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Downtown Wine and Champagne Festival

There are plenty of opportunities if you want to enjoy a festival with great atmosphere while in Budapest. If you are a fan of wine and champagne, then there are several festivals to choose from, but one of the nicest is the “Downtown Wine and Champagne Festival” which is arranged in the center of Budapest at the Liberty square.

The festival was first arranged in 2023 and it has a lot in common with the Downtown Beer Festival, a festival normally arranged at the same location a few days after the end of the Wine and Champagne Festival. Come to Budapest for some days and you will get a chance to drink lots of wine and champagne first, followed by tasty beer a few days later. If you want to taste even more wine and champagne at a more local festival in the same period, read more about the Budafok Wine and Champagne Festival here.

The great thing about this festival is that it is in the center of Budapest and it is completely free to enter the festival area. But, if you plan on drinking wine and champagne served during the festival, you must buy the official festival glass.

In addition to giving you the chance to drink a lot, there will also be stands at the square where you can buy traditional Hungarian street food, sweets, and soft-drinks.

Downtown Wine and Champagne Festival 2024

Location: Liberty square (Szabadság tér)
Dates: August 27 – September 1.

Would you like to read more about other festivals, concerts, exhibitions, or running competitions in Budapest? You can find this and much more information in our Budapest calendar.

Are you looking for a hotel close to the festival area? It is in the center of Budapest, so any hotel or apartments close to the festival area gives you a perfect starting point for exploring Budapest. Use the map below to find something suitable to you!

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Do not forget that you can zoom in and out in the map to find a hotel exactly where you would like to find one.

Do you have any comments or questions regarding this festival or other programs in Budapest? You can use the comment field below and we will do our best to help!

Downtown Beer Festival 2024

Are you in the mood for tasting more than 250 kinds of beer? Does it sound nice to eat street food from different food trucks at one of the most beautiful squares in Budapest? Welcome to the Downtown Beer Festival in Budapest!

Hungary is a country known for its wine production, but it is getting more and more attention because of beer production. As a result, several festivals celebrate Hungarian beer, and the Downtown Beer Festival is one of those. If you want to drink even more beer, you should come to Budapest for the Budapest Beer Week (normally arranged in May).

One of the fantastic things about this beer festival is that it is completely free. Anyone can visit the beautiful Szabadság tér (Liberty square) during the festival without paying. You must pay if you want to eat and drink, but there is no fee for visiting the area.

The festival has a special glass required to buy beer from the different food trucks. In other words, if you really want to be a part of the festival, the awesome-looking festival glasses can be considered an entrance fee (which you only need to pay if you want to consume beer in the festival area). The price of such a glass is about 10 euros.

One great thing about this festival is that it is popular among locals. As a result, you will meet lots of Hungarians if you come to the festival area.

Downtown Beer Festival 2024

Location: Szabadság tér
Dates: September 3 – September 8 (Tuesday – Sunday)

Price: It is free to enter, but if you want to drink beer, you must buy the official beer festival glass, which has a price of about 10 euros

How to get to the festival area?

Liberty Square is very central in Budapest. It is between the Hungarian Parliament and the St. Stephen’s Basilica. As a result, many people walk across this square as they discover the city on their own. If you want to travel to the square by public transportation, the best options are tram number 2 and walking from the Parliament, or by using the blue metro and walking from the stop “Arany János utca.” If you are at the Vörösmarty square (a very popular square in Budapest), walk to the Budapest Eye and follow “Oktober 6. utca” until you end up at the festival square.

If you come to Budapest for a longer period, do not forget that only a few days later it is time for the annual Buda Castle Wine Festival, the biggest wine festival in Hungary. It is definitely a festival worth visiting if you want to drink and taste more of the alcoholic liquids produced in Hungary.

Looking for a place to live near the festival area?

Would you like to live as close to the festival area as possible? It is a great place to live, not only because of the festival but because it is in the center of Budapest. Consequently, you can visit famous attractions and popular areas in the city on foot if you live near the Downtown Beer Festival area.

There are lots of hotels in the area, and you can also find cheaper options such as hostels and apartments. Look at the map below to find suggestions for where you can stay and how much it will cost if you decide to do so.

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We hope you will enjoy your stay in Budapest. If you have any further comments or questions, use the comment field below.

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.

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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.