Europe hums with activity in all seasons. Here is a sampling of events on the docket. Please verify details before setting out.
AUSTRIA VIENNA: Ball Season, upcoming balls include Ball of the Viennese Industry, Jan. 24; Hunters’ Ball, Jan. 26; Engineers’ Ball, Jan. 29; Vienna Medical Doctors’ Ball, Jan. 31; Vienna Coffee House Owners’ Ball, Feb. 6; The Vienna Opera Ball, Feb. 12; Bonbon-Ball, Feb. 13; Johann Strauss Ball, Feb. 14; Ball of Legal Professionals, Feb. 14 and Rudolfina-Redoute Masked Ball, March 16.
KITZBÜHEL: Hahenkamm Race, through Jan. 25.
KREISCHBERG: FIS Freestyle Ski & Snowboard World Championships, through Jan 25.
SALZBURG: Mozart Week, through Feb. 1.
VIENNA: Masters of Dirt, freestyle motocross show, Feb. 20-22.
INNSBRUCK: ART Innsbruck, international fair for contemporary art and antiques, Feb. 20-23.
VIENNA: Accordion Festival, Feb. 22-March 23.
BELGIUM BRUSSELS: River Jazz Festival, Jazz Station Senghor Marni, through Jan. 24.
BRUSSELS: European Motor Show, expo of light commercial and recreational vehicles and motorcycles, tickets necessary, through Jan. 25.
BRUSSELS: Djangofollies, music festival, through Jan. 30.
BRUSSELS: BRAFA, Brussels Fine Arts and Antiques Fair, Tour & Taxis, Jan. 24-Feb. 1.
LIÈGE: Les Transardentes, electronic music festival, Halles des Foires, Jan. 31.
ROTTERDAM: Art Rotterdam, art fair, Feb. 5-8.
BRUSSELS: Salon du Chocolat, chocolate show, Brussels Expo, Feb. 6-8.
SPA: Whisky Live Belgium, Rue Servais 8, Feb. 6-8.
BRUSSELS: Affordable Art Fair, Tour & Taxis, Feb. 6-9.
BRUSSELS: Anima, The Brussels Animation Film Festival, Flagey, Feb. 13-22.
CROATIA DUBROVNIK: Fest of St. Blaise, celebrations honor city’s patron saint, Feb. 3.
CZECH REPUBLIC PUSTEVNY: Snow Kingdom, through Feb. 8.
PRAGUE: Grand Restaurant Festival, through Feb. 28.
DENMARK AARHUS: Aarhus Music Festival, introduces local bands, through Jan. 24.
SKAGEN: Winter Swimming Festival, through Jan. 25.
AALBORG: Northern Winter Beat Festival, Jan. 29-31.
COPENHAGEN: Copenhagen International Fashion Fair, with shows, parties and concerts, various sites, Jan. 29-Feb. 1.
COPENHAGEN: Winter Jazz, performances take place countrywide, Feb. 6-22.
COPENHAGEN: Copenhagen Dining Week, Feb. 9-15.
COPENHAGEN: Jewish Film Festival, Cinemateket, Feb. 25-March 1.
ENGLAND MANCHESTER: Manchester Beer and Cider Festival, Velodrome, through Jan. 24.
LONDON: London Art Fair, Business Design Center, Islington, through Jan. 25.
LONDON: Loco London, Comedy Film Festival, BFI Southbank and other venues, through Jan. 25.
LONDON: International Mime Festival, various venues, through Jan. 31.
CAMBRIDGE: Banff Mountain Film Festival, Lady Mitchell Hall, Jan. 27 and Feb. 10.
COLCHESTER: Winter Ale Festival, Colchester Arts Centre, Jan. 28-31.
ELY: Elysian Winter Beer Festival, Jan. 30-31.
PETERBOROUGH: Tudor Living History Day, celebrates Katharine of Aragon, Jan. 30-Feb. 1.
DERBY: CAMRA’s National Winter Ales Festival, Roundhouse, Feb. 11-14.
LONDON: The Telegraph Outdoor Adventure and Travel Show, ExCeL, Feb. 12-15.
LONDON: Maslenitsa Russian Festival in Trafalgar Square, Feb. 15.
LONDON: Chinese New Year, Feb. 19-22.
LONDON: London Fashion Weekend, Somerset House, Feb. 26-March 1.
FRANCE PARIS: Winter sales, through Feb. 10.
PARIS: International Festival of the Circus of Tomorrow, Cirque Phenix, Pelouse de Reuilly, Jan. 29-31.
ANGOULEME: International Comic Strip Festival, Jan. 29-Feb. 1.
CLERMONT-FERRAND: International Short Film Festival, Jan. 30-Feb. 7.
PARIS: Chinese New Year celebrations, Place d’Italie -Quartier Chinois, Jan. 31.
PARIS: Salon Retro Mobile, vintage auto show, Porte de Versailles, Feb. 4-8.
PARIS: Paris Manga & Sci Fi Show, Porte de Versailles, Feb. 7-8.
MOREZ: Transjurassienne, cross country ski race, Feb. 7-8.
PARIS: Carnaval de Paris, Feb. 15.
GERMANY COLOGNE: Cologne Music Week, concerts and parties, Kölner Stadtgarten, through Jan. 24.
FREINSHEIM: Red wine hiking, through Jan. 25, includes torchlit night hike at 6 p.m. Jan. 23.
BAD RAPPENAU: Mulled wine market, Salinenpark, through Jan. 25.
STUTTGART: The Holiday Exhibition, travel fair, Stuttgart Messe, through Jan. 25.
