The best places to live in Hungary in 2023 are Budapest, as well as the areas around Pilisvörösvár and Pécs, according to the MBH Mortgage Bank’s quality of life ranking which did not appear in the top ten last year Experts once again examined the country’s 174 districts and Budapest based on factors like education and housing affordability to assess the opportunities they offer to residents Western Hungary and the vicinity of major cities have better education a more favourable job market and shopping opportunities The scores for Budapest significantly exceeded those of the second-place town while the other top performers were only separated by a few points from each other The capital’s scores were significantly higher than those of the second-placed Pilisvörösvár (the home town of the author) but the other top scorers were set apart by only tenths of a point Debrecen and its vicinity retained their fourth place and the Mórahalom district no longer feature among the top The top ten areas exhibit exceptional scores in one or two categories but might have lower scores in others Bácsalmás and its surroundings excel in low crime rates and housing affordability while Budakeszi and its vicinity stand out in terms of job market conditions big cities have better infrastructure and excel in education but their scores are affected by crime and affordability indicators the north-eastern parts of the country have the lowest scores and several districts in southern Transdanubia including those along the southern shore of Lake Balaton These areas typically struggle with high housing prices and do not perform well in terms of education as well as many county capitals and their surroundings Pécs has moved up from seventh place to third Szeged has risen from twelfth place to sixth in 2023 primarily due to a significant improvement in its crime score Eger’s ranking has also improved significantly ranking eighth this year instead of fourteenth in 2022 Kecskemét ranks at the bottom of the list once again Budapest still has significantly higher scores than the county capitals although the relative difference with the third-place city has slightly decreased Hungarian Conservative is a quarterly magazine on contemporary political philosophical and cultural issues from a conservative perspective Úgy tűnik nem található semmi ezen a helyen IMPRESSZUM SZERZŐI JOGOK ADATVÉDELEM FELHASZNÁLÁSI FELTÉTELEK Construction work on the Hercegszántó-Béreg (Backi Breg) border crossing point on the main road 51 is about to start the road will be open to vehicles heavier than 3.5 tonnes at the Serbian-Hungarian border there are currently border crossing points at Hercegszántó while the closest border crossing point on the Hungarian-Croatian border is at Udvar and Hercegszántó – only accept crossers at certain times while the border crossing for goods traffic is only possible at Tompa One of the main objectives of the development is to significantly reduce the load on the Tompa and Röszke crossings, magyarepitok.hu reported According to the notice published in the EU’s public procurement notice a really busy border crossing is planned: 2×2 freight lanes on both the exit and entry sides and the same number of bus lanes There will be 2×4 control lanes for cars and the project also includes the construction of traffic corridors for pedestrians and cyclists The border crossing will also be upgraded to allow the free passage of oversized vehicles As previously reported construction has started on 28.8 km of main road between Highway 51 and the M6 motorway of which the new 756-metre-long Mohács Danube Bridge will be part It is planned to have 2×2 lanes between the M6 and the bridge and 2×1 lanes between the bridge and the 51 motorway but this could be upgraded to 2×2 in time won the contract to build the new Mohács Danube Bridge and preparatory work has already started on the route and is expected to last until autumn 2028 The development of the road and the border crossing together will also mean that part of the transit traffic from Western Europe to Serbia will no longer have to burden the M5 motorway but can take the much less busy M6 motorway and cross into Serbia via the new bridge at the Hercegszántó-Béreg (Backi Breg) border crossing Related article: Momentous construction to begin soon on Hungary’s southernmost Danube bridge Read also: Historic moment: Border opens between Romania and Hungary and website in this browser for the next time I comment Y"},"category":false,"taxonomy":{"active":false,"name":"category"}},"markup":{"custom_html":true,"wpp-start":"","wpp-end":"<\/ul>","title-start":"","title-end":"<\/h2>","post-html":"{thumb} {title} {stats}<\/span>{excerpt}<\/p><\/li>"},"theme":{"name":""}} You have successfully joined our subscriber list © 2025 DailyNewsHungary | All rights reserved September 16 (MTI) – On Wednesday morning a 4-km tailback developed on Serbian side at the Kelebia-Tompa border crossing — one of only two crossings that remained opened during the night under police guard The Serbian motoring association said traffic was also heavy at the Backi Breg-Hercegszanto crossing but the waiting time was no more than 20 minutes An MTI correspondent reported from Kelebia that the line of vehicles reached beyong the border zone migrants on the Serbian side were not yet attempting to cross these borders The crossings at Gyala-Tiszasziget and Bajmok-Bacsalmas opened at 7am but these can only be used by Serbian The Serbian motoring association said the Horgos-Roszke and Kiralyhalom-Asotthalom border crossings would be closed on Wednesday