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Sziget Fesztival line up in 2015

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Budapest Guide

Sziget Festival is definitely one of the biggest and also the most popular festivals in Hungary. Sziget Festival also became the best festival at the European Festival Awards in 2014 and the festival also became one of the largest music and cultural festival in whole Europe. So if you want to be part of one of the best program during summer visit Sziget Festival where you can enjoy the best parties, concerts, colourful and various cultural programs including cinema, dance and theatre, bungee-jumping, different sport activities such as volleyball and so on.

Good news for all the Sziget lovers, the festival announced 20 new performers of Sziget in 2015. With the colourful and diverse programs Sziget offers visitors can experience every music style that is existed from punk-rock and electro to pop and soul.

20 new artists coming to Sziget in 2015

20 artists have just been added to the list of artists coming to sziget in 2015, and those are: Alesso, Beatsteak, Dotan, Dropkick Murphys, Foals, Foxes, Future Islands, Gentleman & The Evolution, Halestorm, Interpol, Knife Party, Marina and the Diamonds, MO, Nervo, Paloma Faith, SBTRKT, Selah Sue, The Maccabees, Typhoon, Vitalic Live, William Fitzsimmons and Yellow Claw. For full list, visit this article.

This year Sziget Festival takes place from 10th August to 17th August in 2015 in Budapest. If you want to know more on the line up of Sziget in 2015, the programs and on the tickets please visit the official site for more useful information on the festival.

A new era has started with shops closed on Sundays!

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Budapest Guide

For a long time people in Hungary have enjoyed the liberty to go shopping whatever they want to, also on Sundays. That is why even the Austrians would cross the borders and come to Hungary on Sundays to go shopping, while all shops in Vienna and elsewhere in Austria are closed on Sundays. But, a new era has started in Hungary, because now shops will stay closed on Sundays here as well!

This sounds terrifying to many, both locals and tourists. In other words, if you plan on visit a shopping mall on Sundays in Budapest you will find mostly everything to be closed, except from some coffee houses and cinemas. The only place you can actually go shopping as of know is in the shopping street of Budapest, where shops are supposed to be allowed to keep open because it is a World Heritage site, and there are some exceptions if the actual owner of the shop actually works in the shop on that day.

The first Sunday where this will actually be taken into action is this upcoming Sunday (March 22nd). If you plan on doing a trip to Szentendre this will probably be causing no problems, because shops there will stay open as in most cases the actual owners actually work in their own shops, and because to keep closed on Sundays would make them loose so much money, most owners will actually do the work themselves, if that is what it takes to be allowed to open their small and cute shops!

So be aware of this when you come to do shopping in Budapest!

This is the day! 2015

Posted on March 10, 2015August 7, 2019 by Budapest Guide

The This is the day! is a christian festival which will be held again in Budapest in 2015 and it is one of the most prestigious and most popular christian festivals in Hungary.

Every single believer and non believer are welcomed for this special day to celebrate God. Like in every year in 2015 the festival gives home to some special programs and concerts. The exact programs and concerts for This is the day! are not confirmed yet what we already know that Rend Collective will be on stage on this special day and everyone who buys a ticket for the festival gets a free DVD of the 2014 event. The DVD of 2014 was made by eight HD cameras and it also contains interviews of last year’s roadshow, photos of the event and backstage videos as well.

Tickets for This is the day! are already available, one ticket costs 2240 HUF which includes the free DVD of 2014. If you buy 5 tickets you get one for free, if you buy 10 then you get three more for free and if you buy 15 tickets then you get five more for free. The This is the day! will be held on 30th May in 2015 and the event will take place at the Budapest Sportarèna in Budapest.

Some more artists coming to Ez az a Nap 2015

*BETHEL MUSIC*
*REND COLLECTIVE*
*JOY GOSPEL MUSIC*
*PINTÉR BÉLA ÉS ZENEKARA*
*ANDELIC JONATHAN*
*CSISZÉR LÁSZLÓ*
*MC TONO*
*HANNA*
*CRUX*

Papp László Budapest Sportarèna
Budapest, Stefánia út 2, 1143

For more information on the event please visit the official site.

