Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Month by Month
TOP EVENTS
Budapest Spring Festival
March-April
National Dance House Festival
March
Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix
July
Sziget Festival
August
Budapest International Marathon
October
January
Budapest looks lovely in a winter gown, with bright blue skies, a light dusting
of snow on church spires, perhaps ice floes in the Danube (it last froze in
1963) and ice skating in City Park.
New Year's Day Concert
This annual event (
www.hungariakoncert.hu
), usually held in the Duna Palota, ushers in the
New Year and is the favourite of the capital's glitterati.
International Circus Festival
A biennial event (
www.maciva.hu
), this festival has been held under the big top of the Capit-
al Circus in mid-January every even-numbered year for almost two decades.
February
By now winter has hung on a bit too long and the days are cold, short and
bleak. Some museums and tourist attractions sharply curtail their hours.
VinCE Budapest
The primary focus of this three-day event (
http://vincebudapest.hu/en
), held at the Corinthia
Hotel Budapest, is wine (
vin
) in Central Europe (CE), with over 100 wineries from Hungary
and neighbouring countries offering tastings.
