European Arts & Culture

European Arts & Culture

Our monthly What’s on in Europe guide directs you to mainstream cultural events and exhibitions in Europe, while our What’s on calendar keeps you in touch with arts abroad and the museums Europe offers in Spain. You can also add your own event to our listings.

Traveling around Spain? Read about Toledo and its museums, check out what's beyon flamenco and bulls in Seville, or read the top ten things to see in Madrid.

Arts & Culture - Essential Articles

03/06/2013 Top events in June for culture buffs

Cultural events in Europe: What's on in June Catch the fever of music and dance at the Netherlands' Holland Festival, Germany's celebration of Wagner and Bach, and Madrid's Suma Flamenca festival.

09/11/2012 St Martin's night: '11 November is de dag!'

St Martin St Martin's day is celebrated in the evening of 11 November in Flanders, parts of the Netherlands, and most areas of Germany and Austria.

26/07/2011 Around and about Paris: The First arrondissement

comédie-Française-head As tourists snake their way to the Louvre Pyramid, or pack beneath, you may crave some relief in the nearby gardens of the Palais Royal, an arcaded haven of tranquillity, especially in the early hours of the morning. Expert Thirza Vallois offers a historical tour.

20/06/2011 German pensioners take to clowning around

clown-head Ulrike Lueke-Rosendhal used to be a schoolteacher, but now it's the 63-year-old who acts the fool, not her pupils, touring Germany in a troupe of clowns made up of retirees.