Kecskemét is a city in the central part of Hungary. It is the eighth-largest city in the country, and the county seat of Bács-Kiskun.

Kecskemét lies halfway between the capital Budapest and the country's third-largest city, Szeged, 86 kilometres (53 miles) from both of them and almost equal distance from the two big rivers of the country, the Danube and the Tisza. It is the northern of two centres of the Hungarian Southern Great Plain region; the southern centre is Szeged, the seat of Csongrád county.

Main sights include:

• City Hall
• "Cifra Palota"
• Co-Cathedral of the Ascension of the Lord, Kecskemét
• Old Church
• Synagogue
• József Katona Theatre
• Hungarian Museum of Photography
• Museum of Hungarian Naive Artists
• MiG-21 Monument