Advent in the Hegyvidék. The Advent Market of the Hegyvidék awaits visitors with a wide range of handicraft products and festive delicacies, as well as a variety of programs until 23 December at Városháza Square. Evening concerts begin at 6 p.m.: Sixtones Acappella on December 15, on December 16th Jr. Lajos Sárközy and his orchestra will perform the Hungarian National Brass Quintet on the 17th and the Campanell Percussion Ensemble on the 22nd.

New chapel in Anna meadow. In the Anna meadow near Normafa, at the junction of the Marian pilgrimage routes, Cardinal Dr. Péter Erdő inaugurated the Atonement Chapel built with donations from the faithful community. The peculiarity of the small building, which can accommodate about fifteen people, is that the two ends can be fully opened: opening towards the small square surrounded by oak trees, open-air masses for eighty to a hundred people can be organized, and opening towards the valley it can serve as a venue for larger gatherings once a year.

Fundraising for children in Transcarpathia. Since the outbreak of the war, the Hegyvidék Municipality and the citizens living in district XII have helped families and children living in Ukraine and Transcarpathia several times. This time, the district residents can give sports equipment (volleyball, soccer ball, basketball, ping-pong racket and ball, badminton oven and ball, jumping rope, coordination ladder and hoop, buoy with holes used in physical education classes with rod, rubber loop, marking wheel, running barrier for children) to school children in Transcarpathia. New or used devices that are still in good condition can be dropped off at the customer service of the municipality (23-25 Böszörményi Rd.), at the customer service point in Svábhegy (1 Normafa Rd.) and at the swimming pool in Városmajor (Városmajor utca 29.) until 20 December.

The fleet of lights rolled out. BKV vehicles dressed in festive lights started all over the city. In the Hegyvidék, the Light Tram, decorated with a one-and-a-half-kilometre-long LED string, will appear on line 56A on December 16 and line 59 on December 23. The Santa Claus Bus will be available on lines 105, 210 and 210B in the days leading up to Christmas, on December 15, 16, 17, 22 and 23. Line 105 will be operated on 16, 17, 23, 25, 26, 30 December and on 1, 6 and 7 January for the so-called Light Bus. The festive Tatra trains run on lines 17, 56, 56A and 59, and the rack railway will also join BKV's light fleet, which will resume running from 10 December. The detailed time-table can be found on the bkk.hu page.

Concerts at MOMkult. At the MOM Cultural Center (18 Csörsz St.) Felicián Kalmus will perform Christmas melodies in the soft voice of the cello on December 17 from 7 p.m., and on December 26 from 7 p.m., saxophonist and pan-whistler St. Martin will guide the audience into the unique world born from the fusion of lyrical jazz, dynamic folk and classical music. On December 30, from 5 p.m. and 8 p.m., the Hot Jazz Band and violinist Katica Illényi will promise a cheerful pre-New Year's Eve afternoon and evening, while on the last day of the year, December 31, from 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., the Budapest Bar, featuring star performers, will renew the traditions of gypsy music in the café. On January 2, from 7 p.m., accordionist Zoltán Orosz and his friends will welcome the audience to their New Year's joy concert, and on January 5, from 9 p.m., the St. Ephraim Male Choir promises light entertainment with its sparkling harmonies. The George Solti Music School and the Divertimento Chamber Orchestra will hold their traditional New Year's Gala concert on January 10 from 6 pm.