Share the love with Free Hugs Budapest

Anytime in the past 2 years you could have chanced upon people offering Free Hugs in the centre of Budapest. If you did (or if you didn’t) you may be wondering what it’s all about.

We talked to the organisers and asked them what Free Hugs is and why they do it …

They simply stand in the street smiling and offering hugs to people passing by. Some people just grab a quick “pat on the back” others go all in for a real hug. Everyone goes away smiling and we have many people who say “bless you for doing this”.

Every time they have a Free Hugs Budapest event at least one person asks why we do it.
The answer is simple, people need hugs and some need them a lot.

Clive Wilton, the founder of Free hugs Budapest told us:

“The very first time I was involved in a free hugs event (in France) a lady in her 80’s hugged me and started crying on my shoulder. She told me that her husband had died one year before and that, since he had gone to hospital, nobody had hugged her.