happy times in hungary

[boland magyar]

what is wrong in this country
in hungary when the weekend starts we go in to the country side and light a wild fire, put a pot over it and cook a good goulash on it.
all the family are there and for 4 hours while it cooks we talk and have fun and just relax.
it seems to be the norm there, in the open or in the woods no body has a issue it is part of our culture.
what i find a problem here is that this is a no no.
maybe if the laws in this country was a bit more relaxed in there attitude to wild fires then they would see more families doing what families should do and getting together and enjoying each others company instead of watching television.
oh happy times in hungary
boland magyar

 

[Ketchup]

After the right to roam, the right to roast

 

[sam_acw]

Not just a British thing. Most woodland here seems to ban fires and I don't speak enough of the language to find anywhere else. The vast majority of forests here are state owned to. this means free access to all but a couple of areas but restrictive rules.

 

[hammock monkey]

i'm going to Poland in july 07, whats the story there for camping with a fire?

 

[dommyracer]

Sounds great Boland. Where are some good places to visit in Hungary with nice woodland that would be suitable for a Bushcraft holiday?

 

[Simca]

Sounds great Boland. Where are some good places to visit in Hungary with nice woodland that would be suitable for a Bushcraft holiday?

Mostly the hills and mountains (they aren't good for agriculture, so they left as a forest (thank God)).

Just a couple of links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakony
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mátra
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Hungary

If you plan to visit Hungary for a bushcraft holiday, then drop me a mail if you want, we have a bunch of bushcrafters at www.survival.hu (hungarian only site so far, sorry) too, so we can organise a meeting or something so you don't have to be on your own in a strange country
And we can teach you how to make a good goulash or something

 

[pierre girard]

Mostly the hills and mountains (they aren't good for agriculture, so they left as a forest (thank God)).

Just a couple of links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakony
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mátra
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Hungary

If you plan to visit Hungary for a bushcraft holiday, then drop me a mail if you want, we have a bunch of bushcrafters at www.survival.hu (hungarian only site so far, sorry) too, so we can organise a meeting or something so you don't have to be on your own in a strange country
And we can teach you how to make a good goulash or something

Wish I'd seen your post last week. just got an e-mail from my nephew last night. He got leave from Iraq and was e-mailing from Frankfurt, his last night before returning. They'd been in Hungary for the last two weeks.

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[sam_acw]

Most woodlands I've been to here have big no fires signs. I'm not sure on the small print as to be honest my Polih isn't good enough. In general wild camping is not something which is easy to do here.

 

[Simca]

The Hungarian laws are similar to the Swedish laws in this question.. It's allowed to wild camp almost anywhere in a public forest (except the highly protected areas, where endangered or rare species live, but they are signed) for a maximum of 24 hours in one place. I've never been in trouble because of being in one place for a weekend.

 

[boland magyar]

simca
laws in hungary.......nem

 

[sandbender]

oh happy times in hungary

I've spent the past six months living in Hungary with my girlfriend (Hungarian). Great country, good people, fantastic food, I'm sold, I'm selling up and moving out there for good

 

[retrohiker]

Simca,

Since you've teased us about your access to the "wild country" and family life that many on this site long for but can't have without some significant effort or travel, can you at least share what you can with the group.....namely your goulash recipe???
Here in the USA some places are pretty restrictive (mainly to manage the large numbers of hikers in the more popular areas). We still have many places though where the only rules pretty much get down to "don't do anything stupid!" I'd love to take all my sons and their friends out for a big feast and I've been looking for something different than our usual fare to keep it interesting.

 

[sam_acw]

How do the rules treat foreigners? Hungarian has a reputation as the most difficult language to learn as a non-native due to the myriad of cases (i've read about 20+) are the rules for all or only hungarian speakers?

 

[Simca]

I think rules are rules, it doesn't matter what language you talk. Be prepared that not too much Hungarian peope understand any foreign language (especially forest "rangers", policemen and this is a shame, and i hope it changes fast). As you can see, my English isn't too good either.

Boland_magyar: the Swedish laws aren't _that_ permissive as they seem to be
(ps. szia, te ki vagy? )

 

[Bushman_Brett]

what is wrong in this country
in hungary when the weekend starts we go in to the country side and light a wild fire, put a pot over it and cook a good goulash on it.
all the family are there and for 4 hours while it cooks we talk and have fun and just relax.
it seems to be the norm there, in the open or in the woods no body has a issue it is part of our culture.
what i find a problem here is that this is a no no.
maybe if the laws in this country was a bit more relaxed in there attitude to wild fires then they would see more families doing what families should do and getting together and enjoying each others company instead of watching television.
oh happy times in hungary
boland magyar

Sounds like a Dream, Hungary is on my list of places that i must visit, only problem is fitting them all in