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 Istanbul Marathon first
Every OctoberHead of the Charles RegattaCambridge, Massachusetts
Every OctoberAlbuquerque Balloon FiestaAlbuquerque, New Mexico
Every December to JanuarySydney harbour new year's eve fireworksSydney
Every AprilAnzac Day dawn service at GallipoliAnzac Cove, Gallipoli Peninsula
Every December to MarchYuanyang Rice Terraces Mirror SeasonDuoyishu, Yuanyang, Yunnan
Every January to MarchChinese new year in ChinatownChinatown, Singapore
Every March to MayRhododendron bloomAnnapurna and Langtang foothills
Every February to AprilJacaranda bloom in Mexico CityMexico City
Every JanuaryRann UtsavGreat Rann of Kutch
Every NovemberJacaranda season in Buenos AiresRecoleta, Palermo and Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires
Every March to AprilCanola flower season at JejuJeju Island
Every October to NovemberYi Peng lantern festivalChiang Mai
Every January to FebruaryHarbin ice and snow festivalHarbin, Heilongjiang
Every January to MarchMagh MelaPrayagraj (Sangam)
Every October to NovemberCloud sea season at ZhangjiajieWulingyuan, Hunan
Every April to JuneBalloon season over CappadociaGoreme, Nevsehir
Every March to AprilNyepi day of silenceBali
Every January to MarchNorthern lights in TromsøTromsø, Norway
Every November to DecemberAutumn leaves in KyotoKyoto, Japan
Every February to MarchMonarch butterfly overwinteringEl Rosario sanctuary, Michoacan
Every September to NovemberCaño Cristales in full colourLa Macarena, Meta
Every March to AprilSemana Santa processions and sawdust carpetsAntigua
Every March to AprilNational cherry blossom festivalWashington, D.C.
Every March to AprilCherry blossom season at Mount YoshinoYoshino, Nara
Mae Hong Son · Every March to April
Poy Sang Long
Shan boys dressed as jewelled princes ride on men's shoulders for three days before taking novice vows.
Venice · Every January to March
Venice Carnival
A city of canals turns into a slow procession of masks, capes and candlelight.
Puno, Lake Titicaca · Every November
Puno Week and the arrival of Manco Cápac
Bariloche and the Seven Lakes road, Patagonia · Every April to May
Autumn colour in the Bariloche lakes
Batu Caves, Selangor · Every January to February
Thaipusam at Batu Caves
Ayalon Highway, Tel Aviv · Every September to October
Yom Kippur on the empty highways of Tel Aviv
Viana do Castelo, Minho · Every August
Romaria de Nossa Senhora da Agonia
Ohrid · Every July to August
Ohrid Summer Festival
Commonwealth Park, Canberra · Every September to October
Floriade
Macau · Every January to March
Macau lunar new year lion dance parade
Katara beach, Doha · Every November to December
Katara Traditional Dhow Festival
Jiuzhaigou National Park, Sichuan · Every October to November
Jiuzhaigou Autumn
Medellín and the Río Medellín banks · Every December to January
Alumbrados of Medellín
Masai Mara, Kenya · Every July to September
The Great Migration river crossings
Busan Cinema Center, Centum City · Every September to October
Busan International Film Festival
The Sevens Stadium, Dubai · Every November to December
Dubai Rugby Sevens
Kishiwada, Osaka · Every September
Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri
Taxco, Guerrero · Every March to April
Semana Santa in Taxco
Isla Magdalena, Strait of Magellan · Every November to February
Penguin season on Isla Magdalena
Plitvice Lakes, Lika · Every October to November
Autumn colour at Plitvice
Corferias, Bogotá · Every April to May
Bogotá International Book Fair (FILBo)
Basel · Every October to November
Basel Autumn Fair
Belize City · Every September
September Celebrations
Stuttgart · Every September to October
Cannstatter Volksfest
Sham Shui Po and Victoria Park, Hong Kong · Every July to September
Yu Lan Hungry Ghost Festival
Ura Valley, Bumthang · Every August to September
Matsutake Mushroom Festival
Sapporo, Hokkaido · Every January to February
Sapporo snow festival
Uvita · Every July to October
Humpback whales at Marino Ballena
Honolulu, Oahu · Every December
Honolulu Marathon
Wadi Mujib, Dead Sea · Every April to June