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Carnival listings were compiled from the websites of national tourist boards, towns and cities. It’s wise to verify details before setting out.

BelgiumAalst: Feb. 19, parade in town center, 1 p.m.

Amay: Feb. 19.

Andenne: March 18, Carnival of the Bears parade.

Arlon: March 11, parade, 2:30 p.m..

Aublain: March 3-4.

Binche: Carnival of the Gilles, Feb. 19-21.

Bouge: Feb. 26, bonfires and fireworks in Loyers, Erpent, Wepion and Namur.

Brussels: Brazilian Carnival, Tour & Taxis, Feb. 11.

Charleroi: Feb. 21-22.

Eupen: Feb. 19, children’s parade, 2:30 p.m.; Feb. 20, Rose Monday parade, 12:30 p.m.

Fagnole: Feb. 19.

Malmedy: Feb. 18-21.

Marche: Carnaval de la Grosse Biesse, Feb. 18-19.

Petigny: Carnival of the Evil Good, Feb. 17-21.

Stavelot: March 17-19, Carnival of the Blancs Moussis.

Nivelles: Feb. 25-28.

Tournai: March 16-17.

Tilff: March 18.

La Roche-en-Andenne: March 16-18.

Villers-la-Ville: Feb. 18-19.

Wellin: Carnival of the Giants, March 9-12.

CroatiaDubrovnik: Feb. 18-21.

Rijeka: Carnival parade, Feb. 19.

Samobor: Feb. 26-March 8.

FranceAnnecy: Venetian carnival, March 2-4.

Bailleul: Feb. 17-20.

Colmar: March 3, children’s parade, 2:30 p.m.; March 4, parade, 2:30 p.m.

Dunkirk: Feb. 11-12, 18-21 and 25-26.

Granville (Normandy): Feb. 12-16.

Nice: Feb. 17-March 4, this year’s theme is “King of Sport.”

Menton: Feb. 17-March 7, Lemon Festival.

Mulhouse: Feb. 24-26, international parade on Feb. 26.

Paris: Feb. 19, Carnival parade, Promenade du Boeuf Gras.

Pau: Carnival Biarnés, Feb. 11-21.

Sarreguemines: Feb. 5-22; Feb. 12, grand cavalcade, 2:30 p.m.

Strasbourg: March 20.

GermanyFor a list of carnival activities in the Black Forest region, see konstanzerfasnacht.de/Narrenfahrplan_2012.pdf.

Aachen: Feb. 19, children’s parade, 11:30 a.m.; Feb. 20, Rose Monday parade, 11:11 a.m.

Aschaffenburg: Feb. 19, 2 p.m.

Bad Cannstatt: Feb. 21, parade, 6 p.m.

Bad Saulgau: Feb. 21, Narrensprung, 10:30 a.m., torch parade, 7 p.m.

Bad Waldsee: Feb. 16 and 20, Narrensprung, 2 p.m.

Baienfurt: Feb. 18, Narrensprung.

Bamberg: Feb. 21, parade, 1:30 p.m.

Berlin: Feb. 12, parade, 11:30 a.m.

Bingen: Feb. 18, parade in Büdesheim, 6:33 p.m.; Feb. 19, parade in Bingen-Dietersheim, 2:11 p.m.; Feb. 20, Rose Monday parade in Bingen-Gaulsheim, 2:11 p.m.

Bonn: Feb. 16-21, Feb. 20, Rose Monday parade, noon.

Bräunlingen: Feb. 20, parade, 2 p.m.

Bremen: Feb. 10-11, Feb. 11, parade of samba groups.

Büttelborn: Feb. 19, parade, 2:11 p.m.

Cologne: Feb. 16-22; Feb. 20, Rose Monday parade, 10:30 a.m.

Donaueschingen: Feb. 19, parade, 2 p.m.

Düsseldorf: Feb. 16-20; Feb. 20, Rose Monday parade, 10 a.m.

Elzach: Feb. 19-21; Feb. 19, Grand Schutting fools parade, 3 p.m.

Endingen am Kaiserstuhl: Feb. 19 and 20.

Eschweiler: Feb. 20.

Euskirchen: Feb. 20.

Freiburg: Feb. 19-21; Feb. 19, street festival 2-6 p.m.; Feb. 20, parade, 2 p.m.

Frankfurt: Feb. 19, parade, city center, 1:01 p.m.

Furtwangen: Feb. 18, parade, 2:30 p.m.; Feb. 19, parade, 2 p.m.; Feb. 20, parade, 3 p.m.

Garmisch-Partenkirchen: Feb. 19, Faschingsgaudi, 2-8 p.m.

Gengenbach: Feb. 19, parade 2 p.m.

Germersheim: Feb. 18, parade, 2:11 p.m.

Haigerloch: Feb. 21, torch parade, 7 p.m.

Haslach: Feb. 19, parade 2 p.m.

Hausach: Feb. 19, parade, 2 p.m.

Hechingen: Feb. 21, parade, 1:30 p.m.

Hornberg: Feb. 19, parade, 2 p.m.

Hüfingen: Feb. 21, Hanselsprung and parade, 2 p.m.

Karlsruhe: Feb. 21, 2:11 p.m.

Kissleg: Feb. 18, Narrensprung, 2 p.m.

Koblenz: Feb. 20, parade, 12:11 p.m.

Konstanz: Feb. 16-22; Feb. 19, parade, 2 p.m.

