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# Debrecen

Debrecen is Hungary's second-largest city, after Budapest, the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar County.

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## Every way there

- Budapest → Debrecen 194 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · Ft4,640–6,200 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/budapest-to-debrecen) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Budapest&to=Debrecen)
- Pécs → Debrecen 305 km · quickest by road, 5h 9m · Ft8,900–11,850 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/pecs-to-debrecen) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=P%C3%A9cs&to=Debrecen)
- Oradea → Debrecen 58 km · quickest by road, 1h 8m · lei20–27 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/oradea-to-debrecen) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Oradea&to=Debrecen)

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around Debrecen, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Debrecen has

- Y Scheduled flights Debrecen (DEB), 5 km
- Y Trains and coaches Transitous carries 25 timetable feeds for this country, 1 with real-time
- N Ferries no crossing within 25 km
- Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
- F Bike and scooter share 3 share feeds in Transitous, not surfaced yet
- N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known.

47.532°, 21.624°

A city with county rights, it was the largest Hungarian city in the 18th century and it is one of the Hungarian people's most important cultural centres. Debrecen was also the capital city of Hungary during the revolution in 1848–1849. During the revolution, the dethronement of the Habsburg dynasty was declared in the Reformed Great Church. The city also served as the capital of Hungary by the end of World War II in 1944–1945. It is home to the University of Debrecen.

Get in

## Getting to Debrecen

1. Debrecen Airport
2. Debrecen Railway Station
3. Bus Station

See

## Worth seeing

The Nagytemplom is a must see and easily accessible. As for museums, the Déri Museum is definitely worth a trip, but all the others really depend on how much Hungarian art interests you. Most of the major attractions are in the city park, or Nagyerdő, where you could easily spend a pleasant afternoon.

1. Great Church
2. Arpad Square Presbyterian Church
3. Greek Catholic Church
4. Csonka Church
5. Bible Society of Debrecen Baptist Church
6. Kápolnás Street Synagogue

Do

## Things to do

1. Csokonai Theatre 10 (Center -), fax: +36 52 410-837, info@csokonaiszinhaz.hu.
2. Nagyerdő - The City Park
3. Amusement Park
4. Zoo
5. Aquaticum Termal
6. Skating Rink

Eat

## Where to eat

There are lots of nice cafes near the Great Church. = =

How locals move

## Getting around Debrecen the local way

- Get in Charter flights also come regularly to the airport.
- Go next Hortobágy — excellent for a day trip.

From [Wikivoyage: Debrecen](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Debrecen), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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