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Strasbourg Christmas Market

Strasbourg Christmas Market 2024 France

The Strasbourg Christmas Market is a magical event that blends centuries of tradition with the vibrant holiday spirit. As one of Europe’s oldest and most iconic Christmas markets, it has...

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, New York

A New York institution, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has been delighting the crowds for decades. The pre-Parade event, if you like, is the inflation of the helium balloons...

Toulouse Christmas Market

Toulouse Christmas Market 2024, France

France’s fourth largest city becomes a winter wonderland each December for the Toulouse Christmas Market. The Place du Capitole is transformed from 28 November to 29 December into a European...

Absorbed_by_Light Amsterdam Light Festival

Amsterdam Light Festival 2024

The streets and canals of Amsterdam will once more host the tenth Amsterdam Light Festival this winter, from 28 November, 2024 to 19 January, 2025. The theme of the 2024...

Vilnius Beer Festival

Vilnius Beer Festival 2024 (VAF)

One of the coolest events in the Lithuanian capital each year, the Vilnius Beer Festival (VAF) will see 2,000 craft beer enthusiasts enjoy beer from more than 30 breweries each...

Vilnius Christmas Market

Vilnius Christmas Market Lithuania 2024

If you are thinking of a slightly alternative Christmas market in Europe away from Vienna, Salzburg and Dresden you would do far worse that considering the Vilnius Christmas market. Vilnius...

Brussels Christmas Market 2018

Brussels Christmas Market 2024

The Brussels Christmas Market is no doubt one of the best in Europe for food and atmosphere. Winter Wonders – as the market is dubbed – runs over two kilometres...

Hornbill Festival

Hornbill Festival 2024 in Nagaland, India

The biggest event of indigenous warrior tribes in India’s Nagaland state, the 10-day Hornbill Festival in December sees singing, dance and sports performances mix with traditional crafts...

Exploring Accessible Tourism in Berlin

Exploring Accessible Tourism in Berlin

Travel Begins at 40’s newly appointed accessibility correspondent Debbie North examines accessible tourism in Berlin. This year, I had the privilege of visiting the German capital to delve into both…