According to localcollegeexplorer.com, Hungary is a landlocked country located in Central Europe. It is bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia. Hungary’s total area is 93,030 square kilometers and it has a population of around 9.8 million people. Budapest is the capital and largest city of Hungary. […]

According to Localcollegeexplorer, the social and political transformation, which took place after 1945, fundamentally changed the situation of Hungarian art. Neoclassicism and academicism, which can be considered the official art of the Fascist years, are pushed into the background and modern approaches, previously oppressed, prevail. Between 1946 and 1950 the […]

Demography and economic geography. – Central European state. With a population of 9,937,628 residents registered in the 2011 census and 9,933,173 residents estimated by UNDESA (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs) for 2014, the Hungary confirmed the trend of demographic decrease already started in the 1980s, with a […]

CULTURE: TRADITIONS Founded on the values ​​of peasant civilization, the local folklore has very ancient origins, but it remained alive even with the advent of Christianity, despite the inevitable changes and adaptations: the complex of customs on the occasion of the feast of St. John is still current (24 June), […]

Education The structure and content of the Hungarian education system was renewed through the Education Acts of 1993 and 2003. Educational institutions that were previously nationalized have been transformed into a more decentralized system that offers more autonomy for schools and more decision-making rights for parents. School attendance is compulsory […]

Animals and Plants What is growing there in Hungary? Only about 19 percent of Hungary is covered with forest. Firs, beeches, oaks, willows and plane trees grow there. Much more area is steppe, in which mainly grasses grow. But there are also mountains in Hungary and there are different animals […]