Szolnok is the county seat of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county in central Hungary. Its location on the banks of the Tisza river, at the heart of the Great Hungarian Plain, has made it an important cultural and economic crossroads for centuries.
Culture
Cultural institutions operating in Szolnok:
- Aba-Novak Cultural Center
- Ivy House of Culture
- Node Cultural Center and Library
- Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County Archives
- Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County Museums Directorate
- Szigliget Theater
- Szolnok TV
- Szolnok artists’ colony
- Szandaszőlős Cultural House
Directories:
- Node Cultural Center and Library
- Hild Viktor City Library
- Ferenc Verseghy County Library
Speaker groups:
- Great Plain Oil Miner Wind Band
- Béla Bartók Chamber Choir, the only professional women’s chamber choir in Hungary
- MÁV MECHANICS Vehicle Repair Men’s Faculty
- Szolnok Kodály Choir
- Szolnok Symphony Orchestra
- The First National Qualifying Concert was held in Szolnok on May 23–24, 1964.
Events:
- Bread of the Carpathian Basin (August 20)
- Goulash festival
- Fish sausage festival
- Tiszaliget days
- Szolnok Day (September 1)
Sights
Museums
- János Damjanich Museum
- Hungarian Museum of Aviation History
- Sörárium – Szolnok Beer Museum and Brewery
- Szolnok artists’ colony
- Outdoor Water Museum
- Szolnok Gallery
- Tabán Country House
- RepTár Szolnok Aviation Museum
Architectural monuments
- Szolnok Castle (mostly demolished)
- Partos chapel
- Greek Catholic Church named after the Holy Spirit (Széchenyi district)
- Remains of the Turkish bridge in Szolnok (under water)
- Scout House (Franciscan High School)
- Downtown church
- Evangelical church
- Indo house
- County Hall
- Reformed Church
- Szigliget Theater
- Tisza Hotel and Spa
- New Town Church
- City Hall
- City casino
- Castle Church (Our Lady of Hungary)
- Eötvös tér Water Tower (Szolnok)
- Chapel of St. Francis Xavier
- National Hostel
- Kőrös road water tower
- SZTK Clinic
- Court of Szolnok
- Tisza Cinema (on the right the small, one-storey pink building in the picture)
- Iris bridge
Sculptures, monuments
- Statue of St. Nicholas of Myra – Greek Catholic Church
- Iconostasis (wall with pictures separating the church sanctuary from the nave) Greek Catholic church
- Mother with her child: a statue behind the Heroes’ Square, built in 1953 , standing in the courtyard of the county clinic. Its creator is Ferenc Medgyessy , a two – time Kossuth Prize-winning sculptor
- Monument to the martyrs of Arad
- Damjanich monument
- Calvary
- Mary’s column
- Contemplative Christ Statue: Located at the corner of Madách and Temple Road. Baroque style, made around 1800. It was damaged several times in the 70s and has since been behind bulletproof glass.
- Statue of St. John of Nepomuk
- Statue of St. Stephen
- Statue of Ede Szigliget
- Monument to the battle of Szolnok
- Statue of Ispán Szolnok
- Witness Hill (monument)
- Statue of sailors on the Tisza : The work of sculptor József Lajos commemorates the sailors of the Tisza . It is located at the foot of the Tisza Bridge in Tabán, built in 1962 .
- Statue of Paul in Vásárhely
- Statue of Verseghy
Other
- Memorial plaques in Szolnok
- Tiszaliget Thermal Beach and Adventure Bath
- MÁV Swimming Pool and Bath
