Joiner Is Coming to Budapest: Meet New People in Real Life

Joiner is launching in Budapest. If you are new in the city, or your week could use more people in it, here is the short version: Joiner helps you meet new people in Budapest in real life at small dinners for six and at plans people create themselves.

Joiner is now launching in Budapest.
Join a dinner for six, or create your own plan and find company.
More than 112,000 foreign citizens live in Budapest, so plenty of people are looking for new friends.
Events run in English. No swiping, it is not a dating app.

Budapest in numbers

Budapest is big, international and full of people starting over.

1.7M | People living in Budapest (1 Jan 2025) 112K | Foreign citizens living in Budapest (1 Jan 2026) 13%+ | Share of Budapest residents born abroad

That is more than 100,000 people who moved here from another country. Many of them are looking for the same thing: friends in Budapest not just colleagues.

What is Joiner?

Joiner is an app for finding company. Not followers, not likes. Real people to spend an evening with.

Join a ready format | A dinner for six at one table. No planning on your side. Make your own plan | A run along the Danube or board games. Others join you. 20,000+ | gatherings already hosted in Joiner's first cities

What can you do with Joiner in Budapest?

Budapest is good at evenings. What it does not always give you is someone to spend them with, especially in the first months after a move. With Joiner you can:

Join a dinner with five people you have not met yet. One table, one evening, no planning on your side.
Find company for what you already love, from a morning run on Margaret Island to a night out in a ruin bar.
Create your own plan and let the right people find it.

The first Budapest events open in the app as the launch rolls out. Exact dates appear in the app first.

How do people make friends in Budapest?

Everyone gives the same advice: join something, go somewhere, talk to someone. The hard part was never knowing that. It is finding the door to walk through. Joiner is an easy door: a table that is already set, or a plan you make yourself with company included.

[TIP] The meeting is the point. No browsing profiles, no weeks of small talk in chats.

How does it work?

Sign up and answer a short quiz about yourself.
Pick an event, or create your own.
Show up. That is the whole job.

Who is it for?

You just moved to Budapest and your circle is still small.
You have lived here for years, but friends got busy and your calendar got quiet.
You are an expat, a student or a remote worker, or simply someone who wants one good evening with new people.

FAQ

Is Joiner a dating app? No. Tables are groups, matching is about good company, and there is no swiping. People make friends, and friends are the point.

Do I need to speak Hungarian? No. Budapest events welcome the city's international crowd. The app and most events run in English.

What does it cost? Check the app for current prices in Budapest. Events are paid, so every seat belongs to someone who actually plans to come.

What if I am shy? Most guests are, for about the first ten minutes. A fixed table and a clear end time make it easier than any party where you know nobody.

Where do dinners happen? At good, conversation-friendly venues across the city. The exact place is shown in the app before the event.

Budapest, we are glad to be here. See you at the table.