Porcelain Manufactury of Herend (Herend)

 museum, factory, porcelain

Situated near Balaton, the biggest lake in Central Europe, close to the Bakony hills is Herend, Hungary's "porcelain city" with the biggest porcelain manufactory in Europe, having approximately 100,000 visitors annually. In 1999 the Porcelanium was opened – now operational in conjunction with the Herend Porcelain Museum, the largest collection of porcelain treasures on the globe – where visitors see the magic of technology unfolding behind the scenes. With the help of films, pot-throwers and professional painter, there are demonstrations by trained guides to reveal the secret of porcelain manufacturing.
The company that started in 1826 as a factory with just a few employees, and having become a favoured brand among rulers, famous historical personages, leading businessmen and artists alike, is now a renowned major company known in almost every country of the world, it being a true 'Hungaricum': part of the Hungarian Heritage.