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Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarország), officially in English the Republic of Hungary (Magyar Köztársaság), is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia. Its capital is Budapest. Hungary is a member of OECD, NATO, EU, Visegrád Group and is a Schengen state. The official language is Hungarian, which is part of the Finno-Ugric family. It is one of the four official languages of the European Union that is not of Indo-European origin.

History

Psytrance movement took its first steps back in ‘92 when DJ Oleg came by weird mix tapes from Israel and India, and a year later already threw parties mixing goatrance with acid, breaks and techno. Vibe started to spread across the country but needed its helpers: an Israeli student delivering goatrance vinyls for the rising number of DJs in Budapest, and his fellow countryman, Big who moved to Szeged and organized parties for the amused underground crowd. Psytrance events became weekly frequent from around 2000, and these days Hungary hosts sometimes more parties in a weekend, in fact you might also find more the same day.

[2009] Hot happenings in HUNGARY

written by Susan

2008 was another year of success and fun for the Hungarian Psychedelic scene. With ever-growing festivals, thrilling parties and strong releases from local artists and labels Hungary is getting its deserved recognition in the international community.

Hungarians might not be the most common to bump in at festivals around the world but those few traveling are very easily spotted by their wholehearted enthusiasm and bottles of spicy and superstrong drink, the Palinka being kept always handy while making friends. Which they like a lot and the only reason most of them staying home is the biggest Hungarian Psy-trance festival Ozora, where the whole community gathers in August to meet, make friends and dance together with thousands of international Psychedelic Travelers.

A smaller but ever-growing open air festival, Bakony is held fourth time in July on a beautiful beach surrounded by the woods and hills its name is coming from, and some more small weekend-gatherings are following their footsteps all summer long. In general Hungary has Psy-trance events every week with lots of promoters organizing small underground parties, big raves and almost everything in between. Whenever you visit, to find the most of it it's best to head to the capital, Budapest. Countryside happenings are rare but still alive around Szeged and have a really special vibe to this day.

From spring to autumn parties are held nearby fishing lakes and mountain woods while during the colder months the community tends to gather in cozy underground clubs. Even places like boats on the Danube, an old amusement park or a thermal bath can serve as party location. For the first time in the history of the 15 years old Hungarian scene 2008 brought a few successful chill-out-only parties too.

Apart from Para Halu and his label Psylife and Halu Beats records, future releases from local Full-on project Beyond and Progressive Kalumet are worth keeping an eye on. There are also quite a lot young musicians started to produce Dark Psy and releasing on Psybaba records.

An abounding party life and a welcoming community awaits you in Hungary, come visit!

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Facts

Hungary is relatively small and though the trains can be killing slow, there are no relevant distances between A and B.
Palinka can be made from almost literally everything but most commonly it is from fruits and honey.
According to Western countries prices are relatively low for a party ticket (8-10 eur) or for a beer at a party (1-1,5 eur).
Drug laws are strict in Hungary, in festivals you are usually safe but you can't smoke a joint in the streets, even marijuana is highly illegal.

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