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.

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.

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)

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.

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Related programmes in Budapest Christmas:

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