Start an eco-conscious new life – That’s what our gathering is about!
Gyüttment is a funny hungarian nickname for newcomers starting a new life in the countryside. A Life, in which we do not bypass the mud, but build a house of it. Where we do not eliminate weeds, but cook soup of it. We dream of an environmentally conscious, ecology-focused new Life. We, the pioneers, representatives, guerrillas of eco-conscious existence, gather for four days once a year either as presenters or listeners, but in any case as participants to help, teach and encourage each other and to form a community at a common place. We take off the rules, goals, expectations, fears and worthless order of consumer society and take on the silhouette of a freer, slower and worthier Life.
Along the 150-ish presentations and programs, associations, foundations and communities present themselves, but you can also find individual stories and results. A sole venue and four days – access to all the experience-based knowledge what you may need beyond the comfort-zone. Join us!
This year the Gathering will be held at Csobánkapuszta, at a beautiful lake between the 27th and 30th of August.
English speaking programs at Gyüttment Gathering
About Gyüttment Gathering
Gyüttment, the responsible gathering
We are a Zero Waste gathering, but being responsible doesn’t stop at minimizing waste. We keep an eye not only on the natural, but also on the social environment. But what does that mean in practice?
Responsible view on economy.
One goal of the gathering is to make better environment for the locals – who host us. Zero Waste and Zero Kilometer means, that all the food and drinks you buy at the gathering is locally produced and we only accept them packaging-free. We support the initiatives for locals’ well-being and involve the local communities into the preparations of the gathering, so that they can make some extra income. In formulating the program, we also aim that you meet the locals, local traditions, culture and cultural heritage.
Responsible view on transportation.
We support the responsible, eco-friendly transportation forms we make a car-sharing site, where the drivers and passengers can easily find each other. Should you choose any of the abovementioned forms of transportation, you already made a step to minimize the environmental load of transportation.
Responsible view on party.
It’s fun to go to a gathering, but even more fun, if we do not damage the environment! Therefore we compost the food leftover, have compost-toilets, use renewable energy and give all the potential help to you for a responsible gathering, but we also need you to make it happen. For example: use the minimum amount of water and bio-degradable toiletries and do not bring anything packaged to the gathering.
Look and feel from our gathering:
Participation – tickets
Our gathering is for organized for patrons but you can become one. (Or you can come for 1 day as well, see below)
How can you become a member of our Patron system?
Send your registration with your (and all of your companions) name, address, date of birth, phone number, type of membership, type of food (vegan or with meet) at info at megyesulet dot hu.
Pay the sponsorship fee to the Association’s treasury: (write your name into the comment section!!)
Bank transfer details:
Account holder: Megy Egyesület
Bank: MagNet Hungarian Community Bank Zrt., 1062 Budapest, Andrássy út 98.
Account (EUR): 16200247-10018761
IBAN: HU71 1620 0247 1001 8761 0000 0000
SWIFT/BIC: HBWEHUHB
Reference (közlemény): CONV – your name
The annual sponsorship fee for 2026 (for those over 18 years of age) for the full four days of the Gathering: 160 EUR (or 58 000 HUF)
The membership fee includes two meals a day for the four-day event. You’ll get breakfast and dinner from our kitchen on all four days of the Gathering. More precisely, you don’t need to pay for these separately, as they are already included in your supporting membership fee. Lunch can be purchased separately on site.Minor family members of our patron members are also welcome to attend the Gathering. For children of our patron members, participation is free, we only ask for a meal contribution. For the full four days of the event:
Up to 5 years old: free (if under 5 years old)
6-11 years: 35 EUR or HUF 12 000 (if you are over 5 but under 12)
12-17 years: 55 EUR or HUF 20 000 (if you are aged 12 or over but under 18)
Day tickets and weekend tickets
If you definitely want to visit us but can’t come for four days, you can buy day tickets and weekend tickets. These do not include meals, but they do include free admission to all programs. You can buy food at the Meeting, but you are also welcome to bring your own.
