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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.

In keeping with tradition, Debrecen has joined the Bach for All Festival this year, – on 21st March in the Little Church and on 31st March in the Great Church, the audience can listen to Johann Sebastian Bach’s works in concert for free.

Between 17th April and 5th May 2022, the second Bartók Spring International Art Week will feature the best of the Hungarian and international art scene, world to renowned companies, exceptional soloists, new productions, and extraordinary performances, with surprises not only in the capital but also in Debrecen.

The heroes of the revolution and the war of independence (1848) are remembered on the 15th March each year, a national holiday in Hungary, last year this was done virtually due to the pandemic, but this year things are back to normal as the mask requirements have been lifted and public gatherings are allowed.

It’s no exaggeration to say that 26th March 2022 promises to be a special day in the history of Debrecen’s popular music scene, but also in terms of the city’s identity. The first Made in Debrecen Festival, which has the ambitious goal of bringing together all the city’s musical acts in record time, will start and run for half a day, with a programme of accompanying events.

At the beginning of March, the Debrecen Zoo welcomed a pair of green tree pythons.

It is hoped that the seven-year-old female and two-year-old male will form a breeding pair, which will allow the unique species to be bred, he added. Now, they can be seen in the Pálmaház of the zoo, said the director of the zoo, Sándor Gergely Nagy.