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Sports
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Apart from popular spectator sports such as soccer, horse-racing, and the Grand Prix, the city offers a range of
sports facilities
for participators.
Swimming
is very popular in Hungary, and Budapest has plenty of pools, such as the HajA?s AlfrAİd Pool in the southern part of Margit sziget, which hosted the European Waterpolo Championships in 2001, and the CsA?szA?r KomjA?di Pool - both have an indoor and an all-season outdoor pool. In summer you can find big outdoor pools (
strand
) surrounding by grass and fried-food stalls on the Margit sziget, at Csillaghegy (III, PusztakA?ti utca 3; Szentendre HA?V to Csillaghegy), and at RA?maifA?rdo, a water park with three big slides, a family slide and sauna (III, Rozgonyi Piroska utca 2; Szentendre HA?V to RA?maifA?rdo) - all three are open daily in the summer (May-Sept) from 9am to 7pm. The thermal baths - including the Rudas, the LukA?cs and the GellAİrt - also have swimming pools.
Tennis
courts can be booked all year round at the VA?rosmajor Tennis Academy in VA?rosmajor Park near Moszkva tAİr (tel 1/202-5337) - you can also hire racquets - while
squash
enthusiasts should head for the City Squash Club at II, MarcibA?nyi tAİr 13 (tel 1/325-0082). To organize
horse-riding
contact the Hungarian Equestrian Tourism Association at RA?day utca 8 (tel 1/456-0444, fax 456-0445,
www.equi.hu
); alternatively, head out for the Great Plain, where there are many small riding schools. In winter, it's possible to
ski
at Normafa and JA?noshegy in the Buda Hills - equipment can be rented from Suli SA in the KomjA?di swimming complex at II, A?rpA?d fejedelem utca 8 (tel 1/212-2750). Skates can be rented at the
ice rink
in the VA?rosliget between November and March. Finally, most of the larger hotels have
fitness centres
open to non-residents. Other useful information
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Hungary,
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