Budapest became a popular filming location

Hungary has become increasingly popular in the eyes of foreigners: according to Film Fund, Budapest is the most-sought filming location after London in Europe and the proportion of the foreigners’ real estate acquisition is also growing. The Budapest Government Office receives an average of 4 to 5 filming requests a day – Bela Foldvari, Head of Department said in the Radio Orient broadcast, orientpress.hu said.

Authority Department of Budapest Government Office acts in the first instance in cases of expropriation, road notation, compensation, mine easement, real estate acquisition of foreigners and cases of street filming licensing, administrative fines related to inadequate compliance with statistical reporting and partly in the case of the Hungarian ID. Bela Foldvari stressed, an annual average of 600-700 quadratic cases arrive at them and they also take action in the first instance in several areas.

In Europe, Budapest became the most popular filming location after London, the proportion of filming cases are steadily increasing. 1210 street filming permit processes began last year in the capital. “An average of 4-5 a day, but sometimes up to53 applications are submitted to the authorities” – the Head of Department said. He added,    they examine the applications first, then they contact the relevant bodies and local governments, and finally, if everything is legal, they approve the requests. The municipality has the right to consider each case that how much burden the works would be for local residents. All of this is recorded in an official contract.

Bela Foldvari stressed, as a rule, the administration period is 5 working days, and it may be reduced to 2 days in priority cases. “We are connected with 10-12 film production companies mostly” – he emphasized. The most common sites leased for filming are Buda Castle and its surroundings and the historic downtown buildings.