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Writer, Poet and soldier, Mihály Fazekas (1766-1828) was born in Debrecen on January 6th 1766 and died in Debrecen on February 23rd 1828. On one hand, he was a soldier, an army private for seven years before being commissioned as a Hussar officer, and on the other hand he was someone who was disgusted by warfare and violence of any kind.

On the surface it seems a huge contradiction of character, but to understand the man you need to understand his journey through life.

The Kossuth and Liszt Prize-winning pianist Gergely Bogányi will give a piano concert solo on the evening of December 1st, 7.30 pm in the Great Hall of the Kölcsey Center in Debrecen, which can be followed live online from 7.30 pm.

They have already decorated the Christmas tree in the main square of Debrecen this week. Hundreds of ball balls were hung on the branches, and there are about 16,500 lights on the pine tree. 

In years past there would be vendors’ setting up their stalls in this place, at this time, but not this year, due to the pandemic, the Advent fair will be greatly missed in Debrecen and everywhere else in Hungary, and before you ask, no, there will be no ferris wheel or ice rink either.

The Debrecen Házai (Houses of Debrecen) online website was launched in 2019 by architect Attila Harangi. The young architect, who is mapping the civic residential houses of Debrecen, started the site with 200 civic residential houses listed.

The Medgyessy promenade, located at the entrance of the Great Forest is by far the most appealing entrance to the Great Forest, especially now with the Autumn colours. This spot was frequented by talented poets, authors, and scientists.  The forest the promenade leads to provided several research topics for scientists.  István Hatvani, a famous professor of European significance often looked for plants with curative effects here.

THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC has published their annual list of “Top 25 Destinations” for 2021, wonderful places that will inspire future travels and remind us why we love to travel. Hortobágy is included as reported by turistamamagazin.hu.

In the face of a world where travel is often difficult, not advised, or outlawed, the most important message of this year’s compilation is hope. dream now, travel later.

Momentary fleeting happiness and situational resignation are the two pillars of Árpád Tóth’s poetic works, a reflection of his great suffering in life. Like so many during the age he was afflicted by tuberculosis and lived in poverty for the most part of it. 

His works speak of stark reality, failed expectations in life and love, dashed hopes and dreams.

According to Anonymus, a notary and chronicler of an un-named Hungarian king, the conquering Hungarians occupied the Debrecen area taking it from the Bulgarian prince Mén Maró. Thereafter it was inhabited by the Hungarians, and thus Debrecen is one of the oldest Hungarian cities. But where were its people from before and after?

The project  “Streets of Debrecen”  is about capturing the streets of the city in a unique way. It was inspired by the research done by biologist and founder of the project Viktor Löki. 

Mihály Csokonai was an innovative Hungarian poet, born and raised in Debrecen.  His talent was recognized early at high school by his teachers, József Háló Kováts who taught poetry and Fodor Gerzson who taught higher rhetorical and metaphysical classes. 

After graduating from Debrecen College in 1788, he went on to study applied geometry, natural sciences, and philosophy under József Milesz, theology under András Ormós as well as applied geometry.  He was most influenced by Hungarian history, general world history along with ancient literature. 

The last decades of the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th century are of paramount importance in terms of both the design and construction in Debrecen. Knowing this is to understand the process that Debrecen went through to become a big city during the period of about a quarter of a century up until the First World War. Spectacular building projects were undertaken all over the city and was a period when the new buildings reached the standard of most modern cities of the time, in terms of size, decoration, structure, and location.

It has been a hard year. Even now when theaters, cinemas, museums, and restaurants are closed, events are cancelled, and due to the curfew between 8 pm and 5 am we are even more restricted on what we can do. We hope that tourism will restart next year soon and that we will be able to go on short holidays once again.

Until then we have no other choice but to be a tourist in our own city and explore Debrecen from a fresh perspective.

New COVID-19 rules make quarantine when entering Hungary from abroad, law. No separate administration decision is no longer needed. Hotels are no longer able to accept tourists.

At the same time fees for breaking quarantine have increased to dissuade those thinking of doing so. The fees have increased from HUF 50,000 to HUF 150,000 (maximum fine).

The fee issued can be anywhere between 5000 HUF and the maximum.

In order to slow down the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, the Annual Advent programs and the Advent fair will not be held this year in Debrecen. 

Főnix Rendezvényszervező Közhasznú Nonprofit Kft. is confident that, in accordance with the epidemiological measures of the government and the city, in addition to strict mask-wearing, this decision will also reduce the number of new cases in Debrecen.