Insider's Hungary 1995 [antikvár]

Foreword Budapest week, the oldest and coolest English-language publication in Hungary, is four years young. Every week our dedicated and experienced staff puts together what we feel is the best of Budapest, the most colorful, most informed and most entertaining look at life in Hungary's capital. Along with our fax news service Hungary Around The Clock, we like to think we offer readers a complete picture of what's going on in this rapidly changing society. This is our third annual guide book, a third larger than its predecessors. We have called it Insider's Hungary '95 because we felt the Expatriate of the previous two titles was a somehow withdrawn figure. As we've said, we like to think we offer color, information and entertainment. Most of all, insight. Anyway, Insider's is snappier. This is still very much a handbook, for tourist and resident alike. Its job is to provide the expatriate with the inside information necessary for the most agreeable stay in Hungary. This ranges from organizing a residence permit to checking out the best techno DJs in town. We have expanded our guide to include chapters on the legal system and Hungary's other major towns, as well as new sections on the Internet, political parties, mobile phones and the history of Unicum. There is a new color map section, vocabular>' lists for essential Hungarian, an extended bibliography and a classical and modem discography. Hungary, by nature of its geography, histor}' and downright singularity, is sometimes described as a revolving door through which many cultures pass. This makes it seem like some bizarre hotel with Turkish baths, socialist plumbing, Slavic drinking habits, Balkan coffee and Habsburg upholstery, where the bellhops only speak a language akin to Volga fur trappers' slang and the piped music is pentatonic wailing from remote Ugar villages. So be it. This being a revolving door, the Hungarian will always come out ahead. If our guide facilitates your stay here in any way, we've done our job. You can help us do this even better next year by sending your comments, questions and suggestions to: CitiMédia 1067 Budapest Eötvös utca 12 Tel: (361) 268-1450 Fax: (361) 322-2225 E-mail: KX)324,141@compuscrvc,com Be as critical, colorful, informative or entertaining as you like. That's the way we like it. Oh yes, and while you're at it, pick up a copy of Budapest Weeic from the lobby. please note: Although this is a guide to Hungary, naturally the focu.s is on Budapest. To call any provinicial telephone numbers from Budapest, dial ÍJ6 then the town code. Addresses in Budapest begin with the district number in Roman numerals, followed by the street name and number. A street is utca, which is often abbreviated ti) u Korúi is a ring road, often abbreviated m Krt . To help the first-time visiUir, we have used the full names in this guide, but expecl the abbreviaied versions in Hungarian books, maps and newspapers. Út is a road -and tér a square, ff panicTjlar fifx/r and dof^r numbers are reienvi to, II/4 means sec^/nd flfx/r, fourth flat. The abbreviation for the Hungarian currency, the forint, is Ft, ahhfwgh you v/ill v^nttirncs m« it 'ATÍtleT) elsev.here av HL'F.