Szolnok is the county seat of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county in central Hungary. A city with county rights, it is located on the banks of the Tisza river, in the heart of the Great Hungarian Plain, which has made it an important cultural and economic crossroads for centuries. Szolnok also has one of Hungary’s best water polo teams.
Szolnok
Szolnok was an important market center of 11,000 inhabitants in the mid 19th century. The Walters Art Museum.
Szolnok in 1960
Mig-15 fighter jets at Szolnok in the 1960s
The Tisza, Tysa or Tisa, is one of the major rivers of Central and Eastern Europe. It was once called "the most Hungarian river" because it used to flow entirely within the Kingdom of Hungary. Today, it crosses several national borders.
The Tisza in Szeged, Hungary
The rivers of Tisza and Bodrog at Tokaj, from above
The Tisza joins the Danube.