The Best of Sopron is starting!

The most important domestic destinations regularly compile various lists that rank the best places, restaurants, and hotels in a city or region. Best of Balaton and the now-launched Best of Sopron are admittedly lists of personal recommendations. “As the head of the city, it is a pleasure and a source of pride for me that, after Lake Balaton, the Best of program is being launched in Sopron for the first time in the country. In the case of a tourism offer, the word of the locals counts, especially when we are talking about credible people. I would like to thank the Best of Sopron ambassadors for participating in this work and I am eagerly awaiting the 2025 offers!” – emphasized Dr. Ciprián Farkas, Mayor of Sopron.

“In the case of Lake Balaton and now, in Sopron, as a first step, we have put together a group of ambassadors. Relying on the advice of the locals and our personal experiences, we have asked people who not only know and love Sopron, but are also truly credible, and it is worth listening to them. They are the ones who will present Sopron in the coming period, through their own lenses, based on their personal experiences,” added Norbert Lobenwein, founder of Best of Sopron and Best of Balaton.

The inaugural Best of Sopron ambassador team includes nationally known artists and athletes, as well as the driving forces of local cultural life: Károly Eperjes, Kossuth and Jászai Mari Award-winning Hungarian actor, lifelong member of the Immortals Society, Zsuzsa Rakovszky, Kossuth Award-winning Hungarian writer, poet, and translator, Dr. László Magas, president of the Pan-European Picnic ’89 Foundation, former main organizer of the Pan-European Picnic, honorary citizen of the City of Sopron, Zsófia Fegyverneky, former basketball player of Sopron Basket and the Hungarian national team, currently the executive director of the Sopron Basket women’s basketball club, Tímea Babos, world number one Hungarian professional tennis player in doubles, three-time world champion in doubles, four-time Grand Slam tournament winner, three-time junior Grand Slam tournament winner and youth Olympic bronze medalist, two-time Olympian, Attila Kovács, QQ., one of the defining figures of Sopron club life, owner of Hangár Music Garden and Búgócsiga Akusztik Garden, Péter Hoffer, founder and leader of HofferSuli, operating in Sopron since 1994, drummer Magdi Rúzsa, Beatrix Harrer-Abosi, owner of Harrer Chocolate Workshop, Influencer Barni Abosi, winemaker Enikő Luka, Tamás Taschner, president of the Sopron City Beautification Association, Dr. Imre Tóth, Hungarian historian, museum director, Judit Käesz and Csaba Rokob, owners of Kultúrpresszó and SIGN Creative Agency, businessman Péter Ratatics, Managing Director of Group Consumer Services, MOL Group, president of Újpest FC, Sándor Veress-Győri, master hairdresser, former creative director of the Vidal Sassoon salon in London.