Here’s a selection of our recent projects – cultural events, virtual activities, and community-led initiatives that celebrate the unique connections between Wales and Hungary.
Our Projects
Welsh-Hungarian Day 2025, Cardiff
In May 2025, Cardiff became the meeting place for two cultures as the city played host to our annual Welsh-Hungarian Day…
St David’s Day 2025 in London
In February 2025, we had the honour of once again co-hosting a truly special St David's Day reception at the Embassy of Hungary…
Welsh-Hungarian Day 2024, Newport
In May 2024, we were proud to host a brand-new celebration of Wales’ connection with Hungary in Newport…
Welsh cocktail night in Budapest, 2023
To celebrate Welsh-Hungarian Friendship Day in Budapest, we joined forces with Hungary’s Opera Gin and Wales’ Penderyn Disitllery…
Hungarian night in Machynlleth, 2023
In May 2023, we chose the quaint Welsh town of Machynlleth as our base for Welsh-Hungarian Friendship Day…
Welsh-Hungarian Friendship Day launched
On Montgomery Hungarian Day, Magyar Cymru’s Balint Brunner announced that 14th May would become known as Welsh-Hungarian Friendship Day…
Montgomery Hungarian Day 2022
In May 2022, hundreds of Hungarian and Welsh visitors gathered in Montgomery as the Mid Wales town celebrated its unique literary connection with Hungary…
“Rethinking The Bards of Wales” competition
In May 2022, we were pleased to reveal the results of our "Rethinking The Bards of Wales" and "Family Circle" schools competitions…
Celebrating Cornish-Hungarian ties
Following the success of the inaugural Wales Week Hungary programme, Magyar Cymru's next campaign - celebrating Cornwall's St Piran's Day…
‘Let's build bridges!’ (2020-21)
In 2020, we gathered 30 Hungarians from all walks of life to send a powerful ‘love letter’ to Wales…
Mondd Walesiül / Say it in Welsh (2020)
For Shwmae Su’mae Day 2020, we encouraged our Hungarian readers to give the Welsh language a go…
A Welsh map for Hungary (2020)
In 2020, the new Welsh names of Hungary’s cities took the media by storm after our Welsh-language map of the country emerged on social media…
The Hungarian ‘Calon Lân’ (2020)
In March 2020, we challenged folk singer Andrea Gerák to perform a Hungarian rendition of Welsh classic ‘Calon Lân’ in Budapest…
Dydd Miwsig Cymru in Budapest, 2020
For Welsh Language Music Day 2020, we teamed up with Budapest’s Három Holló café and Welshophile music collector László Záhonyi…
Hungary’s “Welshest” village (2019)
When we heard that a village in Hungary’s Békés County was singing Welsh hymns with pride, we wanted to share the story with the world…