Kecskemét

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Tourist information

• Tourinform

  phone: +36 76 481065
  address: Kossuth tér 1
  Services: tourist information, brochures about Kecskemét and its region, and the country, maps of Kecskemét and Hungary, cultural event guides, tour guides, bike rental, postcards, gifts and books about Kecskemét .

By air

• Budapest Ferihegy Airport

  address: Ferihegyi út

By train

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• Train Station

  phone: +36 76 322460
  address: Kodály Zoltán tér
  Direct trains: - Budapest Nyugati station (hourly, Ft 1460 plus reservation fee Ft 520, 1hr 20min). Szeged (hourly, Ft 1350, 1hr 40min). Szolnok (least daily three, 67 km, 2 hours). Baja (least daily four, Ft 2830, 2hr 20min). Miskolc (Sundays, only in school season, Ft 4500, around 3hr 30min), - Avala EuroCity between Beograd and Vienna (from 2015) stop here. Timetable

By bus

Várkonyi Tibor

• Bus Station

  phone: +36 76 321777
  address: Noszlopy Gáspár park, 1.
  To Budapest's Népliget bus station (hourly, between an hour and twenty minutes and two hours.)

By car

Rent a car

• Ar-avan Limited Partnership

  phone: +36 76 504214
  address: Petőfi Sándor u. 3.
  passenger vehicles, vans, caravans renting. +E-mail:iroda@car-avan.hu

• Hertz Rent a Car

  phone: +36 76 328-398
  address: Dózsa György út 31
  passenger vehicle, vans, minibus. Out of hours pick-up: +36 20 947-5079

• Budget – Pannonia Rent a Car Ltd.

  phone: +36 76 485499
  address: Lestár tér 2.
  Passenger vehicle, cargo from Budapest. Mobile 36 30 6297725.

• Gas-car Ltd.

  phone: +36 76 485-611
  address: Szolnoki hegy 232
  Passenger vehicle, van, minibus; daily, monthly and long-term passes.

• EUrent Rent a Car

  phone: +36 76 503-062
  address: Halasi út 32/A.
  In case of long-term hire or leasing: Europ Car (Mr. Fluka Zoltán) +36 1 4218325.

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Churches

• Piarist Order Temple

  phone: +36 76 481603
  address: Piaristák tere, 6, Jókai u. 1.
  A single nave, chancel straight closured, church with tower at southwest facade Andrew Mayerhoffer designed, built in 1724-30.

• Reformed Church

  address: Kossuth tér,Szabadság tér
  Free standing, square groundplan, two-nave church with straight closure. Built in 1684 and reconstructed in 1790-92, early baroque. Inner Equipment: 1790s, 1800s. Benches: 1759, 1802; Pulpit: 1791.

• Saint Nicholas Franciscan church

  address: Kossuth tér 3, Plébánia köz 1
  Built in 1786. Romanesque style with Gothic, Baroque rebuilding. Here is the 'Kecskemét purgatory relief' A sculpture composition at the Kecskemét Franciscan church at Kossuth square fence wall. Beneath the cross, purgatory relief depicting made in 1792 and it was a remnant of Calvary. The crucifix, Gábor Imre sculptor in 1943 was stayyed above the relief. Mary Magdalene and John the Apostle statues stayed in 1982, origins was a part of a Calvary of the Cemetery.

Civertan

• Great Temple

  address: Kossuth tér, 2
  Free standing, one single nave church with straight closure sanctuary, At NW facade a fire tower with balcony, Built in Late-Baroque style, in 1774-1806. The frescoes in the sanctuary and the nave in 1901 by Roskovics Ignats; the decorative painting in 1901 by Lohr Ferenc. The Stained Glass Windows made in 1930, the Inner Equipment: typically over the 18th century; the High altar and two side altars image in 1791 by Falkoner József Ferenc. Masses: Su and holidays 07:00, 09:00, 10:30, 18:00; M-F 07:0, 08:00, 18:00; Advent 06:00, 08:00, 18:00. Church can be visited: M 12:00-19:00, Tu-Su 06:00-19:00.

