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Did you know?
- Did you know that a Hungarian won the 2002 Nobel Prize for Literature?
- Did you know that the Oscar-winning film The English Patient tells the story of Count Almássy, a Hungarian explorer, and contains Hungarian songs and music?
- Did you know that Budapest’s underground railway was the first in continental Europe?
- Did you know that Budapest has 100 natural thermal springs and wells-more than any other world capital?
- Did you know that in Budapest you can take a relaxing dip in several Turkish baths that date back to the 16th and the 17th centuries?
- Did you know that –if you have time- you can follow a walking trail from one side of the country to the other?
- Did you know that Lake Balaton is the biggest lake in central Europe?
- Did you know that Lake Hévíz near Lake Balaton is the second-largest thermal lake in the world, and can be enjoyed all year around- even in deepest winter?
- Did you know that in 1055, King Andrew I built the burial site for the Royal family in Tihany, and that Hungary’s first written document can be found in the village’s Benedictine Abbey?
- Did you know that Queen Victoria bought a dinner service from the world-famous Herend, North of Lake Balaton porcelain factory?
- Did you know that the smash-hit TV series CSI features the music of the Hungarian electronic band Zagar?
- Did you know that the Abbey of Pannonhalma, (UNESCO World Heritage Site) on the top of St Martin’s Hill, has a monumental library containing 360.000 volumes?
- Did you know that Haydn-‘father of the symphony’-was the personal court musician for a Hungarian family?
- Did you know that Budapest’s Great Synagogue at the heart of Pest is the second-largest in the world?
- Did you know that Tokaj (UNESCO World Heritage site) Aszú wine came about by accident?
- Did you know that Hungary has the largest stalactite cave in Europe?
- Did you know that one of the world’s most successful race horses was Hungarian?
- Did you know that according to a British Foreign Office survey, Hungarian is the most difficult language in the world to learn?
