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20th August: Beer, wine, food to be cheap during the Szent István Day in Budapest
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The price of drinks and food will be considerably lower than today’s average at the Szent István Nap venues. The program will be organized between August 18 and August 21 in 11 places in Budapest, based on a letter sent by the Hungarian Tourism Agency (MTÜ) to turizmus.com.
According to turizmus.com, consumer prices this year will equal the 2021 prices. That means you can buy canned and draft beers for only 350 HUF (0.87 EUR) in downtown Budapest. One of the most famous Hungarian quality beers, the IPA, will cost only 400 HUF (1 EUR) during the 4-day-long event.
The Hungarian Tourism Agency said in their letter that it was their strategic decision to provide food and drinks for last year’s price during the Szent István Day events. The organizers want the program to be affordable for everybody. The official partners of the program will have a prominently displayed badge, the MTÜ added.
They selected their partners considering the quality and variety of their products and their logistics background. MTÜ said in their letter that they expect millions of visitors during the 4-day-long program.
One of their partners is the famous Hungarian beer manufacturer, the Borsodi Sörgyárak Ltd. They will offer draft and canned beers for the visitors. Coca-Cola Magyarország will have mineral water and refreshers on their repertoire.
As the Roman poet Juvenal (Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis – circa 60-circa 140) summarized in Satire X;
[Populus] qui dabat olim
imperium, fasces, legiones, omnia, nunc se
continet atque duas tantum res anxius optat,
panem et circenses.
translation:
[The people] which formerly gave military power, high offices, legions, all, now contains itself, and eagerly desires two things only—bread and circus games.