Easter at the Buda Castle 2015

Posted on March 6, 2015May 3, 2018 by Budapest Guide

The annual Easter market will be held again in Budapest and this will be he fourth time the Easter market will take place at the Buda Castle. This is one of the largest and definitely one of the most prestigious Easter markets in the whole city.

The market hosts the best Easter related programs and games for children and for playful adults including various workshops with traditional Hungarian Easter games and petting zoo as well. The market also presents the most delicious traditional Hungarian dishes such as the various types of ham, eggs in every variety, the typical Hungarian spices, oils, sweets, chocolates, sausages and all kind of pastries. At the fully packed tempting food stalls visitors will have the chance to have samples of the best quality products that will be presented at the market. At the Easter market the typical traditional Hungarian beverages will be presented as well such as pálinka which comes in every flavour, wine and beer as well. The Easter market is a great opportunity to get to know the Hungarian culture and its Easter habits. This year the Easter market will be held from 5th April to 6th April at the Buda Castle in Budapest.

Buda Castle
Budapest, Szent György tér 2, 101

For more information on the event please check the official site here. If you want to do something else, then maybe you could visit the spring fair at the Vorosmarty square instead?

Macaron Day in Budapest 2015

Posted on March 5, 2015August 7, 2019 by Budapest Guide

The annual Macaron Day will be held again in Budapest in March 2015. This will be the fourth time the Macaron Day will take place in Budapest which is inspired by the Jour du Macaron that takes place in Paris and the Macaron Day which is held in New York.

What is macaron exactly? Macaron is a French sweet meringue based confection which is usually filled with buttercream, jam or ganache and it comes in many variety of colours and flavours. So at the Macaron Day in Budapest visitors will have the chance to try the best macarons and they can even learn how to make the most delicious macarons as well. Apart from this the Macaron Day also hosts various programs for adults and for children including a Macaron Fare, a Macaron Competition and countless other programs, children’s activities and tempting sweets will be also available during this special day. The Macaron Day will be held in Budapest at Akvàrium Klub in the heart of the city and it will take place on the 20th March 2015. The programs starts at 2pm and tickets are already available for the event.

Akvárium Klub
Budapest, Erzsébet tér 2, 1051

For more information on the Macaron Day please visit the official site. For more information on what is going on in Budapest, click the link.

Budapest Spring Fair 2015

Posted on March 3, 2015March 5, 2015 by Budapest Guide

The Budapest Spring Festival and Spring Fair or in Hungarian the Budapesti Tavaszi Fesztivál ès Tavaszi Vásár will open its gates again in the capital city of Hungary in Budapest from the middle of April to the end of April in 2015.

The Budapest Spring Festival and Spring Fair is one of the most popular as well as the most awaited programs in the life of the city. Each year the festival offers the best programs for the visitors and this will not be any different in 2015 either. This year in 2015 the Budapest Spring Festival and Spring Fair will host more than 140 programs and various concerts during the festival. The majority of the programs and the concerts will take place at different spots in the city including MÜPA (Place of Arts), the recently reopened Pest Vigadó Concert Hall, Liszt Academy and the BÁLNA Cultural Centre as well and the Spring Fair will be held at Vörösmarty Square in the centre of the city. Lets celebrate spring together in 2015 in Budapest at the Budapest Spring Festival and Spring Fair.

This year the Budapest Spring Festival will be held from 10th April 2015 until 26th April 2015 and the Spring Fair will be from 27th March 2015 to 26th April 2015.7

The Spring Fair is quite similar to the Christmas market, except from the fact that it is not arranged during Christmas time, but in the spring!

Restaurant Week 2015

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Budapest Guide

The Restaurant Week will be held again in Budapest in the middle of March in 2015. This is one of the most awaited events not only in Budapest but in the whole country as well and at the Restaurant Week more than 120 different restaurants will take part. So what is Restaurant Week exactly?

