Debrecen4U April 24, 2026

Time Travel on Two Wheels: Rare Exhibition Opens at DEMKI Homokkert Community Centre

Comprising more than one hundred items, a permanent exhibition from the private collection of Attila Katona can be viewed at the Debrecen Bicycle Museum. The dedicated collector and restorer has recently received a special award for the exemplary creation and presentation of his extraordinary bicycle collection.

A cargo bicycle from the 1930s is part of the display that transports visitors back to the earliest, unsteady velocipede era of cycling, as well as to the golden age of two-wheeled mobility.

Attila Katona passionately collects and restores rare vintage bicycles, a commitment clearly demonstrated by the Debrecen Bicycle Museum he founded. He was recently included in Hungary’s Video Portrait Hall of Fame, for which he has just received a commemorative plaque, though he requested that his own name not appear on the recognition. “I wish to dedicate this to Debrecen, with the inscription ‘With love to Debrecen’, as I am from here and it means a great deal to me that I was able to establish a bicycle museum in this city. It fills me with great pride, and I hope that the city of Debrecen and everyone who supports me will accept it from me with heartfelt appreciation,” he said.

This is already the sixth community centre to host the temporary exhibition Time Travel on Two Wheels, which offers a glimpse into the Bicycle Museum’s private collection of more than one hundred items. “Events of the distant past—even from an industrial history perspective—always capture our interest, because we all like to know where we come from, where we are heading, and what we are doing today,” emphasised János D. Halász, Managing Director of DEMKI.

The exhibition of vintage bicycles can be visited at the DEMKI Homokkert Community Centre until 28 May.

Source and photo credit: dehir.hu