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The Szolnok Day series of events, running until Saturday, will offer family and cultural programs, exhibitions, and concerts in the city with county rights located on the banks of the Tisza river, in the heart of the Great Hungarian Plain.
The Budapest-Cegléd-Szolnok railway line opened on September 1, 1847. In honor of this historic date, Szolnok Day is held every year. In keeping with tradition, local civil society organizations, service providers, voluntary groups and partners will be given the opportunity to present their work, and the city’s most prestigious awards, the Silver Pelican Award and the title of Citizen of Szolnok, will be presented during a ceremony.
The program started on Sunday with a St. Hubert’s mass in the Great Downtown Church with horn bands performing in the streets and squares of Szolnok.
On Tuesday evening, the Hungarian National Archives of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County will host the opening of the photo exhibition Objectively From Here and Beyond at the TISZApART Cinema.
On Wednesday afternoon, the opening ceremony of the school year will be held at the Szent-Györgyi Albert Primary School. On the same day, László Lőrinczi’s photographic exhibition Four Seasons in Transylvania will open at the Aba-Novák Agóra Cultural Center, and The Szolnok Art Center will host an exhibition by Ildikó Fazakas and Apor S. FERENCZ.
On Thursday, another exhibition entitled In the Service of the Poor – The Past and Present of the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor will open at the Damjanich János Museum.
On Friday afternoon, the XXVI Szolnok Regional Military Music Festival will begin at the Tisza Boatmen’s Square.
At the end of the day on Friday, the traditional candle-lighting ceremony at the statue of Ispan Zounok, organized by the Rotary Club of Szolnok, will also take place.
On Saturday, there will also be a number of activities. On Kossuth Lajos Street and Hild Square in front of the Agora, the Szolnok Day Market will offer a family program from early morning until late evening, and after the Béres senior walk, the partners of the Service City project will present their work. The all-day stage program of the Civil Cavalcade will entertain visitors on Kossuth Square.
Family programs on the Civil Cavalcade. Photo: Facebook/Alföld Szíve Térségi Turisztikai Egyesület
On the occasion of the 176th anniversary of the Pest-Szolnok railway line, the nostalgia train 424, towed by a steam locomotive between Nyugati station and Szolnok, will be greeted at track 1 by the Air Force Band of the 86th Helicopter Base of the Hungarian Defense Forces and the MÁV Kodály Choir, and a wreath laying will take place at the commemorative plaque “170 years of the Pest-Szolnok railway line,” erected in 2017.
The nostalgia train arriving for Szolnok Day in 2020. Photo: Facebook/MÁV
On Saturday, all the exhibits of the Szolnok Railway Cabinet will be open free of charge at the railway station and upstairs in the former Passenger Restaurant.
The RepTár Szolnok Aviation Museum will offer a picnic lunch with a variety of interesting attractions.
Photo: Facebook/RepTár – Szolnoki Repülőmúzeum
Visitors are also welcome at the TESZ Community House, the Verseghy Ferenc Library, and Public Culture Institution. The MÁV Vehicle Repair Shop is holding an open day, and the Aba-Novák Agora and the Agora Playhouse are holding outdoor programs.
Photo: Facebook/Aba-Novák Agóra Kulturális Központ
In the afternoon, the 948-slice cake of Szolnok can be tasted at Hild János Square, where you can also play star and ball games in the evening, organized jointly by Aba-Novák Agóra and the Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County Societies for Dissemination of Scientific Knowledge. The day will be closed by a band performance followed by concerts on Hild János Square.
Featured image: Facebook/Szeretem Szolnokot