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the Katona Jozsef theatre
one of the five chruches in the main square of the town
the town hall and the catholic shurch
the main square
the inpressive town hall of Kecskemét
Useful website links
town of Kecskemét
Interactive street map
Budapest Tousist information
Hungarian National Airline
Hungarian Railway scheduling
What's the weather today ?
Budapest Airport
The beautiful market town of Kecskemét is the county town of Bacs Kiskun and is situated about 80 kilometres south of the Hungarian capital, Budapest, in the centre of the Great Plain.
Kecskemét is well served by public transport - both trains and buses. Journey time is about one and a half hours by both train and bus. The Bus and Train station in Kecskemét are right beside each other and about a 15 minute walk to the studio. The studio is in the city centre, about 5 minutes from the main square of the town.
Please click here for some frequently asked questions and general information about Hungary to help you prepare and to make your stay more enjoyable.
click
here to view the town square from the
Kecskemét webcam
click here to see the ICS on street map of Kecskemét
Arriving
by air to Budapest
Budapest
is served by most of the major airlines or their partners. Every major
European airport is only 1 - 3 hours away and offer direct flights to
Hungary.Which terminal you arrive at depends on which countries you are flying from.
Terminal 1
All EU budget airlines.
Terminal 2A
All international airlines flying from a country within the Schengen Treaty area.
Terminal 2B
All international flights flying direct from a non-Schengen treaty country.
There are currently 25 signatory countries to the Schengen Treaty - Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Switzerland.
There
are several budget airlines now flying into the refurbished Budapest
Terminal 1 from many European cities. These include:
WIZZ
AIR
EASYJET
GERMANWINGS
MALMO
AVIATION
NORWEGIAN.NO
STERLING.DK
RYANAIR
Please check their individual websites for more information.
Airport
Shutle Bus
From the airport to the city use the airport minibus service which will
take you to any single destination within Budapest for a cheaper standard
amount.
Taxi
A new taxi operator started operationg from Ferihegy. Zóna taxi offers low prices and high quality level of services. At the same time, pre-ordered taxis can be ordered as usual at the airport.
The fares displayed at the taxi stand are the maximum fares in forints which Zóna Service will be allowed to charge in each zone for a journey. The journeys will also be metered, and if the meter shows a lower fare, then passengers will only pay the lower fare.
Train
Trains to Kecskemét leave Budapest from NYUGATI PÁLYAUDVAR (Western Railway Satation). Nyugati
Pályaudvar can be reached with the Blue Metro Line or by Trams
4 and 6.
Trains to Kecskemét leave Nyugati Pályaudvar at regular
times throughout the day. Last train leaves Budapest at 21.35. Please
check with www.elvira.hu for the actual times on your day of travel. There is an English version
online.
Tickets cost from 2570 ft for 1st class and 2120ft for second. First class charges a supplement for a reserved seat.. Intercity trains are clean, fast and
air conditioned.
New Rail link to Terminal 1
Passengers can easily reach Ferihegy Terminal 1 from the Western (Nyugati) Railway Station in Budapest. On Budapest-Cegléd-Szolnok railway line (the line to Kecskemét) a new railway station, "FERIHEGY", has been built for regular trains to Terminal 1. Two platforms have been built which are connected with a pedestrian footbridge equipped with lifts above the road. A short pedestrian path of just 200 meters connects the railway station with Terminal 1. So you can travel directly from terminal one to the Kecskemet studio by train without having to first go to the city centre.
51 trains a day travel from the city center to the airport within less than half an hour for 300ft.. There are 60 trains on weekdays and 45 at weekends from the airport to the city center. Arriving travellers can buy their tickets at Tourinform at Terminal 1 from 09.00 to 22.00. Outside opening hours, tickets can be bought from the conductors on the trains.
Travellers who would like to get to 2A or 2B terminals can travel by shuttle bus from Terminal 1.
Bus
You may find the bus the easiest way to get to Kecskemét. Take
the airport minibus to Népliget Bus Station and go to the information
desk - there is a separate English speaking desk if required.
The fast bus uses the motorway and reaches Kecskemét in about
75 minutes.
Buses
to Kecskemét leave Budapest from NÉPLIGET.
N épliget
can be reached by the Blue Metro Line.
Buses
to Kecskem ét (via the motorway) leave Népliget at: 6.20,
6.45, 7.00, 10.00, 11.20, 12.15, 13.40, 14.05, 15.00, 15.30, 16.15,
16.45, 17.20, 18.30, 18.45, 19.30 and the last daily bus is 21.00plus Monday - Friday also at 15.45, 18.30.
Tickets
cost approximately 1200 HUF.
Please note: prices correct at time of publishing but use the links onthe left for latest information
International Ceramics Studio
H-6000 Kecskemét, Kápolna u.11, Hungary
tel: +36 76 486 867
fax: +36 76 482223
email: icshu@hotmail.com
www.icshu.org
Contact
Email:
icshu@hotmail.com - Steve Mattison
(English, German, Italian, French, Spanish)
icshu@axelero.hu - Ha magyar nyelven
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