• Greek Orthodox church

  address: Széchenyi tér 9
  Built in 1829,Fischer Agoston planned, neoclassic style. One single nave, semicircular sanctuary closure church with a tower at SW corner. It has a hipped gable roof over the sanctuary. Decorative Painting: The second half of the 19th century. Inner Equipment: particularly in the first half of the 19th century. Iconostasis: 1828 (wood-carving by Peter Pádits of Miskolc ), Images: around 1828, 1903 (by Joseph Kurbel).

• Trinity Chapel

  address: Árpád körút
  Built between 1718-1726.

• Lutheran Church

  address: Arany János u. 1
  Built by Miklós Ybl in 1862-63, in romantic style.

• Saint Elisabeth Roman Catholic church

  address: Czollner tér
  Single nave church towered at northern facade. Former cemetery chapel stood here. Inner Equipment: particularly in the first half of the 19th century: The main altar and altar images: 1926 (Uher Aristide), 1939 (Marsovszky Emilia). Altars: 1890; Pulpit: 1939. Organ 1900 (Országh Sandor), extended: 1955.

• Chapel of the Visitation of Our Lady

  address: Batthyány u. 6
  Baroque style chapel built in 1713.

• Reformed Church of Katonatelep

• Calvary Complex

  address: Ipoly utca 13
  Historical Monument. An art nouveau chapel by Geza Markus.

Museums

Pudelek

• Bozsó collection

  phone: +36 76 324625
  address: Klapka u. 34
  Features Hungarian folk art and furniture from local artists. In Klapka-house (listed building) built in 1786, Baroque style. (+36 76 417130)

• International Ceramics Studio

  phone: +36 76 486867
  address: Kápolna u. 11.
  This is a ceramic art centre.

• Museum of Hungarian Naive Artists in Bano-house

  phone: +36 76 324767
  address: Gáspár András körút 11.
  Former Bánó House, built around 1730 in Baroque style. A survey of the Naive, art produced by untrained artists that typically reflects peasant life. The collection includes several colorful, surreal or somewhat medieval paintings, as well as some sculptures. The museum in Bánó-house or Gólyás-house (listed building).

• Szórakaténusz Toy Museum and Workshop

  phone: +36 76 324-767
  address: Gáspár András körút 11.
  Displays peasant toys of Hungary, some of the more fascinating ones include wooden churches and a wooden pinball game. The museum is fun for all ages. Workshop can be visited for an additional fee.

• Kecskeméti Képtár in the Ornamental Palace

  phone: +36 76 480-776
  address: Rákóczi u. 1.
  Housed in the magnificent Cifra Palota the gallery hosts a history of the city (though with no explanations in English) and several modern paintings from Hungarian masters. One of the finest examples of Hungarian secessionist architecture, the building was completed in 1902 based on the designs of Hungarian architect Géza Márkus. Formerly an apartment building, it now houses the Kecskemét Gallery. Listed building. Also of note is one exhibition room that is decorated similar to the exterior of the palace.

• Katona József Museum

  phone: +36 76 481-122,
  address: Vasútkert, Bethlen körút 11
  It was the summer City casino. Built in 1875, in early realistic style by Charles Laszlo's plans, it was enlarged in 1924. Archaeological, historical and ethnographic collections. The Collections of Katona József Museum exhibited in the Cifra Palace.

• Ráday Museum of Calvinist Ecclesiastical History

  address: Kálvin tér 1
  Excellent museum hosts examples of Calvinist Architecture, including the ceiling and pulpit from a Transylvanian church, a collection of chalices, an exhibit on clocks, local sculptures depiciting biblical stories, and a mineral collection.

• József Katona Memorial House

  phone: +36 76 328420
  address: Katona József u. 5.
  Permanent exhibition and temporary exhibitions.

• Zoltán Kodály Music-Pedagogy Institute

  phone: +36 76 481-518
  address: Kéttemplomköz 1.
  Housed in a former Franciscan Monastery complete with a wooden tower is the institute founded by composer Kodály. Inside is a small exhibit (the length of a hallway) featuring music books, pictures, and other items regarding Kodály's life. There's very little in English, in fact there's very little at all, and it's probably best appreciated by fans of the composer.

• Leskowsky Musical Instrument Collection

  phone: +36 76 486-616
  address: Zimay László u. 6/a
  The personal collection of Leskowsky can only be visited by prior arrangement. Leskowsky will take you around personally and show his collection of instruments from around the world.

