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The Campus Festival organizers have announced some key additions to the 2022 programme along with Christmas gift tickets which are available for purchase until the 31st of December. The event is to be held between the 20th and 24th July 2022. Read on for recent additions to the lineup.

On 4th December, the Acqaticum Spa in Debrecen is the place to be for a day of wellness pampering and fitness with Santa Claus Aqua Fitness, followed by a fun, late into the night party with the Aqua Mano Party in the Mediterranean Experience Spa!

For the 28th time, the Hungarian Tourism Agency has announced the Flowery Hungary competition. More than 320 entries were received, and the jury awarded 49 prizes. The special award of the Ministry of Innovation and Technology was presented to Mayor László Papp and Member of Parliament László Pósán by Balázs Nagy, Deputy State Secretary for Strategic Affairs of the Ministry of Information and Technology, at a press conference on 25th November 2021.

“Harmonia Caelestis” …. The title of this musical collection is often seen in concert programs during the Advent season, but in many cases, only a few well-known excerpts from Pál Esterházy’s cycle are performed.

This occasion is a special opportunity to take a closer look at the little-known Baroque music tradition of our country: a 40-minute selection of this excellent church music series, with beautiful arias, duets, and ensembles.

Since Saturday the 20th of November, mask-wearing has been mandatory in enclosed spaces. Masks are mandatory in shops, shopping centers, museums, theatres, cinemas, and areas of public administration, those public buildings, and other enclosed spaces that are open to the public. This is in addition to the existing requirement of wearing masks on public transport, a restriction that has already been in place for some time.

The safari programme of the Hortobágy Wildlife Park in the Hortobágy National Park has long been considered a special experience, but now a new safari car has been added to the service. The development was financed with a total of HUF 15 million, of which HUF 12 million was provided by the Hungarian government and the remaining HUF 3 million by the Hortobágy National Park Directorate (HNPI).

We cordially invite you and your family to our Advent 2021 event series in the Small Reformed Church of Debrecen.
By purchasing tickets for the series you support the realization of the event.

World-renowned saxophonist Claude Delangle (France) and his wife, pianist Odile Delangle, will give a concert as part of the Universitas-Debrecen concert series on Thursday 25th November 2021 at 7 p.m. in the Liszt Hall of the Debreceni Egyetem Zeneművészeti Kar (the University of Debrecen, Faculty of Music).

All visitors are cordially welcomed to the English language guide to the Parisian Abstracts. The guide will be given by Flóra Mészáros, the curator of the exhibition entitled “Abstraction-Création”. The exhibition includes works by Kandinsky, Hélion, Calder, Moholy-Nagy. The guide will begin at 11.00 on 28th November on the second floor of the MODEM.

This year, due to precautionary COVID-19 measures there will be no “Advent Market” in the traditional sense to prevent overcrowding, but there will be a flea market, with vendors’ pavilions dispersed around the city centre, Dósa nádor Square will also be part of the festive atmosphere, and a skating rink will be opened in front of the Great Church.

The winter months are the perfect time to indulge in wellness, and especially in Debrecen because the city has great facilities. Many people go to the sauna to ease those aches and pains which are always more noticeable during the cold months. However, the benefits of using a sauna go far beyond just the superficial, sure, it feels great, but using the sauna regularly provides real benefits for one’s health.

Once the bath design competition outcome was decided, the public procurement process was conducted and the contract went to BORD Architect Studio.

The build-up to Christmas can feel like it never ends, the grey sky, the cold and dark feel oppressive and more than a little depressing. It is in these moments of winter lows that we can turn to music to elevate and overcome those depressive tendencies and raise spirits to new highs.

Along with, the Hortobágy Tavern, and the Shepherd’s Gate Museum, one of the must, site-seeing places when visiting Hortobágy is the Nine Hole Bridge. This year, the bridge is 188 years old, and it shows but in the coming weeks, the bridge is to be restored with support from the Ministry of Innovation and Technology.