The Sziget Train, directly from Utrecht (The Netherlands) to Budapest!
SOLD OUT!
With hundreds of visitors of the Sziget Festival and a party wagon with DJs on board, a good party is guaranteed in the Sziget Express Train!
From Utrecht to Budapest:
Departure Utrecht Central Station: Friday 3 August 2012 around 2.45 PM (time can be subject to change).
Arrival Budapest Nyugati PU: Saturday 4 August 2012 around 10.30 AM (time can be subject to change).
From Budapest to Utrecht:
Departure Budapest Nyugati PU: Monday 13 August 2012 around 3.45 PM (time can be subject to change)
Arrival Utrecht Central Station: Tuesday 14 August 2012 around 11.30 AM (time can be subject to change)
Berths on the Sziget Train can be booked here in combination with a festival weekly pass. In case you have already bought a festival ticket, or if you have any questions, please contact us at info@szigetfest.co.uk.
The Sziget Train arrives at Nyugati PU station in Budapest on Saturday 4 August 2012.
After arriving in Budapest at Nyugati PU station with the Sziget Train, it's not difficult to get to the Sziget Festival.
Once outside the station, tram line 4-6 (direction: right) will take you across the Danube within three stops. At the first stop after the Danube, you should change to the suburban train in direction of Szentendre or Békásmegyer. Filtorigat is the stop closest to the Sziget Festival entrance, from there you can easily follow the other festival visitors.
Of course you can also take a taxi, but be careful with that! Never stop a taxi on the street, you might stop a 'cowboy', a taxi driver that will rip you off. It's much better to call an official taxi. This will always be cheaper than stopping a taxi on the street.
Big Green Coach is the official Ticket and Travel partner to Sziget Festival. Don't worry about excess baggage charges with the airlines, checking in 2 hours before, or arranging transfers with Hungarian taxi drivers. Let Big Green Coach take the stress out of it all with a Road Trip to Sziget, officially the best festival in Europe. Book at http://www.biggreencoach.co.uk/szigetfestival.
Itinerary:
SZIGET ROAD TRIP!!
Monday 6th August
Depart Manchester, Birmingham, London or Dover.
Overnight coach
Tuesday 7th August
Arrive at Sziget Festival!
Enjoy officially the best festival in Europe!
Monday 13th August
Time to come home (boooo!)
Overnight coach
Tuesday 14th August
Arrive in UK.
http://www.biggreencoach.co.uk/szigetfestival
Some prefer to stay on the festival island and explore the city once or twice from there, others stay in a comfortable hotel or apartment in the city, enjoy the vitues of Budapest and visit the festival any time they like. For the second group we arranged a very good and cheap 3 star hotel (Hotel Benczur). Also we offer decent and centrally located apartements in the city centre, 20-40 minutes travel from the festival.
HOSTELS
HOSTEL GóLIAT **
Kerekes ut. 12-20, Budapest
Triple rooms in Hostel Goóliat. Close to city centre and close to the Sziget festival island.
Showers and lavatory on each floor (separated ladies/gentlemen). 14 euro p.p. per night.
Price
Per bed:
4+5 August: 28 euro (for 2 nights)
4-13 August : 125 euro (for 9 nights)
6-13 August: 98 euro (for 7 nights)
13-14 August: 28 euro (for 2 nights)
Single days, 1-2-3-14-15-16 August, on request: 14 euro per night
Mail to info[a]ostfest.com
Per room (maximum 3 persons):
4-5 August: 84 euro (for 2 nights)
4-13 August : 375 euro (for 9 nights)
6-13 August: 294 euro (for 7 nights)
13-14 August: 84 euro (for 2 nights)
Single days, 1-2-3-14-15-16 August, on request: 42 euro per night.
Mail to info[a]ostfest.com
Price include all taxes but you have to bring your own towels.
APARTMENTS
We have a special deals with Budapest Apartment Service who offer cheap and well located apartments in Budapest during Sziget period.
Check the available apartments here!
