Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Boedapest, Hongarije

Rustig — reizigers noemen het rustig, Advent markets

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Thermal bath season (1 nov – 15 mrt), Advent markets (14 nov – 1 jan (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Thermal bath season (1 nov – 15 mrt)

Druk — Tavaszi szünet (spring/Easter break) in Hongarije, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Risico

  Danube high water

  1 mrt – 30 apr · meestalOverstromingsseizoenSluitingen

  Snowmelt upstream pushes the river over the lower quays most springs. The riverside roads and the Pest promenade close for days at a time and the trams along them are diverted. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Thermal bath season (1 nov – 15 mrt)

Druk — Tavaszi szünet (spring/Easter break) in Hongarije, schoolvakanties in 6 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Budapest Spring Festival

  5–25 apr · meestalKunstenfestival

  Three weeks of concerts and theatre across the city's halls in April, the point at which Budapest's cultural year restarts after the winter. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Danube high water (1 mrt – 30 apr (meestal))

Druk — schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de beste maanden qua weer

• Opening

  Garden bar season

  1 mei – 30 sep · meestalZomerseizoen opent

  The kertek — courtyard, rooftop and riverbank bars that only exist in warm months — open through May and are boarded up again by October. Half the nightlife the city is known for is seasonal. Bron ↗

Druk — Summer holidays in Hongarije, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

In juni begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Garden bar season (1 mei – 30 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — Hungarian Grand Prix, Summer holidays in Hongarije

• Risico

  Summer heat alerts

  1 jul – 20 aug · meestalExtreme hitte

  The national weather service issues heat alerts most summers and the city holds it: stone, no sea and little shade on the Pest grid. The baths and the riverbank after dark are the local answer. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Hungarian Grand Prix

  20 jul – 5 aug · meestalRaceweekendDrukBoek vroeg

  The Hungaroring is twenty kilometres out of town and the race takes the city's hotel stock with it; rooms go at two or three times the usual and the M3 crawls for three days. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Garden bar season (1 mei – 30 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — Hungarian Grand Prix, Sziget Festival

• Risico

  Ragweed pollen

  1 aug – 30 sep · meestalPollenseizoen

  Hungary has the heaviest ragweed load in Europe and the count peaks over late summer; if you react to it at home, you will know about it here within a day. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Sziget Festival

  10–16 augMuziekfestivalDrukBoek vroeg

  Six days on Obuda Island in the middle of August. Hostels and the suburban line out to Filatorigat are full, and the centre is louder and a decade younger for the week. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  St Stephen's Day

  20 augLicht & vuurDruk

  The national holiday on 20 August ends with fireworks along the Danube, watched from both banks and from Gellert Hill. The bridges close in the afternoon and the metro runs late. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Garden bar season (1 mei – 30 sep (meestal)), Summer heat alerts (1 jul – 20 aug (meestal)), Hungarian Grand Prix (20 jul – 5 aug (meestal))

Druk — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de beste maanden qua weer

• Festival

  Budapest Wine Festival

  3–15 sep · meestalOogsttijd

  Growers from every Hungarian region fill the Buda Castle courtyards for a long weekend in early September, with the best view in the city included in the ticket. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Garden bar season (1 mei – 30 sep (meestal)), Ragweed pollen (1 aug – 30 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — 23 October national holiday, Őszi szünet (autumn break) in Hongarije

• Feestdag

  23 October national holiday

  23 oktSluitingenDruk

  The 1956 anniversary is a public holiday with ceremonies on Kossuth Square and closed offices, museums and most shops. It usually pulls a long weekend with it. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Advent markets, Őszi szünet (autumn break) in Hongarije

• Seizoen

  Thermal bath season

  1 nov – 15 mrt

  The outdoor pools at Szechenyi and Lukacs are better in the cold than in the heat: steam over the water, the chess boards still going, and no queue for a locker outside weekends. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Advent markets

  14 nov – 1 jan · meestalKerst & nieuwjaarDruk

  Vorosmarty ter and the square in front of the Basilica take stalls from the middle of November, with a light projection on the church front on the half hour and a rink out in the city park. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Advent markets, Téli szünet (winter/Christmas break) in Hongarije

In december begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Thermal bath season (1 nov – 15 mrt), Advent markets (14 nov – 1 jan (meestal))