Győr Summer Festival

Annually, from the second week in June to the second week in July

The Győr Summer International Cultural Festival, which displays Győr’s cultural heritage, has a history of over three decades. The list of events, which covers a wide range of genres, is based on a series of separate activities. Every year, for a month in June and July, the wonderful baroque decorations of the city centre. its intimate and atmospheric courtyards and the banks other Rába river are home to the International Ballet Festival, the International Puppet and Street Theatre Convention, the International Folk Dancing and Folk Music Festival, and International Handcraft Fair and Exhibition. In addition to the performances of the “hosts” - the Győr Ballet, the Győr National Theatre, and the Győr Philharmonic Orchestra - visitors can also see those of visiting theatre companies and musical groups. Győr has one of the country’s richest collections of Baroque architectural sights. Visitors can also make very pleasant walks on the banks of the river. On the M82 between Győr and Veszprém is Pannonhalma, famous for the Benedictine monastery founded more than 1000 years ago by Saint Martin. Today they are still monks in the order’s Hungarian home, where they teach at a high school.

Lébény, to the Northwest from Győr, is home to Saint Jacob’s Church, which was founded by Hungarian counts in 1210 for the benefit of the Benedictine order. The church is one of the most significant examples of Roman architecture in Hungary.