Szeged is the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county seat of Csongrád-Csanád county. The University of Szeged is one of the most distinguished universities in Hungary.

Tourism 

With regard to guest nights spent in commercial accommodation establishments, it is the 14th most popular settlement in Hungary with 251 thousand guest nights (2012). 

Sights

• Water tower (Szeged) , Szent István square
• Calvin Square Reformed Church
• Castle Garden and Huszár Mátyás Quay
• Szeged National Theater
• Ferenc Móra Museum
• City center: Széchenyi Square and Dome Square
• Kárász Street and Klauzál Square and Virág Confectionery and Kölcsey Street
• Gogol Street and Hajnóczy Street and Gutenberg Street
• Synagogue
• Tisza Lajos boulevard
• Dugonics Square
• Black House and Kelemen Street
• Ironing house
• Oskola Street and Palánk
• Square of Martyrs of Arad
• Votive Church (Neo-Romanesque, 1913–1930) and the Dömötör Tower
• Károly Somogyi City and County Library
• Episcopal Palace (Catholic Episcopal Seat)
• Franciscan Church and Monastery (Gothic, late 15th century )
• Minorite Church (Baroque, 18th century )
• Serbian Orthodox Church (1773-1778)
• Indóház tér and railway station
• Dorozsma windmill (industrial monument)
• University Herb Garden 
• Szeged Observatory 
• Szeged Game Park
• Pick Salami and Szeged Pepper Museum 
• Statue of St. Stephen 

Szeged specialties 

In the history of Szeged, characteristic unique features related to Szeged have developed, in connection with which the world of that time got to know Szeged and the people of Szeged far and wide, even in the centuries before newspapers, news and even television. At the earliest, the city had significance through the transport of salt, which has enjoyed duty and tax exemption by royal decree since the 14th- 15th centuries .  King Matthias gave the city permission to hold a national fair, which made Szeged one of the main centers of trade at that time. Because of all this, the importance of the city has grown steadily over the centuries. At first, through its horse fairs and then the fish river Tisza, the fish trade also made the city famous. Over time, through its lively dried fish, tobacco and grain trade, it has become a coveted marketplace for traders in distant lands. Its industrial development is well illustrated by the fact that in 1870, at the time of the censuses, 4,767 craftsmen were working in the town. Fishermen, millers, carvers, shipbuilders, sawmill and shingle craftsmen, wheelbarrows, soap makers, tile burners… etc. Through the masters of some industries, some products were a real Szeged specialty. Today, these traditions are beginning to fade, although Szeged has been known for a long time through them.

Szeged slippers 

For many centuries, one of the characteristics of home-made craft was the women’s slippers with red butterflies and knocking heels, or as many called at that time the “Szöged slippers”,  which had long been an important accessory of Szeged folk costumes. Traditionally, families made slippers from father to son with many motifs and decorations, but with the same structure, in a way that withstood enduring heavy use.  

The tarragon of Szeged 

It belonged to the specialty of the gastronomy of Szeged for a long time, even among those who loved their stomachs. Of course, this is not the same as the pasta factory’s “shot” used in canteens in our childhood, as the original Szeged targony was a home-made dry pasta typical of this region, which was never conceivable without its brown-roasted tarragon or beef pepper. The tarragon matching the paprika, the snail pasta for the soup, the noodle pasta for the lebbencs were all important components of the dishes typical of the old traditional Hungarian and Szeged regions. Today, pasta factories shed similar products produced according to the standard, but those who have once tasted the original are always looking for the taste and texture that was so well made in Szeged once and is still made today.

Szeged house soap 

Szeged was an economic activity with a long tradition of soap making. It had a favorable potential for soap production, due to the size of the larger saline lands around the city, because one of the main constituents of detergents was the saline itself for many centuries. Once upon a time, only the home industry produced soaps, laundry soaps, which were among the goods sought. Industrial soap production, gradually pushed artisans out of this market as well, and over time only the production of laundry soap was an additional income of some family businesses, this branch of handicraft industry slowly withered, although for many centuries this Szeged specialty provided a livelihood. 

Monuments 

• Photo studio, Széchenyi tér 2.
• Móricz House , Szent Mihály u. 9.
• Fire station, Kossuth Lajos avenue
• Steam bath (Anna bath) , Tisza Lajos körút 24.
• Wagner Crypt, Downtown Cemetery
• Popper House, Széchenyi Square 3.
• Aigner House, Széchenyi Square 16.
• Aigner House, Széchenyi Square 2 / a.
• Szeged Station , Indóház tér
• Count’s Palace , Tisza Lajos körút 20 / b.
• New Reformed Church, Honvéd Square 1.
• Ungár – Mayer Palace , Kárász u. 16.
• Raffay House, Lechner Square 2 / a.
• Belt production house, Lechner square 2 / b.
• St. Rosalia Chapel , Lechner Square 9.
• Residential house, Mikszáth Kálmán u. 4.
• New synagogue , Jósika u. 10. 
• Raichle Palace , Szentháromság u. 2. 
• Márer House , Tisza Lajos Boulevard
• Zsótér House , Széchenyi Square 9.
• Kakuszy House , Csaba u.
• City Hall , Széchenyi Square 10.

Beaches, baths 

• Anna Spa, Thermal and Adventure Bath : a four-star spa certified by the Hungarian Baths Association . The water of the Anna well was introduced in 1927 to the City Steam Bath. then in 1938 it gained the rank of medicinal water. It was renovated in 2004. The Physiotherapy and Balneotherapy Center is located in the so-called 58-degree so-called Anna uses medicinal water during the treatments, which is an alkali bicarbonate. soft thermal water. It is used both as a drinking cure and as a bath cure.
• Beach bath
• Szeged Forest Bath
• Spa and Thermal Bath
• Sunlight bath Aquapolis
• Sziksósfürdő

Education 

Higher education institutions 

• The University of Szeged (predecessors: József Attila University, Albert Szent-Györgyi University of Medicine, Gyula Juhász Teacher Training College, Szeged College of Food Industry) is one of the largest universities in Hungary. The predecessor of the university in 1581 in István Báthory Cluj, founded by the Jesuit college ( in 1872 from the University of Cluj ), which Trianon after 1921 moved to Szeged in. The university has 30,000 students studying in 12 faculties and 19 doctoral schools, all backed by the work of 2,150 faculty.  The Shanghai Jiao Tong University(made by Academic Ranking of World Universities – 2011 , Academic Ranking of World Universities) list of top-rated universities in the University of Szeged tied for the country: the shared 301-400. ranked.
• The Ferenc Gál College In 1930 moved to Timisoara . He has been training secular students since 1983 , and since 1991 he has also been admitting students from partner institutions and providing opportunities for internships in various subjects (mainly in the social and educational sciences).