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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