Christmas

2022. november 18. 15:00
There will be a Christmas market on Vörösmarty Square and in front of St. Stephen's Basilica, and Christmas lighting will be up on Szabadság Square, Ferenciek Square, Váci Street, Egyetem Square, Olimpia Park and a few other streets. Although in fewer places but the inner city will be dressed in festive lights, the 5th District Local Council takes care of the Christmas atmosphere.
2022. október 27. 20:30
According to the decision of the General Assembly of Budapest, there will be no decorative Christmas lighting in streets managed by the capital, for example, Váci Street, Városháza Park, part of Andrássy Avenue and Batthyány Square.
2021. december 24. 09:00
It is certain that the Christmas tree appeared in Pest-Buda in the first decades of the 19th century, but it has not yet been possible to find out exactly who decorated the first tree. According to most sources, Countess Teréz Brunszvik played a major role in spreading the custom: on 24 December 1828, the children could have surrounded the Christmas tree in the kindergarten she had founded in Buda, in today's Mikó Street, but it is possible that decorated pine trees appeared earlier in the homes of aristocratic families.
2021. december 8. 19:30
The manger exhibition, which consists of works of art, fine arts and folk art related to the Advent celebration, will be open until 7 January in the Knight's Hall of St. Stephen's Basilica in Budapest.