Winter Wonderland Budapest Cinema Mystica

Visit the magical Winter Wonderland at Cinema Mystica Budapest during December. Your perception will be challenged while playfully interacting with the immersive Light exhibits as you venture through different settings.

Winter Wonderland Budapest Cinema Mystica

Magical Immerisve Light, Sound and Art in Budapest. Visit Cinema Mystica for its beautiful Interactive displays that feature some of the most instagrammable images where you become part of the scenery. Multi sensory delight will spark up the winter days. Cinema Mystica in Budapest offers unique program for families and for individuals. Since the display is very popular, please book your tickets in advance.

Opening Hours of Cinema Mystica Budapest

Days: every day
Hours: from 10 am to 10pm
Immersive magical experience in Budapest: light art in the best festive sense of the word.

Entry Tickets Cinema Mystica Budapest

Tickets are available for €15,21 per person
Prebook tickets for the busiest days in December and January before they get sold out.
Available every day in December, with shortened opening hours on Dec 24 (Christmas Eve). Open all day on Dec 25, Dec 26, Dec 31 and Jan 1, but expect to have it all booked up by then.
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Cinema Mystica Budapest

Cinema Mystica has opened it’s gates in 2023 and quickly became one of the most popular programs in town. Beautiful large digital art installations that will truly make you feel in winter wonderland on 1200 square meters in 10 rooms in the city centre of Budapest.
Family friendly, a must see for those perfect instagram photos and youtube shorts during your Christmas visit in Budapest, Hungary.
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Tickets are selling out quickly for the Christmas / New Year holidays! It’s an entirely new way to experience art, and one of Budapest’s finest immersive experiences.

 

 

The Christmas Market at Vorosmarty Square awaits guests with Free Concerts and Performances from Nov 8 until Jan 1. Have a walk, enjoy the free concerts, the heart-warming lights and taste some Christmas delicacies. Programs are various and colourful from Kids Puppetries to Blues, Soul or Folk performances.

2019 Free Concerts at the Budapest Christmas Market

Nov 21
17:00    Bartok Folk Dance Group
18:00    Bori Magyar (Hungarian Folk Pop)
19:00    Dobroda (Folk)

Nov 22
17:00    Bese-Yengibarian duo (Hungarian – Armenian Folk)
18:00    Viki Havay and Band (Folk)
19:30    SoulFool Band

Nov 23
11:00    MASZK Puppetry
14:00    Reparetekmogyoro Duo for Kids
17:00    Stelli-Saturday Guitar Duo
18:00    Dynamite Dudes (Rock and Roll)
19:30    7 Seconds In The Future

Nov 24
11:00    Paprikajancsi (for Kids)
14:00    Bogarmuzsika (for Kids)
17:00    Teddy Harpo
18:00    Marton Hangacsi
19:00    Hajdu-Szakonyi Duo

Nov 25
17:00    Lampalang
18:00    Zsolt Benko Guitarist
19:00    Gauditorium Band

Nov 26
17:00    Barna Marthy
18:00    Jazz Up
19:00    7 Seconds LOOP

Nov 27
17:00    Bulcsu Babarci
18:00    Folka Móka
19:00    Kodachrome

Nov 28
17:00     Bartherapy (Barterapia)
18:00    Indian Joe Band
19:00    Dobroda

Nov 29
17:00    Kodachrome
18:00    Cimbali Band (Folk and World Music)
19:30    Jazzation (H) Septem Viri (B)

Nov 30
11:00  Reparetekmogyoro Duo for Kids

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Budapest Christmas Market Gifts BudapestChristmasCom

14:00    Portéka színpad
17:00    Stelli-Saturday Duo
18:00    Marthy Dharma
19:30    7 Seconds In The Future

Dec 1
11:00    Marcipan Cica (For Kids)
14:00    Bubabal  (Kids Dance Theater)
16:00    Advent Candle Lighting
17:00    Barna Marthy
18:00    Dynamite Dudes
19:00    Rebeka Nagy-Babos – Peter Cseh Duo

