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Budapest is a vibrant multicultural metropolis where expatriates of many nations have settled for different reasons – some because they love living, while others are here to work and advance their careers. EPAM invites you (and your closest family) live and work in this city of many faces. Open your mind and explore the possibilities EPAM and this city have to offer you, both professionally and in your personal life.
This site can be your starting point for getting acquainted with Budapest. We’ve collected the most important topics here and the links on this page offer an abundance of information (in both Russian and English) about living in Budapest.
Budapest, the city
Budapest is the capital of Hungary, truly the center of the country where
Affordable living
Finding somewhere to live in Budapest is not difficult, depending on your budget and requirements. Prices in Budapest depend on the location of the property. If you are successful with your application with EPAM, you may be eligible for an accommodation allowance.
As a general indication, the cost of leasing a 1 room apartment with kitchen, toilet and bath starts around 45,000 HUF per month. Utilities, such as power and water are additional costs.
To find out more, click on the following links:
- Expressz.hu – A local site in Hungarian, where the most affordable housing can be found. (Use this Russian-Hungarian dictionary to help with translating.)
- Ingatlan.com – Another local site with English and German content.
- Budapestrent.hu – Site specialized for English speaker foreigners, usually with more expensive listings.
Banking and insurance
The monetary unit in Hungary is the Forint (Ft/ HUF). There are denominations of 200, 1000, 2000, 5000, 10.000, and 20.000 banknotes, and 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 of coins. See details here.
To perform a currency conversion use the following link http://www.xe.com/ucc/
Both the local banks and many international banks represented by branches in Budapest provide the usual commercial banking services. Transfers can be made without difficulty as there is no exchange control and the Hungarian forint is freely convertible.
Bank opening hours are around 8.00 am to 17.00 pm, from Monday to Friday, a few on Saturday to 1.00 pm.
Visa, Visa Electron, Maestro, MasterCard are generally accepted in most stores, and ATMs are frequent.
Insurance for cars and household contents can be bought easily as there are several established national and international insurance companies in Budapest.
Larger banks in Budapest:
| Accord Magyarország | Allianz Bank | Banco Popolare | BNP Paribas Bank |
| Budapest Bank | Cetelem | CIB Bank | Citibank |
| Commerzbank | Credigen | Deutsche Bank | Dresdner Bank |
| Erste Bank | Hanwha Bank | ING Bank | KDB Bank |
| Kinizsi Bank | K&H Bank | Klikkbank | MKB Bank |
| OTP Bank | Raiffeisen Bank | UniCredit Bank | Volksbank Hungary |
Larger insurance companies in Budapest:
| ÁB-Aegon | Ahico | Allianz Hungária Biztosító | Aviva |
| CIB Bank | Credit Suisse Life & Pensions | ERSTE Biztosító | Európai Utazási Biztosító |
| Generali-Providencia | Grawe Életbiztosító | ING Biztosító Zrt. | K&H Életbiztosító |
| OTP-GARANCIA Biztosító | Posta Biztosító | UNIQA | Groupama |
Direct flights to Budapest
Budapest is accessible via direct flights from these cities:
| Amsterdam | Athens | Bangkok | Basel |
| Beijing | Beirut | Berlin | Berlin SXF |
| Bourgas | Bremen | Brussels | Brussels CRL |
| Chisinau | Cairo | Cluj | Cologne |
| Constanta | Copenhagen | Cork | Damascus |
| Dortmund | Dublin | Dubrovnik | Eindhoven |
| Ekaterinburg | Frankfurt | Geneva | Gothenburg |
| Hamburg | Helsinki | Istanbul | Kiev |
| Larnaca | Lille | Lisbon | Ljubljana |
| London | London LGW | London Luton | Lyon |
| Madrid | Malaga | Milan | Mombasa |
| Moscow | Moscow SVO | Munich | New York |
| Nuernberg | Odessa | Oslo | Paris |
| Paris CDG | Paris OVA | Podgorica | Prague |
| Prestwick | Pristina | Rome | Rome FCO |
| Sarajevo | Skopje | Sofia | Split |
| St. Petersburg | Stockholm | Stuttgart | Tel-Aviv |
| Thessaloniki | Timisoara | Tirana | Tirgu Mures |
| Toronto | Varna | Venice | Warsaw |
| Zagreb | Zurich |