Not simly a beach, but a complete seaside resort right in the heart of Brussels on the edge of the canal, Brussels Beach, or Bruxelles Les Bains, offers half a mile (1km) of fine sand, coconut palms and waterfalls, and plenty of sport, relaxation and cultural activities. Sports like beach volleyball, pétanque and ultimate frisbee are available, [...]

Amsterdam Dance Event
Europe’s main electronic and dance music event brings together more than 1,300 professionals from the international dance music community for a daytime conference and night time festival in Amsterdam’s city centre. Thousands of visitors dance the nights away at more than 12 clubs with top DJs and artists performing. The three-day programme includes [...]

Wimbledon Tennis Championships
The Wimbledon Tennis Championships are the highlight of the year’s tennis calendar, bringing together the world’s leading tennis professionals in a battle for glory on grass. The first championship event at Wimbledon dates back to 1877, but the first Ladies’ Singles championship was only introduced in 1884. Since then the tradition of strawberries [...]

Harbour Birthday Festival
To celebrate over 800 years of harbour history, Hamburg’s birthday festivities entail many water and air-based shows and activities, as well as live music, a funfair and lots of entertainment. Aquatic events are at the centre of the celebrations and traditional highlights include the ship’s parade, tugboat ballet and dragon boat racing, while [...]

Dublin Toy and Train Fair
The Dublin Toy and Train Fair is always a much anticipated event for children of all ages. With over 46 dealers from the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and England attending, over 70 tables stocked with interesting collectors items can be expected. All sorts of collectible toys will be available including [...]

Chelsea Flower Show
I recall visiting the Chelsea Flower Show many years ago and can really recommend for a great day out for everyone
The Chelsea Flower Show is an annual event organised by the Royal Horticultural Society and since its inception in 1913, has been recognised as the foremost show of its kind in the world. [...]

After living with my Irish housemate for over two years and celebrating St Patrick’s Day in the UK for the past two years he finally convinced me to go to Dublin and celebrate it ‘’ properly ‘’. I was pretty scared at the time and English girl and an Irish man going to Dublin for [...]

I spent five days in Valencia before La Tomatina festival in August this year and had the best week ever… Valencia is Spain’s third largest city, and is an extremely stunning city with a vast amount of marble everywhere. In the centre the pavements are all marble with these wonderful designs carved into them
One of [...]

Need to do some shopping for Christmas? Need to feel the Christmas soul? You should certainly visit a historical German tradition – Christmast Market!
What is a Christmas Market?
A Christmas market is a street market that held in many cities, towns and villages in many countries especially in Germany during the Christmas celebrations. These markets were [...]

I really like watching the Formula 1 but unfortunately in the UK it is so expensive to go to watch the races, plus the accommodation, car park fees etc that you are easily looking at a lot of money…. However one of my mates mentioned going to Turkey to watch the Formula 1 in Istanbul [...]