Dec 2
17:00    Bulcsu Babarci
18:00    Hajdu-Cseke Duo
19:00    Teddy Harpo

Dec 3
17:00    Bartok Folk Dance Group
18:00    Marthy Barna
19:00    Eszterlanc

Dec 4
17:00    Petruska
18:00    Oti Voice
19:00    Napfonat

Dec 5
17:00    Magyar Bori
18:00    Kanizsa – Lamm Duo
19:00    Dobroda

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Budapest Christmas Market Puppets TopBudapestOrg

Dec 5
16:00-17:30 Santa Claus
18:00    Pro Vocal Choir
19:30    Brass Show

Dec 6
11:00    Zabszalma
14:00   MASZK Puppetry
17:00    Szombati-Stelli Guitar Duo
18:00    Folk on 45 Band
19:30    Cimbali Band

Dec 8

11:00   Bartok Folk Dance Group
14:00    Versi Varsa
16:00    Advent Candle Lighting
17:00    Magyar Bori
18:00    Folk on 45
19:00    Hajdu-Szakonyi Duo

Dec 9
17:00    Zsolt Benko
18:00    Hajdu-Cseke Duo
19:00    Voice Drops

Dec 10
17:00    Bartok Folk Dance Group
18:00    Roma Hungaricum
19:30    7 Seconds LOOP

Dec 11
17:00    Bulcsu Babarci
18:00    Oti Voice
19:30    Kodachrome

Dec 12
17:00    Noemo acoustic
18:00    Kanizsa Lamm Duo
19:00    Napfonat

Dec 13
17:00    Indian Joe Band
18:00    Marthy Dharma
19:30    Viki Havay and Band

Dec 14
11:00  Bartok Folk Dance Group
14:00    Reparetekmogyoro Duo
17:00    Szombati-Stelli Guitar Duo
18:00    Muriel
19:30    SoulFool Band

Dec 15
11:00  MASZK Puppetry
14:00    Bubabal (Kids Dance Theater)
16:00    Advent Candle Lighting
17:00    Kodachrome
18:00    Bese-Yengibarian duo
19:00    Hangácsi Márton

Dec 16
17:00    Indian Joe Band

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Budapest Christmas Market Toys for Children TopBudapestOrg

18:00    Oti Voice
19:00    Budapest Show Choir

Dec 17
17:00    Barna Marthy
18:00    Folk on 45
19:30    Gauditorium

Dec 18
17:00    Petruska
18:00    Voice Drops
19:30    Hajdu-Szakonyi Duo

Dec 19
17:00    Bartherapy (Barterapia)
18:00    Kanizsa – Lamm dup
19:00    7 Seconds LOOP

Dec 20
17:00    Old Suba & Fender
18:00    Marthy Dharma
19:30    SoulFool Band

Dec 20
11:00    Zabszalma (For Kids)
14:00    Bogarmuzsika (For Kids)
17:00    Bese-Yengibarian duo
18:00    Muriel
19:30    Viki Havay and Band

Dec 22
11:00    Paprikajancsi (For Kids)
14:00    Versi Varsa
16:00   Advent Candle Lighting
17:00    Marton Hangacsi
18:00    Folk on 45
19:00    Teddy Harpo

Dec 23
17:00    Old Suba & Fender
18:00    Sixtones
19:00    Budapest Show Choir

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Budapest Christmas Market Winter Weekend Budapest

Dec 27
17:00    Kodachrome
18:00    Marthy Dharma
19:30    Cimbali Band

Dec 28
11:00    Paprikajancsi (For Kids)
14:00    Marcipan Cica (For Kids)
17:00    Magyar Bori
18:00    Dynamite Dudes
19:30    7 Seconds In The Future

Dec 22
11:00    Versi Varsa
14:00    Porteka Stage
17:00    Barna Marthy
18:00    Bese-Yengibarian duo
19:00    Swing a’la Django

 

 

Gingerbread City Budapest

Every year around Christmas time in Budapest there is a charming, festive Gingerbread City built by local Hungarians, families, friends, businesses, engineers, architects, and thousands of other volunteers. You can visit the exhibition, a fascinating city of tiny creations made all from gingerbread.

