Culture
Every year, a contest is organized to select the cake of Hungary. The contest is timed so the winner can be made available in confectionaries across Hungary for the August 20 celebrations. Since August 20 or Foundation Day is sometimes jokingly called the birthday of Hungary, naturally enough, the cake of Hungary is often considered the birthday cake for it.
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Starting next week, the Helpers Citizenship Newsletter will get a new format. From now on, we will send letters every two weeks, focusing on Hungarian history, family tree research, and language. We want to make sure you get every support for discovering your Hungarian heritage and can get closer to your roots, one step at a time. Sign up now!
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While Hungary is a small country, Hungarian literature is known around the world, with many works translated not only to English, but several other languages. There is a chance you have already come across some of these works. If not, this is a great time to check them out from the library!
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Hungarikum is an umbrella term for things that are distinctly Hungarian and that are worth recognition and protection – things we can be proud of. It is also a legal category, since it depends on the Hungarikum Committee to decide whether a specific food, plant, animal, custom, or invention is allowed to be called a Hungarikum.
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Pentecost or Whit Sunday is a Christian festivity and the last Sunday of the Easter period. In Hungary, both Whit Sunday and Whit Monday are public holidays, with various folk traditions tied to the festivity. Read on to learn how Pentecost is celebrated in Hungary.
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Even though Hungary is just a small country in the heart of Europe, Hungarian culture has made significant contribution to music as well as science and literature. In our latest article, let us present you a few contemporary composers whose music you have certainly heard. If not yet, check it out now.
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With the season for filing your tax returns for 2025 coming up in Hungary, we have prepared a quick summary of deadlines, complete with explanations of the most important concepts and tasks. Personal income tax, tax benefits, tax residency, and options for filing your tax returns explained in one place.
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Our first Christmas in Hungary barely felt real. We arrived in late November 2017, wide eyed from uprooting our lives, when the Christmas markets suddenly burst into full festive colour. For someone raised in Canada – where markets were rare – the idea of actually living somewhere that transformed overnight felt magical and marked the beginning of a family tradition reborn.
— Guest post by Anikó Woods of How to Hungary.
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You and your partner can get married in Hungary if both of you are legally competent adults (above 18). You will need a civil ceremony with a representative of the registrar’s office as the officiant; having a religious ceremony is optional. The process is more or less the same for Hungarian and foreign couples, although it takes longer for foreigners because they will need additional documents to prove there are no legal obstacles to the marriage.
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The Hungarian National Bank has just published its latest data on cash usage in Hungary. There are currently 725 million HUF bank notes and 2.6 billion HUF coins in use, worth HUF 9.125 billion in total. The most popular pieces are the HUF 20,000 notes and the HUF 5 coins, so the pieces of the highest and lowest value.
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