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  • Gala Concert & Dinner: 100 Member Gypsy Orchestra, Budapest Congress Center, 30 December

    • 12 Dec 2025 1:48 PM

    The 29th music @ wine celebration has already become a tradition, where every year on December 30, the world’s one and only 100 Member Gypsy Orchestra gives a grand gala concert. 100 musicians play at the same time on the grand concert, performing popular melodious tunes while the audience is tasting selected outstanding wines of Hungarian wineries.

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  • Budapest to Host Counter-Strike 2 Major Esports Tournament Between 11- 14 December

    • 11 Dec 2025 3:02 PM

    Event organiser StarLadder will host a Counter-Strike 2 Major in Budapest, officials were delighted to announce in the capital.

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  • Christmas Markets in Budapest Now Open

    • 11 Dec 2025 7:24 AM

    Budapest’s Christmas markets opened on November 14, signaling the start of the city’s festive season. Since then Vörösmarty tér and the area around St. Stephen’s Basilica become lively hubs of holiday activity, with sparkling lights, the aroma of mulled wine, and the sounds of carols filling the air.

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  • Watch: Santa Run in Budapest for Charity

    • 10 Dec 2025 3:00 PM

    Passers-by and tourists in Budapest were treated to an impressive sight on Sunday: a surging crowd of 4,500 runners dressed in red and sporting white beards created a magical Christmas atmosphere on Fővám Square and along the banks of the Danube.

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  • Watch: First Wave of Acts Announced for Revamped Sziget Festival in Budapest

    • 10 Dec 2025 12:37 PM

    The highlights of next year's Sziget Fesztival to be held between August 11-15 will include Twenty One Pilots, Florence + The Machine, SOMBR as well as Lewis Capaldi, organisers said in statement.

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  • Updated Invitation: Xpat Charity Gala '25 - Bonfire Night Party - Merry Mikulás Edition

    • 4 Dec 2025 5:16 PM

    You’re warmly invited to this popular all-inclusive gala, which unites good-hearted guests from the international community in Budapest - this year on a special local date: 6 December, as 'Mikulás Nap' traditionally kicks off the holiday season in Hungary.

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  • 'TV Maci' Shop Will Open Again at ETELE PLAZA Christmas Market

    • 4 Dec 2025 10:33 AM

    As the Christmas season draws near, the TV Bear Shop (TV Maci Bolt) is re-opening at the ETELE Plaza Christmas Fair, bringing back much-loved Hungarian fairy-tale characters such as Mekk Elek, Mirr-Murr the Cat, Süsü the Dragon, and Frakk. The shop will be open until 24 December.

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