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Sweet Days in Budapest

Posted on September 14, 2014September 19, 2014 by Budapest Guide

This is the biggest festival of sweets in Hungary. The festival takes place in the capital of Hungary, Budapest. This has been the fourth year since the first chocolate and sweets festival was held in Budapest.

It is highly recommended for those who loves chocolates, sweets, cakes, pastries and all kind of ice creams as well. The festival presents international chocolates such as Swiss or Belgian too. On the festival there will be sold handmade cakes and chocolates and you will have the chance to get to know handmade Hungarian sweets which can be only found during this festival. During the festival the most popular Hungarian brands Bonbonier, Szamos and Bonbonetti will present themselves. There will be traditional Hungarian sweets and pastries and there will be several programs where you can learn how to bake the most delicious Hungarian pastries. The festival is considered one of the best chocolate and sweets festival in Europe. The ‘So delicious fashion show’ is one of the biggest highlights of the festival. The festival this year will take place in Budapest from 19th September to 21st September 2014.

If you want to know more about the festival and location check the following link for more information.

What is the Budapest Christmas market dates in 2014?

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Budapest Guide

We have already received this question quite a lot of times, so here is the time to write an article concerning the date for the Christmas market in Budapest in 2014.

The truth is that the dates for the Budapest Christmas market in 2014 at Vörösmarty square have not been released yet. So, there is no good answer to the question yet, and normally these dates are only released late in September, or sometime in October. However, in general the Christmas market at Vörösmarty square opens somewhere around November 20th. But, in 2013 they delayed it a week, meaning that the Christmas market only opened on November 27th, so what will happen in 2014 is still not sure.

What you can know for sure is that if you arrive to Budapest in December the Christmas market at Vörösmarty square will for sure be open, but if you arrive in November you might have to live with a small risk of not being able to enjoy the market. If you arrive in the very end of November it should be there, but if you come somewhere near November 20th it might be that you can enjoy it (if they follow the tradition active until 2013), but if they follow the 2013 “tradition”, it might be that you will miss out on it.

Wine festival between September 10th and 14th in 2014

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Budapest Guide

The International Wine festival which is arranged every year in the Buda castle area will be arranged between September 10th and 14th in 2014. If you are in the mood for tasting Hungarian wine, then this is the number 1 festival in Hungary for that purpose.

If you want to know more about the International Wine festival in Budapest, read more in the following article.

At the festival you can taste somewhere between 4000 and 5000 different Hungarian wines, so no need to worry, you will have plenty of things to taste and to do if you decide to stay at the festival for five days. Of course you will need to sleep at some other location, but you can come when the doors open to the festival at 12.00 or 14.00 every day and stay until it closes! Enjoy the festival!

WizzAir Budapest Half Marathon

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Budapest Guide

Do you have some good shoes and the capability of running at least 3,4km and maybe as much as 21km? Then you can join in on the WizzAir Budapest Half Marathon coming up on September 14th in 2014.

This is a cool marathon with thousands of competitors every year. Lots of the partakes come from Budapest and Hungary, while quite some thousand are tourists coming to town combining pleasure and joy with running. If you want to partake in this event yourself, then you can find more information about the Half Marathon in Budapest on September 14th at the following website.

Budapest panorama pictures

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Budapest Guide

Budapest is as we know one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Here you can see some Budapest panorama pictures taken recently.

At the pictures you can see Budapest panorama pictures made by the Danube, near the Grand Market Hall, towards the Elisabeth Bridge from the Pest side and one panorama picture taken in direction of the Chain Bridge.

Just enjoy the pictures, and if you feel like, share and like this article on social media sites.

Not night yet, but getting dark in Budapest

Budapest panorama — Panorama picture taken from the Gellert Hill

Hungarian Parliament — Not panorama, but too beautiful to skip… the Hungarian parliament.

Water Polo championship in Budapest

Posted on July 14, 2014May 3, 2018 by Budapest Guide

Starting today and lasting until July 27th the European Water Polo championship will be arranged in Budapest at the Margaret Island.

The best nations in Europe will gather together for this tournament, and of course Hungary will be present both among the women and among the men. Luckily we are better in Water Polo than in football, so the Hungarians will have the chance to win the European Championship, both among the men and the women.

The venue for the Water Polo championship will be the Hajos Alfred pool at the Margaret Island. If you want to check out the matches, visit the eventim.hu and buy your tickets there. If you do not have the chance to visit Budapest to watch, but maybe you want to watch the matches online and cheer for Hungary from wherever you are in the world, you can read more about watch Water Polo online in the following article.

Do enjoy the European Championship and Budapest!

