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Located in one of Budapest’s most beautiful squares, the Christmas Market draws thousands of people annually to Vörösmarty Square. This year the events run from November 24th through December 29th, and is arguably the best way to experience the warmth of Budapest at thsi time of year. Amadeus Waterways is offering 4 cruises which will take you to Budapest, the largest market of it’s kind in Europe, as well as many other Christmas markets in Nuremburg, Regensburg, and Salzburg. The real beauty of the events are the melting of locals and visitors into one joyous crowd.

Amadeus Waterways will take you there on river cruises departing from Nuremburg on December 13 aboard the Amalegro and from Budapest on December 15 aboard the Amadagio, December 22 aboard the Amalegro, and December 29th of this year aboard the Amadagio. Currently, there is a The Tourism Office of Belgium adds the following:
This year “Budapest Christmas” is being held for the ninth time, with events getting under way on Saturday 24th November, 2007.
The main attraction will be the traditional Christmas Market on Vörösmarty Square in the heart of Pest. This well established event – one of the largest of its type in Europe – has become an indispensable part of the build-up to the festive season. It is the capital’s largest public event outside the main tourist season, and is enduringly popular with locals and visitors alike. Indeed, many visitors make the trip to Budapest specifically to come to the Market.
The Market is located in one of Budapest’s most beautiful squares, and each year its organizers aim to stage a high quality event that is also a fitting way to prepare for Christmas. Thus the goods on sale include tasteful hand-made gifts and folk-inspired traditional arts and crafts: here there is no room for the garish or the mass-produced. It is thanks to this careful attention to the quality of the wares, along with the broadening over the years of the scope of the other attractions and entertainment on offer, that has ensured the event has gained the outstanding international reputation it has.
There will be a wide range of folk-inspired arts and crafts on sale. These beautiful hand-produced items, made according to handed-down techniques and exclusively from natural materials, make ideal Christmas decorations or gifts. Altogether visitors will be able to choose from the wares of around a hundred craftsmen and women, the quality of all of whose work is subject to rigorous control.
There will be 150 great stage shows , including puppet theatre, folk music and folk dancing. Visitors of all ages will be given a free hand in the heated marquee to make their own seasonal decorations. During the time the fair lasts, a Nativity scene made by the folk wood carver will be observable, inside it the statues showing the Sacred Family, and at the same time, for this year we also plan the exhibition of Betlehem cribs ade by students of primary school of arts.
On the occasion of Zoltán Kodály’s 125th birth anniversary , and within the framework of this remembrance year, this series of Christmas events would like to show respect towards the work of this composer by means of showing his choir masterpieces.
As part of this year’s series of Christmas programmes in Budapest, they plan to host the real Santa Claus from Finnland , who will be waiting with great interest for the children visiting the square.