What are the Hungarian National Holidays in 2009?
March 15th Sunday Anniversary of 1848 uprising against Austrian rule April 12 and 13th Easter Sunday and the Monday that follows May 1st Friday, Labor Day May 31th Whit Sunday and June 1st Whit Monday August 20th Thursday Celebration of King Saint Stephen October 23rd Friday Anniversary of the 1956 revolution and war of independence, date of the declaration of the Republic of Hungary in 1989 November 1st Sunday All Saints’ Day December 25th and 26th Friday and Saturday Christmas and Boxing Day Note that almost everything is closed on holidays, including some grocery stores. There are 24 hour stores that remain open. During the rest of the year, it is common for most stores to close at 1:00 pm on Saturdays and to be closed on Sundays. The malls remain open both days. Festival Times: February – Carnival Season – Farsang – Costume parties and carnivals take place all month long to mark the end of winter, especially on the last Saturday in February. City festivities usually include carniva
