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Europe has an endless appeal for Kiwis and in the northern winter months it’s alive with
cultural events and carnivals of all kinds.

DECEMBER
OCTOBER NOVEMBER

Dec 19
To 6 Oct 19 To 6 Nov 19 Christmas Markets
Munich Beer Festival Histoire de Corps throughout Germany
Munich, Germany Fondation Giacometti The most notable markets include Nuremberg,
Yup, it’s the one – the most famous beer festival Paris, France Munich, Freiburg and Berlin, especially the light
in the world. Say no more. Explorations of the nude by the great show in the Berlin Botanical Gardens.
Oktoberfest.de/en 20th century sculptor. christmas-garden.de
foundation-giacometti.fr
9-20 Oct 19 2-31 Dec 19
Salzburg Kulturtage 9 Nov 19 Open Air Winter Festival
(Culture Days) Lord Mayor’s Show Palace of Arts
Salzburg, Austria London, UK Budapest, Hungary
Several cultural institutions join forces to The oldest, biggest and best free day out in A 400sqm ice rink and a spacious tent provide
present two weeks of affordable concerts London, the Show offers traditional spectacle concerts, contemporary circus and other
and literary readings with famous actors and and pageantry in the City of London including cultural events.
performers. horse-drawn coach parades and fireworks. budapestbylocals.com
Salzburg.info lordmayorsshow.london
Early Dec 19-early Jan 20
Oct 19-16 Feb 20 30 Nov-13 Dec 19 Advent in Split
Rembrandt & The Dutch Feast of Santa Lucia Split, Croatia
Golden Age, Siracusa, Sicily The approach of the Christmas season is
Museums across Holland A series of devotional events culminating with heralded with festive events on the Riva and
A celebration of the great painter’s legacy and a procession of the martyred saint’s statue and nearby with music, food and special carols
the cultural splendours of 17th-century Holland. relics to Siracusa cathedral on December 13. events for children.
holland.com visitsicily.info visit-croatia.co.uk

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