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Look out for the opulent interiors of Festetics Palace in Keszthely when you watch the current Netflix fantasy series 'Shadow and Bone', partly filmed at the Baroque pile near Lake Balaton.

Here comes the summer! From sunbathing piers to rooftop terraces, here are the new features to look out for when you're hitting the beaches of Balaton this year.

No Balaton Sound this summer – organisers admit defeat after earlier hopes of this major lakeside music event going ahead.

Sites have already been booked for Balaton Sound and the Strand Festival 2021, a positive sign of the summer to come – the pandemic situation willing, of course.

Where best to stroll, walk and hike around Balatonfüred, before finding divine pizza, quality mulled wine or top hot chocolate afterwards!

Hévíz, the large thermal lake near Balaton, was forced to close this week due to the pandemic shutdown – but the good news is that it may even reopen a week from now. Watch this space!

With record numbers of cyclists heading to Balaton in 2020, Hungarian state rail MÁV and the Hungarian Cycling Club are working on a series of proposals to make travel easier in 2021.

Top Hungarian and international names play VeszprémFest 2021 next July, with music from pop to Paganini on the agenda. Here are the highlights!

New to Veszprém? So are these three great places, a sourdough bakery, a Thai eatery and a ruin bar set in a mill dating back to the 1400s.

Enjoy autumnal views of fabulous Fonyód thanks to our expert photographer, Tamás Kőrösi, who has captured the lake and shore in all their seasonal glory.

Just because it's not summer doesn't mean you can't bask in the warmth of Lake Balaton, taking in vineyards, galleries, outdoor spas, newly opened restaurants – even a beach or two.

A 2,000-year-old mystery has been solved in Kékkút, near Veszprém. Two halves of a tombstone showing the image of a Celtic woman were brought together, one found at a vineyard, the other at a church.