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New Year´s Eve
It’s the first Day of New Year. In Christian countries which use Gregorian calendar we start to celebrate this international festival at 12 p.m. 1st January.People usually wear special elegant clothes, for example, women wear dresses and men wear a suit and a tie.People go out during the night with friends to celebrate the beginning of the New Year. In some places people think of a wish for the New Year. Fireworks, champagne and firecrackers are popular. -
The Three Wise Men (Spain)
It is said that the three kings went to Jesus Christ’s birth place and presented him with gold, frankincense and myrrh. While they were looking for him, a shining star showed them the way to find Jesus.This festivity is one of the most important festivals for children because it is the day when the Three Wise Men bring them presents during the night. If the children have been good for the whole year, the Three Wise Men give them beautiful presents. If they have been bad, they are given coal. -
WOŚP Poland
The Grand Finale. The objective was “Protecting Health and Saving Children’s Lives by Providing Medical Equipment to Public Hospitals”. Every year, thousands of volunteers walk in the streets with special Wośp Boxes and millions of Poles donate their money to the Foundation. Each person donating money gets a sticker with a logo of WOŚP. The first “Grand Final” raised 1 535 440,68 USD and the last one 50 657 747,68 PLN (it’s almost 11 985 623.10 Euro). -
Tanborrada The day of San Sebastian (Spain/ The Basque Country)
This festival is celebrated from the 19th to the 20th of January in Gipuzkoa.This is an old tradition in which people (more than 14,000 participants and 5,000 children), dressed as cooks and soldiers, march in different companies and play drums in honour of Saint Sebastian.It started in the 18th Century.In 1861 local musician Raimundo Sarriegui composed "March of San Sebastian” -
Grandmother's Day (Poland)
On the 21st grandmother's day is celebrated and we celebrate grandfather's Day the following day. -
Grandfather's day Poland
Celebration of Grandfather’s Day is the same as Grandmother’s Day. We celebrate this festival to show our grandparents that we love them. We say „thank you grandmother/grandfather that you are”. -
The Day of the Hungarian culture
The day of the Hungarian Culture has been celebrated since 1989, on 22nd of January, because Ferenc Kölcsey unravelled the anthem in Cseke on that day. -
San Blas (Spain / The Basque Country)
San Blas Day is celebrated on the 3rd of February. People wear cotton laces of different colours to protect themselves from illness like throat disease. To be fully effective, you must wear the laces for 9 days and then burn them. San Blas (Saint Blaise) was a Christian healer who became a physician of souls. -
Santa Agueda (Spain / The Basque Country)
On this day, Basque people usually sing a traditional song in honour of Santa Agueda (3rd Century A. D.). She was a woman who gave her virginity to Jesus Christ. She was prosecuted as a Christian and condemned to torture and imprisonment. Nowadays, school children and adults sing in the streets or at school. To express their thanks to the choir, people give them money or sweets. -
Buso-walking in Mohács (Hungary, Febr 12-17)
Buso-walking is a yearly folk festival held in February in the town of Mohács, usually lasting from Thursday to Tuesday. It signifies the end of the carnival season before Ash Wednesday. -
Farsang – Carnival (Hungary)
In Hungary, Carnival is known as Farsang. Hungarians celebrate this pre-Lenten festival with food, like pork, sauerkraut, and doughnuts, as well as with parties and costumes. -
Valentine’s Day
This festival is celebrated in our three countries.People show their love to their friends, relatives or partners by giving them presents. Many people consider it to be an Anglo-Saxon tradition. Valentine was a priest that carried out marriages between young soldiers and their fiancées in secret and before his execution, he wrote a letter signed "Your Valentine" as a farewell to the daughter of his jailer. It is very popular to give chocolates or special sweets to the loved ones. -
Fat Thursday (Poland)
In Poland this holiday started to be celebrate in the 16th century and like in other Christians countries this is the last Thursday before the Lent. The “ Fat Thursday” starts last week of carnival. This is a mobile holiday, the date of it depends on the date of Easter.
