How to get to the KFKI campus by car via motorway M1 or M7

M1 or M7 -> 19 -> 4 -> 3 -> 2 -> 1 -> KFKI

• No 19: Hotel Novotel (BAH road junction)
• No 4: Orbán tér
• No 3: Svábhegy
• No 2: Normafa
• No 1: KFKI

The M7 motorway merges with the M1 motorway a few kilometers before reaching the city limit. After this the road has four lanes. Shortly after reaching the (white) "Budapest" sign the two left lanes go in the direction "Petôfi híd", the two right lanes go towards "Erzsébet híd". Take the RIGHTMOST lane.

After some hundred meters the lanes to your left continue on a flyover bridge. Avoid the flyover! You should stay in the RIGHT lane up to the traffic lights. Go straight across the traffic lights, crossing the rails of a tramway. Bear left and drive in the LEFTMOST lane. At the next traffic lights turn to the left (under the flyover) and then immediately 45 degrees to the right. (This road junction is named BAH -rhymes with Bach, the composer. The Novotel Hotel is on your right, [No 19 on the map].

Continue straight after the turn and follow this road crossing over a set of traffic lights. Keep in the right hand lane for about 300 meters. On your left is a square, Apor Vilmos tér. Then take the first right turn, this is Stromfeld Aurél út. Keep straight on till the end of this street.

At the end turn left, the road starts to go uphill. After about 100 meters you reach some traffic lights. [Orbán tér, No 4 on the map]. Select the rightmost road which goes uphill, you should now be in Istenhegyi út.

Follow the main road uphill. Soon you will see 3 high-rise buildings on your left. Continue following the road as it curves uphill. The distance from Orbán tér (No 4 on the map) to the next road junction is about 4 kilometers. (On your right on the way up you will see a cog-wheel railway.)

At the top of the road you reach a wide junction. Turn right, and cross the rails of the cog-wheel railway. [Svábhegy, No 3 on the map]. Go straight uphill. The name of this road is Eötvös út. After about 1 km the road divides to circumvent a water tower in the middle of the road. Continue going and after a few hundred meters you will see the signs of two hotels: Hotel Olympia, and Hotel Agro. After 200-300 meters on your left you will see the Normafa Hotel. [Normafa, No 2 on the map].

Immediately after the hotel turn left into Konkoly Thege út. Follow this road for about 2 kilometers. You will cross the rails of a narrow gauge mountain railway, and then on your right is a green-fenced camp. After that the road slopes downwards with electronically protected walls on your right. This is the boundary wall of the KFKI campus. Drive parallel to the wall for about 500 m to reach the main gate of the campus. Drive in.

Formalities take only a few minutes. You will need to show your passport to obtain an entrance permit. As the guards do not speak English, you should refer to the name of your host. Ask for a map of the campus (in hungarian: térkép).