On the occasion of All Saints’ Day and the Day of the Dead, the capital’s cemeteries will be open longer than usual, from seven in the morning to eight in the evening, until November 2nd. During the long weekend, emergency services will be used to help access to the cemeteries, and an increased police presence should be expected on public roads, especially in the vicinity of cemeteries.
This year, a central commemoration will be held in two cemeteries in Budapest: on Monday in the scattered plot of the Új public cemetery in Rákoskeresztúr, and on Tuesday in the Farkasrét cemetery. The mortuary of the Farkasrét cemetery and the chapel located at the entrance to the Óbuda cemetery are illuminated from dusk with gracious motifs and light painting on All Saints’ and All Dead’s Day. This year, too, the police are paying special attention to the prevention of crimes and traffic accidents that threaten the peace of the commemoration. In order to ensure a safe visit to the cemetery and a smooth flow of traffic, the police service will be strengthened in the grave gardens, and district police officers, public area inspectors and civil guards will also be on patrol. The Budapest Transport Center (BKK) operates some services to cemeteries more frequently than usual, and special services also help access to the graves.
During the long weekend, metro line 3 runs according to the weekday schedule, all day between Kőbánya-Kispest and Kálvin square, and Göncz Árpád city center and Újpest center, you can travel between Kálvin square and Göncz Árpád city center with a replacement bus.
Traffic is expected to be higher than average during the long weekend, which is why the MÁV-Volán group asked passengers to plan their journey in time. Disaster management has warned that candles often cause fires. They requested that the commemorators should light a candle placed outdoors only in a candle holder, extinguish the candle before leaving the grave, and not throw the hot candle holders into the cemetery waste bin.
November 1st, All Saints’ Day, is the memorial day of all saved souls in the Catholic Church, and Protestantism remembers the dead at this time. The subsequent Day of the Dead, November 2nd, gradually changed from a church holiday to a day of general commemoration of the deceased. Halloween, the Celtic holiday of wandering souls, is connected to the day before All Saints’ Day.
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