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Veszprém County, with its millennial historical, religious, or the masterpieces of the local gastronomy or winemak-
and cultural values, and held in the embrace of the Bakony ing, as well as by the many high-quality cultural and musical
Mountains and Lake Balaton, is a region of unparalleled programmes. We celebrate everything with festivals: dance,
beauty in Hungary. our arts and traditions, the street music, the naughty children,
It covers an area of 4,493 square kilometres and has a popula- and the summer that brings joy and love.
tion of about 360 thousand people living in 217 towns and And the show must go on, because we have known, since Sha-

villages. The romantic landscapes of the forests of Bakony kespeare, that “all the world’s a stage, and all men and women
with their streams and caves, the cool water of Lake Balaton, merely players”. Veszprém County is proud that our talented
and the more than one thousand monuments promise visi- actors and actresses stand on the stages of several theatres

tors many unforgettable experiences and entice them to stay from week to week.
even longer or to return. Come and see our thousand-faceted county, the heritage we

No matter from which direction the visitors arrive, while are proud of; visit our towns and villages which become more
roaming, they will encounter the works of both nature and and more beautiful! A thousand adventures are waiting for
the local people in great abundance at any time of the year. you!
They will be impressed by the architecture, the folk craft s,

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