Kecskemét

Kecskemét is a town in central Hungary and the county seat of Bács-Kiskun county, half way between Budapest and Szeged, almost equal distance from the two big rivers of the country, Danube and Tisza. The city is well known for its secessionist architecture, museums, and for being the birthplace of composer Zoltan Kodály.

Get in
Kecskemét is pretty much equidistant from the capital metropolis Budapest (in the northwest) and the southern university city of Szeged (in the southeast), about 90 km from both cities.

By plane
Budapest Ferihegy Airport is 58 minutes by train from the  Ferihegy train station near Terminal 1 (from Terminal 2, you can catch a bus (12 min, Ft 350) to the train station). The trains from Budapest usually stop at Ferihegy at twelve minutes past the hour and reach Kecskemét at ten minutes past the next hour. A ticket for this train is ~ Ft 1600.

By car
The M5 freeway connects Kecskemét to Budapest and Szeged.

Get around
The main train and bus stations are about 10 minutes east of downtown, where most of the attractions are and can easily be reached by foot. If you need to take the bus, Kunság Volán runs the local bus company.

Museums

 * Clocks Collection (Hanga Óragyűjtemény)
 * Clocks Collection (Hanga Óragyűjtemény)
 * Clocks Collection (Hanga Óragyűjtemény)
 * Clocks Collection (Hanga Óragyűjtemény)
 * Clocks Collection (Hanga Óragyűjtemény)
 * Clocks Collection (Hanga Óragyűjtemény)
 * Clocks Collection (Hanga Óragyűjtemény)
 * Clocks Collection (Hanga Óragyűjtemény)
 * Clocks Collection (Hanga Óragyűjtemény)
 * Clocks Collection (Hanga Óragyűjtemény)
 * Clocks Collection (Hanga Óragyűjtemény)
 * Clocks Collection (Hanga Óragyűjtemény)
 * Clocks Collection (Hanga Óragyűjtemény)
 * Clocks Collection (Hanga Óragyűjtemény)
 * Clocks Collection (Hanga Óragyűjtemény)
 * Clocks Collection (Hanga Óragyűjtemény)

Do

 * Football: Kecskeméti TE play soccer in NB 1, the top tier. Their home ground Széktói Stadion (capacity 6300) is just west of the railway station and shared with the town rugby team.
 * 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.
 * Football: Kecskeméti TE play soccer in NB 1, the top tier. Their home ground Széktói Stadion (capacity 6300) is just west of the railway station and shared with the town rugby team.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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.

Buy
Besides buying pálinka or postcards, the town is wanting in any souvenirs specifics to Kecskemét. There are several places to buy folk crafts, especially during the Spring Festival in late March.

Eat
Have some fruit. The town is in the centre of a fruit growing region.

Drink
Kecskemét is the home of palinka (Hungarian fruit vodka).

Sleep
Kecskemét kiadó szállás Private houses and hotel

Go next

 * 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