A Hungarian festival among Europe’s most flabbergasting ones – photos, videos

According to termalfurdo.hu, on the most flabbergasting festivals and celebrations of Europe people throw tomatoes and oranges on each other, raft in boats full of beers and make funny and creative scarecrows. But would you be able to guess which festival is the Hungarian one in Travelaway’s list?

Running of the bulls, Pamplona, Spain

The main attraction of Pamplona’s (Northern-Spain) world-famous San Fermin Festival is the running of the bulls. The event is regularly happening at the beginning of July and lasts for 9 days. The festival has been organised since 1951 in honour of the town’s patron saint, Saint Fermin. The crowd dressed in Basque folk costume runs together 825 metres in the narrow downtown alleys with 6 powerful bulls each weighing 600 kilograms.

Battle of Oranges, Ivrea, Italy

In the small Italian town of UNESCO-protected Ivrea, thousands of people start to throw oranges on each other in February each year. The festival lasts for three days, and they use 50 thousand crates (400 tonnes) of oranges. They commemorate that hundreds of years ago the monarch wanted to enforce Ius primae noctis in case of a young girl, but

she cut the tyrant’s head off.

Scarecrow Festival, Kettlewell, Great-Britain

The first Scarecrow Festival was organised in 1994 in the charming little British village of Kettlewell during which tourists can see creative and bizarre hay figures for two weeks in the whole settlement. We can spot celebrities like the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, but scarecrows are riding a bike or celebrating their wedding, too. The purpose of the festival is to

collect money for the local school and church.

Tomato Fight, Bunol, Spain

Tomatina Festival is the most significant food battle in the world which is held on the last Wednesday of August in Bunol, 30 kilometres away from the seashore. People coming from all four corners of the compass throw 140 tonnes of tomatoes on each other. Besides, fireworks, paella contest and other colourful events enrich the program. Of course, at the end of the day, the whole city is almost floating on tomato juice.