• Hungarian Photography Museum

  phone: +36 76 483-221
  address: Katona József tér 12 Bajcsy Zs u.
  Hungary's only Photography museum is housed in a former Orthodox Synagogue (before that it was a dance hall). Free standing, rectangular building complex. The well-restored ceiling features Jewish themes. Besides the photography itself there's a wonderful collection of cameras, ranging from older giant boxes to modern sleek designs.

• Collection of Hungarian Folk Art Crafts

  address: Serfőző u. 19/A
  built in the late nineteenth century.

• Museum of Medicinal and Pharmacy History

  phone: +36 76 329964
  address: Kölcsey Ferenc u. 3.
  Former agricultural town's farmhouse.

• 'Zwack Fruit Brandy Distillery and Exhibition

  phone: +36 76 487711
  address: Matkói út 2.

• Former Old Synagogue

  address: Szabadság tér, Rákóczi út 2
  this fantastic moorish-style synagogue now houses the House of Science and Technics. Moorish-romantic building was built by John Zitterbarth plans between 1862-71
• Clocks Collection (Hanga Óragyűjtemény)

• Kápolna Gallery

  phone: +36 76 486867
  address: Kápolna u.13.
  Contemporary art exhibition.

Monuments

• Artist Colony Cultural and Conference Centre

  phone: +36 76 414 263
  address: Műkerti sétány 2
  Art Nouveau house. Designed by Jánszky Bela and Tibor Szévessy in 1910s. Listed Monument Programs: Performing evenings, festivals, exhibits, club sessions, concerts, movie nights, song evenings, courses, dance evenings, dance theatre.

• Deer-house

  address: Batthyány u. 4.
  Built around 1860. Monument building.

• Former Horseback riding

  address: Czollner tér 3

• Dyer workshop

  address: Dömötör u. 4.
  Used in 1970s.

• Former Rudolf barracks

  address: Izsáki út 3.
  Large area, several joint-building. Former staff officer, sergeants and infirmary buildings. Now Central European International University, also here Jysk Furniture store.

• Former Elizabeth Barracks

  address: Izsáki út 4.
  Buildings: former crew building, riding school, street fence.

• Trinity column

  address: Katona József tér
  A sculpture group with a hexagonal, wrought iron fence, a pillar and a puppets decorated stone barrier.

• Piarist house and college

  address: Piaristák tere 6.
  Built in 1825-32, late Baroque style.

• Katona József Theatre

  phone: +36 76 501-174
  address: Katona József tér 5.
  Listed Monument +phone=+36 76 501177

• Former Casino Municipal

  address: Rákóczi út 3
  Now a branch of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Centre for Regional Studies. Great Plains Scientific Institute

• Beerhouse

  address: Serfőző u. 19.
  A monument building. Now here is the Applied Folk Art Museum in Kecskemét

• Luther's Palace

  phone: +36 76 323 506
  address: Szabadság tér 3.
  Art Nouveau, listed building. Residential part, stores, offices of the Lutheran Church, built according to the plans Mende Valer, between 1910-12.

• Former Old Reformed College

  address: Szabadság tér 7
  A monument building. Based on the plans of Mende Valer built between 1911-13, secession style. Now, Reformed Primary School.

• Former Craftsman Home

  address: Széchenyi tér 7., Kossuth tér 4.?
  Now 'Home Cinema'. This was built according to the plans of Komor Marcell and Jakab Desi 1906-07 in Art Nouveau style.

• Municipal ​​Cinema

  address: Rákóczi u. 15.
  A monument building.

• Monument Houses

  address: Munkácsy u. 19., Nagykőrösi út 24., Kecskeméti Végh Mihály tér 1.Bánk bán u. 6.,Lechner Ödön u. 1., Kápolna u. 6., Kápolna u. 15., Jókai u. 9., Széchenyi tér 9.

• Hotel Három Gúnár

  address: Batthyány u. 7
  eclectic style.

• Jewish cemetery entrance building

  address: Szép utca 4
  Eclectic style monument

• Former Main Realschool

  address: Dózsa György út 1-3
  Now Katona József High School. Built according to the plans of Kálmán Löllbach in 1912-14 - Art Nouveau.

