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Festivals all

year round

A magical atmosphere

in every season

Szeged welcomes its visitors with an increasingly rich off er operas, operettas, musicals, and prose performances. Th e

of festivals each year because the city centre and its spe- Szeged Youth Days (SZIN) is one of the largest pop music
cial squares are ideal locations for various cultural, artistic, festivals in Hungary, where young people can watch the
and musical events. On 21st May, we celebrate Szeged most popular Hungarian and international performers in a
Day, to commemorate the time when the city regained special atmospheric venue on the banks of the river Tisza.
its free royal status; an event celebrated with a ten-day The lovers of wine can taste the finest wines at the Wine

series of events each year. On this occasion, Széchenyi Square next to the Votive Church in September, while in
Square is transformed into the venue for the wine festi- October, the university’s Autumn Cultural Festival will
val, while the Belvárosi (Downtown) Bridge becomes mark the beginning of the new academic year. During the
the country’s longest folk-art shopping street during the Christmas Holiday Weeks, the city’s squares will be full of

Bridge Fair. The Szeged Open Air Festival gives a magical programmes and craft fairs to end the last days of the year

atmosphere to the summer, where spectators can enjoy in a festive atmosphere.

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