Várpalota

Várpalota is a town of 19,000 people (2018) in Veszprém County.

Understand
It was a mining town during the Socialist era, but the mines have been closed. Most of the citizens work in the nearby cities, Veszprém or Székesfehérvár.

Get in
It is 90 km from Budapest, halfway between two county seats, Székesfehérvár and Veszprém.

The Székesfehérvár – Szombathely railway line passes through Várpalota, which has one stopsin the city: Várpalota railway station.

Get around
In Várpalota, the basis of local transport is the highway running through the city in an east-west direction, called Veszprémi út, and Fehérvári út. There are basically 7 local bus lines in Várpalota, with a total of 10 lines in the city.

See

 * Ruins of the Castle of Bátorkő-Pusztapalota (Bátorkő-Pusztapalota várának romjai)
 * Gyula Nagy Gallery (Nagy Gyula Galéria)
 * Wind farm of Inota (Inotai szélerőmű)
 * Evangelical Church (Evangélikus templom)
 * Reformed Church (Református templom)
 * Baroque Reformed church with its irregularly arched western façade. It was built on the walls of the former Hussar Castle. It houses the memorial plaque of Mária Molnár.
 * Community Center (Jó Szerencsét Művelődési Központ)
 * Roman tumuli of Inota (Inotai római-kori halomsírok)
 * Church of Inota (Inotai templom): The Árpádian church in Inota was dedicated to St. Martin. It was built in the 16th century and only a shrine remained in Turkish times.
 * Cultural Centre (Béke Művelődési Ház)
 * Roman Catholic Church (Római katolikus templom) Romanesque and early-Gothic frescos in a particularly good condition. One of the World War I memorials erected in those days and destroyed in the tempests of the history can be found here.
 * Jó Szerencsét (Good Luck) Community Centre, which houses four large-sized Gobelin works of Noémi Ferenczy.
 * Ethnographic collection and Skansen, Jókai utca 15., Phone: +36 88 472305
 * Catholic Church of Holy Virgin, Szabadság tér, Phone: +36 88 372859
 * Nagy Gyula Gallery, Szent István utca 3., Phone: +36 88 472305, info@szindbad.hu) was converted from a synagogue. The one-man exhibition of Frigyes Matzon, one of the significant representatives of constructivism can be visited here
 * Museum of Mining History, Thury Vár, Phone: +36 88 371299, titkarsag@thuryvar.hu
 * Jó Szerencsét (Good Luck) Community Centre, which houses four large-sized Gobelin works of Noémi Ferenczy.
 * Ethnographic collection and Skansen, Jókai utca 15., Phone: +36 88 472305
 * Catholic Church of Holy Virgin, Szabadság tér, Phone: +36 88 372859
 * Nagy Gyula Gallery, Szent István utca 3., Phone: +36 88 472305, info@szindbad.hu) was converted from a synagogue. The one-man exhibition of Frigyes Matzon, one of the significant representatives of constructivism can be visited here
 * Museum of Mining History, Thury Vár, Phone: +36 88 371299, titkarsag@thuryvar.hu