Bicycles in Hungary

The first bicycle was brought to Hungary in 1878 by an engineer from Lincoln in the United Kingdom. The first bicycle excursion was organised in Easter 1881. The group of cyclists set off from Városliget, not far from the centre of Budapest, at 6 a.m. and arrived in Gödöllő at 2 p.m., covering the 30-kilometre distance in eight hours.