Hey, my name's Martin, I'm 22, from the UK and love travelling.

For the last 2 years I've had the amazing opportunity to stay with my friend Laci in Hungary and go to Sziget Festival, one of the largest festivals in Europe. I've been to many festivals in the UK but Sziget is just something else! A great vibe, amazing decor, A+ artists and performers, outstanding facilities and best of all we had a bed to sleep in!

The first time we went was in August of 2016, at this point our friendship was very new, but none the less Laci had invited me and my girlfriend to go to Sziget. We had never been to a European festival before apart from a few day events in Amsterdam, let alone a week long festival! We were very excited! The first day we arrived in Hungary from Madrid and Laci brought us from the airport to his beautiful house in Remete Koz.
With a beautiful view of the whole of Budapest from a hill in Buda and a house literally grander than any house of the same size from the UK! Hungary is an amazing place
Our friends had arrived and we were ready to take on the festival! To get onto the Sziget Island you have to cross over the bridge of freedom. The bridge is very long and covered in flags from all around the world getting into the equality and inclusion of Sziget festival!
And to get in to the festival spirit the drinks started flowing! Plus they come with a free bucket! The only downside to Sziget is that a lot of the drinks in the festival are quite expensive apart from beer, we would highly suggest getting drunk before you get on to the island or alcohol from the local shops in the camping zones!

The decor throughout Sziget is absolutely amazing, the whole island is a wonderland of delights to the senses!
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I really can't do it justice with a hundred photos, you have to see for yourself! Even the tree's wear funky dresses!

The Music

The best part is that in the UK a dingy festival in a field despite the quirkyness will set you back at least £250 for your ticket and that will definitely not be A-list artists and is only 3/4 days! Whereas in 2016 at Sziget for only £150 for the ticket we were shocked with a week full of big artists!

And these were only the most prominent acts, there were literally 100's over the whole week and we definitely got our money's worth with seeing artists like The Chemical Brothers, Muse and even Rhianna!![14079716_10207601869269381_1184022752025041026_n.jpg]

The People

But of course the best part of the festival is the people and at Sziget there are so many nationalities and cultures all just running around having a great time and here are some of the highlights we managed to catch!
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And of course shout-out to the guy who brought a sex doll to the Muse concert. If you're reading this then you know who you are, a dark warrior for everything that is right in the world.

Thank you

Thank you so much for reading and I hope I've shown you a little insight into what Sziget festival 2016 was like and hopefully convinced you to go give it a try for yourself, please upvote if you want to see a much better post about Sziget 2017, I had a lot more to show from our return visit, now we're Sziget veterans!