The Bach Museum in Leipzig re-opens on the 21st March 2010, exactly 325 years after the birth of Johann Sebastian Bach. (more…)

The Venice Carnival is the highlight of the city’s year. A two-week series of processions, masquerades, traditional ceremonies, music and all-round festivities fills the canals, squares and palaces of this ancient city. The Carnival adopts a new theme each year. (more…)

Berne bids farewell to winter with one hell of a party. The three-day Berne Fasnacht carnival celebrations are a riotous affair, as the city’s streets come alive with brass bands, hook-nosed witches, jovial jesters and the odd bear or two… (more…)

Combine a Valentine’s break in the romantic capital of the world with a very traditional carnival parade.  Quirky and noisy, this carnival gets to the heart of what it is to be French! (more…)

If you think Switzerland is just about mountains and snow, give the Lucerne Carnival (or Lozärner Fasnacht) a chance. The entire town goes crazy with a lantern-lit parade, musical groups and hundreds of people dressed in masks and costumes. (more…)

With record prize money of over SFr400,000, the White Turf international horse races have established themselves among the most spectacular winter events in the whole of Europe. Thousands of spectators enjoy 18 captivating races on St Moritz’s frozen lake. (more…)

Giving fashionistas their biannual fill of frills and frocks, the Berlin Fashion Week reveals the latest trends. Watch fashion shows along the Design Mile, an extended catwalk open to the public along Berlin’s famous, landmark-lined Unter den Linden boulevard. (more…)

Granville’s Mardi Gras Carnival has been celebrated since 1872, when a feast was prepared before the fishermen took to the water. Happily, festivities have improved since then and you can expect floats, all-night drinking and up to 30,000 revellers. (more…)

Klosters rings in the New Year with its traditional “Hotschrennen”, or pig race. Ten locally reared pigs race through the village cheered on by crowds thronging the streets. The victorious pig earns the title of city mascot for the year. (more…)

Over 150,000 revellers line the banks of the River Limmat and Lake Zurich to hear church bells chiming in the New Year, followed by fireworks. Mulled wine, food stalls, live bands and DJs keep Zurich up and partying all night. (more…)