Watch: Budapest Pride Revellers Defy Heat & Take to Rainbow Adorned Streets
- 29 Jun 2026 2:24 PM
Braving soaring temperatures, thousands of revellers set off from outside the State Opera House on Saturday for the 31st Budapest Pride Community Festival march, a vibrant celebration winding through the heart of the capital.
A float blaring music led the procession, with dancers on its platform and marchers waving rainbow flags.
The event drew support from the Budapest city government, which provided a bus, while NGOs including Hatter Society, Tilos Radio, Momentum, and Amnesty International contributed floats of their own.
The route, starting at the Opera, will take marchers along Andrassy Avenue, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Road, Deak Ferenc Square, Astoria, and Kossuth Lajos Street, before crossing the Elizabeth Bridge and ending at Vermezo Park, where speeches and performances will take place on a main stage.
Organisers laid out a giant EU flag in front of the Opera and a rainbow flag along Andrassy Avenue. The Swedish Embassy set up a water station at the starting point, handing out bottles labelled "LGBTQ rights are human rights".
The march is being accompanied by ambulances due to the extreme heat, with first-aid stations set up along the route. Budapest Mayor Gergely Karacsony is scheduled to address the crowd.
MTI Stock Photo
Source: MTI – Hungary’s national news agency since 1881.
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