On that day everybody eats fat and sweet donoughts. In Poland there are two reasons why people do this. First: this is the last day before the Lent and everybody uses this fact as an excuse to fill up their stomachs, -
Carnivals (Spain)
Carnival is a festive season which occurs 40 days before Lent. It is usually celebrated in February, but it depends on the day that Easter falls on. It’s a Christian tradition, where people wear fancy dresses and masks. It lasts one week, and people celebrate it wearing special clothes with their friends. In the Basque Country and Navarra there are some typical Carnival characters such as Ziripot, Zaldiko, Mikel, Otxin etc. There is also a special food called “Tostadas de Carnaval”. -
Ash Wednesday (Hungary)
Ash Wednesday derives its name from the practice of placing ashes on the foreheads. The ashes are made from the blessed palms used in the Palm Sunday celebration of the previous year. "Remember, Man is dust, and unto dust you shall return." Our foreheads are marked with ashes to humble our hearts and reminds us that life passes away on Earth. -
Women's day
It’s celebrated on the 8th of March to commemorate the fight for women's rights. The celebration of International Women's Day started at the beginning of the 20th Century. It takes place all around the world.Women take part in demonstrations, parades and races dressed in purple. -
Men's Day (Poland)
In Poland we have Men’s Day on 10th March, but it is celebrated by a few people, because more popular holiday in our country is Boy’s Day celebrated on 30th September. -
National Holiday of Hungary
March 15th is a national holiday in Hungary. It stands for democracy and freedom and it commemorates the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, which grew into a war for independence from Habsburg rule.
The revolution started on March 15th, 1848, following a series of uprisings throughout Europe. Lajos Kossuth, a famous journalist at the time, emerged as a leader and the revolution seemed to be very successful. A new, independent and democratic government was elected with Hungary’s first Prime Minister, -
Las fallas de Valencia (Spain)
One of the most important celebrations in Spain is Las Fallas of Valencia. It is celebrated from the 15th to the 19th of March. During the year, craftsmen make enormous sculptures based on different topics. Brass bands march down the streets playing music and people, wearing traditional dresses,throw firecrackers. Flowers are offered to a statue of the Virgin. There are firework displays every night and finally, on the 19th, the sculptures (fallas) are burnt in a huge bonfire. -
Father's Day (Spain)
In the Christian tradition, we celebrate St. Joseph’s Day as a symbol of paternity. It’s about honouring fatherhood, paternal bonds and their influence on society. It lasts one day and you don’t have to wear any special clothes. Sons and daughters usually give a present to their father and spend the day with him. -
Day of Hooky (Poland)
This holiday is celebrated on 21 March. It’s the first day of spring. We don’t know since when this holiday is celebrated. On this day many students run out of lessons and their teachers don’t like it. In kindergarten kids usually throw Marzanna - a dummy symbolising winter into rivers. In primary schools sport’s Day is organised, to make children happy. In the past students used to dress up in funny costumes and there were competitions in schools for the best dressed class. -
Budapest Spring Festival (Hungary, Mar22-Apr6)
Pulling together the best in classical music, opera, jazz and folk music, this annual festival is one of the largest cultural events in Hungary. A multitude of venues throughout the city welcome both Hungarian and international performers. -
Day of Hungarian-Polish friendship
From centuries, Polish and Hungarian people have been on good terms. Several famous Polish leaders and kings came from Hungarian noble families and Hungarian kings had Polish roots. The legendary friendship of these two nations inspired a well-known proverb that is still used today: “Pole, Hungarian; two good friends, they fight and drink their wine together.” -
April Fools´ Day (Hungary /Poland)
This holiday has been celebrated since 1582. The tradition probably began in France in the 16th century when the calendars changed and ten days disappeared. People on this day like to play jokes on each other. On April Fool’s Day TV stations, radio stations and business around the world try to trick people with false stories. In Hungary, students usually trick their teachers, or change roles, they hold the lesson instead of their master. -
Palm Sunday (Poland and Spain)
Palm Sunday is a festival commemorating the entrance of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem. People welcomed him with the palms’ leaves like a king. We commemorate it by going to church with a colorful makeshift palm.In many churches, Palm Sunday includes a procession of the assembled worshippers carrying palm branches, representing those that the crowd scattered in front of Jesus as he rode into Jerusalem.
