Most of the stores are closed on holidays.
January 1 - New Year's Day
March 15 - Commemoration events in memory of the 1848 revolution. People wear tricolour cockades.
Easter Monday
May 1 - Labor Day
Whit Monday (Pentecost)
August 20 - Foundation of the Hungarian State or The Constitution Day. Spectacular fireworks.
October 23 - Anniversary of the 1956 Revolution against the Communist regime. Candlelight processions all over the city.
December 25-26 - Christmas
