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What else could spring school break be about but Easter? For a whole week, families in Debrecen can enjoy a variety of Easter activities.

For the Christian world, Palm Sunday is a special biblical holiday. For us, the people of Debrecen, it is also an ethnographic day, which for more than ten years has been presenting Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem in a comprehensive artistic form, accompanied by the “willow branch” consecration and ecumenical liturgy. A press conference was held at the Svetits Catholic Kindergarten, Elementary School, Grammar School and Dormitory on the 2nd of April, 2025, to discuss the details of this year’s Palm Sunday program series.

A special visual experience awaits visitors at Baltazár Dezső Square between 12-15 April. The Chromosphere programme combines the magical world of Fulldome projections with workshops, lectures and immersive visual experiences for adults and children alike.

Debrecen’s cultural exuberance is approaching: the Debrecen Spring Festival is waiting for its audience again between 5 and 15 April 2025!

The program will again feature a variety of genres: classical music, theatre, children’s concerts and Easter activities. Popular Hungarian artists, including Petra Gubik, Réka Farkasházi and the Talamba band, will provide a great entertainment, but also performers from Debrecen celebrating their round anniversary this year, such as the 15-year-old Bordó Sárkány band, the 50-year-old Panta Rhei and the 30-year-old Djabe.

For the fourth time this year, music will be played for a full day in the city. On 29 March, the Made in Debrecen Festival will feature concerts at nine venues. Here’s the list; it’s worth seeing and hearing as many artists as possible at as many venues as possible!

Debrecen will host the opening of a unique European cultural program in early April. China’s Zhejiang Wu Opera will present the legend of the White Snake in Vienna and, in Hungary alone, in Debrecen. This outstanding work of the traditional Chinese Wu opera style will be performed on 1 and 2 April 2025 at the 160-year-old Csokonai Theatre.

The Municipality of Debrecen welcomes the announcement that Universal Air will launch two return flights a week from Debrecen International Airport on the Debrecen-Leipzig and Debrecen-Malta routes from 30 March 2025.

Israel will play a World Cup qualifier against Estonia and Norway in front of a large crowd at the Nagyerdei Stadium.

The first month of spring offers so much to discover in Debrecen, from nature-based experiences to themed city walks and cultural programs. Here are our top picks for March!

On the occasion of the 176th anniversary of the outbreak of the Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence of 1848/49, festive programs and commemorations will be held throughout the city of Debrecen on the occasion of the national holiday of 15 March.

This year’s series of retro events of the Debrecen Transport Company (DKV) will continue in spring: on 15 March, lovers of vintage vehicles – buses, trolleybuses, trams and locomotives – will be awaited with many surprises.

The 15th edition of the Francophone Film Days is coming to Debrecen and to the whole country. The best French films await you, giving you an insight into the trends and moods of contemporary French cinema.

The screenings start on 8 March at MODEM and continue on 19 March at the Apollo cinema.

One of Europe’s most traditional boxing tournaments, the 69th István Bocskai István Memorial Tournament, will begin on 11 March in Debrecen, in the Oláh Gábor Street Sports Hall, with 200 boxers from 13 countries already confirmed to take part.

Accor continues to expand its portfolio in Hungary: the Hotel Lycium in Debrecen joins the Handwritten Collection, a select collection of hotels offering unique accommodation. Opening in October, the hotel will be the first Handwritten Collection hotel in the country, bringing a unique charm to the region’s hospitality industry.