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  • Taste Hungary’s Finest at Budapest's Special Wine Festival, 11 - 14 September

    • 21 Aug 2025 11:35 AM

    This annual wine celebration held in historic surroundings every September brings fine wine producers and enthusiasts together to sample the best examples from Hungary’s varied wine regions - and also from abroad, see guest countries below.

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  • Festival Review: Sziget Budapest Not Profitable Again, What's Next?

    • 14 Aug 2025 10:58 AM

    This year’s Sziget Festival attracted 416,000 visitors, but organisers say it was not financially profitable. “We are coming out of a negative period that lasted until roughly the end of 2022,” the organisers told MTI.

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  • Fire Destroys Buses & Disrupts Downtown Budapest

    • 14 Aug 2025 9:52 AM

    A castle bus was destroyed by fire in downtown Budapest on Wednesday, and a second bus caught fire on Thursday. Despite the fires and disruption to the downtown area, "nobody was injured", public transport company BKV announced.

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    Grammy- Award winning artist, actor and multifaceted entertainer, Will Smith has recently announced his upcoming “Based on a True Story” Summer Tour, which has now been expanded with a Budapest show.

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  • Over 500 Performers to Appear at Hungary's Annual Zemplén Fest, 8 - 18 August

    • 13 Aug 2025 8:17 AM

    The 34th Zemplén Festival awaits audiences with more than five hundred performers at forty venues in twenty-five settlements between August 8 and 17, the organizers announced on Wednesday in Sátoraljaújhely.

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  • Festival of Folk Arts, Budapest Castle District, 17 - 20 August

    • 13 Aug 2025 7:52 AM

    From 17 to 20 August 2025, the spotlight once again shines on traditional craftsmanship, artisans, and creative communities at the stunning setting of Buda Castle.

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