A family holiday weekend is held in the Museum Garden, and there will also be various events across the country during the holiday long weekend. The Kossuth and Széchenyi awards will be presented on Monday. On Tuesday, March 15, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will give a celebratory speech at Kossuth Square, and there will also be a Peace Procession.
March 15 is the day of the birth of modern parliamentary Hungary, the beginning of the civil revolution and freedom struggle of 1848-49. It was a public holiday for the first time in 1989, and since 1990 it has been an official national holiday.
In view of the long weekend, the festive programs will start this year on Saturday, March 12: concerts and a food fair await those interested in the garden of the Hungarian National Museum. Also starting Saturday, free walks will be held in the Buda Castle, where you will visit the castle sites of the 1848-49 revolution and war of independence.
ON MONDAY, MARCH 14, THE KOSSUTH AND SZÉCHENYI AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE STATE HOUSE.
On Tuesday, March 15, in accordance with tradition, the central programs will begin with the ceremonial raising of the Hungarian national flag in front of the Parliament. After that, you can see the Holy Crown for free in the Parliament.
It will also be on Lajos Kossuth square in front of the Parliament
AT 3 P.M. THE DECORATION CEREMONY, WHICH MINISTER VIKTOR ORBÁN WILL MAKE A SPEECH.
At the request of the organizers, the Peace Procession will also join the ceremony.
In addition, on Tuesday, the Castle Bazaar and the Military History Institute and Museum await families with all-day programs. On the 15th of March
YOU CAN VISIT THE SENT ISTVÁN HALL AND THE HAUSZMANN STORY EXHIBITION FOR FREE,
as well as the New World Born exhibition in the Southern Palaces. In addition, on Tuesday, you can see the Lészen cannon exhibition, which opened on Friday and focuses on Áron Gábor's copper cannon.
In addition to the central programs, various festive events are held throughout the country during the long weekend.
The Budapest Transport Center announced that: during the long weekend, on Saturday, March 12, on the public holidays on March 13, on Saturday, March 14, and on public holidays and public holidays on March 15, the capital's public transport will run according to the timetable public transport flights.
The timetable for the flights of the MÁV-Volán group is also changing.
Trains will run according to the holiday schedule on March 13 and 14, and according to the Sunday schedule on March 15; Volánbusz's local and intercity buses run according to the regular holiday schedule on March 12, but on the 13th, on a public holiday, on the 14th, and on the 15th, on public holidays and non-working days.
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