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For the 14th time, the Francophone Film Days will be held all over Hungary, and this year in Debrecen, the Apollo Cinema will be the venue, along with MODEM. The film festival held between 18 and 22 March 2024 is a great opportunity to get an insight into the best of recent film production from Francophone countries, most of which have already been screened at the most prestigious international festivals, and to immerse yourself in the diversity of French-speaking cultures and the beauty of the French language, as the films will be screened in French with Hungarian subtitles.

A colorful program awaits classical music fans in March and April. The Kodály Philharmonic Orchestra, the Kodály Choir and the students, teachers and guests of the University of Debrecen’s Faculty of Music will perform live works by Bach, Chopin, Wagner and Rachmaninov. In the spring, classical music for younger children will also be on offer, with the arrival of Vilmos Gryllus, a popular and much-loved performer of all generations, and the Arco Nobile String Quartet, who will bring the world of classical music closer to children in an interactive concert with an instrument demonstration.

The first month of spring not only brings nature back to life, but also the desire to spend more time outside the four walls and to shake off the spring fatigue on a bustling concert or a big party. In March, Debrecen’s concert venues offer great programs in March. With nationally renowned and popular artists and bands such as Péter Geszti, Nótár Mary and Tankcsapda, retro concerts and UV color parties, there’s something for everyone, whether you’re looking for a quiet, intimate concert or a raging party.

Many people have been waiting for it and the big day is coming soon. On 23 March 2024, concerts will take place in nine venues on the Made in Debrecen Festival.

March is the first month of spring, the time when nature starts to wake up from its winter sleep. Trees and bushes turn green, flowers open their petals and birds chirp in the trees. The days are getting longer and the sun is getting warmer, so we can spend more of our free time outside the four walls. As well as discovering the wonders of nature, March is also a great month to recharge our batteries before spring fatigue, whether it’s a family day out in the park, an exciting city walk to discover lesser-known places and attractions, or a visit to a long-overdue or recently opened exhibition. Debrecen offers all the opportunities to enjoy a lifetime of experiences in March.

Debrecen’s museums, tourist attractions, cultural and recreational institutions await visitors with festive opening hours during the long weekend of 15 March.

The Hungarian Revolution that broke out in 1848 meant a special role for Debrecen: in the first half of 1849 the government of the country moved here, thus, Debrecen became a provisional capital city of Hungary, the ‘guard town of freedom’. The National Assembly held its meetings in the Oratory of the Reformed College, here Lajos Kossuth was appointed Regent as well as the dethronement of the Habsburgs and the Independence of Hungary were declared. The inhabitants of the town supported the unfolding war of independence by providing volunteers and material things. The decisive battle that meant an end to the war through a heavy defeat inflicted on the Hungarians took place at the western part of Debrecen on 2 August 1849.

Many places, statues, memorial plaquettes, historical scenes, exhibitions, commemorate the Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence of 1848-49. If you walk through these, you’ll get a picture about the role Debrecen played in the revolution.

The Association of Hungarian Hotels and Restaurants, the representative body of the Hungarian hotel and catering industry, has announced the Hotel of the Year 2023 competition again this year. The Phoenix Special Award for Hotel of the Year has been given to Hotel Divinus***** Superior of Debrecen.

Hortobágy, the first and the largest national park in Hungary, founded in 1973, will celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2024 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Located just half an hour’s drive from Debrecen, this unique landscape is an outstanding example of the harmonious cooperation between man and nature. The combination of peacefully grazing herds of animals, the people of the Puszta, the still living pastoral traditions, the romantic sweep pole wells in the distance, the unique gastronomy and the rich flora and fauna of the Hortobágy can be experienced all year round. From spring to autumn – or, as they say in the Hortobágy Shepherds’ Year, from herd-out to herd-in – there are a host of programs and events in the Hortobágy that bring the heritage, customs, and traditions of this special world even closer to us.

The Aquaticum SPA is offering its guests a real treat on the weekend of 16-17 March. Hawaiian-themed programs in the indoor aquapark and a sauna marathon in the sauna world will ensure physical and mental rejuvenation to all.

The baby-boom continues at the Zoo Debrecen with the arrival of a cute joey in their red-necked wallaby group!

In the summer of 2024, the Debrecziner Gourmet Festival will be held for the 8th time in the Nagyerdő. Between 14 and 16 June, Hungary’s top restaurants and chefs will gather in Debrecen to showcase the heights at which the pinnacle of gastronomy in Hungary is now reaching.

It has been 10 years since the City of Debrecen, in cooperation with the Debreceni Borozó wine and gastronomy magazine, selects the wines worthy of the honorary title of the Wine of the City of Debrecen. These noble wines – whether they come from any of the excellent wine regions of Hungary – can proudly bear the title of the Wine of the City of Debrecen for one year.

March 3 marks World Wildlife Day, the number one global conservation observance intended to raise awareness of the great richness and value of wildlife on Earth as well as the current plight it faces and the urgent need for conservation efforts. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) was signed on March 3, 1973 – a date that was proclaimed a new addition to the global conservation calendar by the UN General Assembly in 2013.