The approximate prices of some products and services (HUF):

Three-course menu in a middle-category restaurant 1,500-3,000

1 liter milk 160

1 kg bread 150

1 liter wine in shops 350-2,000

1 bottle of beer in shops 1200-350

1 kg apple 200

1 hamburger in fast food restaurant 200-700

1 night in a Youth Hostel 2,500-6,000

1 liter petrol (Euro 95) 245

1 liter diesel oil 225

1 cinema ticket 700-1,000

Public holidays and other holidays

January 1 New Year's Day

March 15 Central commemoration events in memory of the 1848 revolution; people wear tricolour cockades.

Easter Monday Christian holiday

May 1 Labour Day

Whit Monday

(Pentecost) Christian holiday

August 20 Foundation of the Hungarian State, Day of the Constitution celebrated by spectacular fireworks all over the country, especially in Budapest.

October 23 Anniversary of the 1956 Revolution against the Communist regime, celebrated by candlelight processions countrywide and centrally staged public commemorations.

November 1 Halloween

December 25-26 Christmas

Working days may be changed into holidays, and vice versa, to produce long weekends.

Type of tickets Price (HUF)

Single ticket 125

Metro transfer ticket 220

Block of 10 single tickets 1,100

Block of 20 single tickets 2,150

One-day travelcard 975

Budapest Card for 48 hours 3,950

Budapest Card 72 hours 4,950

Three-day travelcard 1,950

Season tickets for 7 days 2,350