Astonishing Szeged Christmas fair opened: it is much cheaper than Budapest – PHOTOS

Szeged is just 2.5 hours away from Budapest by train and 2 hours by car if you travel on motorway M5. The southern Hungarian town is called the “City of Sunshine” since the number of sunny days is the highest there in Hungary. In December, you should not miss the city’s astonishing Christmas fair. Szeged Christmas fair is cheaper than the ones in Budapest and offers multiple attractions, including the Szeged Eye, and the same traditional Hungarian foods. Only the mulled wine is more expensive than in the capital.

Everything is cheaper at the Szeged Christmas fair except for mulled wine

Telex compared the prices in Budapest and Szeged with the help of a journalist working for Szegeder, a local media outlet. According to László Botka, the mayor of Szeged, they turned on the lights of the Christmas fair on Friday. Furthermore, light trains started to carry passengers in the city. According to Telex, many people visited the fair on the first day. They were curious about the new attractions and hoped to taste traditional Hungarian drinks and foods like lángos, chimney cake and mulled wine.

Telex wrote that only mulled wine is more expensive in the town’s Christmas fair than in Budapest. One dl costs EUR 1.5, several cents more than Budapest’s two main fairs, the Advent Bazilika (chosen as Europe’s all-time best) and the Vörösmarty Square.