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Debrecen obtained a leading role
among the ormer villages on its
current territory in the 13th century.
Due to its religious, political and
economic strength, the settlement,
which unctioned over the centuries
almost like a city-state, served as the
capital o Hungary twice in its history.
Today, Debrecen is the dynamically
developing centre o the North Great
Plain Region.
What does it take or someone to eel
comortable in a European city? Apart
rom the sights, exciting cultural and
sporting events, naturally, it also takes
great entertainment opportunities,
something that Debrecen abounds in.
Many cas in the mood o the n-de-
sicle, intimate tea-houses, alternative
hangouts and music clubs have
prolierated in recent years. Bubbling
ountains, picturesque parks and
countless terraces in the main square
pedestrian area await those in search
o relaxation rom early spring until
late autumn. Tenacious patrons may
even sit out in wintertime to admire
the dance o the snowakes or the
evening lights o the city. The tower o
the Protestant Great Church proudly
standing on the main square o
Debrecen ofers a breathtaking view
o the city.
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Debrecen has been one o the
cultural centres o Hungary or
ve centuries. Many outstanding
gures o Hungarian culture
studied at the Calvinist College,
ounded in 1538. The museum and
the library o the College house
valuable collections, including nearly
17 thousand arteacts, as well as many
rare or even unique manuscripts and
printed books. The museum also has
a collection o applied arts, eaturing
superb examples o Hungarian
goldsmiths crat and embroidery. In
literature, the culture o Debrecen,
deeply rooted in Protestantism, is best
refected in the works o Magda Szab,
a writer o very close ties to the city,
who passed away in 2007 and is buried
in her native Debrecen. Her memory is
preserved, among other things, by the
bookshop named ater her and the
reading corner
in the university library
where her statue stands.
In Klcsey Convention Centre, the
largest such venue o the country
outside o Budapest, many Hungarian
and international stars have
perormed since its opening in 2006.
The exhibition hall and oyer o the
building are requently used or large-
scale art events. Dri Museum,
located in the heart o the city, is
another outstanding storehouse
o the cultural and intellectual
assets o Debrecen. Foremost
among the attractions
o the museum are the
monumental paintings o
the Christ-trilogy by the 19th-century
Hungarian artist, Mihly Munkcsy.
The collection o the museum also
includes Egyptian mummies, East-
Asian arteacts, Oriental weapons,
as well as many other interesting
curiosities. Modem, the new, three-
storey art gallery o the city, was the
venue (ater Florence and Tokyo) o
the exhibition The Real da Vinci,
which attracted more than 160
thousand visitors.
In addition, Debrecen also has
museums o literature and sculpture, a
philatelic exhibition eaturingstamps rom around the
world, as well as numerous
art galleries.
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Debrecen was once amous or its
cratsmen and merchants, who lived
and worked in separate streets, each
according to their trade.
Their memory is preserved today by
names like Tmr (Tanner) and Varga
(Cobbler) Street, while their modern-
day successors still carry on some o
the centuries-old traditions.
The row o workshops in the Tanners
House ofers a glimpse into the
secrets o cloak appliqu trimming,
embroidery, bead-threading, bone-
lace making, pottery, blue-dyeing,
and other crats, where visitors
can even try their hands at
some o the tricks o these
trades.
This provides, in addition to
some insight into the lives o local
cratsmen o a bygone era, also a
taste o the joy o creative, manual
work.
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into a week-long estival, and the
events, ocusing on music, dance and
fowers, will commence on 15 August
this year. Debrecen is also part o the
larger spring and autumn estivals
held across Hungary. Each year, an
international jazz estival is staged,
and the city is also internationally
amous or its biannual Bla Bartk
Choir Competition and the
Military Band
Festival.
