André

I'm sure you are right about getting used to things and seeing things differently. So after 5 years its really the every day life kicking in. And i also do not want to give the impression that i think hungarians are unfriendly it's quite ... Read More

Would be sad if every city/culture would be the same. 'Eastern' and western cultures are different. For example: In hungary you do greet strangers and if you enter a shop you also greet. You do not do that in my home country. I feel part of ... Read More

Prices are rising : Restaurants, Flats to rent, Pubs, Gyms More and more people want to sell their flats so to buy a flat is cheap but rental prices go up.... While its true you can still find some restaurants (i'm not talking about the daily ... Read More

I never bother with dealing with crazy hungarian phone menus, i just hack some random numbers in the keypad and that usually works to make the system give up and transfer me to an operator ... pressing 0 or just waiting often does NOT work :D also ... Read More

The HU government is generally anti-car.The logic here is : You need money to buy a car. If you have money they take it from you because they need it to build the Metro 4 line which will be ready in 2078... :D Read More

dont worry they will also rip you off if you dont import a car... buying an used car in hungary with hungarian plates they also make you pay a lot to register the car on your name... in this case it depends mostly on the poweroutput of the car ... Read More

TornadoHH: No problem, this "lakcimkartya", is it mandatory if you plan on staying in Budapest beyond 3 months? Do you know if to get a residency certificate you need to have a tax/fiscal number?I guess its mandatory. If i remember correctly for me ... Read More

and another disgusting "tax" : (it just fits the discussion i think but maybe we can open a new thread) car "Acquisition fee". I didnt find a better translation for "Vagyonszerzési illeték". When you purchase an used car and have it registered on ... Read More

I'm pretty sure that would be grounds for challenge as it's a form of VAT.I for one think VAT should be shot, dead, with prejudice. Or at least put a 10% max limit on it. Excessive VAT kills economies.I really dont know what Hungary's Government is ... Read More

Just wanted to point out the FTT for most banks is the smallest percentage of the charges. I have a "free" hungarian bank account with "free" creditcard and the same in germany. I only pay this FTT here if i withdraw cash. Read More

The Financial Transaction Tax is 0,3% for cash withdrawals. Like in the chart : 20.000 Ft / 60 Ft and 50.000 Ft / 150Ft Everything you pay in addition to that amount is charged by the bank - not the state ... Read More

The only thing that scares me is the language barrier, especially as someone who works online and relies on outside chatting to meet people. Am I right in saying English isn’t even Hungary’s 3rd language? Is it a case of more people speak English in ... Read More

Good luck! Well to offer translations is a first step. In 2011 there was no translation at all... but the bottom line is they should provide a proper translation !! :S Isnt there a way to renew your VA license via internet or phone? The crossing ... Read More

No sure if it would work but one could always go to another EU country to do the test in English, then trade in the other EU country license for a HU one no questions asked. Or just another country which recognises the UN convention. For EU, I'm ... Read More