Hungarian Stages
Follow us as we cycle throughout Hungary with the igus:bike
We welcome the igus:bike to Hungary! Right away we start with showing where the igus Hungary office will move in the coming months. After this we start the actual journey through the country from the eastern regions, namely the city of Debrecen. Starting with a litthe visit of the town and a customer our journey takes us westward to see the great Hungarian plain, Alföld and one of its iconic landmarks the Nine-Hole Bridge. Crossing the bridge we continue west and reach the second biggest river of Hungary, the river Tisza, and one of its artifical lake the Tisza-Lake. On its shore we visit the Tisza-Lake Cycling Center where we can ride our bikes tot he top of the building for a nive view over the lake.
We continue our trip in the city of Miskolc to the north of here, at the foothills of the Bükk and Zemplén mountains. This city is renowned for its bath houses and the beautiful natural landscape that is around it, there are some smaller resort villages all around. We visit one of these the famous Lillafüred, where we can roll around the nice Palace Hotel and the Hámori-lake, also checking out the small Anna-Waterfall.
The next part of our road through Hungary takes us tot he west again as we reach our capital: Budapest. This is the biggest city in Hungary as almost every fifth Hungarian lives here. In Budapest we wisit the old industrial area of Csepel where we pop in at one of our customers and then ride tot he city center along the Danube river. We cross the Chainbridge, the first hungarian permanent bridge built over the Danube river. From here we roll to the north and check out the Parliament building and continue our cycle tour towards Hero square. After rolling around the Milleneum monument in Hero square we ride into the cool shades of the nearby City Park where lastly we check out the recently built Hungarian House of Music.
On our final day we begin our journey in the city of Székesfehérvár which was the city where all of our Hungarian kings were crowned in medieval times. here we visit a customer and then take a turn for the south-west as our next sightseeing destination is the biggest lake in Central-Eastern Europe: the lake Balaton. Our first stop there is in Balatonfüred, the „capital of the northern coast”, with a beautiful promenade on the lakeshore, and the first ever founded yacht club in Hungary. After Balatonfüred we ride on to Tihany, which is a town situated on the singular big peninsula separating the two bays of the lake. Here we visit the Abbey of Tihany up ont he top of the hill from where we have a beautiful farewell sight: we can see almost the whole Balaton lake.
During this joyride we visit four of our customers: Katker 2005 Kft., Green Plan Energy Kft., Metalfin Atta-Cső Kft. and Brunswick Bowling Magyarország Kft. We hope that the diverse sights and experiences we offer during the trip will be to your liknig, so get in the saddle and follow the igus:bike tour!
Stage 1 From the Office to Debrecen and Hortobágy
Date: 21. July 2025
Starting Point: Debrecen
Destination: Hortobágy
Distance: 36.8 km
Riders: Krisztian Karasz, Daniel Illy, Peter Kasza
The Hungarian igus:bike tour begins with a short snippet in Budapest, but in starts in earnest in Debrecen. Here we visit our customer Katker 2005 Kft. who are designing and building outdoor fitness equipment and whole fitness parks.
We take a look at their products in a public park and in the Debrecen University sport stadium too.
After we ride to the Nine-Hole Bridge in the middle of Hortobágy and the Tisza-Lake Cícling center for a fun cycling experience through the Hungarian planes of Alföld.
Stage 2 Solar energy turned into cycling power amongst the mountains
Date: 22. July 2025
Starting Point: Kazincbarcika, Green Plan Energy Kft.
Destination: Lillafüred
Distance: 27.9 km
Riders: Peter Kasza, Adrián Vasvári
On our second stage we visited our customer Green Plan Energy Kft. in the small town of Kazincbarcika near the city of Miskolc.
After being inspired by their great solar trackers we rode all the way tot he beautiful resort village of Lillafüred, where we take in the nice sights of the Palace Hotel, the Anna-Waterfall and the Hámori-Lake.
After getting hungry from all this excercise we filled our stomach with the local speciality: grilled freshly cought trouts from the local river.
Stage 3 Cycling along the Danube and into the heart of Budapest
Date: 23. July 2025
Starting Point: Budapest, Metalfin Atta-Cső Kft.
Destination: Budapest, Hungarian House of Music
Distance: 16.2 km
Riders: Krisztian Karasz, Daniel Illy
On our third day we begun our ride with visiting one of our customers who resides in the historical industrial area of Budapest, the Csepel-Művek. Our good customer is Metalfin Atta-Cső Kft.
After our inspiring visit we follow the Danube river tot he north all the way tot he iconic Chainbridge. We cross ont he brige and change riders.
Our second rider’s first stop is at the famous Parliament building ont he shore of the Danube. We turn to North-East and ride along the Andrássy avenue tot he nice and spacious Hero square, and finally we ride into the shades of the trees of the City-Park and check out the building of the Hungarian House of Music.
Here we can even see the igus e-spools at the outside stage’s rooftop. This marks the end of our third day of the igus:bike tour.
Stage 4 The crowning city and the jewel of Hungary’s landscapes
Date: 24. July 2025
Starting Point: Székesfehérvár, Brunswick Bosling Magyarország Kft.
Destination: Tihany
Distance: 9.8 km
Riders: Áron Timár, Péter Teer
On our final day of riding we visit our customer Brunswick Bosling Magyarország Kft. in Székesfehérvár, the medieval crowning city of our Kings. Then we skip to the real jewel of Hungary’s landscapes: the lake Balaton.
Here we visit Balatonfüred, the „capital of the north coast” and then rode ont o Tihany and finish off our journey at the Tihany Abbey on the top of the hill there, from where in good weather almost all of the lake Balaton can be seen.