Day ticket (without meals)
Day ticket (until midnight on August 26, 2026)
- Over 18: 18,000 HUF or 50 EUR
- 14-17: 8,000 HUF or 25 EUR
- Under 14: free
The day ticket includes:
- accommodation in your own tent for two nights,
- participation in all programs (this includes at least four knowledge-sharing lectures/practical sessions, two early morning exercise programs, and two evening concerts/music programs/parties).
The day ticket is valid from 6:00 p.m. on the day before the Meeting until 10:00 a.m. on the day after the Meeting.
Weekend ticket (without meals)
Weekend ticket (until midnight on August 26, 2026)
- Over 18: 30,000 HUF or 85 EUR
- 14-17 years old: 12,000 HUF or 40 EUR
- Under 14 years old: free
The weekend ticket includes:
- accommodation in your own tent for three nights,
- participation in all programs (this includes at least eight knowledge-sharing lectures/practical sessions, two early morning exercise programs, and three evening concerts/music programs/parties).
Getting there and arriving
Arriving from Bercel. Come ONLY from this direction! Otherwise you can get lost. The road’s quality is acceptable.
Good to know
Everything practical for your four days at Csobánkapuszta — how to get here, where you’ll sleep, what to eat, and what to pack. Please read it before you set off: this is a zero waste gathering, and a few things really do depend on you.
The venue
🏞️ Csobánkapuszta
This year we are moving to a new venue — or rather, returning to our roots. Csobánkapuszta in Nógrád county hosted the first two Gyüttment Festivals in 2015 and 2016, so if you were with us back then, it will feel familiar. It will also feel familiar if you have ever been to the SUN Festival, which is held here every year.
The place belongs to the village of Bér and is reached from Bercel. It sits in beautiful countryside surrounded by gentle hills, and several members of the small community that runs it are old friends of ours — so we are looking forward enormously to coming back and creating something together with them.
Getting here
🚗 How to reach us
Look for Csobánkapuszta on Google Maps. It is roughly an hour and a half north-east of Budapest.
By car
Drive attentively — road quality in Nógrád county changes abruptly, from potholed to freshly resurfaced and back.
- After leaving Bercel the first stretch is badly potholed. Take it slowly.
- At the fork, keep left (turn towards the cross). From here a renovated road takes you as far as Ordaspuszta.
- At Ordaspuszta turn right and follow the signs. From this point on it is a dirt track all the way to the venue.
The dirt track is clay, baked hard by the drought, but expect a few potholes and small dips left by farm machinery. There is a second approach road, but only take it with a high-clearance or off-road vehicle — the section immediately after Ordaspuszta is deeply rutted.
By public transport + local driver
You can reach Bercel by bus and Galgaguta by train from Budapest. From there, local drivers will bring you to the venue — call or message them directly, they are used to festival guests.
Carpooling
Drivers and passengers find each other in our carpooling Facebook group, or in the shared spreadsheet below. Most posts are in Hungarian, but people are happy to switch to English.
Arrival
⏰ When you can arrive
So that those travelling from far away don’t miss the morning programmes, you may arrive and set up on the evening before your first paid day.
Your wristband lets you come and go from the site freely throughout the gathering.
Sleeping
⛺ Accommodation
The site is for camping: bring your own tent, or come with a caravan. Bring a sleeping bag and a couple of blankets. Late August nights can be cold, and Csobánkapuszta’s microclimate makes this especially true — hot days, and nights that drop further than you’d expect.
If you’d rather sleep indoors
You are not obliged to sleep on site. These are the nearby options we know of — contact them directly:
- Mulcsosház, Terény — separate multi-person rooms, 6,000 HUF/person/night. Write to mulcsoshaz@gmail.com
- Cservölgy-puszta — a lovely little estate nearby
- Rózsakert Fogadó, Bercel
Eating & drinking
🍲 Food
Patron members receive breakfast and dinner from our kitchen on all four days — already covered by your patron fee. Lunch can be bought on site.
Day and weekend ticket holders can also get breakfast, lunch and dinner, in exchange for a donation.
