Events
Moments worth a fare watch
Once-a-year things around the world, each with its dates and airports already set. Pick one and we watch every fare for it.
907 events, the ones like Bayreuth Festival first
Every November to DecemberAutumn leaves in KyotoKyoto, Japan
Every JanuaryHoi An full moon lantern festivalHoi An ancient town
Every AprilAnzac Day dawn service at GallipoliAnzac Cove, Gallipoli Peninsula
Every December to MarchYuanyang Rice Terraces Mirror SeasonDuoyishu, Yuanyang, Yunnan
Every February to MarchAlmond blossom festivalValley of the Temples, Agrigento
Every March to MayTulip season in HollandKeukenhof and the Bollenstreek, Netherlands
Every SeptemberWachau grape harvestWachau valley
Every April to MayHirosaki Cherry Blossom FestivalHirosaki Park, Aomori
Every March to AprilNyepi day of silenceBali
Every January to MarchMagh MelaPrayagraj (Sangam)
Every March to AprilSemana Santa processions and sawdust carpetsAntigua
Every October to NovemberYi Peng lantern festivalChiang Mai
Every JanuaryRann UtsavGreat Rann of Kutch
Every April to JuneBalloon season over CappadociaGoreme, Nevsehir
Every January to MarchChinese new year in ChinatownChinatown, Singapore
Every September to OctoberCommon crane migrationHortobagy national park
Every SeptemberRed deer rutRichmond and Bushy Park
Every January to MarchNorthern lights in TromsøTromsø, Norway
Every JulyPuffin nesting seasonSkellig Michael and the Skellig coast
Every October to NovemberAutumn colour at PlitvicePlitvice Lakes, Lika
Every October to DecemberAurora season in LofotenReine and Svolvaer, Lofoten
Every June to JulyLavender bloom in ProvenceValensole and the Luberon, France
Every OctoberAlbuquerque Balloon FiestaAlbuquerque, New Mexico
Every September to OctoberAutumn on the Seceda ridgeVal Gardena, South Tyrol
Khokana, Kathmandu Valley · Every June to July
Ropai, the rice planting day
National paddy day: knee-deep in mud, planting seedlings, singing, eating beaten rice in the rain.
Vienna · Every October to November
Viennale
Two weeks of serious cinema in Vienna's grand old picture palaces, with the coffee houses as the lobby.
Ashikaga Flower Park, Tochigi · Every April to May
Ashikaga Great Wisteria
Anitkabir, Ankara · Every October
Republic Day in Ankara
Parque Simón Bolívar, Bogotá · Every August
Festival de Verano de Bogotá
Chilika Lake · Every December to February
Winter waterbird congregation
Durban to Pietermaritzburg · Every June
Comrades Marathon
Portobelo, Colón · Every October
Cristo Negro de Portobelo
Oruro · Every January to March
Carnaval de Oruro
Exmouth, Western Australia · Every February
Whale shark season, Ningaloo reef
Champs-Élysées and Eiffel Tower, Paris · Every July
Bastille Day
Jiuzhaigou National Park, Sichuan · Every October to November
Jiuzhaigou Autumn
Mambajao, Camiguin · Every October
Lanzones Festival
Alexandra, Central Otago · Every September to October
Alexandra Blossom Festival
Edinburgh · Every August
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Anzac Cove, Gallipoli Peninsula · Every April
Anzac Day dawn service at Gallipoli
La Macarena, Meta · Every September to November
Caño Cristales in full colour
Antalya · Every October to November
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival
Kemi · Every January to February
Kemi sea ice on the Bothnian Gulf
Menton · Every February to March
Fete du Citron
San Miguel · Every November
Carnaval de San Miguel
Kasanka National Park · Every October to December
Kasanka bat migration
Rantepao, South Sulawesi · Every July to August
Toraja funeral season
Mount Isa, Queensland · Every August
Mount Isa Mines Rodeo
Piazza Navona, Rome · Every December to January
Epiphany in Rome and the Befana markets
Namaqua National Park, Springbok · Every August to September
Namaqualand spring flowers
Nagaur · Every January to February
Nagaur cattle fair
Drepung Monastery, Lhasa · Every August to September
Shoton Festival
Bahía Solano and Nuquí, Chocó · Every July to October
Humpback whales on the Pacific Chocó
Belém, Pará · Every October