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Easter ( Spain/ Hungary /Poland 17-21)
We celebrate this festival because we commemorate the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. In the past, Easter was spiritual, but nowadays this festival is more commercial. Children paint eggs and people eat chocolate bunnies. On Palm Sunday, people go to mass in the morning and children carry palm leaves to be blessed by the priest. In Spain, there are very famous processions especially in Andalucía. We also have Live performances of the death of Jesus Christ. -
Easter Sunday Poland /Hungary
Easter Sunday is the most important religious holiday for the Catholics. It is celebrated to commemorate the day when Jesus Christ resurrected. During this day Polish people go to church for a ceremonial mass.
In Hungary, on Easter Sunday, the Easter bunny brings presents for the kids. The presents are usually hidden in their garden so children have to look for them. -
Earth’s day (Hungary and Poland)
Earth Day has been celebrated every year in spring in the world since 1970, and in Poland since 1990. The purpose of this action is to promote ecological lifestyle. Earth Day organizers want to inform politicians and citizens how we are destroying our planet. John McConnell first had the idea for Earth Day, at a conference of UNESCO, in 1969. This festival was declared on 21st March 1970 by the mayor of San Francisco - Joseph Alioto.
In 2009, 22th April was declared by the UN General Assembly as -
Book’s Day (Hungary)
Book’s day is on the 23rd of April when William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes died. On that day, there is usually a book festival, where people can buy new edition books at cheaper prices and they can talk with famous authors. -
Book's Day (Spain/Hungary)
World Book Day is celebrated on the 23rd of April because it is the anniversary of the death of Cervantes and of the birth and death of William Shakespeare. In Almagro (Ciudad Real) the most famous actors meet in the 17th Century ‘Corral de Comedias’ and read classical texts and books. In Catalonia it’s celebrated as Saint George’s Day.
In Hungary there is usually a book festival, where people can buy books at cheaper prices and they can talk with famous authors. -
Labour Day
It’s a national, official holiday, so people take a day off. It has been celebrated since the 1890s. Parades, demonstrations and concerts are held.
In Poland, since the fall of Communism, May 1 is officially celebrated as May Day, but is commonly called Labour Day. In Spain it was forbidden during the dictatorships of Primo de Rivera and Franco.
In Hungary, during the socialism, everybody had to march across the streets with flags and boards celebrating the regime. -
Flag's Day (Poland)
Flag’s day in Poland. We celebrate this day on 2nd of May. Most people hang flags on balconies but we have to go to work. People in the capital of Poland sometimes decorate the Polish Parliament, and it’s an amazing view.
It’s a Polish celebration introduced by the Act on the 20th of February 2004. Choice of the 2nd of May wasn't accidental. It was a day on which many Poles reflected on Polish history as on the 1st and 3rd May we celebrate national holidays. -
Constitution Day (Poland)
We celebrate this event on 3rd of May. It’ s a Polish event where we remember anniversary of adoption of the first Polish Constitution. On this day people hang flags on their balcony, garage or windows. This day is free from work and school. People should go to church. Shops are closed on that day . In our town concerts and festivals are organized. The Constituion of 3rd May was establish in 1791. It was the first European Constitution, and the second in the world. -
Mother’s Day (Hungary and Spain)
It is a holiday which is celebrated on different days in many parts of the world. In our two countries it is celebrated on the first Sunday of May to honour all mothers and express gratitude to them for the hardships they bear in bringing up a child. It began in Ancient Greece, when they honoured the goddess Rea. On that day we give presents to our mothers. -
Feria de Abril de Sevilla (Spain)
Feria de Abril is celebrated in Seville and begins two weeks after Easter. This year (2014) it will be from the 6th to the 11th of May because Easter falls in April. Each day of the fair starts when the carriages lead the citizens to La Real Maestranza (the bullring). During the fair, in one neighbourhood of Seville (Los Remedios), there are very big temporary tents called ‘casetas’. There, friends meet, dance "Sevillanas", eat and drink typical products from Andalucía and party. -