Our cooks work mainly with wholesome ingredients from producers in the surrounding villages, so expect seasonal food. Sourdough bread, other baked goods and cakes are made here, in a wood-fired oven.
The one thing to get right
♻️ Zero waste
Gyüttment was the first festival in Hungary organised on zero waste principles. There are no bins on site. Please don’t bring packaging, or anything that will turn into waste — and if you do, you’ll need to take it home with you afterwards.
Bring with you
- Your own plate, bowl, cutlery and cup — food and drink are served into them
- A refillable water bottle
- Small cloth bags and pouches for what you buy at the craft market — the sellers won’t have packaging either
- Natural, biodegradable soap and toiletries only
- Warm clothes, a raincoat, closed shoes or wellies, and a headlamp
Please leave at home
- Anything packaged
- Disposable plates, cups and cutlery
- Conventional shower gel, shampoo and detergent
We build a three-stage washing-up station so you can keep your own dishes clean. If you arrive without biodegradable toiletries, you can buy them at our MegyMag Shop.
Facilities
🚿 Washing & toilets
True to its name, the Gyüttment Gathering is a slightly „rustic” affair. We build compost toilets, whose contents in time become rich humus.
Showers are outdoors and the water is heated by the sun, so how warm it gets depends on the weather. There is a separate, screened area for women to wash intimate items and babies’ nappies.
Four-legged guests
🐕 Dogs
Dogs are welcome, with a few rules so that four days of living together stay peaceful:
- A vaccination record is required for entry
- A tag on the collar with your phone number on it
- Bring a lead and a muzzle
- Clean up after your dog
You know your pet. If you think they’ll be anxious or aggressive in a big crowd of people and other dogs, please leave them at home this time. If a situation arises that threatens other people’s peace or safety, you will have to take your dog off site. The responsibility is entirely yours.
On site
🛖 MegyMag Shop & Info Point
The MegyMag Shop is the support shop of Mindenegyüttmegy Egyesület, the association behind the Gathering. You’ll find natural cosmetics, decorative and everyday objects — this year: T-shirts, canvas bags, drawstring bags, magnets, pocket ashtrays, notebooks and pens, travel mugs, ceramic bowls and espresso cups. Also on sale: Összehangoló, Szilvi Széplaki’s community-building board game, and Zsuzsanna Rochlitz’s book Belső Gyermek.
The Info Point is in the same place. Here you’ll find the programme board and the lost property box, you can ask anything about the site — and you can charge your phone.
Opening hours
| Wednesday (trial run) | 6 pm – 8 pm |
| Thursday – Saturday | 8 am – 8 pm |
| Sunday | 8 am – 4 pm |
What happens
📚 The programme
Gyüttment programmes are about the knowledge and shared experience you need for a life close to nature, in the countryside, on ecological terms. Programmes are grouped into „yards” by subject:
On the Market Square, alongside the craft fair, you can join any number of hands-on workshops and get a taste of a craft or trade. Evenings bring music and dance, campfires and fire circles.
The Convergence — programmes in English
Most programmes are held in Hungarian, but a dedicated English-language track — the Convergence — runs throughout the four days, built largely around permaculture. If you are coming from abroad, this is where you’ll spend most of your time.
Families
🧒 Children
The Gathering is thoroughly family-friendly and children are very welcome — most of our guests don’t leave them at home. They get a space of their own, called Zengő Pagony, with playful activities, programmes about raising children and becoming a parent, and organised childcare.
„I have never met so many smiling, kind, open people as I did here, over these four days.”
One of our participants wrote that to us, and she hit the nail on the head — this is broadly what you can expect, even from complete strangers. Connect, get to know people, if that’s what you feel like — and spend plenty of time on your own if that’s what you need instead. You can be exactly who you are here; leave your masks at the gate. And remember: with every participant, organiser, volunteer and presenter here you are essentially in the same boat. We share our values and our way of seeing the world, we speak the same language, we understand each other — that, after all, is why we meet here in the first place.