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This weekend: Horsemen and horses to take over Heroes’ Square at the 10th National Gallop
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You won’t even be able to recognise the Heroes’ Square and Andrássy Avenue between the 15th and 17th of September: the patter of hooves and the whoops of folk dancers will take over the whir of cars, and the incredible smells of the Hungarian cuisine will replace the exhaust fume. Visit the 10th National Gallop (Nemzeti Vágta) and experience the whirl of galloping horsemen, fiery arrows and throbbing dancers.
According to the official website, besides the horse and carriage races fuelled by adrenalin, the organisers prepared special programmes to celebrate the jubilee of the traditional event. For the first time, visitors can watch the Fiery Gallop for free on Saturday evening and also join the country’s biggest outdoor dance house.
One of the busiest parts of Budapest will be transformed completely. A horse racecourse will be set up on Heroes’ Square, the Kitchen of Hungary (Országkonyha) will be placed between the Hungarian Academy of Arts and 56-osok Square, there’s going to be a hussar camp in the City Park, while the cultural cavalcade of the participating settlements will take over Andrássy Avenue. More than 400 horses will be present at the square, where the best riders of 72 settlements will compete at the peak of the National Gallop.
