SPAR Budapest Marathon Festival at the weekend, you don’t want to miss it either! – Metropolis
This year, for the 37th time, one of the country’s most popular leisure sports events, due to which there will be closures along the Danube from Friday to Sunday. The organizers expect nearly 20,000 participants.
On the weekend37. held on occasion SPAR Budapest Marathon Festival It provides runners with a 42-kilometer section on the banks of the Danube, which they can complete in an individual distance race. The Marathon starts from the Pázmány Péter promenade, the road section in front of the ELTE Lágymányosi Campus. In addition to classic marathoners, runners of shorter distances are welcome to Budapest’s number one autumn running festival, as well as individual runners, groups of friends and families.
Distances to be run:
DESPAR 10 KM – Saturday 9:00
RISKA MINI MARATHON – 5 km – Saturday 11:00
SPAR 10+5 KM 10 km Saturday 9:00 + 5 km Saturday 11:00
HERVIS VÁLTÓ 4X2 KM – 4X2 km – Saturday 12:00
FODISZ EQUAL OPPORTUNITY RACE – 500 m – Saturday 1:30 p.m.
NESTLÉ FAMILY RUN – 1000 m – Saturday 13:45
MARATONKA FLÓRA – 2.3 km – Saturday 14:05
SPAR HAZAI.I LOVE WALKING – 2.3 km – Saturday 14:10
SPAR 14+5 KM – 5 km Saturday 11:00 + 14 km Sunday 9:00
SPAR 14+10 KM 10 km Saturday 9:00 + 14 km Sunday 9:00
SPAR BUDAPEST MARATHON – 42.195 m – Sunday 9:00 am
SPAR BUDAPEST MARATHON IN PAIRS – Sunday 9:00 a.m
TOLLE MARATHON RELAY – Sunday 9:00 am
REGNUM 30 KM – 30 km – Sunday 9:40-10:15
SPAR 14 KM – 14,140 m – Sunday 9:00
SPAR 14+5 KM – 5 km Saturday 11:00 + 14 km Sunday 9:00
SPAR 14+10 KM – 10 km Saturday 9:00 + 14 km Sunday 9:00
We can also have a musical experience
During the 42-kilometer section of the running race, the competitors are entertained by music at 36 music stations. There will be:
-conga show,
-Jazz band,
-brass band,
-Bagpipes,
-Japanese drum show,
-Brazilian carnival atmosphere.
Traffic restrictions due to the two-day running festival in Budapest
– From Friday 9 am to Sunday 8 pm, the XI. district, the Pázmány Péter promenade between Műegyetem quay and Dombóvári út.
– On the weekend, you can expect further restrictions and a prohibition to establish in the XI., I., II., XIII., III., XI., IX., districts. Details a Police.hu.
Weekend programme
Although autumn has arrived, culture lovers do not have to be sad and sit at home. The capital city now offers many entertainment options for those interested.
Eye-catching 2022 starts
This year, for the eleventh time, the Swiss Embassy, the Austrian Cultural Forum and the Goethe Institute are organizing the Eye-catching Film Festival, the screening of German-language films in Hungary, within the framework of which the films can also be watched in the event’s rural partner cinema. After some of the films, there will be a discussion with experts invited from the three countries or experts from Hungary. The three high-quality co-productions of this year’s program:
– the Garland,
– a Grosse Freiheit,
– Monte Verità (in cooperation with all three countries).
Flour Festival
Ferenc Liszt in honor of the composer 17-day festival are held in the capital. Those interested can expect countless exciting musical productions in different parts of Budapest. The opening concert is a It will be in St. Stephen’s Basilica on Friday evening at half past nine. Those interested can see a performance of one of Ferenc Liszt’s most special pieces, connected in many ways to 20th-century music, by the Modern Art Orchestra.
Budapest Variety Show
From October 7 to 16, the Ram Theater hosts the luxurious Variety Show Vegasto. Viewers can glimpse the into the magical world of revues and shows typical of the casino city. They will perform:
– Winners of the International Circus Festival in Monte Carlo, China and France,
– the stars of the WOW show in Las Vegas and the revue theater Friedrichstadt Palast in Berlin,
– but the audience can also see Krisztina and Sebastien’s famous quick-dressing number.
It is forbidden to stop in the V. district
Due to insurance, it is not possible to stop on Nagy Ignác utca between Alkotmány utca and Szalay utca from Thursday 10 p.m. to Friday noon.
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