Budapest [antikvár]

Budapest was among the most dynamically developing, resplendent big cities in Europe at the turn of the century A citadel of spirit, culture, business, and entertainment. Since 1990. a new air of freedom and the entrepreneurial spirit have combined to bestow the city with fresh vigour as it proceeds on the road of development. Budapest has every opportunity to once more become the region's hub by the turn of the millennium. More than two million of us reside in this city. On the outskirts, in residential districts, in the exalted hills of Buda, amidst the sparkling display windows downtown. We're to be found in myriad places, yet we recognise each other everywhere we go, for Budapest is written into our very movements, intonation, our faces too. We love this city, we do, even if we're occasionally not in the best of moods. For everything within its bounds is familiar to us, self-evident, it might be said. This city is our home. And we're pleased when others, too, feel at home while spending time here with us. Dr. Gábor Demszky, Mayor of Budapest Budapest, the capital of Hungary, is situated at 47° northern latitude and 36® eastern longitude. The city lies 32 km along the Danube on both banks on a total area of 525 square kilometres. Its population is two million. Its climate is temperate; the median summer temperature is 22 degrees centigrade and the winter median is 0. The number of average annual solar hours is 2023.