Lindau: Feb. 19, Narrensprung, noon.

Löffingen: Feb. 20, Walpurgis night with witches, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 21, parade, 2 p.m.

Ludwigshafen: Feb. 19, 1:11 p.m.

Mainz: Feb. 16-22, throughout city; Feb. 20, parade, 11:11 a.m.

Mannheim: Feb. 21, parades in city center.

Markdorf: Feb. 19, parade, 2 p.m.

Meersburg: Feb. 12, Narrenbaum-stellen and parade, 2 p.m.; Feb. 16, Hemdglonkerumzug, 7 p.m.; Feb. 20, parade, 6 p.m.

Mittenwald: Feb. 16, traditional groups in the pedestrian zone, noon

Möhringen: Feb. 19, parade; Feb. 21, Hansel games, 1:30 p.m.

Mönchengladbach: Feb. 21, parade 1:11 p.m.

Munderkingen: Feb. 19, parade, 2 p.m.

Munich: Dance of the Market Women, Viktualienmarkt Square, Feb. 21, 11 a.m.; Schäfflertanz, Marienplatz, Feb. 11, noon; Viktualienmarkt Square, Feb. 16, 1 p.m; Neuhauser Strasse 27, Feb. 21, 8 p.m.

Mühlheim: Feb. 20, parade, 2:30 p.m.

Oberndorf: Feb. 21, Narrensprung, 8 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Pfullendorf: Feb. 20, parade, 2 p.m.

Radolfzell: Feb. 19, parade, 1 p.m.

Ramstein-Miesenbach: Feb. 21, parade, 2 p.m.

Rottenburg: Feb. 16 and 18, street fest, 2 p.m.; Feb. 19, parade, 1:30 p.m.; Feb. 20, parade, 1:30 p.m.

Rottweil: Feb. 20, Narrensprung, 8 a.m.; Feb. 21, 8 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Schramberg: Feb. 19, Hanselsprung, 2:30 p.m.; Feb. 20, raft race, 1 p.m., parade, 2:30 p.m.

Sigmaringen: Feb. 12, Narrensprung, 1:30 p.m.; Feb. 21, parade, 2 p.m.

Sulzburg: Feb. 24, witches night, 8:11 p.m.

Schömberg: Feb. 19, parade, 2 p.m.; Feb. 20, Narrensprung, 8:11 a.m., parade 10:31 a.m.

Schwäbisch Gmünd: Feb. 11-12, Guggenmusik Festival, Tettnang; Feb. 21, Narrensprung, 2 p.m.

Triberg: Feb. 16, torch parade 6:30 p.m.; Feb. 19, parade 1:30 p.m.

Villingen: Feb. 20, parade of the Narrozunft, 9 a.m.; Feb. 21, parade 1:30 p.m.

Waldkirch: Feb. 19, parade 2 p.m.

Wangen im Allgäu: Feb. 16, masked parade 2 p.m., Feb. 20, Narrensprung, 2 p.m.

Wehingen: Feb. 20, parade, 1:30 p.m.

Weingarten: Feb. 19, parades and Narrensprung.

Wellendingen: Feb. 20, Narrensprung, 9 a.m.

Wilflingen: Feb. 20, Narrensprung, 9 a.m.

Wolfach: Feb. 20, Narren-Wecken 5:30 a.m., Elfemess 10:30 a.m., parade 2 p.m., Feb. 21, historical Nasenzug 5 p.m.

Zell am Harmersbach: Feb. 19, parades, 2:30 and 8 p.m.; Feb. 21, parade, 2 p.m.

HungaryMohács: Busójárás, March 3-8.

ItalyAcireale: Feb. 11-12 and 15-21.

Foiano: Feb. 12, 19 and 26.

Ivrea: Feb. 16-22, Battle of the Oranges, Feb. 20 at 2:15 p.m.

Oristano: Feb. 19 and 21, Sartiglia.

Putignano: parades, Feb. 12, 19 and 21.

Venice: Through Feb. 21.

Verona: Gnocchi Friday, Feb. 17.

Viareggio: Feb. 12, 19, 21 and 26 and March 3, parades.

LuxembourgDiekirch: Feb. 19, parade 2:30 p.m.

Countrywide: Feb. 26, bonfire day.

MaltaMalta and Gozo: Feb. 17-21.

PortugalFunchal, Madeira: Feb. 15-22, parades Feb. 18 and 21.

NetherlandsMaastricht: Feb. 19-21.

Venlo: Feb. 18.

‘s-Hertogenbosch: Feb. 19-21.

Bergen op Zoom: Feb. 18-26.

Eindhoven: Feb. 17-21.

Breda: Feb. 18-21.

SpainCadiz: Feb. 16-26.

Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands: Feb. 15, 17, 21, 22 and 25.

Sitges: Feb. 19 and 21, parades.

SwitzerlandArbon: Feb. 26, international carnival parade 2 p.m..

Basel: Feb. 27-29, Morgenstreich pipers parade Feb. 27 at 4 a.m.

Bern: Feb. 23-25.

Aarberg: Feb. 10-12.

Bellinzona: Feb. 16-21.

Bulle: Feb. 10-12.

Fribourg: Feb. 17-21.

Wiler, Lötschental: Feb. 16, 8 p.m. and Feb. 18, 2:30 p.m., traditional parades of Tschäggättä.

Lucerne: Feb. 16-21.

Solothurn: Feb. 18-22.

St. Gallen: Feb. 16-21.

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