All posts tagged Budapest Christmas 2012

We have been walking around the Budapest Christmas Markets this year to take a look at the amazing gingerbread Christmas tree decorations, some of them with Hungarian folk motifs and a Hungarian twist. On a traditional Hungarian Christmas tree, you can always find some Christmas Candy, the Szaloncukor, and often see home made gingerbread Christmas tree ornaments, often made together with the kids. Or, bought at the Budapest Christmas Fair. Like these beauties.

You can see many of the Hungarian gingerbread Christmas tree decorations here: Hungarian Folk Motifs on Christmas decorations

Hungarian Folk Motifs on Christmas decorations

Hungarian Folk Motifs on Christmas gingerbread decorations

If you want to do some gingerbread decorations yourselves with the children, there is a playhouse in the middle of Vorosmarty Square at the Budapest Christmas market where you can join the locals to do some Xmas workshops, like decorating gingerbread hearts, bells, etc. The playhouse is open in the afternoons and at the weekends. Free to join.

These are some that we liked most. Please send in your photos of the gingerbread Christmas decorations you liked most to BudapestChristmas [at] gmail [dot] com.

 

In addition to the many fantastic Christmas events in Budapest, scheduled and published, there are many little things going on in the city, along with its more well known Budapest Christmas sights, which go unpublished or in stealth mode, like sudden fun flashmobs, street buskers performing festive street music in December. Here are some random examples of random things in Budapest Christmas:

Budapest Santa Claus Flash Mob at Arkad Shopping Mall on Ors Vezer Square (M2 red metro line terminal)

Street Busker playing on the Hammered Dulcimer (Cimbalom) in December Budapest

Budapest is an ever changing city, so we are quite happy to share that the city has now multiple skating rinks (besides the best outdoor Budapest ice rink in Hungary in the City Park of Budapest. Take a look at the skating rink near Nyugati Train Station on Eiffel Square

This is a collection of videos made by tourists of their Budapest Christmas breaks. The videos speak for themselves and give you some ideas what you can do in a short or long Christmas break in Budapest, Hungary.

Budapest Christmas videos

Budapest Christmas videos

A young couple visiting Budapest in 2012 (Published on Dec 14, 2012)

Our trip to Budapest for Christmas 2012. Hungarian Parliament, Budapest Castle Hill, Budapest Christmas Tram, and more! Don’t miss the end for the Advent Building Mapping on Cafe Gerbeaud at the Christmas Market in Vorosmarty Ter.

Every Sunday in Otkert Bar in Budapest downtown (close to the Chain Bridge and the Gresham Palace in Zrinyi Street) you can pick a few quirky things at the Sunday Flea market.

Otkert Flea Market Budapest

Otkert Flea Market Budapest in Dec 2012

Venue: Ötkert Bar in Zrinyi Street Budapest District V

Dates: Sundays in December, 2012 during from Dec 1 to December 23

Otkert (say errt-kehrt) has a roofed and heated inner courtyard, and is currently one of the best Budapest bars, frequented by many locals throughout the week.

Well worth a visit if you are looking for a cool club for dancing and clubbing in Budapest, Hungary.

Budapest Flea Markets, Markets & Second Hand Shopping

Petofi Csarnok Flea Market in the City Park of Budapest

Ecseri Flea Market in Budapest

Thrift Shopping in Budapest

Budapest Markets

Budapest Market Hall

Budapest is full of Christmas concerts, to appeal to all tastes in a wide range.

Voca People Budapest

Voca People Budapest

The concert of Voca People will be on Dec 26, 27, 28 in 2012 at the Budapest Congress Center. The concert is more like a show and concert, mixing human voices with beatbox.
The tickets for the Xmas concert are fairly cheap, so they will soon run out of the available seats. Hurry up if you are interested.
White washed faces, and a special music treat.

Event: Voca People Concert
Venue: Budapest Congress Center

Dates of the Christmas concerts in Budapest

  • December 26, 2012
  • December 27, 2012
  • December 28, 2012

To quote Wikipedia

“Voca People is an Israel-based ensemble performing vocal theater combining a cappella and beat box vocals to reproduce the sounds of an entire orchestra”

To get some idea of their music style, see this Voca People video here