HOTELS
We have found a great 3 star hotel in Budapest centre that offers good quality for hostel prices. The hotel is a 15 minute walk from the Jewish centre (nightlife)/5 minutes with the metro and 40 minutes from Sziget. The hotel is in the Embassy district 5 minutes from Heroes Square and Citypark (Baths, fun park, zoo, etc.) and the main street of Budapest: Andrássy Avenue. We can only offer 7 day and 9 day packages (4/6 August- 13 August), or the single days 4,5,13,14 and/or 15th August. Included tax, excluded breakfast.
Price
Per double room:
4-5 August: 90 euro (for 2 nights)
4-13 August : 399 euro (for 9 nights)
6-13 August: 310 euro (for 7 nights)
Single days, 1-2-3-13-14-15 August: 45 euro per night
Buy Hotel Benczur packages in the webshop.
Travelinformation for drivers and parkinginformation in Budapest
MOTORWAYS
All Hungary’s motorways and most of her main roads radiate out from the capital. The M1, M3, M5 and M7 are toll motorways, and you must pay the appropriate toll (either at the border or at larger petrol stations) and display the windscreen sticker before joining the road. Road signs conform to continental standards. The wearing of seatbelts is compulsory in both the front and back seats, and only handless mobile telephones may be used whilst vehicles are in motion. The alcohol limit is zero. Speed limits are 50 km/hour (31 mph) in built-up areas and 90 km/hour (56 mph) elsewhere, except on dual carriageways (110 km/hour, 68 mph) and motorways (130 km/hour, 80 mph). The horn can only be used in built-up areas in an emergency. 24-hour roadside assistance is available from the Magyar Autóklub (Tel.: (+36-1) 345-1755), and emergency roadside help can also be called for by dialling 188.
PARKING
Since it’s very crowded near the festival island entrance we advice you to park your car elsewhere. We have two guarded parkinglots near the festival entrance:
Reservation Guarded VIP Parking for 60 euro: Reservation on the guarded VIP camping at 400 meter of the festival entrance. Parking is allowed from 4 August 8.00 till 23.59 on 14 August 2011. Price includes one free carwash. Location.
Reservation Guarded VIP+ Parking for 60 euro: Reservation on the guarded VIP+ camping at 400 meter of the festival entrance. Parking is allowed from 4 August 8.00 till 23.59 on 14 August 2011. The difference between VIP and VIP+ is that VIP + is in locked parking but people can not get their car between 22.00h and 8.00h Location.
Reservation Guarded Budget Parking for 38 euro (SOLD OUT): Reservation for guarded parking at Zay Ut at 1,9 kilometer from the festival entrance. Parking is allowed from 4 August 8.00 till 23.59 on 14 August 2011. The car can leave the parking but there is an extra fee of 2 euro every time the car re-enters the parking. Location.
Reservation Guarded Budget Parking II for 38 euro (for 10 days): reservation for guarded parking at Bécsi út 343. at 2,6 kilometer from the festival entrance. Parking is allowed from 4th of August 8.00 till 12.00 on 14th of August 2012. The car can leave the parking but there is an extra fee of 2 euro every time the car re-enters the parking. Location.
Tickets for the parkings can be bought in the webshop.
FLIGHTS TO HUNGARY
Up-to-date info about flights to Budapest
Find the cheapest tickets here!
From Heathrow:
- British Airways
- Malev
From Luton:
- EasyJet
- WizzAir
From Gatwick:
- EasyJet
From Edinburgh:
- Jet2
From Manchester:
- Jet2
ABOUT BUDAPEST AIRPORT
Budapest (Ferihegy) International Airport is ten miles south-east of the city centre. It has two terminals: Terminal One has been reopened for low-cost airlines in September 2005; Terminal Two is divided into two halls, with Terminal 2A the departure and arrival point for flights of Malév Hungarian Airlines and Terminal 2B hosting all international carriers’ flights, including some of the budget airlines.