The Restaurant Week is a special foodie event where you can try various restaurants and their 3 course menus for a good price. So if you love eating and trying out new restaurants then this is the perfect opportunity for you. Usually having a nice lunch or dinner at a high class restaurant is pretty expensive but not when you go and try the different restaurants at the Restaurant Week. During this special week the participant restaurants serve a special 3 course menu from only 3300 HUF. As this is one of the most popular events in Budapest you better book your tables at the chosen restaurants as soon as possible. The Restaurant Week will be held in Budapest from the 16th March to 22nd March in 2015.

Some of the restaurants taking part is Kaltenberg, Karpatia, Prime Steakhouse, Gundel and lots of other restaurants.

If you want to know more information on the Restaurant Week in Budapest check the following site for more useful details on this special event.

Old Boys concert in Central Kavehaz

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Budapest Guide

If you are into big rock and roll, blues and pop concerts and parties then the Old Boys concert which will be held in the end of February is definitely the best program for you. Old Boys is a band which was formed in 1979 by Szidor László in Budapest and the members of the band were drawn together because of the love for music.

In the beginning the band only played in small clubs and events but in a really short period of time Old Boys got pretty popular and started giving larger concerts in Hungary and from 1983 in Germany too where they released their first album as well. The band plays rock and roll from the 60s and 50s of the most known bands such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks and so on.

In the end of February the band will give a huge concert at the Centrál Kávèhàz in Budapest where the band started off its career. The Old Boys concert will take place on Friday 27th February in 2015 and the party starts at 7 in the evening. The entrance fee for the concert is 5990 HUF which includes a two course dinner, a welcome drink and a raffle ticket as well.
If you want to be part of this unforgettable event book your tables here.

Centràl Kàvèhàz
Budapest, Károlyi utca 9, 1053, Hungary

Museum of Fine Arts to close down for three years

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Budapest Guide

The Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest will be closed temporarily from the middle of February 2015 due to the renovations of the museum.

The museum will be closed from 15th February in 2015 and the reconstruction works will supposedly last three years, but in theory they plan to reopen the museum again in the summer of 2017. At the moment the Museum of Fine Arts only show three exhibitions to its visitors which includes the exhibition on Rembrandt which presents the most beautiful works of the artist.

The Museum of Fine Arts is located at Város Liget (City Park) in Budapest which is one of the largest green areas of the city. The City Park gives home to several attractions such as the zoo, the Szèchenyi bath or the Museum of Fine Arts. The Museum of Fine Arts is located just at the Hero Square which is one of the most famous spots in the city. The museum is a neo-Renaissance and neo-Classicist building which opened its gates the first time in 1906. The museum has a wide range of collections of the most outstanding artists including Rembrandt, Raffaello, Leonardo, Monet, Goya and Dürer so do not forget to check the museum out before it closes and keep it mind the next time in the summer of 2017 will be open again.

Museum of Fine Arts
Budapest, Dózsa György út 41, 1146

The most romantic places in Budapest

Posted on February 6, 2015December 8, 2022 by Budapest Guide

Budapest is truly one of the most romantic cities in Europe which has the most beautiful and romantic spots and has countless programs for the love couples during a holiday. So in this article we will list some of the nicest place in Budapest.

Halászbástya (Fisherman’s Bastion) which is located on the Castle hill and it is one of the nicest spot in the city which was built in neo-Gothic and neo-Romanesque style. From the Fisherman’s Bastion there is a breathtaking panoramic view over the city, the Danube, the bridges and the Parliament as well.

Another charming place in Budapest is the Feneketlen-tó which is located on the Buda side nearby to one of the centres Móricz Zsigmond körtèr. What can be more romantic than walking by the lake where ducks and other animals gather!?

Our other favourite is Füvèszkert which is located in the heart of the city. It is especially recommended for the lovers of flowers and different plants. Apart from the various beautiful plants and flowers Füvèszkert has a nice cafe house and a restaurant which is a perfect place to finish your romantic day.

If you are into baths then you most visit one of the baths Budapest has. Probably one of the most popular one is the Szèchenyi bath which is located on the Pest side in the City Park. The bath has 9 pools of different temperatures and the bath also offers various massages as well.

Apart from these Budapest has thousands of other places, restaurants and hotels for a perfect romantic holiday.