Til Budapest med DY + Formel 1 på Hungaroring

Litt om Budapest:
(Wikipedia)

[size=+1]Budapest[/size] er hovedstad i Ungarn og landets økonomiske, industrielle, politiske og kulturelle sentrum. Opprinnelig var Budapest to byer på hver side av Donau, Buda og Pest (uttales Pesjt på ungarsk). De to byene ble slått sammen i 1873. Med sin historie og gamle arkitektur er byen et svært interessant reisemål. Byen har gjennomgått mye uroligheter gjennom tidene - ikke minst mot slutten av andre verdenskrig, da mer enn 80 % av bygningene ble mer eller mindre ødelagt under de langvarige kampene under slaget om Budapest.

[size=+1]Bynavnets opprinnelse [/size]
Det er forskjellige teorier angående navnet Budas opprinnelse. Den ene mener at det stammer fra broren til hunerkongen Attila, Bleda, mens den andre teorien går ut på det stammer fra navnet Aquincum (navn fra romertiden som betyr «Overflod av vann»). Dette kobles så mot ordet Voda (slavisk), og utfra dette ble de til Buda.
Pest-navnet stammer fra det slaviske ordet «Pjecs», som betyr ovn. Dette navnet ga de byen, til minne om husene der de brente murstein.

[size=+1]Historie [/size]
Romerne grunnla byen Aquincum i år 89, der en keltisk by tidligere hadde ligget. Fra år 106 til det 4. århundre var Aquincum hovedstaden i den romerske provins en Pannonien. Contra Aquincum (eller Trans Aquincum) var det nåværende Pest.

Omkring år 900 kom magyarene, forfedrene til de moderne ungarerne, til området. Imiddelalderen ble de to byene Buda og Pest viktige. Buda ble sete for et kongelig slott i 1247, og i 1361 ble byen Ungarns hovedstad. Pest ble ødelagt av mongolene i 1241, men ble raskt gjenreist igen.
Det osmanske rikes erobring av Ungarn i det 16. århundre stanset byenes vekst: Pest falt til osmanerne i 1526, og Buda falt 15 år senere. Buda ble hovedstad for en osmansk guvernør, mens Pest ble forlatt før habsburgerne inntok byen i 1686.
Det var Pest, hjemsted for administrasjon siden 1723, som vokste hurtigst i 18. og 19. århundre. I 1800 var Pest større enn Buda og Obuda til sammen. Pests befolkning vokste med 20 ganger gjennom det 19. århundre, til 600.000 innbyggere, mens Buda og Óbudas befolkning ble kun 4 gange større fram til 1900.


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Litt om banen: (Wikipedia)
The Hungaroring is a racing circuit in Mogyoród, near Budapest, Hungary where the Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix is held. In 1986,[1] it became the location of the first Formula One Grand Prix behind the Iron Curtain. Bernie Ecclestone wanted a race in theUSSR, but a Hungarian friend of his recommended Budapest. They wanted a street circuit similar to the Circuit de Monaco to be built in the Népliget[2] – Budapest's largest park – but the government decided to build a new circuit just outside the city[3] near a major highway. Construction works started on October 1, 1985. It was built in eight months, less time than any other Formula One circuit. The first race was held on March 24, 1986 in memory of János Drapál, the first Hungarian who won motorcycle Grand Prix races. According to a survey put together by the Hungarian national tourism office Mogyoród ranks third in venues visited by tourists in Hungary, following the Danube Bend-area and Lake Balaton, but before Budapest.

The Grand Prix is held in the middle of summer, which is usually hot and dry in this region. Its first wet Grand Prix race was in 2006. The circuit is normally dusty due to underuse throughout the rest of the year and its sandy soil. As the circuit track is in a valley you can see about 80 percent of the racetrack from any point.[5]

Normally an underused circuit becomes faster over the weekend as the track surface gathers more rubber residue; however, with the Hungaroring this generally does not happen because the track can get dusty so quickly. The track frequently becomes faster during a qualifying session, which leads competitors to try for their best lap as late as possible.

The twisty and bumpy nature of the circuit[6] makes overtaking very difficult in dry conditions. Nonetheless, the Hungaroring has been the scene of several memorable races such as the duels of Nelson Piquet and Ayrton Senna, Nigel Mansell's lost wheel in 1987, Mansell's win from 12th on the grid after a dramatic pass on Ayrton Senna in 1989, Damon Hill's almost victory with Arrows in 1997 and maiden wins for Hill in 1993, Fernando Alonso in 2003, Jenson Button in 2006 in the track's first ever wet grand prix,[7] and Heikki Kovalainen in 2008.

Hungaroring has crowned two drivers in its 20 year history: both Nigel Mansell in 1992 and Michael Schumacher in 2001 were able to win the World Championship title at early points of the seasons. Moreover, the WilliamsF1 Team also secured the Constructors' Championship at the Hungaroring in 1996.

Both Hungary's Zsolt Baumgartner and Poland's Robert Kubica made their debut on this track as the first F1 drivers of their countries. The 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix was the first wet grand prix at the Hungaroring. This saw the retirement of many drivers including championship rivals Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher and gave Jenson Button and the reborn Honda F1 team their first win. Fernando Alonso also earned his first Grand Prix victory at this in 2003, declaring it his favourite track as a result.

According to statements and interviews, drivers have different opinions on the track. While many like Ayrton Senna, Nigel Mansell,Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton, and Fernando Alonso claimed to love it, many others consider the track, and the Hungarian Grand Prix too slow, hot and demanding. The technical driving center of the Hungaroring held former racer Gerhard Berger's name from 1998 until 2005 but later it was changed to Allianz. The track also has a curve named after Nigel Mansell.

