The march began at Budapest City Hall and wound through the city center before crossing the capital's Erzsébet Bridge over the Danube River.

Pride marches have been banned in the country since early 2025, when Hungary passed a law restricting the freedom of assembly by connecting it to a previous law from 2021 prohibiting children seeing public portrayal of ‘divergence from self-identity corresponding to sex at birth, sex change or homosexuality’.

Saturday's Budapest Pride march is expected to have drawn record attendance and participation in opposition to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's anti-LGBTQ policies.