Floralia returns in 2022! We are looking forward to seeing you all at our Roman spring festival between 29 April and 1 May!
After two years of interruption, the Floralia – one of Budapest’s oldest cultural events – will be held in 2022 for the 31st time. The Floralia brings to life Roman traditions, offering an unforgettable 3-day experience to visitors. The event’s venue – the Aquincum Museum’s Archaeological Park, provides an authentic environment for the event which has by now developed into a festival. The Floralia brings us close to Classical Antiquity and presents to us in a lively way the cultural heritage of the Roman period through experimental archaeology, living history, music, dance, theatre and gastronomy.
https://www.floralia-aquincum.com/
13:00-15:00 Themed and interactive museum class for older adults (in HU). Please register in advance via aquincum@aquincum.hu. //FULLY BOOKED//
16:00 – 19:00 Seven-item walking wine tasting organised by Borháló (wine tasting tickets can be purchased at the museum for 3500 HUF)
For ticket prices and discounts, click here.
Saturday, 30 April 2022
10:00-10:45 Tér-színház (theatre in HU)
10:00-11:00 Celtic warrior training for children
10:00-12:00 Germanic fortune telling (in HU)
10:00-12:00 Ancient games and tales for children (in HU)
10:15-10:45 Muscle training barbarian style
10:15-11:00 Medicinal herb walking tour with Derua (in HU)
11:00-11:30 Festival procession in honour of the goddess Flora
12:00-13:00 Guided tour of the exhibition ‘All roads lead to (Rome) Aquincum’ with the curator (in HU)
12:00-16:00 Roman school (in HU)
12:00-18:00 Roman fortune telling (in HU)
12:00-12:30 Barbarian spring procession (in HU)
12:30-13:00 Censor inauguration
12:45-13:15 Dodgeball with shields for children (in HU)
13:00-18:00 Flag-running, sheep-pulling interactive battle for children and for adults
13:30-14:00 Fashion show (in HU)
13:30-13:45 Legionary demonstration at the Civil Town’s amphitheatre (by Aquincum HÉV suburban railway station)
13:45-14:30 Gladiatorial demonstration at the Civil Town’s amphitheatre (by Aquincum HÉV suburban railway station)
14:00-14:30 Roman wedding – demonstration
14:15-14:45 Dodgeball with shields for children (in HU)
15:00-15:30 Slave auction (in HU)
15:45-16:15 Gladiatorial demonstration in the Archaeological Park
16:30-17:00 Election of the duumvirs (in HU)
17:00-17:30 Clash of the Romans and Barbarians
17:30-18:00 Wine-adventures in Pannonia (wine tasting) (in HU)
Sunday, 1 May 2022
10:00-10:45 Tér-színház (theatre in HU)
10:00-11:00 Celtic warrior training for children
10:00-12:00 Germanic fortune telling (in HU)
10:00-12:00 Ancient games and tales for children (in HU)
10:15-10:45 Muscle training barbarian style
10:15-11:00 Medicinal herb walking tour with Derua (in HU)
11:00-11:30 Festival procession in honour of the goddess Flora
12:00-12:30 Barbarian spring procession (in HU)
12:00-16:00 Roman school
12:00-18:00 Roman fortune telling (in HU)
12:45-13:05 Learn Latin in 20 minutes! (in HU)
12:45-13:15 Dodgeball with shields for children
13:00-18:00 Flag-running, sheep-pulling interactive battle for children and for adults
13:30-14:00 Fashion show (in HU)
13:30-15:00 Roman wedding ceremony tent
13:30-13:45 Legionary demonstration at the Civil Town’s amphitheatre (by Aquincum HÉV suburban railway station)
13:45-14:30 Gladiatorial demonstration at the Civil Town’s amphitheatre (by Aquincum HÉV suburban railway station)
14:15-14:45 Dodgeball with shields for children
14:45-15:15 Slave auction (in HU)
15:30-16:00 Gladiatorial demonstration in the Archaeological Park
16:00-16:30 Election of the duumvirs (in HU)
16:30-17:00 Clash of the Romans and Barbarians
17:00-18:00 Caligula helytartója (theatre – in HU) /Cancelled due to illness/
Constantly running events on Saturday and Sunday:
Living history and weapons demonstration at the camps of the re-enactors
Carriage-driving contest
Gladiator school and mini arena games for children
Roman beauty parlour
Roman adventure game
Arts and crafts (plant weaving, ribbon weaving, felt making, pottery making, spinning and weaving, floral hair band making, Roman jewellery making)
Crafts demonstrations (mosaic making, stone carving, blacksmithing, bronze casting, calligraphy, glass bead making)
Ancient fair
The organisers reserve the right to make changes to the programme!
Ticket prices for Saturday and Sunday
Adult ticket (18-62 years): 2 200 HUF
Student/pensioner ticket: 1 100 HUF
Child ticket (2-6 years): 600 HUF
Family ticket (2 adults +2 children): 5 500 HUF
Combined adult ticket (Sat-Sun): 3 800 HUF (only available online)
Combined student/pensioner ticket (Sat-Sun): 1 700 HUF (only available online)
Óbuda resident 50% adult ticket (18-62 years): 1 100 HUF
Óbuda resident 50% student/pensioner ticket: 550 HUF
Óbuda resident 50% child ticket (2-6 years): 300 HUF
On Saturday and Sunday the usual discounts are not valid. The event can be visited free of charge by people with a Ukrainian passport or other documents proving their Ukrainian refugee status. The event can be further visited free of charge by journalists, people with disabilities and their companion, visitors under 2, and teachers accompanying school groups as well as tour guides accompanying tourists. Upon request, the eligibility for discounts must be verified at the venue.
Due to the event, the discounts on the last Saturday of the month (free entry for visitors under 26 and maximum 2 adult close relatives accompanying children under 18), can be used instead on Saturday, 23 April.
Avoid the queues and buy your ticket for Saturday and Sunday on TIXA.HU!
Getting to the Aquincum Museum:
By public transportation:
- Rail: Lines S72, S76, G72, Z72, Aquincum station. On foot, the museum can be accessed now – during the closure of the Szentendrei Road pavement – via Keled Road→ Sujtás Street→ Záhony Street. On Saturday and Sunday, the event can also be visited via the temporary Keled Road ticket office!
- HÉV suburban railway: Line H5, Kaszásdűlő and Aquincum stops. From Aquincum HÉV stop on foot, the museum can be accessed now – during the closure of the Szentendrei Road pavement – via Keled Road→ Sujtás Street→ Záhony Street. On Saturday and Sunday, the event can also be visited via the temporary Keled Road ticket office!
- Bus: Lines 34, 106 and 134, Záhony Street stop
By bicycle:
- The car park of the museum can only be accessed via the Záhony Street gate, which can be reached from the south via the cycle path of Szentendrei Road or Ángel Sanz Briz Road, and from the north from the cycle path of Sujtás Street or Gázgyár Street.
By car:
- The car park of the museum can only be accessed via the Záhony Street gate. The number of spaces at the museum car park are limited due to construction works. We recommend using the parking spaces reserved for visitors of the event at the car park of the Auchan supermarket opposite the museum.
The event is organised by the Friends of Aquincum and supported by the Budapest History Museum, the National Cultural Fund of Hungary, the Local Government of Budapest District III. Óbuda-Békásmegyer and the Óbuda Cultural Centre. The event is organised in the framework of the Budapest Spring Festival with the promotional support of Budapest Brand.
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Snapshots from the Floralia in 2022
Photos: Nóra Szilágyi
Photos: Luca Dimény