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[size=+2]BUDAPEST FERENC LISZT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT[/size]



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(Wikipedia)

Budapest Ferihegy internasjonale lufthavn (Ungarsk: Ferihegyi Nemzetközi Repülőtér eller bare Ferihegy) (IATA: BUD, ICAO: LHBP) er flyplassen i Budapest og den største i Ungarn.

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The airport was called Budapest Ferihegy International Airport (Budapest Ferihegy Nemzetközi Repülőtér) until 25 March 2011 when it was officially renamed to Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport. The change caused some controversy because the Committee of Geographical Names, which is the sole competent body in (re)naming geographical objects, suggested another version (Liszt Ferenc Nemzetközi Repülőtér, Budapest–Ferihegy) in order to keep the historical name. In retaliation, the chairman and several members of the committee were removed, two of them were fired of their workplace. [1] Colloquially the airport is still called Ferihegy as before.
Ferihegy is the name of the neighbourhood around the airport. The name is derived from that of Ferenc Xavér Mayerffy (1776-1845), the former owner of the estate who established vineyards and contributed to the development of viticulture in Pest-Buda.
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Ferihegy lufthavn har terminalene 1, 2A og 2B og en mindre terminal for private fly. I tillegg bygges det for tiden en ny frakt terminal. Det er lett å gå i mellom terminalene 2A og 2B, men Terminal 1 ligger lengre unna og kan bare nås med buss.
30. mars 2008 gikk Ungarn inn i Schengen-samarbeidet. Alle Schengen flyvninger vil derfor gå fra Terminal 2A, mens alle non-Schengen vil gå fra 2B. Terminal 1s er delt opp med en glassvegg mellom Schengen og non-Schengen.

Det finnes et observasjonsdekk på toppen av Terminal 2. Det koster 200 forint (ca 6 kr) for voksene og Ft (ca 3 kr) for barn.

Terminal 1
Den nye Terminal 1 huser alle lavprisselskapene. Terminalen ble renovert i September 2005.
 easyJet (Berlin-Schönefeld, Dortmund, Genève, London-Gatwick, London-Luton)
 Germanwings (Köln/Bonn, Stuttgart)
 Jet2.com (Manchester)
 Norwegian Air Shuttle (Oslo-Gardermoen, Oslo-Rygge, København og Stocholm-Arlanda)
 Ryanair (Bremen, Bristol, Dublin, East Midlands, Frankfurt-Hahn, Glasgow-Prestwick, Liverpool)
 SkyEurope (Trieste)
 Wizz Air (Brussel-Charleroi, Burgas, Cluj Napoca, Corfu, Eindhoven, Girona, Göteborg-City, Heraklion, London-Luton, Malmö, Milano-Bergamo, Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Beauvais, Rhodos, Roma-Fiumicino, Stockholm-Skavsta, Venezia-Treviso, Varna)

Terminal 2A
Terminal 2A ble egentlig bygget for MALÉV Hungarian Airlines, men betjener i dag alle Schengen destinasjoner. Terminalen sto ferdig i1985.
 airberlin (Hannover, Nürnberg)
 Air Europa (Madrid)
 Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
 Air Malta (Malta)
 Alitalia (Roma-Fiumicino)
 Austrian Airlines (Wien)
 Brussels Airlines (Brussel)
 Clickair (Barcelona)
 Czech Airlines (Praha)
 Finnair (Helsingfors)
 LOT Polish Airlines (Warszawa)
 Lufthansa (Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, München)
 Malév Hungarian Airlines (Amsterdam, Athen, Berlin-Tegel, Brussel, Frankfurt, Göteborg-Landvetter, Hamburg, Helsingfors, København, Ljubljana, Madrid, Malaga [sommerrute], Milano-Malpensa, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Praha, Roma-Fiumicino, Stockholm-Arlanda, Stuttgart, Thessaloniki, Venezia, Warszawa)
 Meridiana (Florence)
 Smart Wings (Madrid, Praha)
 TAP Portugal (Lisboa)

Terminal 2B
Selv om den er koblet sammen med Terminal 2A, regnes Terminal 2B som en egen terminal. Den ble åpnet i 1997 og betjener alle international flyvninger som ikke går fra Terminal 2A.
 Aer Lingus (Belfast-International, Dublin)
 Aeroflot (Moskva-Sjeremetjevo)
 Aerosvit (Kiev-Boryspil)
 British Airways (London-Heathrow)
 Carpatair (Cluj-Napoca, Timişoara)
 Delta Air Lines (New York-JFK)
 EgyptAir (Kairo)
 El Al (Tel Aviv)
 Hainan Airlines (Beijing)
 Malév Hungarian Airlines (Beirut, Bucharest-Otopeni, Cluj-Napoca, Damaskus, Dublin, Dubrovnik [sommerrute], Jekaterinburg, Genève, Istanbul-Atatürk, Kiev-Boryspil, Larnaca, London-Gatwick, Moskva-Domodedovo, Odessa, Podgorica [sommerrute], Priština, Sarajevo, Skopje, Sofia, Split sommerrute, Târgu-Mureş, Tel Aviv, Timişoara, Tirana, Varna, Zagreb, Zürich)
 Moldavian Airlines (Chişinău)
 Rossiya (St. Petersburg)
 Royal Jordanian (Amman)
 Swiss International Air Lines
 Swiss International Air Lines flys av Helvetic Airways (Zürich)
 Swiss International Air Lines flys av Swiss European Air Lines (Basel/Mulhouse)
 Turkish Airlines (Istanbul-Atatürk)

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