Géza Gárdonyi’s Garden, as he called it, is a village within the city.
A calm, peaceful, and inspiring creative environment, a quiet island where good thoughts and literary inspiration flourish. Since the writer’s death, the garden has lost none of its atmosphere. The Genius Loci preserves the feelings and ideas that Gárdonyi consciously built with great love and heart.
Eger and the István Dobó Castle Museum have since sought to keep alive the memories, history, and noble culture of this place. As careful stewards, they preserve the writer’s legacy, as well as the character of the garden and the creative house, and through events, they pass on and reinforce the thoughts and messages that Gárdonyi formulated “for the nation’s enlightenment and for Eger.”
According to Gárdonyi, the family is the oil in the lamp of life. The Fairy Tale Garden (MeseKert) also wishes to be such oil with its professional, family, and children’s programs during the Gárdonyi Days. We evoke the writer’s creative workshop with rarely seen artifacts on display and related professional programs. We bring Gárdonyi’s fairy tale characters to life with the craft terrace and the petting zoo. For all ages, we offer community and family games where step by step, they can discover Gárdonyi’s works and the messages of his writings.
Come and let’s rekindle our friendship with books, reading, and literature together; immerse yourself in the world of tales, sweeping novels, short stories, and little anecdotes, in the spirit of Gárdonyi!
August 14, Thursday
Artifact of the Day – Manuscripts visible only in the Fairy Tale Garden, for one day!
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Géza Gárdonyi: Eclipse of the Crescent Moon (Egri csillagok) – manuscript fragment
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Sebestyén Tinódi: Song about the Siege of Eger Castle – a copy annotated and inscribed by Géza Gárdonyi
10:30 & 13:00 – WITH A PEN TO THE STARS – Unconventional guided tour in the Géza Gárdonyi Memorial House
14:00 – 18:00 – FABATKA PORTA PLAYHOUSE – carousel and a cavalcade of folk games
14:00 – 18:00 – MY VILLAGE – PETTING ZOO
14:00 – 18:00 – CRAFT TERRACE – woodcarving, felting, pottery
14:00 – 18:00 – GÁRDONYI NOOK
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Play corner with Gárdonyi’s characters and secret writing, giant puzzles, memory cards, column and tower building, bastion
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Reborn book pages – coloring, bookmark, and greeting card making
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Fairy Tale Corner with Gárdonyi’s stories
14:00 – 18:00 – FAMILY AND COMMUNITY GAMES -
Fairy Tale Trail – for the youngest and their parents, with Gárdonyi’s fairy tale characters
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Adventurous Mission – family puzzle game with Gárdonyi’s secret writing
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Historical Literature – family and team game based on Gárdonyi’s novels
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Seven-Trial LiteraFun – family skill game using Gárdonyi’s works and secret writing
14:00 – 18:00 – CHILDREN’S CORNER -
Fairy Tale Play with storyteller Eszter Zámborszky
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Orsi’s Nook – paper theatre and literary board games
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Heroes of Tales – face painting using Gárdonyi’s animal characters
17:00 – From Géza Gárdonyi’s Animal Tales – Lóci Stage marionette show
August 15, Friday
Artifact of the Day – Manuscripts visible only in the Fairy Tale Garden, for one day!
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Géza Gárdonyi: The Calendar of Nature and the Master Notebook – the writer’s calendar and “secret diary” written in code
10:30 & 13:00 – THE MYSTERIOUS GÁRDONYI – Unconventional guided tour in the Géza Gárdonyi Memorial House
14:00 – 18:00 – FABATKA PORTA PLAYHOUSE – carousel and a cavalcade of folk games
14:00 – 18:00 – MY VILLAGE – PETTING ZOO
14:00 – 18:00 – CRAFT TERRACE – woodcarving, felting, pottery
14:00 – 18:00 – GÁRDONYI NOOK
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Play corner with Gárdonyi’s characters and secret writing, giant puzzles, memory cards, column and tower building, bastion
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Reborn book pages – coloring, bookmark, and greeting card making
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Fairy Tale Corner with Gárdonyi’s stories
14:00 – 18:00 – FAMILY AND COMMUNITY GAMES -
Fairy Tale Trail – for the youngest and their parents, with Gárdonyi’s fairy tale characters
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Adventurous Mission – family puzzle game with Gárdonyi’s secret writing
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Historical Literature – family and team game based on Gárdonyi’s novels
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Seven-Trial LiteraFun – family skill game using Gárdonyi’s works and secret writing
14:00 – 18:00 – CHILDREN’S CORNER -
Heroes of Tales – face painting using Gárdonyi’s animal characters
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Animals of the Fairy Tale Trail – fairy tale corner with lots of stories and games
17:00 – BALM TALES – interactive fairy tale play by the Hungarian Folk Tale Theatre
August 16, Saturday
Artifact of the Day – Manuscripts visible only in the Fairy Tale Garden, for one day!
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Géza Gárdonyi: My Village – proof copy of the short story collection with Gárdonyi’s handwritten notes
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Eyes Looking Down, Soul Looking Up – Gárdonyi’s Herbal Book – manuscript fragment
10:30 & 13:00 – EVERY DAY WITH ALL FIVE BRUSHES. GÁRDONYI AND NATURE – Unconventional guided tour in the Géza Gárdonyi Memorial House
14:00 – 18:00 – MY VILLAGE – PETTING ZOO
14:00 – 18:00 – GÁRDONYI NOOK
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Play corner with Gárdonyi’s characters and secret writing, giant puzzles, memory cards, column and tower building, bastion
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Reborn book pages – coloring, bookmark, and greeting card making
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Fairy Tale Corner with Gárdonyi’s stories
14:00 – 18:00 – FAMILY AND COMMUNITY GAMES -
Fairy Tale Trail – for the youngest and their parents, with Gárdonyi’s fairy tale characters
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Adventurous Mission – family puzzle game with Gárdonyi’s secret writing
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Historical Literature – family and team game based on Gárdonyi’s novels
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Seven-Trial LiteraFun – family skill game using Gárdonyi’s works and secret writing
14:00 – 18:00 – CHILDREN’S CORNER -
Heroes of Tales – face painting using Gárdonyi’s animal characters
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Animals of the Fairy Tale Trail – fairy tale corner with lots of stories and games
17:00 – RIBBON AND POCO – children’s concert with puppets