Belgium Aalst: March 6, parade 1 p.m.Amay: Feb. 26-March 12. Andenne: April 3, Carnival of the Bears.Bastogne: March 4-6.Beaumont: March 10.Berzee: April 16-17.Bienne-Lez-Happart: May 8.Binche: March 6-8, Carnival of the Gilles.Bomal: March 5, children’s carnival.Brussels: March 12.Chapelle-Lez-Herlaimont: April 1-3.Charleroi: March 8.Écaussinnes: May 1-2.Ermeton-sur-Biert: March 6, Witches Hunt. Estinnes-Au-Mont: March 27.Eupen: March 3-7.Falisolle: March 6-12.Florenville: April 1-4.Fontaine-L’ÉvÊque: April 2-4.Fosses-la-Ville: April 3-4, Carnival of the Chinels.Franchimont: March 12.Frasnes: March 11-13.Gemmenich: March 6-8.Genappe: April 16. HastiÈre-Lavaux: March 8.Houyet: March 5-6, giants carnival and bonfire.Jalhay: March 13.La LouviÈre: April 3-5.La Roche-en-Ardenne: March 12, masked ball April 2-3.Limbourg/Dolhain: March 6.Lodelinsart: March 12, masked ball.Malmedy: March 5-8.Manage: April 24-26.Marche-en-Famenne: March 6.Mont-Sainte-GeneviÈve: May 1-2.Morlanwelz: March 13.Neuville: March 19. Perwez: March 19.Petigny: March 4-8, Carnival of the Evil Good.PlombiÈres: March 5.Rebecq: April 8.Saint-Aubin: March 12.Saint-Gilles: March 5-9, carnival of the Witches of Tarkham.Sars-la-BuissiÈre: April 24-26.Sart-TiÈge: March 27.Schaerbeek: April 2, carnival parade. Slins: March 12.Spa: March 8.Stavelot: April 2-3, Carnival of the Blancs-Moussis.Tamines: March 26-27.Tilff: March 12-April 3. Tournai: April 1-2.Trooz: March 26.Vierves-sur-Viroin: March 6-8.Villers-La-Ville: March 3.Waremme: March 13.Wavre: March 2.Wellin: March 12-13, Carnival of the Giants. For additional dates and places, see www.opt.be/contenus/carnival_calendar/en/1760.html

CroatiaDubrovnik: through March 6. Rijeka: March 6, largest carnival celebration in Croatia, parade at noon.Samobor: Feb. 26-March 8.

FranceAnnecy: March 18-20.Colmar: March 26-27. Mulhouse: March 12-13.Dunkirk: Feb. 12-April 3.Menton: Feb. 18-March 9, Lemon Festival, including fruit parades Feb. 20 and 27 and March 6, and night parades Feb. 24 and March 3. Nice: Feb. 18-March 8. Paris: March 6 and April 3, Place Gambetta.Pau: Feb. 26-March 8.Sarreguemines: Feb. 20-March 9.Strasbourg: March 20, with parade of giant marionnettes.

