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Ten years after the streets of Pécs first lit up with the magic of contemporary light art, the 10th anniversary edition of the Zsolnay Light Festival is bigger and more spectacular than ever before: over four nights from July 2 to 5, it will bathe the city in light with more than thirty installations. Moreover, its theme pays tribute to Pécs’s world-famous native son, Victor Vasarely, as part of the Vasarely Memorial Year. 

For more than two decades, this company—which blends shadow play and dance—has been captivating audiences with its diverse productions. Now they are preparing a new project that is even more unconventional than their previous ones: the team is responsible for creating an international experience brand called SAHAR, which will launch in Budapest and is expected to be followed by dynamic international expansion.

As part of an extraordinary art project, visual artist Bogi Nagy built a bridge between the past and the present in 2025. On May 21, Albrecht Dürer's birthday, following a press conference, she set off from the Albrecht Dürer House in Nuremberg on her artistic pilgrimage along the Dürer Route—the historic route that Dürer once took to Venice.

The 10 Million Tree, the Municipality of Budapest, the Main Garden and the beeco "eco-application" are launching a voluntary Water Tax programme in Budapest. Companies and individuals are already invited to join organised group watering, while individual and small group waterers can join the programme from 1 June on the beeco map app, where they can find where to buy water and where the trees to be watered are.