Margó Festival is one of the most significant literary forums in Hungary today. It brings together authors, writers, poets, and a broad variety of audiences. More >>
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Free Culture: 'Mayday of the Museums', National Museum Budapest, 25 - 26 May
- 23 May 2024 5:26 AM
This weekend this cultural extravaganza features many free festivities including interactive exhibitions, art workshops, and thrilling performances designed for fun and learning for all ages.
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Guide to Public Holidays In Hungary in 2024
- 15 May 2024 4:22 PM
There are many bank holidays, and some extra ‘rest days’ in Hungary this year. As you can see from the easy to read lists below, instead of having one free day in the middle of the work week, Hungarians usually prefer to have long weekends in exchange for a Saturday that would otherwise be a ‘rest day’.
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Shops Closed on 19 & 20 May - What Else Does Pentecost Signify In Hungary?
- 15 May 2024 4:20 PM
Pentecost is a public holiday in Hungary, and so shops will be closed on Sunday and Monday, 19 & 20 May. It's a Christian holiday commemorating the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the disciples of Jesus Christ, according to the New Testament of the Bible. It is also known as Whit Sunday.
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Hungary Calls on EU to Support AI Solutions in Preserving Cultural Heritage
- 15 May 2024 7:31 AM
The European Union must support the contributions of artificial intelligence to preserving European and national cultural heritage, but must stand up to technology-based attempts “built on manipulation and designed to strip people of elements of their dignity”, the minister of culture and innovation said on Tuesday, after a meeting of culture ministers in Brussels.
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'Budapest Wagner Days', Palace of Arts, 14 - 29 June
- 14 May 2024 6:56 AM
“No Tickets for Bayreuth? Budapest Has a Wagner Festival, Too.” So read the headline from the effusive 2013 New York Times review of the Budapest Wagner Days.
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Why Has A New Statue of Turkish Poet Yunus Emre Been Unveiled in Central Hungary?
- 13 May 2024 5:27 AM
Hungary and Türkiye are bonded by a friendship with deep roots and a strategic alliance, the foreign ministry’s deputy state secretary for security policy said at the unveiling of a statue of Turkish poet Yunus Emre in Lakitelek, in central Hungary,
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