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Nagykanizsa

Nagykanizsa is a city in Hungary in the Somogy-Zala hills, lying between the western corner of the Lake Balaton and the Croatian and Slovenian border. This pulsing border town, with its 47,000 inhabitants (2017), is the centre of the southwestern Transdanubian region. Wikivoyage

Population 41,497 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Hungary

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Hungary

Getting there

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Still gathering the markets around Nagykanizsa. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. National Doughnut Festival

    February

    In February

    Official site

  2. KanizsaFest - City Day Nagykanizsa

    April

    In April

    Official site

  3. Kanizsa Beer Festival

    June

    In June

    Official site

  4. Kanizsa Wine and Dödölle Festival

    September

    In September

    Official site

  5. Advent Fair

    December

    In December

    Official site

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Nagykanizsa); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

All 21 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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