9th Rotary Charity Rubber Duck Race
As usual, the Rotary Charity Rubber Duck Race takes place on the first weekend of September. This year's Rubber Duck Race, sponsored by HRP and numerous other local companies, starts on Saturday, September 7, at 14:00 at Újszeged Partfürdő.
Anyone can buy rubber duck donation tickets, and even help reach the goal with further donations. The full amount raised will go to the Gift of Life program, allowing Hungarian children from neighboring countries – mostly Romania, Serbia, and Ukraine – to get life-saving heart surgeries in Hungary.
During the race, thousands of yellow rubber ducks will be poured into the river, each with an individual start number. Because of the drift, the ducks will start racing until they reach the designated goal. Helper boats will ensure that the competing rubber ducks stay within the section of the river marked as the race course.
The race course gets narrower and narrower until the ducks reach the finish line through a narrow gate. Those who have a donation ticket with the serial number of the first 150 arriving ducks - and this year the 5000th duck will also win - will receive valuable gifts from the event's sponsors. The total value of the gifts is over 2 million HUF.
Donation tickets can be bought at
Árkád Szeged shopping center until Friday, September 6, 16:00 - 19:30
On the day of the race at Partfürdő (Újszeged side), 9:00 - 14:00
Featured image: Andrew Wulf / Unsplash
