Holidays
Hungarian Holidays
These are the major national holidays. Some are official and others are just widely celebrated.
Also see Name Days
January 1 — Újév (New Year’s Day)
February 1 — A köztársaság emléknapja (Memorial Day of the Republic)
February 25 — A kommunista diktatúrák áldozatainak emléknapja (Memorial Day for the Victims of the Communist Dictatorships)
March 8 — Nemzetközi nőnap (International Women’s Day)
March 15 — Nemzeti ünnep (National Day)
Moveable — Húsvétvasárnap (Easter Sunday)
Moveable — Húsvéthétfő (Easter Monday)
April 16 — A holokauszt áldozatainak emléknapja (Memorial Day for the Victims of the Holocaust)
May 1 — A munka ünnepe (Labour day; anniversary of the accession to the EU)
May 21 — Honvédelmi nap (National Defense Day)
Moveable — Pünkösdvasárnap (Pentecost Sunday)
Moveable — Pünkösdhétfő (Pentecost Monday)
June 4 — A nemzeti összetartozás napja (Day of National Unity)
June 19 — A független Magyarország napja (Day of the Independent Hungary)
August 20 — Szent Istvánünnepe (Saint Stephen’s Day)
October 6 — Az aradi vértanúk emléknapja (Memorial Day for the Martyrs of Arad)
October 23 — Nemzeti ünnep (National Day). See 1956.
November 1 — Mindenszentek (All Saints Day)
December 6 — Mikulás,Télapó (Santa Claus, Saint Nicholas Day)
December 25 — Karácsony (Christmas)
December 26 — Karácsony másnapja (Second Day of Christmas)
December 31 — Szilveszter (New Year’s Eve)
Moveable — Farsang (Carnival)
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