-18:00, Nov-Mar Th-Su10-16:00 Permanent Exhibition-350/175ft Munkacsy Mihaly section only 250/115ft, all Exhibition-580/290ft. It exhibits Debrecen History and folklore and Hungarian artist Munkacsy Mihaly's work Tram #1 |
| S | Reformed Church Kalvin ter, Center of town. T412-694, Apr-Oct M-F9-16:00 Sa9-13:00 Su11:30-16:00 No entry during ceremony 200 /under 18 years old 100 The sybmbol of Debrecen, classic style church built between1805-1820. On Apr 14, 1849, Hungary decleared independence from Habsburgs. |
| S | Reformed Church Museum: Kalvin ter 16, near Reformed Church, T414744 Tu-Sa9-17:00, Su9-13:00, 200/100ft, Museum of renovated former library building. It houses antique, painting, etc. Tram #1 |
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Medgyessy Memorial Museum:120/ 60 A museum comberted from his birth's house to ceraburate his 100th birthday. 1 |
| S | Debrecen University Center: Neo Baroque sytle building built between 1927-1930 |
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Nagyerdo Park: 1082 Hectare park, protected park. On Piac street,
2,5-3km from the train station. Ideal park to take a walk. It
has hot spring facility of 6 indoor and outdoor swimming pools,
tempurature between 20-40 degree which you can use with bathing
suits. (Traim #1, Gyogyfurdo stop, 9th stop from the train station,
15min) Hot spring: Nagyerdei park, T514-100, 7-21:00 until 13:00-564/450ft, 13-20:00 840/660ft Indoor swimming pool: Sep-May, 8-13:00 295/250ft, 6-8:00,13-19:00 400/360ft Out door swimming pool: May -Sep6-19:00 720/610ft |
| S | White House: The oldest house in Hungary opened since 1688. In 1986 it was renovated to a beautiful art nouveau hotel. |
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Hortobagy: National Park of a plain protecting wildlife. One
of the best bird-watching area preserving more than 300 species.
It was added to the UNESCO World Heritage sites in 1999. To visit
this plain, best to join to a tour. Ask at the information office,
near the Agricultural Museum in town. July first Sa Rodeo's day, August 19, 20, Bridge Festival Access: from Debrecen 9 trains/day 50min, 386Ft or bus 5/day 40min 463ft |
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| S | Agricultural Museum: Petofi ter 1, T52/589-321, May - Sep 9-18:00, other season reservation required 250/150ft |
| S | Zoo of Plain next to the bridge. T701-037, May-Sep 9-18:00, 250/150ft |
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