Few people realise that the largest
and longest-standing estival o the
city, the Flower Carnival o Debrecen,
looks back on a history o over one
hundred years, as the annals o the city
mention a fower promenade held
as early as 1905. Over the years, some
100 million fowers have been used
to decorate 600 or so foats, which
were seen, along with the tens o
thousands o Hungarian and oreign
perorming participants, by millions o
visitors who spent the 20th o August
national holiday in Debrecen. The
Flower Carnival has recently grown
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Medicinal water is one o the most
important treasures in natures
pharmacy. Hungary is a country with
countless baths, as well as one o
the largest reserves o thermal and
medicinal water in the world. Bath
culture in Debrecen looks back to a
history o 180 years. The medicinal
bath, which played an important role
in the history o the city, was built in
the Great Forest, the countrys rst
nature conservation area. The thermal
bath, which is part o the Aquaticum
Medicinal and Bathing Centre, has
63 C thermal water and ofers 40
diferent treatments, supported
by the proessional background
provided by the nearby medical
school. The medicinal water o the
bath is excellent or the treatment
o rheumatic, dermatological and
gynaecological problems.
More and more people worldwide
recognise the importance o a healthy
liestyle in the prevention o illnesses
and ensuring long-term well-being.
The wellness island o Debrecen
ofers some 60 diferent traditional
and special services, ranging rom
slimming and detoxiying algal
treatment to tropical medicinal baths
and oriental-style pampering.
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Where should I go? What should I do?
Debrecen is not a place where one can
easily get bored! Pick rom a concert in
Fnix Arena, clubs or dance-lovers, or
solid live music in a pleasant restaurant.
To the north rom the downtown area,
the 50-year-old Debrecen Zoo is a un
place or all members o the amily:
spreading over an area o 17 hectares,
it showcases 1500 animals belonging to
165 species o ve continents. Among
the special assets o the zoo, Linda and
Siegried, the hippo couple should be
mentioned: their daughter grew up to
be the leading emale at Disneyland in
San Diego, USA. Summer camps have a
long tradition at the zoo, which also has
a petting zoo section. Those in search o
even more excitement can set out on athrilling night-time walk around the rst
zoo o the countryside eaturing exotic
animals.
Debrecen in the evening and at night
always has something liberating and ull
o promise in the air, no doubt related
to the act that the number o good
hangouts is constantly increasing.
Young people fock rom one new placeto the next. This is especially true rom
spring until autumn, the period when
the outdoor scene gets into ull swing.
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Rain or
s h i n e ,
indoors or out,
Debrecen ofers many opportunities
to kids ready or some un. A pleasant
amily programme is a visit to the
Mediterranean Pleasure Baths,
complete with tropical vegetation,
which is open all year round. A sur
pool, twelve diferent water slides,
childrens and baby pools, a climbing
wall, cavern baths, water choppers
or kids and much more provide
unorgettable entertainment.
The nearby amusement park eatures
a un house, a Ferris-wheel, bumper
cars, childrens
railway, carousels
and other rides. Another
un programme with children is to
catch a show at the Vojtina Puppet
Theatre, located in the downtown
area. The botanical garden, located on
the area behind the main building o
the University o Debrecen, is amous
or its cactus collection, eaturing
2500 o the worlds 3000 species. In
addition to
the hothouse rarities o the tropical
collection, this wonderul garden also
eatures beautiul orchids, banana
trees and vanilla plants.
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Debrecen has played an important
role in Hungarian sport lie or over 100
years. DVSC, the most popular ootball
club o the city, was established in 1902
and came to the top in recent years,
fnishing as the national champion in
2005, 2006 and 2007. The womens
handball team won the Hungarian
championship in 1987, and also
gained the Hungarian Cup on several
occasions. Debrecen, which has an
athletic stadium certifed as an elite
training centre by the International
Association o Athletics Federations
(IAAF), a modern ice hall, a brand
new swimming pool complex and
a sports arena, is frmly established
on the sports map o the world. The
city hosted numerous international
competitions in recent years, including
the World Youth Championship in
Athletics in 2001, world and European
gymnastics championships, ice-hockey
world championship, and many more.
Lovers o an active liestyle will fnd
many opportunities in and around the
city, such as bowling alleys, tennis and
squash courts, paintball felds, well-
equipped ftness and weight rooms,
quad tracks.
