Budapest trip planner
Tell us when you are here, what you like and how fast you move. The plan is built only from places we have reviewed, grouped so you walk instead of criss-crossing the city, with every closure and event we track for your dates.
Numbered pins are the day you have open. Tap a pin for the place.
The next 90 days at a glance
November 2026
Closures and disruptions
- 30 Aug – 4 NovThe eastern main line runs a different timetable to November 4, and the Cegléd trains moved by half an hourMy Not-So-Secret Love Affair with Hungarian Trains: Your Insider Guide to Riding the Rails Like a Local →
- 21 Sept – 15 NovElisabeth Bridge shuts its Rudas ramp until November, and six buses reroute around itRudas Bath Budapest: The Definitive 2026 Guide (Prices, Night Bathing & Ottoman Magic) →
- 17 Oct – 6 NovTrack work cuts the H8-H9 suburban line to Gödöllő, October 17 to November 6Gödöllő Royal Palace: Sisi's Favorite Retreat, a HÉV Ride From Budapest →
- 23 Oct – 3 JanBudapest's Garden of Lights announces its final season, running October 23 to January 3
Events
- 5 Mar – 31 DecThe Treasures of King Louis I (the Great) of Hungary
- 1 May – 28 FebFreddie: The Exhibition
- 19 May – 4 JanRituals of Beauty: Body Decoration in the Amazon
- 2 Sept – 20 NovAkvárium Klub Autumn Program
- 25 Sept – 8 NovWorld Press Photo Exhibition 2026
- 9 Oct – 31 JanWalk This Way. The Art of Walking
- 15 Oct – 18 NovTosca
- 20 Oct – 7 MarLumina Park
- 21 Oct – 14 FebElhivatottak (The Called): Hungarian Women Artists in the First Half of the 20th Century
- 23 Oct – 3 JanGarden of Lights
- 29 Oct – 11 AprLiving Folk Art: 18th National Folk Art Exhibition
- 29 Oct – 15 NovThe Fountain of Bakhchisarai at the Hungarian State Opera
- 30 Oct – 28 FebBonjour Monsieur Gauguin!
- 3 NovTechno Yoga // Halloween UV Yoga
- 6 Nov – 7 NovKuplung
- 7 NovThe Witcher in Concert
- 7 Nov – 8 NovWhisky & Fine Spirit Show
- 9 NovThe Klezmatics: We Were Made For These Times
- 11 NovJodok Cello
- 12 NovBranford Marsalis & Dianne Reeves: Celebrate John Coltrane
- 13 Nov – 1 JanVörösmarty Classic Xmas (Budapest Christmas Fair, Vörösmarty tér)
- 13 Nov – 1 JanAdvent Bazilika (Christmas Market at St. Stephen's Basilica)
- 13 NovPlacebo
- 14 Nov – 29 NovCarmen
- 14 NovAWS 20 X Madách
- 14 NovThomas Anders
- 14 Nov – 15 NovSt Martin's New Wine Festival and Goose Feast at the Skanzen
- 16 Nov – 25 NovVerzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
- 19 Nov – 19 SeptBuhera: Jerry-Rigging
- 20 Nov – 10 JanThe Nutcracker (Hungarian National Ballet)
- 20 Nov – 24 NovNixon in China (John Adams)
- 20 NovVárosligeti Műjégpálya season opening (City Park Ice Rink)
- 20 Nov – 23 DecDebreceni Advent (Debrecen Christmas Market)
- 21 NovSarah Brightman: A Winter Symphony
- 24 NovPitbull: I'm Back!
- 27 Nov – 24 DecEger Advent (Christmas Market in Eger)
- 27 Nov – 23 DecAdvent Győrben (Advent in Győr)
- 30 NovSmokie
December 2026
Closures and disruptions
- 23 Oct – 3 JanBudapest's Garden of Lights announces its final season, running October 23 to January 3
Events
- 5 Mar – 31 DecThe Treasures of King Louis I (the Great) of Hungary
- 1 May – 28 FebFreddie: The Exhibition
- 19 May – 4 JanRituals of Beauty: Body Decoration in the Amazon
- 9 Oct – 31 JanWalk This Way. The Art of Walking
- 20 Oct – 7 MarLumina Park
- 21 Oct – 14 FebElhivatottak (The Called): Hungarian Women Artists in the First Half of the 20th Century
- 23 Oct – 3 JanGarden of Lights
- 29 Oct – 11 AprLiving Folk Art: 18th National Folk Art Exhibition
- 30 Oct – 28 FebBonjour Monsieur Gauguin!
- 13 Nov – 1 JanVörösmarty Classic Xmas (Budapest Christmas Fair, Vörösmarty tér)
- 13 Nov – 1 JanAdvent Bazilika (Christmas Market at St. Stephen's Basilica)
- 19 Nov – 19 SeptBuhera: Jerry-Rigging
- 20 Nov – 10 JanThe Nutcracker (Hungarian National Ballet)
- 20 Nov – 23 DecDebreceni Advent (Debrecen Christmas Market)
- 27 Nov – 24 DecEger Advent (Christmas Market in Eger)
- 27 Nov – 23 DecAdvent Győrben (Advent in Győr)
- 4 Dec – 31 DecRecirquel: Kristály, a winter circus tale (Millenáris)
- 13 Dec – 16 JanLa Bohème
- 16 DecBryan Adams: Roll with the Punches
- 20 DecJosé Carreras
- 31 DecKincsem Park New Year's Eve Trotting Festival (Ügetőszilveszter)
- 31 Dec – 1 JanHELLO 2027 New Year's Eve Festival
January 2027
Closures and disruptions
- 23 Oct – 3 JanBudapest's Garden of Lights announces its final season, running October 23 to January 3
Events
- 1 May – 28 FebFreddie: The Exhibition
- 19 May – 4 JanRituals of Beauty: Body Decoration in the Amazon
- 9 Oct – 31 JanWalk This Way. The Art of Walking
- 20 Oct – 7 MarLumina Park
- 21 Oct – 14 FebElhivatottak (The Called): Hungarian Women Artists in the First Half of the 20th Century
- 23 Oct – 3 JanGarden of Lights
- 29 Oct – 11 AprLiving Folk Art: 18th National Folk Art Exhibition
- 30 Oct – 28 FebBonjour Monsieur Gauguin!
- 13 Nov – 1 JanVörösmarty Classic Xmas (Budapest Christmas Fair, Vörösmarty tér)
- 13 Nov – 1 JanAdvent Bazilika (Christmas Market at St. Stephen's Basilica)
- 19 Nov – 19 SeptBuhera: Jerry-Rigging
- 20 Nov – 10 JanThe Nutcracker (Hungarian National Ballet)
- 13 Dec – 16 JanLa Bohème
- 31 Dec – 1 JanHELLO 2027 New Year's Eve Festival
- 1 Jan – 3 JanNew Year's at the Opera: Beethoven 9
- 23 JanManowar
- 23 JanMICHAEL: The Show Is Mine (Michael Jackson tribute production)
- 24 JanWWE Road to Royal Rumble
- 30 JanRoby Lakatos & Hollywood Orchestra
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