The airport’s central telephone number for information is (+36-1) 296-9696, and flight information is available on (+36-1) 296-7000. Luggage services can be contacted on (+36-1) 296-8108 and (+36-1) 296-7217 in connection with flights into and out of Terminal 2A, and (+36-1) 295-3480 and (+36-1) 296-7948 for Terminal 2B. Seats on Malév flights can be booked on (+36-1) 235-3888.
The main car rental firms have offices in the arrival halls. For those not driving, the Airport Minibus will carry passengers to and from any part of Budapest. It is very popular and provides excellent value for money (2990 HUF/one-way ticket, or 4990 HUF/return ticket). It can be booked on (+36-1) 296-8555 or in person at the airport.
Budapest Airport Minibus offers professional and highly experienced Englishspeaking drivers, taking orders around the clock, fixed prices, group discounts, house to house service, flexible fleet management, Hungary program booklet with maps, automatic online booking with eticket priority, and comfortable, brand-new and spotlessly clean non-smoking vehicles with airconditioning, national coverage and a wide-ranging partnership network with hotels.
Budapest public transport is magnificent, make use of it, day and night.
BUYING TICKETS FOR BUS/TRAM/METRO
With the Sziget Budapest Citypass you get unlimited use of the Budapest public transport network during Sziget and a few days around it. More info about the Sziget Budapest Citypass can be found here.
At the airport single tickets can be bought at the little bookstore/newspaperstand. You will need 4 simple tickets p.p. to get to Sziget. You have to validate a single ticket each time you make a transfer. We strongly advise to buy a weekly ticket which are valid for 7 days (day and night for metro, bus, trolley and tram). Weekly tickets are available at the ticketshops that you can find at each underground station.
BUDAPEST HAS 3 METRO LINES
1. Yellow metro: Oldest metro on the continenent. From inner city Pest to Deak Ter (transfer)-Opera-Oktogon (restaurants/Jewish district) -Heroes Square-Szechenyi Fürdö (bathhouse/citypark/zoo).
2. Red Metro: The metroline between Pest and Buda. From East station (Keleti) to South station (Deli). Stops at Blaha Lujza (Jewish district)-Deak Ter (transfer)-Kossuth (parlement)-Batthyany Ter (HEV/Sziget train transfer, Buda Castle)-Moszkva Ter.
3. Blue Metro:From Ujpest through Pest towards the airports. Stops at West station (Nyugati)-Deak Ter (transfer)-Kalvin Ter (Raday Utca, restaurants, Market hall)-Ferenc Körut (student area)
All metros only meet at one spot: Deak Ter in Pest centre (Gödör club)
THE MOST IMPORTANT TRAMS
Line 4-6: The bussiest tramway in the world. Leaves every 2-3 minutes in daytime and every 10-15 minutes at night. The tram starts in south Buda crosses the Petöfi bridge to Pest and follows the Grand Boulevard of Pest to the Margit bridge to Moszkva Ter in north Buda. The tram stops at Petofi Hidfö (clubs)-Ferenc Körut (metro 3,Raday utca, student area)- Baross utca (restaurants, Falk Micsa utca)-Blaha Lujza (metro 2)- Kiraly utca (bars, restaurants)-Oktogon (idemdito)- Nyugati (weststation, metro 3)-Jasz Marai Ter (Boat to Sziget, parlement)-Margit Sziget (Park island, swimmingpools)-Budai Hidfö (HEV train to Sziget)-Moszkva Ter (shops, Buda castle)
Line 2: From asz Marai Ter (Boat to Sziget) via the parlement and the inner city of Pest along the Danube river to the Central Markethall and the National Theatre/Museum of Modern Arts.
TO/FROM SZIGET
FROM THE AIRPORT
Take bus 200 in the direction of Kobanya-Kispest and get out at the last stop Kobanya-Kispest.
From Kobanya-Kispest take the metro 3 (only one metro in one direction) and get out at Deak Ferenc Ter (centre) here you tranfer to metro 2 (downstairs) towards Deli PU and get out at Batthyanyi Ter. Take the HEV metro to Szentendre (follow the masses) and get out at Filatori Gat. Sziget is a 300 meter walk from there....
