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Erste Bank, Kossuth Square Branch

Other units: Párisi Street Branc (Párisi utca 3.), Nyugati téri Branch ( Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út 74.) open same above

Address: Kossuth tér 13-15
Getting there: M2 Kossuth tér, tram 2, 2B, 23 to stop 'Országház, látogatóközpont'
Hours: Mon 08:00-18:00, Tue-Thu 08:00-16:00, Fri 08:00-15:00
Website: erstebank.hu (opens in a new tab)

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