Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
purchases of at least 52,000Ft on one receipt as long as they take the goods out of the coun-
try (and the EU) within 90 days.
The ÁFA receipts (available from where you make the purchases) should be stamped by
customs at the border, and the claim has to be made within 183 days of exporting the goods.
You can collect your refund - minus commission - from the VAT-refund desk at Terminals 2A
and 2B at the airport. You can also have it sent to you by bank cheque or deposited into your
credit-card account.
Telephone
You can make domestic and international calls from public telephones with both coins and
phonecards.
All localities in Hungary have a two-digit area code, except for Budapest, which has just a
'1'. To make a local call, pick up the receiver and listen for the neutral and continuous dial
tone, then dial the phone number (seven digits in Budapest, six elsewhere).
For an intercity landline call within Hungary and whenever you are calling a mobile phone,
dial 06 and wait for the second, more melodious, tone. Then dial the area code and phone
number. Cheaper or toll-free blue and green numbers start with the digits 06-40 and 06-80
respectively.
The procedure for making an international call is the same as for a local call, except that
you dial 00, wait for the second dial tone, then dial the country code, the area code and the
number.
The country code for Hungary is 36.
The following are useful numbers (with English spoken).
Yellow Pages directory assistance
( 197) Any enquiry.
Domestic enquiries
( 198)
International enquiries
( 199)
Mobile Phones
You must always dial 06 when ringing mobile phones, which have specific area codes de-
pending on the company:
T-Mobile
( 06 30)
Telenor
( 06 20;
www.telenor.hu
)
