Hajdúszoboszló’s Rock Café is the local home of loud guitars, late nights, and that forever-young rebel spirit. Weekends come with live shows, the mood is easy, and the playlist leans into the kind of rock that gave generations the volume knob to say what they feel. The club welcomes rock lovers all year in Hungary’s famous spa town, promising good vibes and better music at Rákóczi Street (Rákóczi utca) 119. The date to circle: Saturday, 2025.12.27. Doors open in the heart of the city’s leisure zone, and the faithful gather where the riffs echo longest.
Three Nights, Three Acts, One Stage
The year-end lineup drops fast and hits hard. On 2025.12.27, Nagy Bogi steps up for a closing concert to cap the year on a high. A day later, on 2025.12.28, LMEN PRALA ÉS A BANDA take the stage with a full-band charge. Close the trilogy on 2025.12.29 with Triász, bringing timeless rock craftsmanship to a house that was built for it. All three shows land in Hajdúszoboszló, where winter nights run warm on guitar heat and chorus singalongs.
Why Rock Café Still Matters
Rock isn’t just a genre here—it’s a rite of passage. It was the language of youthful rebellion, the soundtrack for first freedoms, and the badge of those who didn’t just listen—they lived it. Rock Café keeps that flame alive. It’s a rallying point for locals and travelers who want to hear themselves in a song, in a venue that’s more scene than stage. Add in a spa-city setting and the chemistry is right: music to lift you, mineral waters to melt the rest away.
Stay Close, Sleep Well, Soak Often
If you’re rolling in for the shows, the lodging scene is surprisingly vast—95 options and counting—many just steps from the water and the venue. There’s an apartment house 400 meters from the beachside strand—about a five-minute walk—hosting four upstairs units with separate entrances: two doubles, one for four, and one for five, available all year. Guests come for silence and leave with it: this one sits in the town’s garden suburb inside the resort district, defined by calm. The Medical Spa (Gyógyfürdő) and Béke Baths (Béke fürdő) are a short stroll for anyone seeking treatments or a soothing soak.
Another pension is in a prime spot near the airport, just 100 meters from the strand and 400 meters from the Aquapark and the newer Extreme Slide Park. The Árpád swimming pool and the Hungarospa therapy building are neighbors, offering a range of therapeutic treatments for those who need them. For a homier stay, Alice Apartment (Alice Apartman) opened in 2010 in a quiet setting near the strand, thermal baths, and the Aqua-Palace, blending easy access with a family feel.
Further in the resort zone, you’ll find an apartment house five minutes from the world-famous spa, tucked into peaceful streets. Other new-build units sit on Kölcsey and Major streets, just 100 and 200 meters from the strand entrance. Restaurants, a market, and shops are nearby for quick bites and daily needs. One apartment house opened in June 2009 inside the tranquil resort hub that circles the country’s largest medical and beach spa—200 meters to the water, 150 meters to the bus station.
Prefer something off-traffic? There’s a guesthouse on a dead-end street with free courtyard parking and a shared breakfast kitchen, open year-round. Another stay is right in the heart of Hajdúszoboszló, just minutes from the medical spa. For an indulgent touch, Apartment Evelin (Apartman Evelin) sits roughly 200 meters from the baths, boasting its own courtyard pool and luxury finishes.
Eat, Sip, Repeat
There are 12 standout dining and hotel options woven into the spa circuit. One hotel-restaurant sits in Eastern Hungary’s tourism triangle, just 300 meters from the Medical Spa (Gyógyfürdő) entrance and 500 meters from the city center, welcoming guests who come for cures both in the baths and by the glass. Kemencés Inn (Kemencés Csárda) keeps Great Plain (Alföld) traditions alive with a modern twist—menu and interiors designed to honor the old roadside inns of the Great Plain while speaking today’s language.
Opposite the medical spa, the Lorena Restaurant (Lorena Étterem) goes romantic and elegant inside a popular hospitality complex. Major Pension and Restaurant (Major Panzió és Étterem) and its apartments sit in the spa district’s quieter pocket—about eight minutes from the winter entrance and two from the summer gates. A larger hotel in the resort zone offers 107 rooms—doubles, triples, 2+2 family apartments, family rooms with bunks, and suites—many with balconies and some air-conditioned, all with bathrooms, TVs, minibars, phones, and safes, plus in-house medical and wellness facilities.
The renewed Mirage restaurant invites families, friends, and partners to sample a seasonal menu beneath an exclusive redesign and a mood-setting pálinka wall. A cozy restaurant-café hybrid channels a special lifestyle vibe with refined rooms—13 types for business travelers, couples, families, and forever-young guests—each keeping up with modern comforts, with both bathtub and shower options across room categories.
Nr. 8 serves classics and creative grill plates right in the spa zone, with a can’t-miss terrace open from April to the end of November. Its nearly 80-seat pergola is among the city’s biggest, pouring cocktails and warmers for evening wanderers. For a sweet stop one minute from the Hungarospa entrance, grab savory or sweet pancakes, lemonade specials, cocktails, coffee creations, and artisan ice cream.
If you want peaceful nights, there’s a pension just 50 meters from the baths with two double rooms and eight four-bed, French-bed rooms—each with bathroom, TV, and fridge—and big balconies. Continental breakfast is hearty and varied, and drivers get free, secured parking.
Know Before You Go
Organizers reserve the right to change dates and programs. Double-check listings before you head out—and keep that weekend clear. Hajdúszoboszló rocks when the calendar runs out.
