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Less than a month after the Szerencsejáték Zrt. – CXXIV. Lajos Barcsa, Deputy Mayor of Debrecen, Sándor Wladár, President of the Hungarian Swimming Federation, Csaba Sós, the Federation Captain, András Becsky, Managing Director of the Debrecen Sportcentrum and Tamás Darnyi, four-time Olympic champion swimmer, attended the official press conference of the event held at the Aquaticum Thermal Hotel in Debrecen.

The city of Debrecen will host the event for the eighth time between 20th April and 23rd April, the last time the Debrecen Sports Centre hosted the adult national swimming championships was in 2019. With just over two months to go until the World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, the swimmers will be competing in the four-day event, which is sure to be a thrilling battle as a World Championships qualifier.

We’ve found out when and with whom festival-goers can party. International stars will be joined by local acts and emerging talent on the Campus stages.

From 20th to 24th July, Campus Festival will once again be the place to be for all the party lovers. Already in November, it was announced that names such as Tiësto, Norway’s Aurora, the UK’s The Toy Dolls, and Jungle by Night will also be playing at the festival. As recently reported by Dehir, Zara Larsson, something like Sigel, will also be performing.

So far spring has been mild, bringing forward summer, although the leaves are not yet on the trees, the local bands are willing and able to begin their new season. Why not have a Friday night out. Unfortunately, you’ll have to choose, because the below events are being held at the same time at different locations.

The Amusement Park is delighted to announce that one of its most popular attractions, the Little Railway, inaugurated on 1st May 1960 and unmissable for six decades, will welcome its returning and new passengers on its 62nd birthday this May Day weekend, following a complete mechanical and aesthetic overhaul.

Between 31st March and 2nd April, the National Association of Hungarian Basketball Players will organise this year’s Tibor Zsíros Men’s Hungarian Cup eight to finals at the Főnix Arena.

As temperatures and sunshine hours rise, more and more people are taking to their bicycles, which have been in storage until now, and using them daily as a means of transport. Cycling means reducing emissions to zero, travelling fast and living a healthier life in body and mind. In Debrecen, the number and total length of cycle paths has multiplied in recent years; by the end of the year, the city’s cycle path network will reach 108 kilometres. It is planned to cycle as far as Hortobágy.

After a two-year break, the Hortobágy Horse Riding Days will be held again this year, said the head of the project and marketing department of the Hortobágy Nature Conservation and Gene Preservation Nonprofit Ltd.

Ákos Torbik said that the last time the horse riding days were held before the break due to the coronavirus epidemic was in 2019 when about 20,000 visitors took part in the various programmes. The organisation of this year’s event is already well underway and the exact date has been set: the 54th Horse Riding Days will be held between 15th July and 17th July at the usual venue, Hortobágy-Mátá. Speaking about the programme, Torbik Ákos said that three main aspects had been taken into account when compiling the programme. On the one hand, traditional equestrian events will not be missing this year, on the other hand, there will be special programmes for children and cultural programmes, including music, will play an important role.

With nine live music stages and six other music and dance venues, the Campus Festival, the most comfortable summer festival in Hungary, is the largest of its kind east of the Danube, offering a diverse programme of light music, cultural and artistic activities, leisure activities and experiences.

With the intention of creating tradition, the Főnix Arena is organising the fifth FőnixFitt leisure and mass sports event, the biggest fitness event in Eastern Hungary.

The Wunderbar Festival aims to motivate more people to learn German in Hungary.

The Wunderbar Festival, the first full-week national series of events revolving around the German language, will take place from the 28th of March to the 2nd of April. 

The Future of Debrecen presents a Green Cinema series. If you are interested in environmental problems and their solutions. watch the first screening of the film club, “Ice on Fire”, produced by one of our favourite environmental actors Leonardo DiCaprio.

The Kodály Filharmonikusok Debrecen and Kodály Filharmónia Debrecen will perform a string serenade on the Tuesday, 29th March 2022 at 7:30 p.m.