St. Martin’s Day Feast
Visitors can sample the “üjbor” (new wine) and enjoy customary goose-based dishes, following the folk tradition that eating goose and drinking new wine on November 11 brings abundance and health for the coming year.
Nov 11
Goosebump Festival
Libabőr Fesztivál
Budapest, Hungary
Nov 1 - 17, 2026ExpectedSource
Each November, Hungary celebrates St. Martin's Day with the Goosebump Festival, a nationwide feast of roast goose and freshly fermented wine. Restaurants and cellars across the country join in, reviving a centuries-old custom of marking this autumn day with the season's goose and its first young wines.
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Day 11 · Nov 11
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Budapest, Central Hungary, Hungary
Budapest, Hungary
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Attendees are invited to join in tastings and meals; it is polite to drink from a St. Marti...
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Crowd level: moderate.
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Free events are available.
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Goosebump Festival
Libabőr Fesztivál
Budapest, Hungary
Each November, Hungary celebrates St. Martin's Day with the Goosebump Festival, a nationwide feast of roast goose and freshly fermented wine. Restaurants and cellars across the country join in, reviving a centuries-old custom of marking this autumn day with the season's goose and its first young wines.
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St. Martin’s Day (November 11) has been marked in Hungarian folklore for centuries with feasting on goose and tasting newly fermented wine. The festivities are rooted in Catholic and agrarian traditions: legend says St. Martin took refuge among geese and shared his cloak with a beggar. Over time, the holiday came to symbolize the end of the agricultural year. In Hungary, special “St. Martin’s goblets” are used to drink the fi...
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St. Martin’s Day Feast
Visitors can sample the “üjbor” (new wine) and enjoy customary goose-based dishes, following the folk tradition that eating goose and drinking new wine on November 11 brings abundance and health for the coming year.
How to show up well
first-timer tips
Plan the timing
Traditional drinking toasts
Read the local rhythm
Dining etiquette for goose feast
Respect local boundaries
Attendees are invited to join in tastings and meals; it is polite to drink from a St. Martin’s glass if offered.
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Nov 1 - 17, 2026
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Budapest
Central Hungary
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Free public events available
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Families welcome
Very High visitor welcome
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