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 Wianki on the Vistula first
Every December to JanuarySydney harbour new year's eve fireworksSydney
Every October to NovemberYi Peng lantern festivalChiang Mai
Every January to MarchChinese new year in ChinatownChinatown, Singapore
Every March to AprilSemana Santa processions and sawdust carpetsAntigua
Every JanuaryHoi An full moon lantern festivalHoi An ancient town
Every OctoberAlbuquerque Balloon FiestaAlbuquerque, New Mexico
Every JanuaryRann UtsavGreat Rann of Kutch
Every SeptemberWachau grape harvestWachau valley
Every March to MayTulip season in HollandKeukenhof and the Bollenstreek, Netherlands
Every January to MarchMagh MelaPrayagraj (Sangam)
Every March to AprilNyepi day of silenceBali
Every January to FebruaryHarbin ice and snow festivalHarbin, Heilongjiang
Every December to MarchYuanyang Rice Terraces Mirror SeasonDuoyishu, Yuanyang, Yunnan
Every March to AprilNational cherry blossom festivalWashington, D.C.
Every April to MayHirosaki Cherry Blossom FestivalHirosaki Park, Aomori
Every OctoberHead of the Charles RegattaCambridge, Massachusetts
Every November to DecemberAutumn leaves in KyotoKyoto, Japan
Every March to AprilCanola flower season at JejuJeju Island
Every February to AprilJacaranda bloom in Mexico CityMexico City
Every NovemberJacaranda season in Buenos AiresRecoleta, Palermo and Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires
Every October to NovemberAutumn colour at PlitvicePlitvice Lakes, Lika
Every October to DecemberAurora season in LofotenReine and Svolvaer, Lofoten
Every AprilAnzac Day dawn service at GallipoliAnzac Cove, Gallipoli Peninsula
Every September to OctoberAutumn on the Seceda ridgeVal Gardena, South Tyrol
Lo Manthang, Upper Mustang · Every August to September
Yartung horse festival
Horse races, archery and chang in a walled Tibetan city at the end of the monsoon, behind the Himalaya.
Denpasar, Bali · Every June to July
Bali Arts Festival
A month of gamelan, dance and shadow puppetry from every regency of Bali, most of it free.
Al Hada and Al Shafa, Taif · Every March to April
Taif rose harvest
Gion Kobu Kaburenjo, Kyoto · Every April
Miyako Odori
Savonlinna, Lakeland · Every July to August
Savonlinna Opera Festival
Kiel · Every June
Kiel Week
Seoul Plaza, Seoul · Every November
Seoul Kimchi Festival
Reine and Svolvaer, Lofoten · Every October to December
Aurora season in Lofoten
Reith im Alpbachtal and the Zillertal, Tyrol · Every September to October
Almabtrieb cattle descent in Tyrol
Siolim, Goa · Every June
Sao Joao in Goa
La Villa de Los Santos, Azuero · Every May to June
Corpus Christi devil dances
Tacloban, Leyte · Every June
Pintados-Kasadyaan Festival
Kununurra, Western Australia · Every May
Ord Valley Muster
Rajshahi · Every May to July
Rajshahi mango season
Hallerbos, Halle · Every April to May
Hallerbos bluebell bloom
Philipsburg, Sint Maarten · Every April to May
Sint Maarten Carnival
Cooper's Hill, Brockworth, Gloucestershire · Every May
Cooper's Hill cheese rolling
Australian War Memorial, Canberra · Every April
Anzac Day dawn service
Grímsey, off Akureyri · Every June to July
Midnight sun on the Arctic Circle at Grímsey
Prague · Every May to June
Prague Spring International Music Festival
Baía das Gatas, São Vicente · Every August
Baía das Gatas Festival
Palais des Congres and Jemaa el-Fna, Marrakech · Every November to December
Marrakech International Film Festival
Wachau valley · Every September
Wachau grape harvest
Wellington · Every August
Wellington on a Plate
Longsheng, Guangxi · Every April to June
Spring water season at Longji rice terraces
Queenstown, Otago · Every June to July
Queenstown Winter Festival
Stockholm · Every December
Lucia in Stockholm
Autódromo José Carlos Pace, Interlagos, São Paulo · Every November
São Paulo Grand Prix at Interlagos
Rovaniemi, Lapland · Every December
Christmas and polar night in Rovaniemi
Piazza del Campo, Siena · Every June to July