A special weekend event at the Szentendre Open-Air Ethnographic Museum (Szentendrei Szabadtéri Néprajzi Múzeum), held on the weekend of St. Martin’s Day. The museum opens only for the festival (e.g., Nov 8-9, 2025) with extended hours 1. Visitors enjoy folk programs, wine tastings of the season’s new wine, and traditional goose dishes. This "újborfesztivál és libator" (new wine festival and "goose feast") highlights rural Hungarian heritage through crafts and cuisine.
In Hungarian culture, St. Martin’s Day is traditionally a time to taste the "újbor" (first ferment wine) and feast on goose as a thank-you for a successful harvest. At the open-air museum, these customs are reenacted in authentic village settings. Costumed guides demonstrate old crafts and families share festive meals, echoing the tradition that consuming the St. Martin’s Day meal brings good fortune for the coming year.
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Szentendrei Szabadtéri Néprajzi Múzeum · Szentendre
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Opening day · Sat, Nov 7
Guests can follow lantern-lit paths through the village, visit traditional craft demonstrations, sample dishes featuring goose and the year’s first wine, and join toasts made from St. Martin’s ceremonial glasses.
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Tickets required · Typical price: HUF2000 - HUF5000
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