Budapest

Effective management of urban green areas is an important responsibility of the local authorities which also offers unlimited opportunities for citizen engagement. Green spaces in cities have many roles to play acting as urban green lungs, architectural or decorative components or places for social interaction and relaxation. They also constitute platforms on which citizens, NGOs and cities can cooperate.

On 5 June Mayor of Kraków Jacek Majchrowski and Lord Mayor of Budapest opened a new exhibition at the Historical Museum of the City of Kraków devoted to the mediaeval and early modern history of Kraków and Budapest. The exhibition On Common Path - Kraków and Budapest in the Middle Ages was opened after both mayors signed a new agreement twinning the two cities.

5 June 2017 has become another important date in the history of Kraków's cooperation with the Hungarian capital. On that day Mayor of Kraków Jacek Majchrowski and Lord Mayor of Budapest István Tarlós signed a twin cities cooperation agreement. The cities' relationship was based on a partnership agreement signed in 2005.