Lajos Kósa

Mayor of Debrecen

A SUITABLE PLACETO BUILD THE ESS:

DEBRECENDebrecen

17th June, 2008

Debrecen – in the centre of EuropeThe second largest city of

Hungary

•Debrecen is situated in the eastern part of

Central Europe•Within a circle of

1,000 km, measured in linear distance from the city, two

dozens of states are accessible

•Central European Transport Corridor 5 links Debrecen to the

major cities of the region

•Residents of Debrecen: 205,326 population living in its vicinity: 400,000

(January 1, 2008)

Accessibility of Debrecen•220 km from Budapest, direct

motorway connection

•Debrecen International

Airport: the 2nd largest international

airport with “Schengen”

qualifications,controlled air-space and with constant

border opening within 1 km from the

point of the proposed area

closest to the city.

• Favourable urban traffic conditions

(tram and suburban railway)

THE PROPOSED SITE

• The location has the requested

dimensions, total 126.45 ha

• Near Debrecen International Airport

• Direct 2x2 lane highway connection with the city centre

(10-12 min)

•The site can be supplied with the necessary utilities and infrastructure

• Possibilities for expanding the

installation

Debrecen – touristic and cultural centreMajor cultural programmes:

Flower Festival Béla Bartók

International Choir Contest,

International Military Band Festival,

Spring and Autumn Festivals and Art

Exhibition, National and International

Children’s Folk Dance Festival,

Jazz Days, Wine Festival, Christmas Art

Auction.

Debrecen – touristic and cultural centreKölcsey Convention Centre

The 2nd largest venue for

conferences, concerts and exhibitions in

Hungary

- a conference hall with a capacity of

750 to 1150 persons,two ball rooms

for 350 persons each

- eight lecture rooms for 100 people,

transformable into ballrooms or

exhibition halls

Aquaticum Mediterranean

Adventure Centre

Aquaticum Mediterranean Adventure Centre

Kölcsey Convention Centre

Debrecen – touristic and cultural centreMODEM Centre for Modern Arts

A new 3-storey

museum on 4600 m2 of which 2600 m2 for

exhibitions.

More than 150,000 visitors at the

Leonardo da Vinci exhibition in 2007

Museum and Library of the

Calvinist College

A world-famous Bible collection in

250 languages

Déri Museum

Munkácsy paintings,rich archeological

and other collections

Debrecen – sports centre7 years –

12 international sports events

Athletics stadium- 2001 IAAF-Westel

Youth Championship in Athletics

Főnix Hall

-World Championship in Gymnastics 2002,

-IIHF Division I Ice Hockey World

Championship 2005

Swimming poolEuropean Short

Course SwimmingChampionship, 2007

- Ice Hall- leasure centres

- gymnasiums- near the city

an 18 - hole golf course

Debrecen – educational centre

Primary schools•expanded network, high-standard education•High-level foreign language training, bilingual education•intensive education of natural sciences in several schools

Secondary and vocational schools•secondary and vocational schools of regional importance and significant traditions•bilingual education in 6 institutions, under accreditation in two other institutions (English, Spanish, German, Italian, French)•high standard technical and IT education •international baccalaurate in five secondary schools from the school year 2009/2010

University of DebrecenThe biggest university outside

the capital,Over 29,000

students

Over 1,500 foreign students from 48

countries

3 centres15 faculties

21 doctoral schools

From the point of view of ESS relevant

internationally recognised researches

University and National Library

Debrecen – economic centreIndustrial parks (IP)

•Debrecen Regional and Innovational IP•DELOG Debrecen Logistics Service

Centre and IP•The IP of the University of

Debrecen•Western IP

The most important

companies in Debrecen

•National Instruments Ltd ,

•FAG Automative Ltd,•TEVA Pharmaceutical

Industries Ltd.•BT (British Telecom)

•Ygomi Europe•IT Service Hungary

Debrecen – a nice place to live

Real-estates

Banks (ING, Citibank, UniCredit, Raiffeisen, CIB)

Hypermarkets, malls

Concerts andother cultural programmes

Sports events(European and World

Championships)

Schools, university

People arriving in the city would not suffer any set-back

in theirquality of life.

They can find a place to live quickly and at a favourable

price.

Thanks to the presence of

multinational retail companies and

banks, the range of products and

financial services that investors have become accustomed to are also available.

A wide range of cultural programmes

and sports events are held in Debrecen.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

www.debrecen.hu