Hungary — Capital, Flag and Country Facts

Explore Hungary: capital Budapest, population, flag, geography, languages, history and culture.

Hungary is in Europe. Its capital is Budapest.

Climate

Temperate continental with cold winters and warm summers; relatively dry

Mostly flat to rolling Great Hungarian Plain; hills and low mountains in the north

Hungary has the oldest metro line in continental Europe, opened in 1896.

Budapest has the largest thermal water cave system in the world and over 120 hot springs.

The Rubik's Cube was invented by Hungarian architect Ernő Rubik in 1974.

896: Magyar tribes settle the Carpathian Basin under Árpád

1000: King Stephen I crowned, founding the Kingdom of Hungary

1526: Battle of Mohács leads to Ottoman occupation of central Hungary

1867: Austro-Hungarian Compromise creates the dual monarchy

1956: Hungarian Revolution against Soviet control brutally suppressed

2004: Hungary joins the European Union