Budapest Half Marathon Race Guide 2013" Key: "Finishers" refers to individuals completing the course, ignoring relay teams. Budapest Half Marathon The Budapest Half Marathon (complete name: Wizz Air Budapest Half Marathon, ) is an annual road running competition over the half marathon distance which takes place in Budapest, Hungary in September. The route starts and ends in City Park and winds through the city center, offering views of some of the city's main sights, such as Andrássy Avenue with the Opera House, the Danube from the Széchenyi Chain Bridge and the Parliament. The 2017 event will take place on Sunday 10 September. Between
Budapest usually involves a parade on the Andrássy Avenue. Other festivals include the Budapest Fringe Festival, which brings more than 500 artists in about 50 shows to produce a wide range of works in alternative theatre, dance, music and comedy outside the mainstream. The LOW Festival is a multidisciplinary contemporary cultural festival held in Hungary in the cities Budapest and Pécs from February until March; the name of the festival alludes to the Low Countries, the region encompassing the Netherlands and Flanders. The Budapest Jewish Summer Festival, in late August, is one of the largest in Europe. There are many symphony