Watch the World Cup outdoors in Budapest

Posted on June 23, 2014April 21, 2024 by Budapest Guide

If you come to Budapest and would like to watch the World Cup together with hundreds and maybe thousands of others, both Hungarians and tourists like yourself, then there are quite a lot of places in which that can be done.

These are some of those places at which you can see your favorite team play important matches during the FIFA World Cup 2014.

Watch the World Cup outdoor in Budapest

Akvarium

Akvarium is the most central and easy to find pub in Budapest. It is located by Erzsebet tér/Deák Ferenc tér. That is where three of the metro lines meet up, and in a way the most central spot in town. Here you can find tons of people from early evening until early morning, and a great place to watch the World Cup.

Szabadsag ter

At the Liberty Square you can also watch the World Cup. Here you can have a nice drink, eat some food and watch the games together with hundreds of other people at one of the nicest squares in Budapest, not far from the Hungarian Parliament.

Holdudvar

If you relax on the Margaret Island then you will not even have to leave the island to watch the World Cup. If you visit Holdudvar you can watch the matches on big screens and of course enjoy some food and drinks while watching the match.

Millenaris

If you want to stay on the Buda side of Budapest, then visit the Millenaris Park. That park is beautiful and it is located near the Mammut shopping center. A great and peaceful place to watch the World Cup.

Enjoy all the matches, and if you wonder which teams are playing when, then you can find a World Cup 2014 schedule on watchworldcup.net.

Some pictures from the “Horse and Puszta program”

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Budapest Guide

Are you a fan of beautiful horses capable of doing special and nice maneuvers? Check out the Horse and Puszta program, because if you visit it, that is exactly what you are going to get… and so much more.

Because, at that program you will not only find talented horses, but talented riders, a whole lot of fun, and the best goulash soup in Hungary. Here you can see five pictures recently sent to us by one of our visitors who recently enjoy this program.

Want to check it out yourself? Read more about it here.

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Check out the Volt Festival in Hungary

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Budapest Guide

As we already wrote in our previous articles, we can not imagine a boring summer in Hungary. There are lots of programs we can choose from either in Budapest or in other smaller towns in Hungary.

If we just want to have a nice summer holiday in Hungary, but we are not really interested in festivals and the nightlife of Hungary, because we are traveling with family, Hungary is still a perfect get away for those who love long, warm days with a perfect summer weather, restaurants and bars! During summers Hungary is offering many concerts, festivals and other occasions as well.

Volt 2014 — Arctic Monkeys – coming to VOLT in 2014

Volt Festival

This festival is truly one of the best and most popular one in Hungary! Festival season starts with Volt festival generally in the beginning of July. Visitors are welcome from 2nd July until 6th of July. There is an extra day, the warm up day on 1st of July. The festival takes place in Sopron which is a small city just right to the Austrian border, 220 kms from Budapest the capital of Hungary. Until 16th June you can get your tickets on discount. You can have VIP tickets so you can enjoy the live party and concerts from the VIP grand stand and have all the access to the VIP area, you can buy single day tickets and 5 days and 4 days pass too and if it was not enough you can even combine your Balaton Sound tickets with your Volt Festival tickets too. This year like all the other years there are plenty of worldwide known artists and bands, not only foreigners but you can also enjoy the Hungarian bands performances as well. This year’s biggest names are Arctic Monkeys, MGMT, the swedish Icona Pop, Woodkid and many others too. Shower and camping possibilities are for free for all the visitors.

If you want to know more about the festival, prices and bands go to the official site and get your tickets now!

Balaton Sound: Another cool festival in Hungary

Posted on April 17, 2014April 17, 2014 by Budapest Guide

A summer in Hungary is always impossible to be boring. In fact there are many possibilities to enjoy the long, warm days in this country. During the Hungarian summers there are plenty of programs, concerts and festivals to choose from.

In the previous article we already mentioned the Sziget Festival, which takes place in Budapest the capital of Hungary. However this is not the only festival we can attend. The one i want to write about is Balaton Sound.

Balaton Sound

There are more than 5 festivals during the summers in Hungary and one of the most popular one of course is Balaton Sound. This festival will be held in Zamàrdi, which is a little Hungarian city just next to Lake Balaton. Usually the festival is around the first weeks of July, this year Balaton Sound opens its gates on 10th July until 13th July. One of the best things about the festival, not only the famous artist and bands performing on stage or the whole night long parties with the best music, but during the hot days you can easily just cool yourself down in one of Europe biggest lake. This year’s announced bands and artist are for example David Guetta, who has been to Balaton Sound before already, Martin Garrix or Maya Jane Coles.

If you want to have a real big party, with lot of music, fun and laughter with your friends you can not miss this festival. Check out for more information about the festival, the prices and about the bands and buy your tickets now