My country, my town, my school

The heart of Europe, Hungary•Hungary (Magyarország) is situated in Central Europe.• Bordered by Slovakia, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia,

Austria and Ukraine.• Population is about 10 000 000.•Hungary joined to the European Union in 2004.

National language•One of the most difficult languages.•We have two letters ő and ű which don’t exist anywhere else.•We also have two different words for „red”: vörös and piros. These things are vörös. These things are piros.

• Unlike the most of the world, our names have the family name first. Marietta Gerencsér Gerencsér Marietta

Hungarian Sea• Balaton is the biggest lake of the country. Tourists call it

the Hungarian Sea, but we just call it „Balcsi”. Thousands of tourists choose it for their holiday destination every year.

We have 10 national parks. They keep the natural wild safe and their untouched beauty is picturesque.

Hollókő•Hollókő is a traditional village in Hungary and UNESCO World

Heritage Site. Its name means "Raven-stone" in Hungarian.

Sports•Hungarian’s favorite sport is football. Our most famous

footballer was Ferenc Puskás.•We are also good at swimming, waterpolo and handball.•We are 8th in the all-time Olympic Games medal table

with 501 medals.

Traditional food•Hungarian kitchen is not as healthy as it should be.• Paprika is a traditional spice of Hungary.• The most well known Hungarian food is the Goulash soup, but

everyone’s favorite is the Chimney Cake.

The most popular inventionsBall-point pen

László Bíró invented it. It is one of the most used tool in every day life.

Rubik’s cubeErnő Rubik’s invention. It’s also known as the magic cube.

The capital city, Budapest• The largest city in Hungary with 2 000 000 inhabitants.• Buda and Pest were two seperate towns, but their unification

was in 1873.• The River Danube flows across the city. Buda and Pest are

connected by 9 bridges.

Sightseeing around BudapestHeroes’ square

•One of the major squares in Budapest.• It was built for the 1000th anniversary of the Hungarian

conquest of the Carpathian Basin and the foundation of the Hungarian state in 1896.

Parliament Building• It’s the seat of the National Assembly of Hungary.• It lies on the bank of the Danube. • 3rd largest parliament building of the world.

Buda Castle• Buda Castle is the historical castle and palace complex of

the Hungarian kings in Budapest.• The castle is a part of the Budapest World Heritage Site.

Gellért Baths•Gellért Thermal Baths and Swimming Pool is a bath complex.• The baths were constructed during the Turkish period (1541–

1686) served both bathing and medicinal purposes.

Fisherman’s Bastion• Fisherman's Bastion ( called Halászbástya) is the panoramic

viewing terrace with fairy tale towers.

Sziget Festival• The Sziget Festival is one of the largest music and cultural

festivals in Europe. It is held every August.

City Park•City Park (Városliget) is a perfect place to find some

green area in the city. In the City Park in winter you can enjoy ice skating on one of the largest artificial ice surfaces in the world.

Our School• Teleki Blanka Gymnasium is located next to the city park.

• It was established in 1868 and nowadays it is one of the oldest schools in Budapest.

• It was named after Teleki Blanka. She was the first person who opened a school for girls in Budapest where professional teachers were working. Her sculpture is standing in front of the entrace of our school.

• Learning foreign languages in our school is very important. There’s an intensive year of language learning when you mainly study English, but you also have to choose a second language as well. It can be French, Italian or German. After this year you start your high school studies.

•One of our traditions is the freshman camp, where the new students take part in funny games and they are able to know each other. It lasts 3 days every August.

• The day of Science is a day when plenty of lectures are held by doctors, scientists, historians and professor. Every students find here what they are interested in.

• The school always organises trips to foreign countries around Europe, where the students have the chane to get to know other cultures, other traditions. The last trip was to England.

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