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The VEB2023 programme booklet for October is now available! Date of creation: 05/10/2023 - Category: News With thousands of programmes on offer during the European Capital of Culture year, it's no wonder you could use some help finding your way around. The recently published programme booklet looks through the programmes for October in Veszprém and the region, but also includes interviews with current events of the month.
The European Capital of Culture programme is a spectacular boost for tourism, with hundreds of events taking place this autumn Date of creation: 22/09/2023 - Category: News Two thousand eight hundred cultural events by the end of the summer; a sharp increase in the number of visitors to Veszprém, in contrast to the general trend, while the carbon footprint of visitors has also decreased. The Veszprém-Balaton 2023 European Capital of Culture (ECOC) programme offers hundreds of cultural delights to visitors from home and abroad in the last quarter of the year.
BALKAN: MOST Celebration of Balkan music Date of creation: 11/09/2023 - Category: News If a street festival can sell out, BALKAN:NOW did. For 3 days, more than 7,000 visitors danced, sang and connected with the diverse music of the region in the historic city centre of Veszprém, European Capital of Culture.
Candidate cities interested in VEB 2023 ECoC programme year! Date of creation: 03/10/2023 - Category: News In the last few weeks, three European Capital of Culture candidate cities visited Veszprém and the Bakony-Balaton region.
ECoC Region 24-hour Ticket - New Fare Product Date of creation: 27/09/2023 - Category: News Travel even easier: here is the new Veszprém-Balaton ECoC24 day ticket for train and bus!
We hosted regional experts from Tartu Date of creation: 30/08/2023 - Category: News During the week of our Halftime event, we hosted a delegation of 27 people from Veszprém's twin city Tartu, and the South Estonia region. Tartu will be the European Capital of Culture in 2024 and, like us, they were thinking in terms of a regional approach.
Veszprém Jazz Festival - a four-day musical journey with iconic artists of the genre Date of creation: 23/08/2023 - Category: News Peter Gabriel and Sting's favourite drummer Manu Katché, nu jazz emblematic trumpeter Erik Truffaz, Grammy Award-winning guitar virtuoso Bill Frisell, amazing Swiss drummer Jojo Mayer and the Scary Pockets, who have made a name for themselves with their funk reinterpretations of well-known songs, will also perform at the Veszprém Jazz Festival from 16 to 19 November 2023.
The ECoC Family was with us at half time Date of creation: 27/07/2023 - Category: News Colleagues from 13 ECoC cities celebrated with us on the Halftime programme! The recent encounter provided a great opportunity to see the results of the successful infrastructure developments of the past months and to taste the summer cultural bustle of Veszprém and the region. One of the highlights of their stay was the Long Table Picnic, where they shared the typical food and drinks of their countries, making this great community event even more colourful.
Cultural diplomats visit the City of Queens Date of creation: 19/07/2023 - Category: News Veszprém hosted a cultural diplomacy meeting on a grand scale. Directors and cultural attachés of Hungarian cultural institutions from 26 countries of the world, as well as representatives of the Ministry of Culture and Innovation visited our city.

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