Budapest overwhelming sized city

Urban primacy: the case of Hungary in the twentieth century by Robert Venyige  One of the most important observations on the urban system of a country is that in lot of cases the size of a city is proportionate to its rank in the urban hierarchy. For example the second largest city has a population that is half of the largest city’s population, the third one has a population that is third of that of the largest one, and so on. This is...

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Silicon Valley in Zsámbék(?)

There's a next Silicon Valley being built right in our backyard. According to the numerous promises soon there will be one of the biggest technology (and a whole lot more) cluster in the world and Bill Gates drinking a Hungarian wine in one of the cellars in Etyek will be a regular sight. Zsámbék - which was mostly famous for it's historical church - now will be the heart of innovation. So how can this nearly miraculous thing can happen?...

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Why Siemens decided to boild its new logistic center in Vienna?

Siemens plans to establish its new logistic center in Vienna this summer – instead of Budapest. Electronic products made by Siemens in Far East will be allocated to Central European markets through port of Rotterdam from Vienna. Nevertheless, considering only the geographical distance[1], through Adriatic Sea Budapest seems to be a better solution to access the Central European region at first sight. However, the result of Budapest’s and Vienna’s competition...

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It there a life after Malév? A challenge for transport economists

Let’s imagine the following picture. Near our beautiful, charming city a well organized, well staffed, well equipped high quality airport is working. Citizens like it as well as trading companies. People can reach the airport easily and quickly with low cost, airport crew is always smiling so people like to travel. That means active airport activity through high demand. Because of these tendencies the environment for airlines is favourable, airport attracts them. The result will be more airlines who compete which drives the prices down and led to better services or simply larger airport capacity. The process makes the airways even more...

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Consumer dissatisfaction with Hungarian railways

It was 6 AM when I got on the train in a town called Cegléd, about 70 km from Budapest, the capital of Hungary. It was a cold morning in mid-January, so I was glad that the train arrived only 5 minutes late. The wagon was dimly lit, and without the sun it was hard to find my way to an empty seat, even though there were plenty of them. I did not bother with the cold on the train and quickly fell asleep. When I woke up, the train stopped in...

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