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tér, 4, 6)
Large internet cafe with call centre.
INTERNET ACCESS
InternetBuda
Buda-side internet cafe, with photocopying and other services.
INTERNET ACCESS
Vist@netcafe
Nyugati pályaudvar)
One of the very few internet cafes open round the clock.
PRACTICALITIES
NNewspaperrs & Ma
s & MagaziinesBudapest has two English-language newspapers:
Budapest
Times
(
www.budapesttimes.hu
;750Ft), a thin weekly with straightforward news, opin-
ion pieces and some reviews appearing on Friday, and the fortnightly
Budapest Busi-
ness Journal
(
www.bbj.hu
;1250Ft), an almost archival publication of financial news
and business, appearing every other Friday. The monthly
Diplomacy & Trade
(
www.dteurope.com
;1710Ft)offers a glimpse into the expat community. The erudite
Hungarian Quarterly
(
www.thehungarianquarterly.com
;1500Ft)is a valuable source of
current Hungarian thinking in translation, as is the bimonthly
Hungarian Review
(
www.hungarianreview.com
;1200Ft). The
Budapest Sun Online
(
www.budapestsun.com
)has local news and arts and entertainment reviews.
Radio
dioMagyar Radio (
www.radio.hu
)
runs three main stations: MR1-Kossuth (107.8
FM; news, talkback and jazz), MR2-Petőfi (94.8 FM; popular music) and MR3-Bartók
(105.3 FM; classical music). Klasszik Radio (92.1 FM; classical music) relays the BBC
World Service news at 10pm.
TV & V
ideoLike Australia and most of Europe, Hungary uses PAL, which is incompat-
ible with the North American and Japanese NTSC system or the Secam system used
in France.
Weigh
V & Vide
ightts & Me
s & MeasuuresHungary uses the metric system.
