Great video about the Hungarikums

The list of Hungarikums has been expanding for several years now and it includes special and traditional Hungarian dishes, artefacts, buildings, inventions etc. There are currently 67 Hungarikums, but this number is expected to grow in the future. If this is your first time hearing about Hungarikums, here’s a great introductory video about them 🙂

What are Hungarikums? According to the official website, Hungarikum is a collective term indicating a value worthy of distinction and highlighting within a unified system of qualification, classification, and registry and which represents the high performance of Hungarian people thanks to its typically Hungarian attribute, uniqueness, specialty and quality.

The listed Hungarikums come from many different fields of life. Among others, you can find Halas lace, Herend porcelain, Béres drops and Béres drops extra, Erős Pista, the life-work of Ferenc Puskás, the caves of Aggtelek etc. in seven categories (Agriculture and Food Industry, Health and Lifestyle, Industrial and technological solutions, Cultural Heritage, Sport, Natural environments, Tourism and catering).

The latest additions to the list were the fish soup of the Tisza region, Egri Bikavér, the Kodály method and the Hungarian sheepdog and hunting dog species. As you can tell, the list of Hungarikums is quite diverse.