GermanyAachen: March 6, Rose Monday parade.Bad Godesberg: March 6, parade 1 p.m. Bad Endorf: March 6, parade 2 p.m. Bad Homburg-Kirdorf: March 8, 2:11 p.m.Bad Saulgau: March 8, Narrensprung (Fools Jump) 10:30 a.m.Bad Waldsee: March 7, Narrensprung (Fools Jump) 2 p.m.Bingen: March 7, Rose Monday parade 2:11 p.m. Blankenheim: March 5, ghost parade 7:11 p.m.Bamberg: March 8, parade. Bonn: March 5, parade 3 p.m. Bonn: March 7, Rose Monday parade at noon. Boppard: March 6, evening parades. Bremen: Feb. 25-26.Bräunlingen: March 6-7.Buchholz: March 7, Rose Monday parade 3 p.m. Büttelborn: March 6, parade 2:11 p.m.Erlangen: March 3, Altweiberfasching, 6 p.m.Cologne: March 5, parade 1:30 p.m.Cologne: March 5, parade 2 p.m., Am Pisdorhof/Frohnhofstrasse.Cologne: March 7, Rose Monday parade 11:11 a.m. Cologne-NeubrÜck: March 6, parade 12:30 p.m.Cologne-Nippes: March 8, parade 1:30 p.m.Cologne-Höhenhaus: March 6, parade 2 p.m.Dahn: March 6, traditional carnival parade. Donaueschingen: March 6, parade 2 p.m., and March 8, parade 6:45 p.m.Dudweiler: March 6, carnival parade 1:11 p.m.Düsseldorf: March 3-9.Elzach: March 6, parade 3 p.m., torchlight parade 8 p.m., March 8, parade 3 p.m. Emmerich/Rhine river: March 6, parade 11:11 a.m.Endingen: March 3-8, with big parade March 7, 2:30 p.m.. Feldberg: March 4, witches games, ski passes for those dressed in witch costumes.Frankfurt: March 6, parade 1:01 p.m.Freiburg: March 7, parade 2 p.m. Gaggenau: March 6, parade 2:11 p.m.Gedern: March 6, parade 1:30 p.m.Gerlingen: March 7, children’s carnival 2 p.m.Guxhagen: March 3, Altweiber-fasching. Hausach: March 6, parade 2 p.m.Heitersheim: March 7, parade 2:11 p.m.Hörselgau: March 7, Rose Monday parade 2:11 p.m.Koblenz: March 7, parade 12:11 p.m.Lenzkirch: March 3-9.Löffingen: March 3-9.Lörrach: March 6-7. Losheim am See: March 7, parade 3:11 p.m.Ludwigshafen: March 6, parade 1:11 p.m. Inntal: March 6, big parade 2 p.m. Mannheim: March 6, children’s carnival 1 p.m. Mainz: Feb. 27, parade 1:30 p.m.Mainz: March 7, Rose Monday parade 11:11 a.m.Mainz: March 8, children’s carnival 1:11 p.m.Mittenwald: March 3, Schellenrührer at noon, March 7-8, street celebrations.Mönchengladbach: March 8, parade.Müllheim: Feb. 27, parade. Munich: through March 8. Feb. 24, charity ball; March 7, party at Rotkreuzplatz; March 8, Dance of the Market Women. Naumburg: March 3, Altweiberball 8 p.m.Nettersheim: March 7, Rose Monday parade 1:11 p.m. Neuss: March 6, parade 1:30 p.m. Neuss/Gussdorf: March 7, Rose Monday parade 2 p.m.Oberlahnstein: March 5, parade by children and teens 2 p.m.Oberndorf: March 8, Narrensprung (Fools Jump) 1 p.m.Oberlahnstein: March 7, Rose Monday parade 2 p.m. Oggersheim: March 5, masked ball, Festhalle, 8 p.m. Ramstein-Miesenbach: March 8,Rottweil: March 7, parade at 8 a.m.; March 8, parades at 8 a.m. and 2 p.m.Rudesheim: March 8, children’s carnival, city hall, 2 p.m.Saarbrücken: March 3, Altweiber-fasching. Saarwellingen: March 7, carnival parade 2 p.m. Schramberg: March 6, parade at 1 p.m. and Hanselsprung at 2:30 p.m.; March 7, street fest and Da-Bach-na-Fahrt 1 p.m.Speyer: March 7, parade.Stuttgart-Vaihingen: March 3, storming the city hall. Stuttgart: March 8, parade. Teisendorf: March 6, parade 2 p.m., Triberg: March 3, devils run through the street with torches, 7 p.m.Trier: March 7, parade at noon.Villingen-Schwenningen: March 7, historical parade 9 a.m.; March 8, parade 1:30 p.m. Wassungen: March 5, historic carnival parade 1:30 p.m. Wehretal: March 4, Altweiberfasching, 7:33 p.m. Willinghausen: March 6, children’s Fasching. Wiesbaden: March 6, carnival parade 1:11Wiesbaden-Frauenstein: March 7, Rose Monday parade 1 p.m. Wiesbaden-Freudenberg: March 5, street Fasching, 2:11 p.m.Wolfach: March 3-9, parade March 7.

GreecePatras: through March 7.Rethymnon, Crete: through March 7, grand parade and burning of King Carnival March 6.

HungaryMohács: March 3-8.

ItalyAcireale: Feb. 19-March 8, parades with floats Feb. 20-27 and March 3, 5, 6 and 8; floats with flowers March 6-8.Putignano: through March 8.Venice: Feb. 19-March 8. Viareggio: Feb. 20-March 13Ivrea: through March 9.

For additional dates and places, see http://goitaly.about.com/od/festivalsandevents/a/carnevale_2.htm

LuxembourgDiekirch: March 6, parade, 2:30 p.m.Esch-sur-Alzette: April 3, parade 2:30 p.m.Pétange: April 3.Schifflange: March 13, parade, 3 p.m.

NetherlandsBreda: March 4-8.Maastricht: March 6-8.Roermond: March 5-7.Venlo: March 5-8.

PortugalFunchal, Madeira: March 4 and 8.

SpainCádiz: March 3-13.Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: Feb. 18-20, Feb. 25-March 2, March 4-8, March 10-12.Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife: March 3, 9, 11 and 12. Santa Cruz de Tenerife: March 2, election of carnival queen, March 4, procession 7 p.m. followed by fireworks, March 8, fireworks, March 9, burial of the sardine 9 p.m., March 13, carnival endsSitges: March 3-9.

SwitzerlandAbtwil: March 3, parade and masked ball. Baden: March 3, street Fasching, 7 p.m.Baden: March 8, night parade, 8 p.m.Basel: March 14-16, Morgestraich, March 14, 4 a.m.Bern: March 10-12. Brunnen: March 3, Dirty Thursday, 1:30 p.m.Kerns: March 3, Dirty Thursday parade.Lucerne: March 3, parade at 1:45 p.m., March 7, parade at 1:45 p.m. Rigi Kaltbad: March 3, children’s carnival, 2 p.m. Zurich: March 12, parade, noon.

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