Gingerbread City Budapest (photo by Agnesz Duszka)

Gingerbread City Budapest (photo by Agnesz Duszka)

The city of Budapest Gingerbread features hand sized homes, local landmarks, as well as beautiful vehicles, trains, cars, boats, and cityscape scenes. Walk through the city and enjoy the aromatic wafts of the gingerbread as well as the enchanting sights of the mini city.

Opening Hours

Days: December 22, 2018 – February 23, 2019
Hours:
Dec 22, 2018:  11am – 2pm, 4-8pm
Dec 23, 2018:  11am – 2pm, 4-8pm
Dec 24, 2018: Closed
Dec 25, 2018: Closed
Dec 26, 2018: Closed
Dec 31, 2018: Closed
Jan 1, 2019: Closed
Jan 2, 2019: 11am – 2pm, 4-8pm
Jan 3 – Feb 23: 4-8pm (every day except Sundays and Mondays)
Venue: Budapest Whale (Balna)

Entry Fee

Visiting the Gingerbread City is free of charge.

Budapest Gingerbread City (photo by Zsolt Madarasz)

Budapest Gingerbread City (photo by Zsolt Madarasz)

The innovative display with its magically lit gingerbread art pieces connects well with the holiday spirits in December.

 It’s one of the off the beaten path programmes in our Budapest things to do guide for the winter holiday season. The community effort is mostly visited by locals (not only children, but adults too can enjoy it), but tourists are welcome to enjoy walking through a miniature Christmas fairy tale in a utopian familial town, where peace and harmony exceeds our every days.

Gingerbread cities have mushroomed all over Europe, including the V&A Museum in London, or Pepperkakebyen in Bergen, where apparently the biggest Gingerbread City is built every year at Christmas time.

 

Gingerbread City Budapest (photo by Zsolt Madarasz)

Gingerbread City Budapest (photo by Zsolt Madarasz)


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Discover the greatest Christmas Markets in Vienna on a private full day trip from Budapest. Extend your Budapest Christmas holiday by visiting Vienna’s city centre for a fantastic day of shopping and strolling among the beautiful festive stalls and huts of multiple Christmas Markets – use your private minibus to navigate in the city as you wish.

Vienna Christmas Market

Vienna Christmas Market

Enjoy a glass of hot punch or mulled wine, try a delicious apple strudel, and indulge in the Viennese winter wonderland! The 10 hour private day trip includes your own private minibus for the trip there and back.

Vienna Christmas Tour Booking

When in Vienna, during the approx. 5.5 hours stay in the Austrian capital, you will have the opportunity to visit some – or even all – of the 7 Christmas Markets walking or by car, as the private driver will be at your service during the whole day trip.

Inclusions of Vienna Christmas Market Day Trip from Budapest

  • Full Day Private Trip to Vienna from Budapest (Budapest – Vienna – Budapest)
  • Visiting Vienna Christmas Markets (you pick which ones)
  • Private Driver available during the whole trip
  • Unlimited Transfer within the city of Vienna / Wien
  • Hotel Pickup and Drop Off
  • E-Ticket via email (no printing needed)

Prices of Vienna Christmas Market Day Trip from Budapest

1 Guest: €385 per person
2 Guests: €193 per person
3 Guests: €129 per person
4 Guests: €109 per person
5 Guests: €97 per person
6 Guests: €86 per person
7 Guests: €79 per person

Vienna Christmas Tour Booking

Schedule of Vienna Christmas Market Visit

Vienna Christmas Market

Vienna Christmas Market

The Vienna Christmas Market Tour is available every day between Nov 23 and Dec 23, 2018.
Recommended tour start is at 9am, but as it’s a private trip, you can amend the schedule as it suits you, starting slightly earlier or later.

