Top reasons to invest in Budapest
1. Strategic location
At the crossroads of the main Pan-European Transport Corridors, Budapest functions as a unique transportation gateway in the very heart of Europe. The city, which is also the centre for the country’s commercial, industrial, and political activities, is ideally located to connect the West to both the East and to the Balkans. The economic development of the region is supported by an extensive railway network, international airports, and other infrastructure facilities comparable to Western standards.
2. Reliable market
In the past 20 years, Hungary has been one of the most reliable markets in the CEE, maintaining steady development. Budapest Business Region provides an open business environment with a large volume of long-term investments, as part of the European Union since 2004.
3. River Danube
The River Danube flows from the Black Forest of Germany, through Budapest, to the Black Sea. The river serves as a major thoroughfare, while the banks of the Danube (recognised by UNESCO as a World Heritage site) make Budapest, the largest metropolis built on the 2 sides of the Danube, one of Europe's most beautiful cities and offer a unique opportunity for waterfront developments.
4. Central and Eastern Europe’s largest metropolitan area
The Budapest metropolitan area includes 81 settlements and has a population of 3.1 Million. The dynamically developing suburbs provide a convenient residential environment in the proximity of the vibrant city, and contain Hungary’s main business parks, as well as numerous complex real estate developments.
5. Innovative environment
How would life be without the ballpoint pen, the telephone exchange, holography or the Rubik’s cube? These, and many more were invented in Budapest. Acknowledging the past of which we can be proud, and a future which holds further promise, in 2008 the EU presidency chose Budapest to host the headquarters of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology.
6. Skilled workforce
The region’s 17 universities and approximately 180,000 students warrant that a professional, qualified and innovative workforce is always on hand in the region.
7. Cosmopolitan city life
Budapest is characterised by historic buildings, iconic boulevards and promenades with a diversity of cafes and fine dining restaurants. In Budapest, the traditional goes hand in hand with the modern: a neo-Renaissance opera house and a new National Concert Hall with the dimensions of a Gothic cathedral, or the Millennium Underground Railway and the Metro 4 rapid transport line are just two pairs of examples reflecting the metropolitan atmosphere of the city.