• Press House

  address: Szabadság tér 1.
  Listed monument. Art Nouveau style

• Palace of Law and Prison

  phone: +36 76 519519
  address: Rákóczi út 7. ,
  Listed Monument Former Royal Court built in 1904.

• Post office

  address: Kálvin tér 2.
  Neo Baroque monument building.

• Reformed Old college

  address: Kálvin tér 1
  Former Protestant school, high school and Law Academy. Based on Eugene Szappanosy plans built between 1928-30.

• Regional Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Small Area Information Centre

  address: Rákóczi út 3-5.
  Secession style. Former was a Casino and tenements. Built according to the plans Jánszky Bela and Tibor Szivessy in 1910-11.

• Former Reformed bazaar

  address: Szabadság tér 2.
  Now 'Cafe Liberte'

• Former Officers' Club

  address: Lechner Ödön u. 3.
  A Monument House. Now here working the Cultural Service of the Hungarian Defence Forces.

• Town Hall

  address: Kossuth tér 1.
  An Art Nouveau Monument building. Built by Odon Lechner and Gyula Pártos in 1892-96.

• Thomka-ház

  address: Lestár tér 1.
  Built in 1871. On downstairs post office operated between 1890-1930.

• Trinity cemetery

  address: Küküllő u / Ipoly u.
  A memorial park in Late Art Nouveau style.

• Wine Growing and Viniculture Research Institute

  phone: +36 76 494 888
  address: Úrihegy 5/a.
  Now National Agricultural Research and Innovation Centre. Protected monument building complex.

• Former Military riding school of Archduke Ferdinand

  address: Czollner tér 3.
  Built between 1817-1818. Now high school.

• Arboretum

  phone: +36 76 492455, +36 30 6897347 (mobile)
  address: Nyíri út 48.
  There is, guided tours available in Hungarian, German and English, Area: 62 ha. Sights: Lookout, Mary - chapel (1718), calvary, wooden playground, nature trail, plant collection.

• Kiskunsági National Park and House of Nature

  phone: +36 76 500-068, +36 76 482611
  address: Liszt Ferenc u. 19.
  Visitor permits and tour guide order, Organisation of tours. Exhibits in House of Nature

• Nyíri forest

  phone: +36 76 707872 (forester's house)
  Area: 1,200 ha. Attractions: 48's memorial museum, Arad Martyrs Memorial, St. Hubertus - Chapel, mille centenary memorial.

• ZOO

  phone: +36 76 320121
  address: Műkerti út 1.
• Spring Festival (Tavaszi Fesztivál) held every March, usually coinciding with Budapest's annual Spring Festival. Features local art, theater, as well as plenty of music from Kodály.

• Kecskemét Fun Baths and Water Slide Park

  phone: +36 76 500 320
  address: Csabay Géza körút 5

• Air show of KecskemétA major air and military air show, also displaying tanks and several kinds of armoured vehicles and artillery pieces. The air show not only displays Hungarian aircraft but is attended by several foreign air forces (20 in the year 2010 including Austrian, Belgian, French, Dutch, Croatian, German, Romanian, Swiss, Spanish, Serbian, Turkish, US, Ukrainian, Israeli Air Force). It takes place in August, often on the 7-8th every 2 years.

• Visit the Mercedes-Benz factory

  phone: +36 76 301022
  address: Mercedes út 1
  The Mercedes-Benz factory, which builds the CLA and B-classes, offers free factory tours. The tours in English take place on Thursdays at 09:30 and last 2 hours. There are tours on other days and at other times in German and Hungarian. To take part, you need to preregister at their website.

Hypermarkets

• Auchan hypermarket

  phone: +36 76 888700
  address: Dunaföldvári út 2.

• Metro warehouse store

  phone: +36 23 509050
  address: Ceglédi út 236.
  Mostly for retailers.

• Tesco M5 hypermarket

  address: Talfája köz 1.

Malls

• Alföld Department Store

  address: Deák Ferenc tér 6.

• Immochan Trade Center

  address: - Dunaföldvári út 2
  Auchan, CCC, Háda, Media Markt, Nike, Optic World, Sebastiano

• Malom Center mall

  address: Korona utca 2.
  Shops: CBA supermarket, Deichmann shoes, Douglas, Gas, Jeans, H&M, Libri bookshop,McDonald's, New Yorker, Promod, Retro Jeans, Springfield).