San Isidro (Spain)
San Isidro Labrador, the patron saint of farmers, is a popular festival celebrated in many towns of Spain.It used to be mainly celebrated by farmers, but nowadays it’s just a festival to enjoy time together. In Algorta, there are typical Basque Sports exhibitions and competitions related to agriculture such as ‘Idi frogak’, ‘Cesta punta’ or ‘‘Eskupilota’. In Madrid it is the most important festival of the year and the bullfights are among the best ones all over the world. -
European Elections
This year, the European elections take place on this Sunday. People vote democratically to elect their European representatives. -
Mother's Day (Poland)
Mother’s Day is celebrated all over the world. In Poland it is celebrated on 26th of May. It’s a special day on which children thank their mothers. They usually give a small or a big gift or just a kiss or a hug. In schools performances in which children take part are organized. They also make special cards with greetings. Every mother gets a flower from his/her child. This festival is to show mothers respect, love and gratitude for efforts in education. Beginnings of this event are really old. -
Ibilaldia (The Basque Country)
It is celebrated in the Basque Country on the last Sunday of May, or at the beginning of June. It lasts just one day. It is celebrated to help promote the use of the Basque language. Ibilaldia is essentially a volunteer walk around a circuit of about 5-10 kilometres, which is surrounded by food stands and lots of entertainment. Walkers complete the circuit in support of an organisation. The money they collect is used to help Basque schools in Euskal Herria (both in France and in Spain) -
Children's Day (Poland)
In Poland, Children's Day has been celebrated since June 1 1950 . For the first time it was organized in connection with the operation of collecting signatures for an Appeal Sztokholm. Children's Day is often celebrated in schools as a sports day , for example by organizing interclass competitions. It’s also celebrated at home. Parents give small presents to thier chikldren and try to spend the whole day with them. -
The day of pain in Hungary:
The Treaty of Trianon at the end of World War I, between the Allies of World War I and the Kingdom of Hungary was signed on the 4th June in 1920 at the Grand Trianon Palace in Versailles, France. Because of the treaty our country lost huge territories and many Hungarian people were forced to live in other, neighbouring countries.We commemorate them every year on that day. -
Corpus Christi (Poland and Spain)
It is a religious holiday celebrating the tradition and belief in the body and blood of Jesus Christ and his real presence in the Eucharist. On that day a lot of people go to church and take part in processions around towns and villages. Corpus Christi is a bank holiday in Poland, in the Basque Country we don’t have a festive day. -
Midsummer's Eve (Poland)
Slavic feast associated with the summer solstice of the Sun, celebrated during the shortest night of the year. In Poland, the Catholic Church was unable to eradicate the customs, beliefs derived from the Slavic annual celebration of pagan Midsummer. therefore, they attempted to assimilate the holidays with Christian rituals. (hence the later eve of St . John - commonly called a midsummer night which has many borrowings from earlier holidays - celebrated on the night of 22 on June 23. -
Father's Day (Poland)
The feast is celebrated as an expression of respect for fathers. It is celebrated annually in many countries. The first time Dad's Day was celebrated in Spokane in the USA on 19 June 1910 . -
Hoguera de San Juan (Spain)
San Juan's Night is full of bonfires, fireworks, music, dancing, sardines and bread. The celebration takes place during the shortest night of the year. Many towns, cities and villages celebrate this first summer fiesta. This festival is related to old ceremonies to welcome the summer. People used to burn their wishes for them to come true, but nowadays students burn their text books and old useless things. -
The day of our King Szent László (Hungary)
We named our school after him – he was a very popular king in the medieval ages.
He strengthened public safety by introducing severe legislation.
He was canonized on 29 June 1192. His legends depict him as a great knight-king.