9 am: Hotel Pickup in Budapest
11.20 am (approx.): Arrival in Vienna
11.20 am – 5 pm: Visiting Vienna Christmas Markets – you choose which ones
5 pm: Departure from Vienna to Budapest
7.20pm (approx.): Hotel Drop Off in Budapest

Miscellaneous Info  of the Viennese Christmas Market Day Trip

  • The trip between Budapest and Vienna takes approx. 2 hours 20 minutes, it is an estimated trip duration, which might be longer / shorter depending on the actual traffic
  • Most of the Viennese Christmas Markets are in the city centre, within walking distance from each other (5-8 minutes on foot), except for the Christmas Market at the Schonbrunn Palace, the imperial summer residence. If you wish to visit the Market at the Schonbrunn Palace too, please let the driver know (also of any other requests of your preferred routes in Wien)
  • The English speaking driver is available for your service during the whole duration of the tour, and takes you wherever You wish to go within the city boundaries of Vienna. The driver is not a guide though, so please do not expect a professional guided experience.
  • Clothes recommended: Comfortable, warm, weatherproof for Vienna / Budapest weather conditions (preferably warm shoes hat, gloves, scarf) as in winter months in most of Europe, occasionally below zero degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit)
  • We recommend you to bring: something to drink and eat (please note that eating/drinking in the bus is not allowed), some cash (preferably in EUR as Austria is part of the Euro zone), any special items you may need (camera, ID, any medication you need, etc.) on a full day trip for at least 10 hours
  • Cancellation: min. 48 hours before the program starts. Within 48 hours the tour fee is non refundable.
Vienna Christmas Tour Booking

Not included:

Vienna Christmas Market at Belvedere Palace

Vienna Christmas Market at Belvedere Palace

  • Guide (Please inquire via email if you wish to have a guide: info [at] budapestchristmas.com)
  • Entrance fees (In case you wish to visit any other attractions, as the Christmas Markets are free to visit)
  • Food or Drinks
  • Gratuities

Vienna Christmas Market Opening Times

Viennese Christmas Market:

Dates: Nov 11 – Dec 26, 2018
The Opening hours of the various Viennese Christmas Markets may vary, these are general guidelines:

  • Sun-Thu 10am – 9.30pm
  • Fri and Sat 10am – 10pm
  • 7th December 10am – 10pm
  • 24th December 10am – 6pm
  • 25th and 26th December 11am – 9.30pm

    Vienna Christmas Market Stalls

    Vienna Christmas Market Stalls

Christmas Village Belvedere Palace, Vienna:

Dates: Nov 23 – Dec 26, 2018

Opening Hours:

  • Monday – Friday 11am – 9pm
  • Saturday – Sunday 10am – 9pm
  • 24th December 11am – 4pm
  • 25th – 26th December 11am – 7pm

Christmas Village Maria-Theresien Platz, Vienna:

Dates: Nov 21 – Dec 26, 2018
Opening Hours:

  • Sunday – Thursday 11am – 9pm;
  • Friday & Saturday 11am -10pm;
  • 24th December 11am – 4pm;
  • 25th – 26th December 11am – 7pm.

Christmas Village in the former hospital, Vienna:

Dates: Nov 18 – Dec 23, 2018
Opening Hours:

Mulled Wine Vienna Christmas Market

Mulled Wine Vienna Christmas Market

  • Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 3 pm – 10 pm
  • Wednesday,
  • Saturday, holidays 12am – 10pm
  • Sunday 12am – 9pm

Christmas and New Year’s Market at Schonbrunn Palace, Vienna:

Dates: Nov 18 – Dec 26, 2018
Opening Hours:

  • Daily 10am – 9pm
  • 24th December 10am – 4pm

Christmas Market at Spittelberg, Wien:

Dates: Nov 13 – Dec 23, 2018
Opening Hours:

  • Mondays – Thursdays 2pm – 9pm
  • Fridays 2pm – 9.30pm
  • Saturdays 10am – 9.30pm
  • Sundays and holidays 10am – 9pm

Winter Market on Riesenradplatz, Wien:

Vienna Christmas Market

Vienna Christmas Market

Dates: Nov 17, 2018 – Jan 6, 2019
Opening Hours:

  • Mondays – Fridays 2pm – 10pm
  • Saturdays/Sundays 11am – 10pm
  • 24th December 10am – 5pm
  • 31st December / 1st January 12pm (noon) – 2pm
Vienna Christmas Tour Booking