Note that there are two airports Ferihegy 1 and Ferihegy 2. Bus 200 stops at both airports but be sure you get out at the right one on the way back!!
FROM THE TRAINSTATION KELETI PU
When you arrive by train at Keleti station. Just take the metro 2 in the direction Deli PU and get out at Batthyanyi Ter. Take the HEV metro to Szentendre (follow the masses) and get out at Filagori Gat. Sziget is a 300 meter walk from there. Total time: 25-35 minutes.
FROM THE TRAINSTATION NYUGATI PU
When you arrive by train at Nyugatii station. Just take the tram 4-6 in the direction Moszkva Ter and get out at Budai Hidfö (first stop after you crossed the bridge). Take the HEV metro to Szentendre (follow the masses) and get out at Filagori Gat. Sziget is a 300 meter walk from there. Total time: 20-30 minutes.
CONNECTIONS BETWEEN TRAINSTATIONS AND BUSTERMINALS
FROM KELETI TRAINSTATION TO
1. Nyugati trainstation:
-metro 2 in direction Deli P.U., get out at Deak Ferenc Ter, take metro 3 in direction Ujpest, get out at Nyugati P.U.
2. Deli trainstation:
-metro 2 in direction Deli P.U., get out at Deli P.U.
3. Nepliget busstation:
-metro 2 in direction Deli P.U., get out at Deak Ferenc Ter, take metro 3 in direction Kobanya-Kispest, get out at Nepliget.
4. Stadionok busstation:
-metro 2 in direction Orsz Vezer Ter, get out at Stadionok.
FROM NYUGATI TRAINSTATION TO
1. Keleti trainstation:
-metro 3 in direction Kobanya-Kispest, get out at Deak Ferenc Ter, take metro 2 in direction Orsz Vezer Ter, get out at Keleti P.U.
2. Deli trainstation:
-metro 3 in direction Kobanya-Kispest, metro 2 in direction Deli P.U., get out at Deli P.U.
3. Nepliget busstation:
-metro 3 in direction Kobanya-Kispest, get out at Nepliget.
4. Stadionok busstation:
- metro 3 in direction Kobanya-Kispest, get out at Deak Ferenc Ter take metro 2 in direction Orsz Vezer Ter, get out at Stadionok.
FROM DELI TRAINSTATION TO
1. Keleti trainstation:
- metro 2 in direction Orsz Vezer Ter, get out at Keleti P.U.
2. Nyugati trainstation:
- metro 2 in direction Orsz Vezer Ter, get out at Deak Ferenc Ter, metro 3 in direction Ujpest, get out at Nyugati P.U.
3. Nepliget busstation:
- metro 2 in direction Orsz Vezer Ter, get out at Deak Ferenc Ter, take metro 3 in direction Kobanya-Kispest, get out at Nepliget.
4. Stadionok busstation:
- metro 2 in direction Orsz Vezer Ter, get out at Stadionok.
FROM NEPLIGET BUSSTATION:
1. Keleti trainstation:
- metro 3 in direction Ujpest, get out at Deak Ferenc Ter,
2. Nyugati trainstation:
- metro 2 in direction Orsz Vezer Ter, get out at Deak Ferenc Ter, metro 3 in direction Ujpest, get out at Nyugati P.U.
3. Deli trainstation:
- metro 2 in direction Orsz Vezer Ter, get out at Deak Ferenc Ter, take metro 3 in direction Kobanya-Kispest, get out at Nepliget.
4. Stadionok busstation:
- metro 2 in direction Orsz Vezer Ter, get out at Stadionok.
Every half hour a Sziget ferry leaves from Batthyany Square (metro 2) and Jaszai Mara Square (Margit bridge). The ferries have sundecks and bars and they arrive on the backside of the festival island. The trip takes about 15-30 minutes and costs about 2 euro, not much for a fun Danube trip.
Time schedule in July!
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