He is a popular saint in Hungary and in the neighboring countries where many churches are dedicated to him. -
Vajdahunyad Festival Hungary,
The Vajdahunyadvár summer festival starts from July and lasts until August. It is a traditional music festival where they play all sort of music such as gypsy, classic, swing and klezmer. Every year, each day has its own special evening like Tchaikovsky evening, Latin evening, Haydn-Mozart evening and Baroque evening which gives a wider choice for the tourists to choose from. -
World Kiss Day (Poland)
This holiday is celebrated on the 6th of July. People in love kiss each other to prove their feelings. It is not only couples, but also family members or friends who kiss each other. We don’t know who and why invented this festival. It has been known since the Roman Empire. -
San Fermin (Spain)
San Fermines are celebrated in Pamplona, in honour of Saint Fermin, patron saint of Navarra. The festival was born from a combination of two different medieval events. It is internationally known for the running of the bulls, where participants are chased through some of the streets of the old part of the city by a group of bulls.It is traditional to wear the typical "Pamplonica" costume. -
Virgen del Carmen (Spain)
It’s celebrated on July 15th in a lot of places in Spain. The Virgin of El Carmen is the patron saint of the sea. Fishermen say that "She" is their protector. In our area, near Getxo, it is celebrated in Santurtzi, a town by the sea.Fishermen in Santurtzi decorate their boats with flowers and garlands and they go out to sea in a procession. The image of the Virgin is carried in a leading boat, while all the rest follow it. -
Police Day (Poland)
It is celebrated on 24th July since 1995 by Polish police officers to commemorate their important role in our community. On that day in 1919 National Police was created for the first time. On that day police officers receive badges and get promoted. It is also remembrance of killed officers on duty. Flowers are put in front of monuments of soldiers by policemen and the rest of people. On that day people don’t get a day off. -
Day of Safe Driving (Poland)
It’s a religious holiday celebrated on 25th July since 2006. That day is also called St. Christopher’s Day. He was born in 251 n.e. in Anatolia. He was martyr. He is patron of drivers and travellers so it’s quite common that people bless their cars on that day. It is religious holiday celebrated in church. People pray for drivers. On that day people don’t get a day off. -
Saint James the Great (Spain)
We celebrate this festival especially in Galicia (Santiago de Compostela). St James is the patron saint of Spain.He was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus Christ who took Christianity to a lot of countries in the world. He was buried in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia. Santiago de Compostela is one of the most important places for pilgrimage in Europe. It is the end of St James’s Way.It is a national holiday in Spain. -
F1 Hungary
The Hungarian grand prix is a motor race held in Hungary since 1986.. The first race was held on March 24 1986 in memory on Jànos Drapàl, who was the first to win the Hungarian motorcycle Grand prix. -
Chain Bridge festival (Hungary)
The summer on the Chain bridge festival (also known as a street festival) lasts from June until August and is held every weekend. During this special occasion we celebrate the bridges birthday with several enjoyable events held on both Pest and Buda sides. -
Saint Ignacio (28th -31st) The Basque Country/Spain
Saint Ignatius is the patron saint of Algorta, our town, so it is our main festival.It lasts 5 days. People dance traditional Basque dances.Basque poets, called “Bertsolaris”, sing their “Bertsos”; which are rhyming verses sang and invented in the Basque language. There are traditional Basque sports and every night there is a “toro de fuego” (fire bull). A fire bull is a man or a woman with a costume which throws fireworks. -
The Virgen Blanca (Spain)
The Virgen Blanca Festival is celebrated in Vitoria-Gasteiz, the capital of Araba, from the 4th to the 9th of August. It is celebrated in honor of La Virgen Blanca. The symbolic figure is Celedón: the legend says he was born in a town in Araba and when there are festivals, the fountain in the city square gives wine instead of water. The vineyards in this area are very well-known and wine is one of the main products in the region. -
Fiestas del Puerto Viejo (The Basque Country/ Spain)
This festival is celebrated from the 9th to the 13th of August, in the old fishing port in Algorta. People wear special traditional clothes as the fishermen used to wear in old times (arrantzale). The important activities are: txupinazo, parades organized by groups of young people from the town wearing disguises and performing original choreographies, games for children, food competitions (marmitako) and community lunches (sardinada). On the last day all young people go out wearing pyjamas. -
Market of Saint Lorenzo (The Basque Country/Spain)
It is a farmers’ market celebrated in honour of Saint Lawrence. This day is considered a feast throughout the entire Catholic world. It was celebrated for the first time in our town, Algorta, 42 years ago.On this special day, we buy typical food from Basque farms and we hold vegetable, plant and cheese competitions. We eat typical food from our country, for example, ”talo con chorizo” and we dress in the typical clothes the farmers used to wear (baseritarra). -
Sziget Festival (Hungary, Aug11-Aug18)
The Island Festival (Sziget Fesztivál) is one of Europe’s biggest pop and cultural events, which is held in August every year in Budapest, on Óbuda Island. The first time it was organized, it was called as Diáksziget (Student island), and it reached a real success among the inland and foreign teenagers, as well. in 2012 January it got the European Festival Awards – Best Major Festival 2011 Price. By now it has almost 400 000 visitors, and thanks to YouTube millions of people watch this event. -
The Virgin Assumption /Semana Grande (Bilbao)
15 August - Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - the object of faith concerning the taking into heaven, body and soul of Mary at the end of her earthly life, Around that day thousands of people from different parts of Poland come in pilgrimage to the shrine of Jasna Góra.
