4 verified laws from Hungary, each checked against the statute and sourced.
A widely circulated claim holds that Hungarian law requires employers to provide free garlic to their employees at work. No such law exists in any Hungarian statute, regulation, or decree.
Hungarian building codes do require that rooms intended for prolonged human occupancy have direct natural lighting with a specific glazing-to-floor-area ratio. However, this is a construction standard enforced at the design and building stage — not a landlord-specific rental obligation carrying direct fines against landlords for existing tenancies.
Hungarian law does require you to have a valid photo identity document - but not specifically the national ID card. Act LXVI of 1992 puts a valid passport and a card-format driving licence on exactly the same footing as the ID card, and bars officials from demanding any other document for identification. What the statute imposes is a duty to hold such a document, not an express duty to keep it on your person; the practical pressure to carry one comes from the Police Act, under which failing to establish your identity to a police officer can end in custody of up to 24 hours.
Hungary does prohibit alcohol sales within 200 meters of schools and other educational institutions, but the law carries significant exemptions: restaurants serving hot food are exempt, and local notaries may grant after-hours permission for alcohol service once the institution is closed.