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Szolnok

Szolnok, sitting in the middle of the Great Hungarian Plain, is the self-proclaimed capital of the river Tisza, the gate of Nagykunság, and the county seat of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County. The surrounding Szolnok district is covered in a separate article. Wikivoyage

Population 64,681 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Hungary

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Hungary

Getting there

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Still gathering the markets around Szolnok. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Tiszavirág Festival

    June

    Annual cultural and music festival with exhibitions of brewery and folk art etc. organized since 2006 in June

    Official site

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Szolnok); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

All 2 places to eat

Getting around

More train stations: Piroska-Gyártelep 6.0 km

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