Semana Grande has been celebrated in Bilbao since1978.The symbolic figure is called Marijaia, who represents an ugly woman that dances while people sing her song. There are all types of activities: fireworks...for one week. -
Feast of the Polish Armed Forces
it is a national holiday celebrated annually on 15 August, commemorating the anniversary of the 1920 victory over Russia at the Battle of Warsaw during the Polish–Soviet War. The event is marked by military parades, equipment reviews and remembrances by all branches of the Polish Armed Forces across the country. One of the most prominent events is in the capital Warsaw, which hosts a large military parade through the city's center. -
The Savaria Carnival (Hungary, Aug20-Aug23)
Savaria Carnival began in the early 1960s, there was a pause for some decades, but in 2000 it continued. Since then it is held every year in August.
There’s a castle for children to play, music in the church, Street of Arts. During the few days people remember for the time from the roman ages to the statehood with historic game. There are many craftsmen who sell their products to the tourists. It is the biggest historical-costume event of Central Europe. -
National Holiday of Hungary
August 20th is the greatest national holiday for Hungarians, celebrated with day-long festivities followed by spectacular fireworks throughout the country. August 20th commemorates the foundation of the Hungarian state. It is also called as St. Stephen's Day, remembering Stephen I, the first king of Hungary, founder of the Kingdom of Hungary,
Festivals start in the morning with the raising of the Hungarian flag and continue on all day long, finishing with the beautiful sight of fireworks display -
Craft-Beer Festival (Hungary, Sept6-Sept8)
Főzdefeszt, Hungary's semi-annual Craft-Beer Festival, is held in the former Palace Neighborhood of District 8. The aim of the festival is to introduce Hungarian beer and to bring breweries, pub owners and beer-lovers together. -
Dia de Asturias (Spain)
It is celebrated in Asturias, a region of Spain. It is based on a legend which says that the Virgin of Covadonga gave strength to “Don Pelayo” to fight the Arabs in the time of the Visigoths. The victory of the Christians was attributed to the Virgin and that’s why they made her the patron saint of the community. The most important activities include cider tasting, traditional games and sports, as well as bagpipes parades. -
Budapest International Wine Festival (Hungary)/ La Diada (Spain)
Budapest International Wine Festival has been organized since 1992.It shows Hungarian wines emphasizing the role of wine and culture in fortifying national identity and community.
The National Day of Catalonia (La Diada) is a day-long festival in Catalonia. It commemorates the defeat of the Kingdom of Aragon during the War of the Spanish Succession. -
Budapest International Half Marathon (Hungary)
This is an annual road running competition over the half marathon distance 21.0975 kilometres which takes place in Budapest, Hungary in early September. Course leads through the centre of Budapest, through the famous Andrassy Boulevard and the Chain Bridge! -
Boy's Day (Poland)
In Poland "Boy`s Day" is celebrated on 30th of September. On that day people celebrate this Eve in different places, e.g. in the cinema, disco, restaurant or at home. Boy`s Day is the same festival like Women`s Day. If you want, you can give small gifts. Girls spend time with their boyfriends. The Boy`s Day is celebrated only for one day a year. We don`t need special clothes. It also depends on people how much you spend. We haven`t got any special dishes. -
World animal day (Poland)
It’s celebrated on 4th October. The World Animal Day was established in 1931, at a convention in Florence. The day starts a World Animal Week which lasts 7 days. In Catholic church it is a day of remembrance of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals, ecologists and ecology. The aim of this festival is to change people’s behavior towards animals. This event is really important for the general well-being of animals around the world. -
National holiday of Hungary
The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 was one of the many European Revolutions of 1848.The revolution failed and the generals were executed in Arad as a revenge of the Habsburgs. We commemorate this event on 6th October. -
World Post Day (Poland)
We celebrate it on 9th October every year all over the world. World Post Day was adopted by Universal Postal Union in 1969. It took place at a congress in Tokyo. The date of October 9 was chosen to commemorate signing a treaty of Berne in 1874. It was a day when General Postal Union, one of the first International associations, was created. The aim of this day is to show people the importance of post in our everyday life. -
Arbor Day (Poland)
In Poland, Arbor Day is celebrated on the 10th of October. It is a holiday when people plant and look after trees. History: Birdsey Northrop of Connecticut was responsible for globalizing it when he visited Japan in 1883 and delivered his Arbor Day and Village Improvement message. In that same year, the American Forestry Association made Northrop the Chairman of the committee to campaign for Arbor Day nationwide. He also brought his enthusiasm for Arbor Day to Australia, Canada and Europe. -
Spanish National Day
