Telephone numbers in Hungary

You can make domestic and international calls from most public telephones, which are usually in good working order. To avoid having to carry a purse full of change, buy a telephone card from any post office. Telephone boxes with a black and white arrow and red target on the door and the word ‘visszahivhato’ display a telephone number, so you can be phoned back. The educational telephone cards and cards presenting telecommunications services have credits of 800, 1800 or 5000 HUF, or in the case of older series they may have 50 or 120 units.

Telephone cards can be purchased at almost eight thousand sale outlets in the MATÁV telephone card retailing network.

The following are the most widely used:

- post offices,
- MOL filling stations,
- newspaper kiosks,
- IBUSZ travel agency offices,
- ÁPISZ shops,
- TESCO department stores,
- railroad stations, street vendors, taxis and
- MATÁV PONT shops.

The Telephone Card Center is located at:
MATÁV Rt. Telephone Card Center
1055 Budapest
V., Szent István krt. 11.
Telephone: (1) 428 3052
Fax: (1) 428 3053
MATÁV Rt. Telephone Card Center
1055 Budapest
V., Szent István krt. 11.
Telephone: (1) 428 3052
Fax: (1) 428 3053

To make a local call , pick up the receiver and listen for the neutral and continuous dial tone. Then dial the local number. For a trunk call in Hungary, dial 06 and wait for the second, more musical, tone. Then dial – and don’t forget the area code.

MATAV is the main telephone company. All telephone calls are metered and the charges are calculated by the minute. there are different rates at different time of the day and charges are higher when calling mobile phones.

The procedure for making an international call is the same except that you dial 00, followed by the country code and the area code and then the number. You can also get straight through to an operator based in your home country by dialing the ‘Country Direct’ number from a public phone (charges are reversed), but you need a coin or phone-card for the initial connection. Beware that some of the services listed below are very expensive.

Australia Direct	00-800 06111
Britain Direct (BT)	00-800 04411
Britain (Mercury)	00-800 04412
Canada Direct	00-800 01211
New Zealand Direct	00-800 06411
USA Direct (AT& T)	00-800 01111
USA MCI	00-800 01411
USA Sprint Express	00-800 01877

Telephone Cards are very useful and can be purchased at post offices and most newsstands.

Ajka 88
Bábolna 34
Baja 79
Balassagyarmat 35
Balatonboglár 85
Balatonfüred 86
Balatonlelle 85
Békéscsaba 66
Bicske 22
Bonyhád 74
Budakalász 26
Bugac 76
Cegléd 53
Csongrád 63
Debrecen 52
Dombóvár 74
Dorog 33
Dunaújváros 25
Eger 36
Érd 23
Esztergom 33
Fertõd 99
Fonyód 85
Gárdony 22

Göd 27
Gödöllõ 28
Gyöngyös 37
Gyõr 96
Gyula 66
Hajdúszoboszló 52
Harkány 72
Hévíz 83
Hódmezõvásárhely 62
Jászberény 57
Kalocsa 78
Kaposvár 82
Karcag 59
Kazincbarcika 48
Kecskemét 76
Keszthely 83
Kiskõrös 78
Kiskunfélegyháza 76
Kiskunhalas 77
Komló 72
Kõszeg 94
Lábatlan 33

Lenti 92
Makó 62
Marcali 85
Mezõkövesd 49
Miskolc 46
Mohács 69
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Nagyatád 82
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Nagykõrös 53
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Orosháza 68
Oroszlány 34
Ózd 48
Paks 75
Pannonhalma 96
Pápa 89
Pécs 72
Salgótarján 32
Sátoraljaújhely 47
Siófok 84
Sopron 99

Szarvas 66
Százhalombatta 23
Szeged 62
Székesfehérvár 22
Szekszárd 74
Szentendre 26
Szentes 63
Szerencs 47
Szigetvár 73
Szolnok 56
Szombathely 94
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Tata 34
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Tihany 86
Tiszafüred 59
Tiszaújváros 49
Vác 27
Várpalota 88
Velence 22
Veszprém 88
Visegrád 26
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