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Stued cabbage Debrecen style,
spare-rib soup, meat-lled pancakes,
bee specialties made rom amous
Hungarian longhorn cattle, shsoup rom the organic sh armed
at Hortobgy, lngos bread, meals
cooked or baked in an oven In the
ambient restaurants o Debrecen, one
can choose rom an oering not to be
ound anywhere else. In the summer,
the Debrecen Turkey Days, a estival o
gastronomy, is awaiting lovers o great
ood. In the pastry shops o the city,the traditional Dobos cake, the Rkczi
cheesecake, as well as the sugar-ree
pastries and the scones made rom
spelt
l o u r
are denitely
worth tasting. In
addition to the many
local and Hungarian specialities, ocourse, the gastronomic oering
o a city cannot dispense with the
favours o international cuisines,
and Debrecen, with its Greek,
Kurdish, Chinese, Mexican and Italian
restaurants is no exception.
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The university o the city opened in
October 1914, with the aculties o
theology, arts and law taken over rom
the Calvinist College. The impressive
main building was inaugurated in
1932. In the period between 1949 and
1952, the previously unied institution
was dismembered, only to be
reunited in 2000, when the University
o Debrecen was re-ormed with a
total o 15 aculties, including arts
and humanities, sciences, medicine,
agriculture, economics, law, music
and pedagogy. Today, the university
has nearly 30 thousand students. The
Medical and Health Sciences Centre
has an English-language programme
o international reputation, attracting
students rom around the world.
The Summer School o the University
o Debrecen is characterised by time-
honoured traditions, high-quality
language teaching, an intimate and
amiliar atmosphere, combined with
a estive mood. The institution, which
celebrated its 80th anniversary in
2007, became the oremost centre
o teaching Hungarian as a oreign
language in 1961, and it has since
concentrated on oreign students
wishing to get acquainted with the
Hungarian language and culture.
More than 600 students coming rom
dozens o countries are taught each
year by nearly 50 teachers. In addition
to language classes, it also ofers a
rich cultural programme, including
excursions in the Eastern part o
Hungary.
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Debrecen has a river, whose name is
Hortobgy this is how an old olk
song goes. This was literally true, as
the whole Hortobgy, including its
river, belonged to the town once.
The amous puszta, the Hungarian
steppe, now constitutes part o
the Hortobgy National Park, and is a
World Heritage Site. The presentation
o its natural assets is acilitated by
the visitor centre, which serves as the
starting point or explorations by those
avouring eco-tourism. Horse shows
and exciting pleasure rides on horse-
drawn wagons are popular with kids
and adults alike. The M3 Archeopark is
located on the edge o the Hortobgy,
at the Polgr intersection o motorway
M3. Visitors can get acquainted with
the North Plains region with the help o
the archaeological and local historical
exhibition. Debrecen is bordered on
the north by the gentle slopes o
the Nyrsg, and on the east by the
Erdspuszta, an extensive orestland
eaturing lakes (such as Vekeri Lake,
best known or its
summer estivals
o pop
music), as
well as the arboretum
o Bnk. This region can
be explored by way o the
small-gauge Zsuzsi train,
but also lends itsel to bicycle
or on oot. Lovers o horseback
riding can experience, or
example, the reedom o Western
riding in a wonderul rural
setting. The 82 settlements
o Hajd-Bihar County ofer
many unique and valuable
sights to visit, including more
than 200 nationally protected
monuments, such as the
Bocskai Castle in Nagykereki,
the Calvinist Church o Nyracsd,
originally built at the turn o the
13th and 14th century, or the Nine-
Holed Bridge and the Shepherds
Museum in Hortobgy.
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Imprint:
Published by: Municipality o Debrecen,
Mayors Ofce, H-Debrecen, Piac utca 20.
Publisher in charge: Lajos Ksa, mayor
Phone/ax: +36 (52) 511-590, +36 (52) 511-467
Web: www.debrecen.hu
E-mail: [email protected]
Graphic design, layout: Kamleon Dizjn Kt.
Further inormation:
Tourinorm Ofce:
H-4024 Debrecen, Piac utca 20.
Tel: +36 (52) 412-250
E-mail: [email protected]
www.debrecen.hu
www.gotodebrecen.hu
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