Europe Travel Guides

Your 2026 guide to Ghent's festival year: the vast free Gentse Feesten in July, the triennial Light Festival, the winter Christmas market, plus Film Fest Gent and OdeGand.

Your 2026 guide to Hamburg's festival year - the Hamburger DOM funfair three times a year, the giant Hafengeburtstag port festival in May, and the Reeperbahn Festival every September.

Your 2026 guide to Helsinki's festival year - Vappu on 1 May, the Helsinki Festival and Night of the Arts in late summer, Flow Festival in August, and Lux Helsinki lighting up the winter dark.

Your 2026 guide to Krakow's festival year - the Jewish Culture Festival in Kazimierz, Wianki midsummer beneath Wawel, the szopki-famous Christmas market, and film and music festivals across the old royal capital.

Your 2026 guide to Lisbon's festival year: the Festas de Lisboa and Santo Antonio in June, NOS Alive and Rock in Rio in summer, Arraial Pride, the Book Fair, Carnaval, and the New Year fireworks over the Tagus.

Your 2026 guide to the Gentse Feesten (Ghent Festivities) - ten free days of open-air music, street theatre, and round-the-clock partying that turn the whole medieval centre into one giant festival every July.

Your 2026 guide to the Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow's Kazimierz quarter - klezmer concerts, workshops, synagogue walks, and the free Shalom on Szeroka Street finale.

Everything you need for Dublin's St Patrick's Festival in 2026 — the multi-day programme, the 17 March parade on O'Connell Street, where to stand, and how to plan around it.

Everything you need for Geneva's Fete de l'Escalade in December 2026 - the 1602 history, torchlit processions, the chocolate marmite ritual, the running race, and how to experience it all for free.

Your 2026 guide to Galway's festival year — the Galway International Arts Festival and its Macnas parade in July, the world's oldest oyster festival in September, and the Eyre Square Christmas Market.

Your 2026 guide to Gdansk's festival year — the 700-year-old St Dominic's Fair in summer, the Baltic Christmas market, the Shakespeare Festival, and tall ships on the Motlawa.

Your 2026 guide to Geneva's festival year — the historic Fete de l'Escalade in December, summer on Lake Geneva, La Batie arts festival, and the film and book fairs.