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Thermal Baths to Get a Makeover Thanks to EU Funding
More than one and a half billion forints will be used to renovate three spas in Békés County, southeastern Hungary, Magyar Nemzet reports. The Gyomaendrőd, the Orosháza-Gyopárosfürdő and the Békés baths have all won EU support for energy modernizatio
More than one and a half billion forints will be used to renovate three spas in Békés County, southeastern Hungary, Magyar Nemzet reports. The Gyomaendrőd, the Orosháza-Gyopárosfürdő and the Békés baths have all won EU support for energy modernization.
Balázs Toldi, mayor of Gyomaendrőd, said that the Liget Spa won HUF 430 million (EUR 1.05 million) from the Operational Program for Regional and Urban Development (TOP) Plus, that will be used
to replace the windows, install solar panels and enable the 62°C water of the thermal well to be used for heating instead of gas.
The mayor of the town of more than 12,000 inhabitants said that the spa had previously been earmarked for modernization and renovation with almost HUF 3 billion (EUR 73 million), but the project is currently “on the back burner.” Energy modernization was also planned at the time, so the construction plans are now ready.
The complex in Orosháza-Gyopárosfürdő will be modernized with HUF 727.6 million (EUR 1.8 million) from TOP Plus funds, said Norbert Erdős, Member of Parliament for the region. The roof structure of the leisure baths had become unsafe due to design problems, and the previous municipality had remedied the problem with a HUF 190 million (EUR 463,000) development loan.
Gyopárosfürdő, known as “the pearl of the Great Plain,” is a popular tourist center of Orosháza. Photo: Wikipedia
Tibor Kálmán, mayor of Békés, said that the TOP plus energy modernization of the city’s spa and health center had also been given the green light, with HUF 430 million to carry out the work.
Fact
Bathing culture is thriving in Hungary since the Romans, as thermal water is an inseparable part of Hungary’ history. Budapest, the capital, for instance, is also known worldwide as the capital of spas. Hungary is the world’s fifth largest thermal water power after Japan, Iceland, Italy, and France, thanks to its favorable balneological and geothermal potential. In the winter, Hungarian spas are visited by plenty of tourists from home and abroad for healing, relaxation, and rejuvenation. Today there are 278 certified wells with proven therapeutic properties in Hungary.Via Magyar Nemzet, Featured image: Pixabay
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