Debrecen4U November 3, 2026

Wreath-Laying Ceremonies in Debrecen on 4 November 2026

The Municipality of Debrecen will hold a memorial ceremony and wreath-laying events on 4 November, National Day of Mourning in commemoration of the crushing of the 1956 Revolution and War of Independence.

8:30 a.m. | The national flag of Hungary will be raised and then lowered to half-mast in Kossuth Square.

9:00 a.m. | Wreath-laying at the memorial plaque dedicated to László Iván Kovács, on the wall of the Bethlen Gábor Economics Technical School and Student Hostel, part of the Debrecen Vocational Training Centre (8 Piac Street).

10:00 a.m. | Wreath-laying at the memorial plaque commemorating the military victims of 1956 at the Kossuth Barracks. Address by historian Sándor Csákvári.

4:00 p.m. | Torchlight procession from the junction of Ady Endre Road and Nagyerdei Boulevard to the Debrecen Public Cemetery.

4:30 p.m. | Wreath-laying at the 1956 memorial wooden post in the Debrecen Public Cemetery. Commemorative performance by Árpád Bakota, actor and recipient of the Jászai Mari, Csokonai and Fedák Sári Awards, and Zalán Bakota.

Source and photo credit: debrecen.hu