A honest story on the Hungarian National Blue Trail + VIDEO

The National Blue Trail became one of the most popular long-distance hiking destinations in Hungary. With its 1168 km, it runs across the northern part of the country.

The blue tour is a hiking movement maintained by the Hungarian Hiking Association. You have to reach 152. stamping locations through the trail. The National Blue Trail stamping book helps you to collect all the dedicated and unique stamps in one place for later approval.

Read here a great report by Apertifilm who went through the blue hiking tour: 

After years of procrastination, I packed my backpack on may of 2017 and started my hike on the trail. Long-distance hiking was a totally new thing for me. I was sure that this is going to be something new and exciting. But even my expectations were far from what I have seen and experienced during that 46 days of hiking.

I started at Írott-kő on my own.

Actually, I climbed up from Velem to Írott-kő for my first stamp. After that, I hiked usually in 2-4 days terms. Till I got to Hollóháza in 2019. In these two and a half years my life went through fundamental changes. And most of it was due to my experiences on the blue trail.

I bought my stamping book in 2009, but it sat on my shelf for years. I was always rationalizing why I don’t have time for it now. Until in 2017 I got into a crisis in both my professional and private life. Things that were important meant nothing for me anymore. Stress became permanent in my life and it started to consume my personality. In cases like this, I normally used o go to the gym or to a party with my friends, but this wasn’t working for me anymore. I felt that the ground falls out under my feet. This is how I started Hungary’s (and Europe’s) first long-distance hiking trail and when I finished, I was again optimistic and filled with creative energy. I couldn’t wait to share my next hike with my friends.