LOW Festival

The LOW Festival (also known as LOW Holland-Flamand Kultfeszt) was a multidisciplinary contemporary cultural festival held in Hungary in the cities Budapest and Pécs from 15 February till 12 March 2008. The name of the festival alludes to the Low Countries, the region encompassing the Netherlands and Flanders.

The aim of the festival was to get the Hungarian audience acquainted with contemporary Dutch and Flemish culture. Besides this the festival's goal was to establish a sustainable cooperation between Dutch, Flemish and Hungarian organisations and artists. The LOW Festival brought a wide variety of Dutch and Flemish visual arts, design, performing arts, feature films, documentaries, contemporary, classical, jazz and pop music to Hungary.

The LOW Festival was initiated by the Royal Netherlands Embassy and the Flemish Representation in Budapest, the organizational tasks were carried out by the Low Festival Centre, which was opened by the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kinga Göncz, and her Dutch colleague, Maxime Verhagen, in a ceremony on September 12, 2007.[1]

Location

The festival took place at more than 20 locations in Budapest, including popular venues like the A38 Ship, Ernst Museum, Ludwig Museum, Merlin Theatre, Millenáris Park, MU Theatre, Műcsarnok/Kunsthalle, Örökmozgó Filmmuseum, Palace of Arts, Rudas Bath and Trafó – House of Contemporary Arts.

References

"Verhagen opens cultural centre in Budapest". www.dag.nl. 2007-09-12.

Budapest

Landmarks

Bridges	Árpád Bridge Elisabeth Bridge Liberty Bridge Margaret Bridge Megyeri Bridge Petőfi Bridge Rákóczi Bridge Széchenyi Chain Bridge
Castles and palaces	Buda Castle Danube Palace Fisherman's Bastion Gresham Palace Hotel Astoria Hotel Gellért Labyrinth of Buda Castle Nagytétény Castle New York Palace Vajdahunyad Castle
Government	Carmelite Monastery of Buda Sándor Palace Hungarian Parliament Building House of Magnates Hungarian National Bank Budapest City Hall
Memorials	Holocaust Memorial Center Kossuth Memorial Liberty Statue Little Princess statue Matthias Fountain Shoes on Danube Bank
Museums and galleries	Aquincum Museum Museum of Ethnography Geological Museum Kunsthalle Hospital in the Rock House of Terror National Gallery National Museum Natural History Museum Semmelweis Museum of Medical History Railway History Park Koller Gallery Memento Park Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Library Müpa Budapest Museum of Applied Arts Museum of Fine Arts National Széchényi Library Transportation Museum Southeast Asian Gold Museum
Parks and gardens	Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden City Park City Park Ice Rink Gellért Hill Haller Park Fiume Road National Graveyard Margaret Island Népliget Normafa Óbuda Island
Religious buildings	Dohány Street Synagogue Gellért Hill Cave Inner City Parish Church in Pest Lutheran Church of Budavár Mary Magdalene Church Matthias Church Our Lady of the Snows Parish Church Palace Chapel Rumbach Street Synagogue Saint Anne Parish St. Catherine of Alexandria Church Stigmatisation of Saint Francis Church Szilágyi Dezső Square Reformed Church St. Stephen's Basilica Tomb of Gül Baba University Church Church of St. George
Sports venues	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium Bozsik Stadion Budai II. László Stadion City Park Ice Rink Danube Arena Szusza Ferenc Stadion Ferencváros Stadion Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion Hungaroring-Formula One Illovszky Rudolf Stadion Kincsem Park Kisstadion MVM Dome Puskás Aréna Szőnyi úti Stadion László Papp Budapest Sports Arena
Squares and streets	Andrássy Avenue Citadella Danube Promenade Deák Ferenc Square Ferenciek Square Grand Boulevard Heroes' Square Hungary Boulevard Kossuth Square Liberty Square Oktogon Small Boulevard Széll Kálmán Square Váci Street Vörösmarty Square Móricz Zsigmond Square
Theaters and opera	Comedy Theatre Court Theatre of Buda Erkel Theatre Erzsébetliget Theatre Hungarian State Opera House Magyar Theatre National Theatre Vigadó of Pest
Thermal spas	Gellért Baths Király Baths Lukács Baths Rudas Baths Rácz Thermal Bath Széchenyi Medicinal Bath
Other	Anker Palace Café Gerbeaud Elizabeth Lookout Great Market Hall Gundel Restaurant Hungarian Academy of Sciences Millennium Underground Railway F-4 Object

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External links

The official site of the LOW Festival

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