Attend Sziget Festival

Sziget festival started as a student’s festival in 1993, which has now become one of the largest music and cultural festivals in the world. The festival is held every year on an island on Danube, in the month of August and lasts for 6-7 days. It draws crowds not only from Hungary but from all over Europe. Special trains, known as ‘Party Trains’, run from larger cities across Europe, transporting almost quarter million Europeans to the festival. The event is getting bigger every year, hosting almost 1000 performances as of last year. Multiple stages are erected to carry out various acts from different genre simultaneously. The festival features prominent local and international artists from all over the world. Real party goers prefer to buy a seven-day pass, which permits them to camp on the island in designated camping areas. Daily visitor capacity is capped at around 90,000 a day and it is advisable to buy tickets in advance. If you want to feel the real European party, Sziget fest is where you should be heading!