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The largest cultural investment in rural Hungary will be completed by the summer of 2023.

The renovation of the Csokonai Theater is well underway as part of the “Modern Cities” and the “Debrecen 2030” programs. The theater will not only receive a modern stage, state-of-the-art sound, and lighting technology, and the auditorium will also have its capacity expanded as well.

The Reformed Church of Debrecen is often the first thing that comes to mind when you think of sights to see in Debrecen. The neoclassical building, which stands on the main square of the city, has become a symbol of Debrecen and is one of the city’s most popular tourist attractions for a reason – its development and fate are closely linked to the history of the city, and its size and role in history make it a national landmark.

Winter has finally arrived in Debrecen and suprised us with a beautiful snowfall on January’s second weekend. The city has turned into a winter wonderland bringing joy to all.

The Success of Hungarian wines at recent International Wine Competitions, such as the Effervescents du Monde competition in France, and the British Decanter World wine awards has had an additional benefit, an increase in wine tourism. Hungary came in 10th place in a list of the 26 world’s top wine tourism destinations.

After the winter break, the Agora Science Experience Centre will reopen on 5th January with a variety of science education programmes. During the first month of the year, weekend activities will include origami animal folding, musical instrument making, snake species, the secrets of winter bird feeding, and the golden rules of bird watching.

A selection of works by classical composers – Rimsky-Korsakov, Shostakovich, Mozart, Haydn – will be performed at the Kodály Philharmonic Debrecen’s January concerts. The two concerts will feature Russian stories as well as works by great masters of great eras.

The main purpose of the country’s first provincial zoo and only amusement park is to provide fun for generations and to make its services as accessible as possible to its main target audience, families. This is why, in addition to the free admission for those under-3 years of age (unique among domestic zoos), and the discount for large families, this year it will further expand its beneficiaries by offering free birthday admission to all its guests under 18 from the 1st January 2022.

This year the Zsuzsi Forest Railway, the oldest narrow-gauge railway in Hungary, celebrates its 140th birthday. The past few years have been challenging for Zsuzsi, undergoing a year and a half of renovation and pandemic restrictions, but the railway has overcome these obstacles well, closing 2021 with a full house and record passenger numbers. We spoke to Hajnalka Fogarasi Makóné, Managing Director of the Zsuzsi Forest Railway Nonprofit Ltd.

The 15th European Men’s Handball Championship will be co-organized by Hungary and Slovakia from 13 to 30 January 2022. Both nations will host the best handball players in Europe for the first time, this will be the second time the continent tournament will be held in a shared order. One of the locations of the games in Hungary is the country’s second city Debrecen.

It’s big news for fans of the world-famous English musician, Sting that the 17-time Grammy Award-winning artist will play two concerts in Hungary next year as part of his My Songs tour. He will perform the most popular songs of his career in Budapest on 16th March 2022 and in Debrecen on 17th March 2022. The venue for the Debrecen concert is the recently renovated Főnix Arena.

Dwight Robson’s African-American Baptist pastor’s band, The Golden Voices of Gospel will give a concert in Debrecen. Due to the pandemic the concert is rescheduled and will be held on November 18th instead of January 13th, 2022. The venue is the same, the Reformed Great Church.

This year again, Hotel Lycium is waiting for its guests with novelties, star performers, and a great atmosphere on the last day of the year!