Northern Great Plain (Hungarian: Észak-Alföld) is a region in eastern Hungary.
Regions
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Map of Northern Great Plain
Cities
[edit]- 1 Balmazújváros
- 2 Debrecen – the second largest city in the country
- 3 Hajdúböszörmény
- 4 Hajdúszoboszló
- 5 Jászberény – a small town famous for Lehel's horn
- 6 Karcag
- 7 Nyíregyháza – a medium-sized city with a busy water resort, museum village, and annual autumn festival
- 8 Szolnok – a small city on the banks of the Tisza river
- 9 Törökszentmiklós
Other destinations
[edit]- 1 Hortobágy National Park — Hungary's largest protected area, the largest semi-natural grassland in Europe, and a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Understand
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[edit]Eat
[edit]- Try some 'Hajdú-Bihar' speciality: 'orjaleves' (Pork meat soup), 'dübbencs' (dill pie filled with cottage cheese), goulash soup (beef, vegetables and potato), pancakes of Hortobágy, 'töltött káposzta' (stuffed cabbage of Debrecen), 'pecsenye' (roast of Hortobágy), and a variety of turkey meat of Hortobágy,
- Shepherd foods: slambuc (a kind of cooked pasta with bacon, potato, pepper), the lamb stew and the cauldron goulash.
Drink
[edit]- peach schnapps of Hajdú-Bihar (barackpálinka)
- dry wines of Great Plain