Hispanic Day is a day off work .The king of Spain supervises the raising of the Spanish national flag in the centre of Madrid. He and the Prime Minister lead a military parade after that. Armed forces’ planes perform acrobatics above the parade route and display yellow and red smoke to represent the Spanish flag.People from the region of Aragon also commemorate Our Lady of Pilar, their patron saint.In Franco’s time, it was a very important celebration. -
National Education Day (Poland)
National Education Day is celebrated in most countries in the world. In Poland it is celebrated on 14th of October. It’s a day on which students thank their teachers for their work. They give a flower or tell some greetings. This day commemorates the anniversary of the National Education Committee(KEN) which was formed on the initiative of King Stanislaw August Poniatowski and made by the cutting hall Parliament on 14th October 1773. Colloquially, this day is still called Teachers' Day. -
1956 Revolution of Hungary
The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was a spontaneous nationwide revolt against the government and its Soviet-imposed policies, lasting from 23 October until 10 November 1956. Despite they had not succeed, it had a big role later in Hungary becoming independent. -
The Day of the Basque Country
The Day of the Basque Country is a festive day of this Spanish autonomous community, celebrated in commemoration of the date that the Statute of Autonomy of The Basque Country, known as the Statute of Gernika (1979), was approved by referendum. It was celebrated between the years 2011 and 2013. On November 14th 2013, the Basque Parliament passed a new law (32013), which meant that it was no longer considered to be a festive day. -
Halloween
This day is celebrated on the 31 of October in the evening. It’s associated with festival of the dead. According to tradition, children wear costumes of monsters, witches or skeletons. Some people also decorate their house and gardens. Halloween has been celebrated since the nineties in our countries and has got pagan genesis. -
All Saint's Day
All Saints' Day is a solemnity celebrated by the Catholic Church in honour of all the saints. On that day we take flowers to the cemetery and light candles on the graves of close family or friends. After visiting the cemetery, we mainly go to the house of family members and we have a family meeting. In Poland we wear smart clothes. In Spain we eat "buñuelos" , a special dessert. -
All Saints' Day (Hungary)
All Saint's Day, it's celebrated everywhere around the globe but somewhere in very different forms. In Hungary it's mostly a kind of family 'holiday'. We visit our relatives’ graves. Both the Feast of All Saints and the Feast of All Souls evolved in the life of the Church independently of paganism and Halloween. However, elements of pagan practices were perhaps "baptized" by some cultures or attached themselves to the celebration of All Saints and All Souls. -
The day of Hungarian Science
The day of Hungarian Science. This was the day when Earl Széchenyi István in 1825 donated his yearly income to fund the Hungarian Academy of Science. We don't really celebrate this but this was a very important moment in Hungarian history. -
Saint Martin's Day (Hungary) National Independence day (Poland)
National day in Poland celebrated to commemorate the anniversary of resumption of independent Polish state – Second Polish Republic in 1918 after 123 years of partitions of Poland made by the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia and the Habsburg Empire. It is a non-working day in Poland. Starting in 2008, each year on 11 November in Warsaw is held "March of Independence" St. Martin’s Day in Hungary (Márton nap), a traditional feast day celebrated by tasting the new wine and eating geese. -
The day of Hungarian Football
The day of Hungarian Football. In memory of London 6:3. The Gold Team (Aranycsapat) in November 25 1953 defeated the team of England which was unbeaten for 90 years. The Hungarian Football Association declared this day as a feast. This day commemorates our biggest success in Hungarian football history. -
Andrew's Day (Poland)
We celebrate this event/festival on 29th of November. People celebrate it in restaurants or discos. Andrew`s Day is celebrated because it is the last party before Advent. We pour candle wax into cold water through a key and later, when liquid wax becomes solid, we observe it and try to foretell our future. We don`t wear any special clothes, but sometimes when we go to a party we dress up as witches. -
Day of The Basque Language
Francis Xavier, a Roman Catholic missionary born in Xavier, Navarra, and co-founder of the Society of Jesus, died on the 3rd of December 1552. As a legend says, he said his last words in his mother-language, the Basque language. In 1949 this day was chosen to be the day for the Basque language. Nowadays, this day is celebrated by Basque schools by doing some activities, for example, Basque rural sports. -
Constitution's Day (Spain)
The Spanish Constitution is the fundamental law of the Kingdom of Spain. Francisco Franco died in 1975 and in 1978, the Constitution was issued after a referendum, as part of the Spanish transition to democracy. In Madrid, and some other cities, there is a big parade by soldiers, but people don’t actually celebrate it. We just take a day off every year on the 6th of December. -
St. Nicolas ' Day (Poland) Santa Claus (Hungary)
In Poland children put freshly polished shoes in the corridor or next to the fireplace. St. Nicolas comes to their houses at night and leaves some presents.
