On this page you can find some useful information to help you get around easily during your stay.
1. Money withdrawal and exchange
The currency of Hungary is called Forint (abbreviated in the international format as HUF). We suggest that you retrieve cash from an ATM with your card as soon as you arrive in Hungary. You can also safely exchange money at official exchange offices in the street, or at the train station, bus station or the airport. The ones at the airport are likely to be more expensive than those in the city.
There are three places on campus where you can withdraw money from your account. Two ATMs, one in the building “Ambrosianum” and one at the main gate (see the campus map), as well as at the post office on campus located next to the building “Questura” (open from Monday to Friday 9am-5pm). You can find another ATM at the petrol station right across the main entrance of the campus (next to the ALDI supermarket).
You can exchange money at CIB Bank in Piliscsaba, the small town the campus is located at (Address: 1 Kinizsi Street, Piliscsaba, which is at the corner of Kinizsi and Bajcsy-Zsilinszky streets. Open: Monday-Thursday 8am-4pm, Friday 8am-3pm).
2. Some expenses
We list below the expenses you are likely to have:
A: Accommodation cca. 3500 HUF/person/night = 13 EUR/person/night
B: Single ticket for public transportation (bus, metro, tram etc.): 320 HUF/piece=1,20 EUR/piece. You can buy a pack of 10 tickets with some discount.
C: Train ticket from the airport Terminal 1 to Nyugati Pályaudvar (Western Railway Station) (one way): cca. 350 HUF/piece = 1, 30 EUR/piece
D: Train ticket to the Faculty of Humanities campus (one way): cca. 580 HUF/piece = cca. 2 EUR/piece
E: Food
The amount you spend on food depends on too many things to give an estimate. However, we can give you some indicative prices here. Lunch in the cafeteria on campus: cca. 4-5 euros/day. A one-course dinner with a soft drink in the evening in a nearby restaurant: starting from 8 euros. One beer: about 2-2.50 euros. There is a cheap supermarket called ALDI across the road from the main entrance of the campus.
3. Campus and the surroundings
You’ll find info on how to get to the campus if you click Travel info in the right hand side menu.
The venue of the event is the central building on campus called “Stepheneum”, which has a dome-like roof. The dorm offering on-campus accommodation, called “Iosephinum”, is two minutes from this building, on the other side of the main road.
There is a cheap and relatively large supermarket right across the road from the main entrance of the campus, called ALDI. All major cards are accepted here.
If you walk down the road towards the centre of Piliscsaba, there is a restaurant called “Szent Istvan” at ten minutes’ walk. There is also a guesthouse next to this restaurant.
4. The Dorm
The dorm is a two-minute walk from the main venue of the event. It’s in the part of the campus that is on the other side of the main road, so you’ll walk over a small bridge to get there. Signs will help you to find your way.
The dorm has double rooms, with every two adjacent rooms sharing a bathroom. Each of the two rooms have direct access to the bathroom. There will be bed linen/sheets in your room, but as the price is quite low, it does not include a towel– you’ll need to bring along your own.
In the dorm there is a kitchen (shared) on every floor. Facilities you will find in the kitchen: fridge, stove and microwave. We will provide a limited number of plastic plates, cutlery and glasses for you, but of course you may want to bring your own.
The dorm has a computer room (with internet access) that you can use during your stay. At the conference venue itself, there is free wifi access.
5. Medical care
Dr. Trznádel Gábor MD office hours:
Monday 12pm – 4pm
Tuesday 7.30am- 11.30pm
Wednesday 2pm -6pm
Thursday 7:30am- 11:30am
Friday 7:30am – 11:30am; 12pm – 4pm depends on the week (even/odd number weeks)
Phone: +36 – 26 375290 / extension 13
Phone number (outside of office hours): +36 – 26 375290 / extension: 13-18
Pharmacy shops:
Salva Pharmacy
Address: 22 Fő út
Opening hours: Weekdays 7am-6pm, Saturday 7.30am-12.30pm
Szent Laszlo Pharmacy
Address: 49 Bajcsy-Zsilinszky utca
Opening hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 7.30am-6pm, Monday, Friday: 7.30am-5.30pm, Saturday 8am-12pm
6. Internet Access and Printing/Copying
Unfortunately, there is no Internet in the rooms of the dorm, however, the dorm has a computer room (with 6 computers), which you will have access to during the day. Besides, there is free internet access (wi-fi) at the main venue that you’ll be able to use (with your own laptop) (which is 2 minutes from the dorm).
Some printing and copying services are available at the University in the main building (Stephaneum) where the Conference is going to take place (cca. 10 HUF/page).
