Summer in Budapest

 

Balaton Sound,  July. The Heineken Balaton Sound Festival on the shores of the Hungarian Sea in Zamárdi offers sun, sand, surf and suds.

August 20th is National holiday in Hungary and celebrates the foundation of the state in 1000. One of the main events is the 30min fireworks diplay on the Danube promenade http://www.flickr.com/photos/janolabs/3848211312/

Of Europe’s established cities nowhere turns on the style like Budapest. When evening’s cloak brings darkness to the central districts of Pest and Belváros, thousands of twinkling lights glint on the ripples of the River Danube, suggesting hidden delights within countless bars and restaurants ” Source The Lonely Planet