Things to do in Budapest
Your guide to the best of Budapest right now: what’s on this week, the festivals worth planning around, and the tickets worth booking before you go.
Things to do in Budapest in November
The best concerts, exhibitions, thermal baths and all-round great things to do in Budapest in November 2026. Coming up: Winter Lantern story festival, St Martin's new wine and goose weekend and The Day of Listening at the Budapest Music Center.
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The 51 best things to do in Budapest
Everything worth your time, in the order we would do it, with what to book before you fly.
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The Budapest bucket list
28 things to do at least once.
Budapest for free
Twenty-eight things that cost nothing.
The best ruin bars
Where to drink in the Jewish Quarter.
The best thermal baths
Which bath, and when to go.
What’s on in Budapest?
Coming up this week
10NovJosef Nadj: Dialogues in the Dream
10 to 11 November, 19:00, 60 minutes
10NovFree folk sessions at the Fonó
10 to 17 November, Tuesdays, strings from 17:00 to 21:00, with Gyimes music at 18:00 and zither at 19:30 on the second Tuesday
10NovTosca in concert at the Opera House
10 to 18 November, 19:00 on both nights
11NovJodok Cello at the Budapest Arena
Wednesday 11 November, 20:00
11NovFonó Wednesday: dances from Magyarpéterlaka
Wednesday 11 November, 19:00 to midnight
11NovVígszínház performances with English surtitles
3 October to 29 November, 19:00, except The Seagull on 17 October at 18:00, The Great Gatsby on 25 October at 14:30 and Pinocchio on 15 November at 17:00
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