• Sever Center

  address: Kurucz körút 8.

• Szil-coop Shopping Centre

  address: Izsáki út 2.

• Target Center Shopping park

  address: Izsáki út 12/b.
  Shops: Deichmann, dm, Fressnapf, KFC, Obi, Tesco hypermarket

Supermarkets

• Aldi discount store

  address: Izsáki út 69.

• CBA supermarket

  phone: +36 76 328-431
  address: Korona u. 2.

• Coop supermarket chain

  address: Gizella tér 1
  More eleven units: - Aradi vértanúk tere 4, Bíró Lajos utca 1, Czollner köz, Deák tér 6, Dobó körút 1, Énekes utca 1, Horváth Cirill tér 1, Kossuth Lajos utca 83, Nyíri út, Rávágy tér 1, Széchenyi sétány

• Lidl discount store

  address: Szolnoki út 18
  Discount store chain.

• Penny Market discount stores

  address: Katona József park
  Discount store chain. More two units: Csíksomlyói utca 22, Kossuth körút 60.

• Reál discount stores

  address: Boróka utca 10
  More two units: Izsáki út 2, Kard utca 30.

• Spar supermarket

  address: Március 15. utca 5/a
  Other unit: Nagykőrösi utca 2.

Stores

• Baumax home improvement store

  phone: +36 76 504 090
  address: Halasi út 2.

• Decathlon sports store

  address: Dunaföldvári út 2/b

• International Silver Cash & Carry warehouse store

  address: Talfája 306.

• Jysk Furniture store

  address: Izsáki út 3.

• Obi home improvement store

  address: Izsáki út 12/b.

• Praktiker home improvement store

  address: Kurucz tér 7

• Bagatelle Restaurant

  phone: +36 76 402-553
  address: Lestár tér 1.

• Caesar's Restaurant

  phone: +36 76 328849
  address: Kaszap u. 4.
  Italian food.

• Dióhéj Restaurant

  phone: +36 70 6198474
  address: Rákóczi út 30.

• Géniusz Cafe and Restaurant

  phone: +36 76 497668
  address: Kisfaludy u. 5.

• Italia Pizzeria

  phone: +36 76 327328
  address: Hornyik János krt. 4.
  Appetizers, soups, pasta, meat dishes, fish. vegetarian, garnish, sauces, desserts, salads, pizzas, drinks. Free delivery. +36 20 947 6847.

• Kisbugaci Restaurant

  phone: +36 76 322-722
  address: Munkácsy u. 10.

• Labirintus Pizzeria

  phone: +36 76 417-404
  address: Kéttemplom köz 2
  Air-conditioned basement. More than 100 pizza with Hungarian flavors in three sizes, a variety of salads and pastas. Delivery.

• Kecskeméti Tavern and Winehouse

  phone: +36 76 488686
  address: Kölcsey utca 7.
  170-year-old listed building.100 types of traditional Hungarian food, 100 types of Hungarian wine.

• Hotel Pálma KecskemétIn the centre of the city, close to the main square and the railway station. The hotel provides convenient accommodation all the year round under favourable conditions.

• Hotel AranyhomokOverlooking the main square of Kecskemét.

• Four Points by Sheraton Kecskemet Hotel and Conference Center

  address: Izsáki út 6
  Pretty much everything you need to know is in the name - what needs to be added is that the hotel is in an industry estate out of town (but not the one where the Mercedes factory is), on the Izsáki út leading up to the M5 motorway from Budapest.

• Gokart Hotel

  phone: +36306511490
  address: Szent Laszlo krt 64, 6000 Kecskemet
  Modern (2012) and clean hotel on the outskirts of Kecskemet. Gokart's racetrack, which is next to hotel, can be viewed from restaurant.

Post offices

• Post Office #1

  phone: +36 76 486-586
  address: Kálvin tér 10-12.

• Post Office

  phone: +36 76 539-806
  address: Kodály Zoltán tér 2.

• Cegléd
• Nagykőrös
• Bugac — a small village near the steppelands (puszta) of the Kiskunság National Park, and the site of the annual Kurultáj, a celebration of the Hungarians' nomadic and warrior forebears