Auróra Explained

Auróra
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Purpose:	community center, cultural space
Headquarters:	Budapest, Hungary
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Auróra is a cultural and community place located in the 8th district of Budapest, Hungary. A well-known site of the city's underground music and art scene, it also serves as a hub for Hungarian NGOs.^[1] Its organisational model is based on participative democracy.^{[2] [3]} Auróra has been a well-known target for the Hungarian government's crackdown on civil organisations.^{[4] [5] [6] [7]} It has been named after Károly Kisfaludy's literary journal of the same name.

Civil hub

Auróra's first floor provides office space for several Hungarian non-governmental organisations. Currently the following NGOs have their headquarters in the building:

• Alternatíva Alapítvány (Altalap)
• Közélet Iskolája
• atlatszo.hu (investigative newspaper)
• Marom Egyesület
• Utcajogász
• Pneuma Szöv. (Közmű Egyesület - Mókus csoport)
• Roma Sajtóközpont (RSK)
• Budapest Pride (Szivárvány Misszió Alapítvány)

External links

• Official website
• Auróra on WeLoveBudapest
• Introducing Auróra: A Little-Known Ruin Bar In Budapest’s Mysterious 8th District
• Web site: Shealy . Shaina . Hungary’s Resistance Has A Hip Jewish Address — But For How Long? . Forward.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Auróra . Offbeat Budapest.
2. Web site: About Us.
3. Web site: Ciovica . Monica . In youth we trust . 2018-11-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181228175033/https://citiesintransition.eu/cityreport/in-youth-we-trust-2 . 2018-12-28 . dead .
4. Web site: McKenzie . Sheena . How a Hungarian community center became an 'enemy of the state' . CNN . 26 December 2018.
5. Web site: Körösi . Ivett . Will Budapest's Aurora return to life? . NewsMavens.
6. Web site: Inside Orban’s crackdown on Hungary’s civil society: how European values are at the heart of the Budapest resistance . SOLIDAR.
7. Web site: Jámbor . András . Hungarian authorities close an important community centre. All signs point to political motives . Political Critique.