The northern Czech city of Liberec is hosting Crystal Valley Week 2026, the largest glass festival in the Czech Republic, transforming the city into a vast open-air gallery for six days.
From 13 to 16 August 2026, Brussels’ Grand-Place was once again transformed into a vast canvas of living flowers. This year’s Brussels Flower Carpet marked the 160th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Belgium and Japan.
Italian Carabinieri have recovered three paintings by Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Henri Matisse, stolen in March from the Magnani Rocca Foundation near Parma. The works — Cézanne’s Tasse et plat de cerises, Renoir’s Les Poissons and Matisse’s
A documentary theatre production titled 100% Oulu has premiered in the Finnish city of Oulu, bringing one hundred ordinary residents on stage without fictional roles.
The Hungarian city of Székesfehérvár is turning back to its royal past for ten days as the Székesfehérvári Királyi Napok, or Royal Days, gets under way. One of the country’s leading historical and cultural festivals, this year’s programme runs until 23 Au
This year’s Salzburg Festival has proved a study in contrasts: alongside clear artistic triumphs, critics have identified productions in which the director’s concept at times appeared to overshadow the work itself. One of the festival’s major events was O
Copenhagen Fashion Week, held from 3 to 7 August 2026, celebrated its 20th anniversary this season while presenting the Spring/Summer 2027 collections. The anniversary edition was the largest in the event’s history, reinforcing Copenhagen’s position as on
Tomorrowland 2026 took place in Boom, Belgium, across two weekends — 17–19 and 24–26 July — drawing around 400,000 visitors from more than 200 countries.
The 79th Locarno Film Festival opened on the Piazza Grande with a tribute to Isabella Rossellini, the actor, director and one of the most distinctive figures in European and American cinema of recent decades. The honour also carried a personal significanc