The main events of the 1956 revolution took place in Budapest, but other rural municipalities also joined in the capital’s demands for freedom. What happened in the towns and cities of Győr-Moson-Sopron County over the course of those days? Our tour features five locations to elaborate on what transpired, providing a reminder of what happened in those fateful hours. The book titled the Freedom Fight in Győr-Sopron county details one of the most important events in recent Hungarian history.

Have you ever wondered how the gold seekers extracted gold dust from the water of the Danube? Would you like to know who the ‘burcsellás’ (boatmen) were? We show a couple of old professions that are hardly practiced by anyone in the area now, or have already become extinct, even though they provided livelihood to many people in the age of our great-grandparents and great-great-grandparents. Learn more about the forgotten professions!

The kids can still marvel at the world. They are curious. They are interested in the whys and the wherefores. They want to know how things are made. Be a child again, dare to be a curious researcher and explorer again! If you take this tour, you will get an answer to how chocolate or our daily bread is made, enter a meat factory and the world-famous Audi factory, and finally learn the secrets of wine-making in a winery.