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Debrecen has much to offer the cyclist, it has an 80+ kilometers bicycle path network, which is being extended by another 22 kilometers of cycle paths.

It is extremely easy to navigate in the city that has very little traffic, good roads, and diverse cycle paths. If you would like to cycle around, you can easily ride to many places both in and out of the city,

Within the city, it’s super easy to get around, we recommended riding to Kossuth Square, which is the heart of the city and then visit the Reformed College Museum to gain a greater understanding of the history of the city and the surrounding area.

Just like last summer, this July holds unique experiences at the Debrecen Zoo.  Weekly Evening Walks will make a return as a prelude to the upcoming Night at the Zoo. This time around, the ever-popular guided tour will also be available in English.

Just like any other city, Debrecen has its own dark history with scandals, intrigues, violence, and murder which make for interesting reading. It’s a far cry from today, Debrecen is now considered one of the safest cities in Hungary, and yet the history remains.  There are several interesting buildings and streets in the city that hide some scandalous history.

Within the framework of the program series ”DEkult” a number of colorful cultural programs await those who visit Debrecen over the weekend.

The previous one-day program called “Night of the Museums” Night will be extended to three days over the weekend, combining with the “Night of the Youth”, the “Night of the Literature”, the “Night of the Arts” and the “Night of the Music”. 

On June 27, during the traditional event “Night of the Museums”, the collections of the Reformed College and the Magda Szabó Memorial House will also join these programs.

The initiative aims to breathe new life into the city center through cultural programs, helping to revitalize the city’s economy.

As part of the “Step-by-Step” series of events, shoppers will be able to see the works of renowned artists from Debrecen at the Showcase Exhibition taking place over the next few months in the shop windows of eight shops in the City Center.

During the inauguration of what was then known as the Lenin Park facility, the tram service was suspended on Stalin Boulevard.

“Debrecen will be the venue of a national cultural competition today: the open-air stage in Lenin Park in the Great Forest will be handed over to the city’s workers in a ceremonial setting, starting at half past nine in the evening,”

Néplap June 10th 1950

With the lifting of the epidemiological emergency, museums and cultural institutions in Debrecen have reopened. The Déri Museum, the Museum of the Reformed College of Debrecen, the MODEM, the Youth House and the Great Reformed Church await the visitors, cinema-goers can sit next to each other in the Apollo Garden Cinema, and the Méliusz Library has also removed visiting time restrictions.

“The government lifted the emergency, originally declared on 11th March, on 18th June, in parallel with epidemiological preparedness measures, with a view to eliminating the emergency”. Subsequently, the cultural institutions will reopen their cultural spaces to visitors on 19th June in accordance with the usual rules,” according to the statement of Debrecen municipality.

On Saturday morning, June 20th, the Aquaticum Strand complex opened to the public, now completed at the cost of HUF 9.5 billion investment with government support of HUF 7.1 billion.

The cornerstone of the Aquaticum Debrecen Strand was laid in the summer of 2018, and in two years that followed “perhaps the most modern” bath in the country was completed – stated Gergely Gulyás, Minister of the Prime Minister’s office, at the opening on Friday.

Debrecen’s 2030 program is transformative, a complex and comprehensive urban planning strategy that will shape Debrecen for the next decade and far beyond. The relocation of the Natural History Museum from Budapest to Debrecen is part of this program.

László Palkovics, the Minister of Innovation and Technology announced that the government has approved the development concept of Debrecen planned for 2030, which aims to make Debrecen the center of the eastern region of Hungary.

In the first Virtual Exhibition of its kind in Debrecen, the Deri Museum commemorates the 100th anniversary of the signing of the peace treaty of Trianon.

The Trianon 100 memorial exhibition only exists in the virtual space, designed and arranged by the staff of the museum: Balázs Korompai, Attila Ősz, and Katalin Váradi.

Debrecen’s newest spa, Aquaticum Debrecen Strand, will open on 20th June with a beach marathon.

Schedule of extended opening hours for the beach marathon are as follows:

• 20th June, Saturday, 6 AM – 11 PM
• 21st June, Sunday, 6 AM – 8 PM

After 24 years of waiting, undisturbed areas will finally be established in Hortobágy, the WWF has announced.

Based on a new decree, the Hortobágy National Park will be the first in Hungary to establish a zoning system in accordance with international practice, which will determine what type of land use is possible in each part of the protected area.

In the “core area” as according to the international practice, the basic goal is to ensure that wildlife can remain undisturbed, with as little human intervention as possible. 

The 41st Tour de Hongrie cycle race starts at the Basilica of Esztergom and ends at the top of Kékes mountain. 

Károly Eisenkrammer, the main organizer of the Tour de Hongrie, said that due to the coronavirus, it was necessary to make some changes to the route originally planned for May. The only significant change is that the cycling race will start in Esztergom. This section will be 118 kilometers long.

The second section starts from Debrecen and ends in Hajdúszoboszló, followed by the third section between Karcag and Nyíregyháza. On the fourth day, cyclists must then ride from Sárospatak to Kazincbarcika. 

Debrecen Zoo offers a ticket for HUF 1,000 per child for families with NOE (National Association of Large Families)  membership.

In addition to its nature conservation rescue tasks, one of the most visited tourist and cultural institutions in Debrecen, the Great Forest Cultural Park, performs tasks of high public interest by providing unique entertainment and recreation opportunities for tens of thousands of families each year.