The Korean Cultural Center in Budapest celebrated its 10th anniversary with a free all-day cultural festival at the Millenáris Events Center this Saturday. The organizers welcomed everyone who would like to learn more about Korean culture. The event offered cultural activities for all ages. On the main stage, the organizers prepared traditional as well as […]

A memorial plaque has been unveiled to 19th century Hungarian poet János Arany in the Welsh town of Montgomery, immortalized in the poet's famous ballad ‘The Bards of Wales’. The plaque, which pays tribute to János Arany and his poem in Hungarian, English and Welsh, was unveiled by Ferenc Kumin, Hungary's ambassador to the United […]

Tradition has it that the MÁV (‘Hungarian Railways’) Symphony Orchestra opens the new season with a free OPEN DAY concert. The opening of the 2022/2023 season took place in the garden of the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest this Saturday. Under the baton of conductor Róbert Farkas, the orchestra treated its listeners to enjoyable and […]

Easter Monday, which is a holiday in Hungary, is a celebration of profane human joy, especially youth. Over the years, this day has become more and more about symbolic customs than about going to church, and sprinkling of girls by boys, which has changed a little, but still retains its roots, is one of the […]

A photo exhibition entitled Budapest Vision opened this Friday in Budapest's City Hall Park as part of the 42nd Budapest Spring Festival, which starts on April 29.  The pictures of the contemporary street photo exhibition were selected by a professional jury from a competition of more than 200 images, Szilvia Mucsy, director of the Budapest […]

The exhibition hall Műcsarnok (‘Art Hall’) welcomes visitors with a special premiere – Life’s a Beach – at the opening exhibition of the 6th edition of the Budapest Photo Festival. Martin Parr, British photographer and the star of MAGNUM PHOTOS, is one of the best-known representatives of European contemporary color photography, whose work is on […]

One of the most popular and spectacular winter events, the Busó festival is under way in Mohács, S Hungary near the Serbian border. Going back to medieval roots, the march of people in frightening costumes is supposed to scare away winter. In the end-of-winter festival (that Hungarians refer to as 'Busójárás', that is, the 'march […]

The World Press Photo (WPP) exhibition opened on Thursday at the Hungarian National Museum, where 151 press photos will be on display again this year. The exhibition was selected by an international jury from 74,470 photos taken by 4,315 photojournalists from 130 countries, and last year's theme was the coronavirus epidemic, which was prominent in […]

A representative exhibition of the works of more than 600 members of the National Association of Hungarian Artists (MAOE), entitled Horizon, showcasing Hungarian contemporary art, opened on Saturday at the Reök Palace in the southeastern Hungarian city of Szeged. In his opening speech, László Barnák, Director General of the Szeged National Theater, which also maintains […]

In addition to concerts, bike tours, nature walks and handicrafts also await visitors at the Szentendre Open Air Museum on the holiday weekend between August 20 and 22. Over these three days, the museum will focus on nature in connection with the Boundless Open Air Museum of Ethnography thematic year. Visitors can explore the open-air […]

370 films from 30 countries are screened this week at the 15th Kecskemét Animation Film Festival, which runs until Sunday. The festival coincides with the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Kecskemét animation studio, which is celebrated with a screening of ten thematic selections and an exhibition of the most memorable moments of the […]

As every year, the Botanical Garden in Szeged, SE Hungary, celebrates the blooming of the Indian lotus with two days of activities and shows in 2021 as well. Visitors are welcome to see one of the largest open-air stands of Indian lotus in Central Europe. They can enjoy the shows of traditional Indian dance, spiritual […]

The event entitled The Global 'Entangoment' of Central Europe is organized by the Institute of Advanced Studies Kőszeg (iASK) and the Institute for Social and European Studies (ISES), in cooperation with the University of Pannonia, the UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage and Sustainability in Kőszeg under the patronage of the Hungarian National Commission for UNESCO. […]

St. Martin's New Wine and Goose Festival await visitors in the Open-Air Museum (Skanzen) in Szentendre throughout the weekend, including Martin's Day folk customs, handicrafts, themed wine tasting, autumn delicacies and handicraft fairs. St Martin's Day used to be an important turning point in the folk’s calendar: it marked the finishing of the agricultural works, […]

Since 2015, every year young entrepreneurs of Eger, NE Hungary, organize a contest for musicians with a grand prize of EUR 3,000. During the five days of the festival, more than 150 musicians play in 15 locations of the historical downtown to win the prize.  This year's event was postponed from the original summer date […]