Things To Do
So, with music covered what else is there to do? The answer is LOTS.
This is actually one of the very few festivals which you can spend a whole week on and have the time of your life, yet without having a peek on one single musical act. How? Why? During the last decade, organizers (and management) realised the tremendous cultural relevance of this bash in this country and started investing heavily in having all forms of art represented during the week. Meaning you can expect circus acts for example, although they are not those where some nutter tries to fend off a lion with a wooden chair and elephants are nowhere to be seen either, but the dancers and ballet troupes are providing some really amazing shows.
Have to admit, I didn’t visit that as I was busy chilling out in the sun or plotting one of my pranks against unfortunate security guards (and running away from them), but if you have the time and willingness then it’s really a joy to behold – and also a nice break from jumping around the ankles of strangers.
Fans of ’extreme sports’ can find their solace as well. Although there are no skateparks or motocross tracks, willing youngsters can prove their ballsiness with bungee jumping, strapping in on slingshot chairs or just simply taking a wall-climbing session. Want to jump around more? There’s a ’basejump’ tower as well where the brave youth will land on an
The 2007 Body Wash Mash-up (aldo via flickr.com)
inflatable base. Not much of a big deal, but if you’re about to pick up women this is the place to go. I mean what sort of adventure-loving partychick wouldn’t love to jump off hand-in-hand with their newly found blond knight, right? Staying with sports, if you just simply can’t let your body acquire the looks of something like the Marshmallow Man go ahead and play several kinds of football, volleyball, basketball. For the vain bodybuilders: there’s a flippin’ gym in there as well so you can work on those chops and impress all the ladies who have obviously never seen pecs like yours before.
GoPro-filmed bungee jumping @ Sziget Festival
Other fun activities include a Socialism/Commun
Escape Room which is super popular in Budapest nowadays and that for all the right reasons, because they are just awesome. For those who are not aware, these games usually go by locking your group into a room and giving you an hour to get out by solving a lot of puzzles, mysteries etc. Now, the one on Sziget is so difficult we couldn’t even find it, let alone get out of it. Well played guys, well played.
Or if laziness triumphs over any other activities, at the very end of the island there’s a neat little beach set up on the riverside where you can just chill out, or wish your hangover away while chanting that you’re never drinking ever again, while contemplating all the immoral, lowlife, horrible sins you committed the night before, which you’ll most probably repeat at the next given opportunity. There’s music, girls in bikinis, tiki bars, and a huge barrier in the water so no one can sneak in or drown in the water. There are also coast guards, but sadly, David Hasselhoff is still nowhere to be seen.
With all this action taking place how do you recharge at Sziget Festival? look no further as the next chapter covers Food and Drink.
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