Balassagyarmat

Orientation

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• Former County Hall

  phone: +36 35 500 640
  address: Civitas Fortissima tér 2.
  Tourist information service. Free maps, brochures, accommodation service, tour organization. Buying souvenirs. - About the building: based on Francis Kasselik plans, was built between 1832-1835, neo-classical style

• Tourist Information Point

  phone: +36 35 505-973
  address: Rákóczi fejedelem u. 12
  Inside the Town Hall.

Connect

By bus

• Bus Station

  phone: +36 35 301-400
  address: Ipolypart utca 42
  Direct bus leaves from Budapest (Újpest-Városkapu Station, hourly) and Salgótarján via Szécsény (hourly) and Vác (every two hours). Also there is direct bus to Gyöngyös, Hatvan and all parts of Nógrád County except Bátonyterenye.

By train

• Train Station

  phone: +36 35-301-803
  address: Benczúr Gyula utca 1/a
  The city is accessible by train from Aszód (its hourly connected to Budapest) , from Vác.

By car

Churches

• Reformed Church

  address: Ady Endre utca 19

• Balassagyarmati Lutheran Church

  address: Kossuth Lajos út 34-36
  Baroque. Built in 1786. The tower was built in 1794,

• St. John Salesian monastery and church

  phone: +36 35 300693
  address: Kossuth Lajos út 41
  Built in 1935

• Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church

  address: Rákóczi fejedelem útja 20
  Baroque, built between 1740-1746

• St Mary church

  address: Perczel Mór utca - Honti utca corner
  Built between 1995-1998

Museums

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• Paloc Museum and Skansen

  phone: +36 35 300 168
  address: Palóc liget 1.
  Ethnography collection permanent Exhibitions: #1 From the cradle to the grave – Peasant feasts and weekdays in Nógrád county; #2 Scientist nobiliary library – The mirror of our national history (in remembrance of Iván Nagy).

• Civitas Fortissima Museum

  address: Széchenyi utca 13.

• Pannonia Motorcycle Museum

  phone: +36 30 746 1806 (Mobil)
  address: Kossuth Lajos utca 1
  The permanent exhibition: unrestored, original condition motorcycles, brand brochures, operating instructions and motorcycle accessories shown.

• Jánossy Gallery

  phone: +36 35 300186
  address: Civitas fortissima tér 5.
  Contemporary art collection.

• Stars house

  phone: +36 35 300663
  address: Rákóczi fejedelem útja 107
  Classical buildings, local history collection.

• Endre Horváth Gallery

  phone: +36 35 300622
  address: Rákóczi fejedelem útja 50.
  Inside Mikszáth Cultural Center: temporary exhibitions.

• Serbian Church

  phone: +36 35 300622
  address: Szerb utca 5.
  Built in 1910. Neoclassical building. Temporary exhibitions

• Jewish Collection of Along Ipoly river and Jewish Prayer House

  phone: +36 35 505985
  address: Hunyadi utca, 24.

Monuments

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• Town Hall

  phone: +36 35 505 900
  address: Rákóczi fejedelem útja 12

• Orthodox Jewish cemetery

  phone: +36 30 418 1886
  address: Temető u. 8
  A monument

• The former Financial Palace

  address: Bajcsy-Zsilinszky utca 6
  Now a police station.

• Nógrád county courthouse

  phone: +36 35 501-200
  address: Köztársaság tér 2

• Balassagyarmat prison

  phone: +36 35 501170
  address: Madách Imre utca 2
  It was built between 1842 and 1845. Rare architectural solutions - mainly central circular floor plan - make an especially valuable monument. Planned remodeling for luxury prison hotel and museum.

• Mikszáth residential house

  address: Madách utca 8.

• Lőrinc Szabo residential house

  address: Szabó Lőrinc utca 10

• Baroque storey townhouses

  address: Rákóczi fejedelem útja
  Built around 1780.

• Art Nouveau villas

  address: Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út
  Built around 1910.

• Former English Misses convent

  address: Civitas Fortissima tér 7

• Former Hotel Balassa

  address: Rákóczi fejedelem útja 39
  Classicist Petofi Sandor stayed here twice.

• Cinema Madách

  address: Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út 8

• City Culture House and LibraryHere is the Endre Horváth Gallery (see above about details).

• Paloc ParkBotanical rarities.

• Nyírjes ponds

  address: Nyírjes
  Fishing. Protected forests and srings.

• Nyírjes Wildlife Park and Botanical Garden

  address: Between Nyírjes and Kincsempuszta
  Visitor center.

• ÉgerAlder wetland conservation nature trail. Here is the county's finest, most diverse wetland wildlife. 106 hectares of protected area.

• Ipoly riverFishing paradise.

• Sports and leisure center

  address: Ipoly-part utca
  Artificial grass football field, City Sports Hall, skateboard track, indoor swimming pool.

• TESCO Balassagyarmat hypermarket

  phone: +36 20 827 0000
  address: Mikszáth Kálmán utca 56

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• Svejk

  phone: +36 35 300-999, +36 30 625-1040
  address: Szabó Lőrinc Street 16
  Czech and Slovak specialties. Different ice creams.

• Excalibur

  phone: +36 20 318-6622
  address: Teleki László utca 2
  Self service. Home delivery.

• Orchidea Confectory

  phone: +36 35 311450
  address: Bajcsy-Zsilinszky utca 12

• Orchidea Café

  phone: +36 35 311450
  address: Rákóczi fejedelem Road

• Trattoria Dolce Vita

  phone: +36 20 231 1920
  address: Thököly Street 20.
  Italian cuisine.

• AztaPasta

  phone: +36 30 712 44 34
  address: Rákóczi fejedelem Road 29.
  Pasta bar and pizzeria in the city centre.

• Cake Point

  phone: +36 20 237 8801
  address: Telei László Street 5

• Pince Pizza Bar and Pub

  phone: +36 35 302848
  address: Kossuth Lajos út 18.
  Draft and bottled beers and wines

• Kapsreitter Pub

  phone: +36 35 310006
  address: Rákóczi út 83
  Draft and bottled beers.

• Star Motel and Restaurant

  phone: +36 35 301-152
  address: Kóvári út 12.
  Open year round, 0-24. Capacity: 8 rooms, 16 beds. Wi-Fi. Non-stop catering facilities (130 persons), parking, conference room, 24-hour reception, Pets Allowed, satellite/cable TV, sauna.

• Pension Club

  phone: +36 35 301824, +36 20 9157502
  address: Teleki László utca 14

• Telephone numbers to Balassagyarmat from abroad +36 35 XXXXXX, from Hungary 06 35 XXXXXX

• Post Office #1

  phone: +36 35 301-240
  address: Rákóczi fejedelem útja 24

• Post Office #2

  phone: +36 35 300-348
  address: Leiningen Károly utca 29.

• Budapest, toward SW take a bus or a train
• Salgótarján, toward east a bus (hourly or so)
• Vác, toward west take a bus or a train
• Slovakia, toward north walk across over Ipoly