Danube Day 2008 in Hungary

Hungary's fifth Danube Day is being celebrated across the country - along both the River Danube (in Budapest, Győr, Baja, Szekszárd) and the River Tisza (in Szolnok and Gyula). Official meetings combine with fun activities that will entertain, educate and enthral, spreading the Danube Day message to a huge audience.

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Baja: István Zsuffa Scientific Conference (25-28 June)
Baja: Family Day and Danube Art Master schools competition (29 June 2008)
Győr: Danube Day Celebration (26 June 2008; 14:00-17:00)
Budapest: Danube Family Fun Day (29 June 2008)
Szekszárd: Pumping station visit and information day (28 June 2008)
River Tisza events - Szolnok and Gyula (June-July 2008)
Danube Photo Competition (until 15 September 2008)
Greet the Danube ship blast (29 June 2008; 14:00)
Further information
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Baja: István Zsuffa Scientific Conference (25-28 June)

The city of Baja kicks off Danube Day with a scientific conference and related events dedicated to the late Professor István Zsuffa.

Baja: Family Day and Danube Art Master schools competition (29 June 2008)

A day of family events in Baja including the naming of the young Danube Art Master of Hungary 2008. Part of a basin-wide event, the competition invites children to let their creativity run wild and make a piece of environmental art inspired by their river. Youngsters are encouraged to think about how the river can continue to be used without detriment to the people and wildlife that rely on it. Be inspired and you might find yourself crowned Master of the Danube!

Győr: Danube Day Celebration (26 June 2008; 14:00-17:00)

Győr's fifth annual Danube Day will take place on 26^th June at the confluence of the Mosoni-Danube and the Raba. An afternoon of Danube events under the theme "Together for Clean Water" is being organised by the North-Transdanubian Environmental and Water Directorate. Come along and find out more about your river!

Budapest: Danube Family Fun Day (29 June 2008)

Residents of the capital will also be celebrating Danube Day with a Danube family fun-day at ‘Children's Island' in Budapest. Come along and join in environmental games; learn about water infrastructure with large-scale interactive models and see science in action in an electro-microscope presentation.

Szekszárd: Pumping station visit and information day (28 June 2008)

The city of Szekszárd will mark Danube Day with a visit to a 100 year-old water pumping station and other sites. Experts will be on hand to advise on water usage while children will be entertained with environmental games and quizzes.

River Tisza events - Szolnok and Gyula (June-July 2008)

Szolnok is the location for the Tisza Stakeholder Forum meeting to discuss the 2007 Tisza Analysis Report (26 June). In Gyula, the public is invited to salute the Danube rivers at a series of Danube information days. Alongside a striking Danube photographic exhibition, the events include children's activities; lectures; water quality measuring; water creature identification and information on water and water uses (27 June-4 July).

Danube Photo Competition (until 15 September 2008)

Enter the basin-wide Danube Photographic Competition, organised by the International Friends of Nature, and your work could be exhibited at the UN Headquarters in Vienna and toured across the Danube countries.

Greet the Danube ship blast (29 June 2008; 14:00)

The sound of ship horns will reverberate across Hungary and the rest of the Danube Basin at 14:00 on Danube Day, as Danube workers pay a very special tribute to their river. The annual Greet the Danube horn blast will see ships along the Danube from Germany to Ukraine simultaneously sound their horns in a salute to the rivers.

Further information

Download the fact sheet below for more details about the events and organisers.
Danube Day in Hungary fact sheet 45.84 KB

For the latest news, please contact:
Jozsef Gayer (+36 1 457 3242; gayer [at] mail [dot] kvvm [dot] hu) or Maria Galambos (+36 1 457 3489; galambos [at] mail [dot] kvvm [dot] hu) of the Ministry of Environment and Water. For full details of all events, see www.duna-nap.hu.