In Hungary the one who leaves the presents is Santa Claus, a big, old, kind man who carries a bag full of gifts. He has long, white beard. On the 5th of December at night children clean their boots and in the morning the children get presents. The well-behaved children get candies and chocolates, the naughty children get birch. -
Santa Claus in Hungary
On the 6th of December is the day when Santa Claus is coming. Santa Claus is a big,old, kind man who is wearing a red coat with white collar and cuffs, white-cuffed red trousers, and black leather belt and boots and who carries a bag full of gifts. He has long, white beard. On the 5th of December at night children clean their boots and put them to the window. They are waiting for Santa’s arriving. In the morning the children get Santa’s presents. The well-behaved children get candys, chocolate. -
The Immaculate Conception of Mary (Spain)
The Feast of the Immaculate Conception celebrates belief in the immaculate conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is one of the most important Marian feasts celebrated in the liturgical calendar of the Roman Catholic Church. On this day, people usually go to church, praying to the Virgin Mary. It’s a national holiday, and we take a day off all over Spain. -
Santo Tomas (The Basque Country/Spain)
It’s one of the most important farmers’ markets celebrated in the Basque Country. For example, in Bilbao, we celebrate it in the Arenal and in the New Square. This celebration is held in honour of Saint Thomas, who was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ. There are exhibitions of farming products, dances and sport performances and it represents the first day of our Christmas celebrations. -
Christmas Eve
We spend a lot of time to prepare for this holiday. Formerly families were decorating Christmas tree on Christmas Eve but now we do this about one week before. We feel the atmosphere of Christmas about a month before. In shops there are lots of decorations, sweets, toys and stuff… We look for presents for our family and friends. -
Christmas in Hungary
On 24th December Hungarian people decorate Christmas trees, put wrapped presents under it and young children are waiting for the arrival of Jesus and especially for the presents. People cook and bake Christmas meals. The family members get together and celebrate. After singing carols around the tree such as ”Silent Night” Cristmas presents are given. People go to church to attend Christmas mass. On 25th and 26th December people are together with their extended family. Traditional foods: fish sou -
Chrismas Day
It is an commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ. But now this holiday is becoming more commercial, because they don’t focus on the most important thing which is family, love and religion.People buy presents for each other, and put them under the Christmas Tree. According to Basque traditions, Olentzero ( a miner who lives in the mountains) comes to town late at night on the 24th of December to drop off presents for the children. -
Innocent's Day (Spain)
It is celebrated in Spain, Spanish America and the Philippines. The origin of this festival is linked to the slaughter of children born in Bethlehem, ordered by King Herod the Great.It’s a day for pranks, in which people play jokes on anyone. Those who receive the jokes are known as Innocents, and they shouldn’t get angry. The media often publishes fake content or distorts news. There’s also a typical solidarity TV show in Spain, which records pranks done to famous Spanish people. -
New Year's Eve
It’s the night when we celebrate the last night of the year and the start of the New Year. In Spain, we eat twelve grapes, each grape represents each bell chime. According to tradition, it is believed that eating twelve grapes in time with the chimes brings a prosperous New Year.