TRIER: Moselle Wine Forum, Thermen am Viehmarkt, through Jan. 25.
BERLIN: JapanFestival, Urania, Jan. 24-25.
BERLIN: Transmediale, festival of art and the creative application of digital media, Jan. 28-Feb. 1.
COLOGNE: Harry Potter Exhibition, Odysseum, through March 1.
DRESDEN: SemperOpernball, fancy dress ball benefits charity, Jan. 30.
FRANKFURT: International Musikparade, Festhalle, Jan. 30.
LEIPZIG: Motorcycle trade fair, Jan. 30-Feb. 1.
NEUBURG: Donauschwimmen, Europe’s biggest winter swimming event, pre-registration necessary, Jan. 31.
OBERAMMERGAU: König Ludwig Lauf, country’s biggest cross-country skiing competition, 23 or 50 km trails, Jan. 31-Feb. 1.
DORTMUND: Jagd und Hunt, hunting expo, Messe, Feb. 3-8.
BERLIN: Berlinale, international film festival, Feb. 5-15.
BREMEN: Samba Carnival, Feb. 6-7.
BREMEN: Classic motor show, vintage car exhibition, ÖVB-Arena, Feb. 6-8.
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN: Pond Hockey Cup, Feb. 7-8.
SCHWAEBISCH HALL: Hallia Venezia, Venetian style carnival celebration, Feb. 8.
MUNICH: IMOT Motorcycle Exposition, MOC, Feb. 13-15.
KARLSRUHE: RendezVino, wine fair, Messe, Feb. 19-22.
FRANKFURT: Winterworld, techno festival, Messe, Feb. 22.
HEIDELBERG: Banff Mountain Film Festival, Musik und Singschule, Feb. 22.
MUNICH: Strong Beer Season, parties at Augustiner Lagerkeller, Feb. 26-28, March 5-7, 12-14, 19-21, 26-28.
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN: Audi FIS Ski World Cup, men’s races Feb. 28-March 1; women’s races March 7-8.
IRELAND DUBLIN: Tradfest, traditional Irish music and culture in Temple Bar area of city, Jan. 28-Feb. 1.
KILLARNEY: The Gathering, festival of traditional music and dance, INEC, Feb. 18-22.
DUBLIN: Alltech International Craft Brews and Food Fair, Convention Centre, Feb. 27-March 1.
ITALY MADONNA DEL CAMPIGLIO: Winter Marathon, classic auto race through Dolomites mountain range, through Jan. 24.
VERONA: Motor Bike Expo, through Jan. 25.
BOLOGNA: Artefiera, International Fair of Modern and Contemporary Art, Bologna Exhibition Center, through Jan. 26.
AOSTA: Sant’Orso Fair, traditional craft fair, Jan. 30-31.
VENICE: Carnival celebrations, includes water show Jan. 31, decorated boat procession Feb. 1; historical parade Feb. 7, flight of the angel Feb. 8, flight of the eagle Feb. 15, Svolo del Leon Feb. 17.
IVREA: Carnival celebrations, Jan. 31, Feb. 1, 8 and 12-18, battle of oranges take place Feb. 15-16.
NAPLES: Mostra de Oltremare, half marathon, Feb. 1.
VIAREGGIO: Carnival celebrations, includes grand processions of floats and costumed participants, Feb. 1, 8, 15, 22 and 28.
FLORENCE: Chocolate Fair, Piazza della Repubblica, Feb. 6-15.
MILAN: Food and Wine Festival, Milano Congressi, Feb. 7-9.
VICENZA: Hunting and Fishing fair, Fiere, Feb. 7-9.
TURIN: Automotoretro, auto show, Lingotto Fiere, Feb. 13-15.
GENOVA: Arte Genova, shows modern and contemporary art, Feb. 13-16.
MODENA: Modenantiquaria, antiques expo, ModenaFiere Feb. 13-22.
VERONA: Romeo & Juliet Half Marathon, Feb. 15.
LUXEMBOURG CITY: Antiques and Art Fair, Luxexpo, Jan. 30-Feb. 2.
DIEKIRCH: Eurocross, long distance race, Feb. 8.
DIEKIRCH: Carnival parade, Feb. 15.
REMICH: Streimaennchen, burning of straw figure signifies end of carnival, Feb. 18.
CITY: Discovery Zone, film festival, Feb. 26-March 8.
MONACO MONTE CARLO: International Circus Festival, through Jan. 25.
MONTE CARLO: Monte Carlo Auto Rally, through Jan. 25.
NETHERLANDS ZWOLLE: Ice sculpture exhibition, this year’s theme is “World in Motion,” through Jan. 25.
AMSTERDAM: Amsterdam Fashion Week, downtown events open to public, through Jan. 26.
ROTTERDAM: International Film Festival Rotterdam, through Feb. 1.
ROTTERDAM: Flamenco Biennial also takes place in Amsterdam, Utrecht and The Hague, through Feb. 3.
AMSTERDAM: IMPRO Amsterdam, Compagnietheater, Jan. 26-31.
AMSTERDAM: Jumping Amsterdam, equestrian event at RAI, Jan. 29-Feb. 1.
AMSTERDAM: Grauzone Festival, offers art, film and new wave music, Melkweg, Jan. 30-31.
THE HAGUE: Cadance, festival for modern dance, Jan. 30-Feb. 15.
ROTTERDAM: Art Rotterdam, Feb. 5-8.
AMSTERDAM: Chinese New Year, Feb. 19.
DELFT: De Koninck Delft Blues Festival, Feb. 19-22.
NORWAY TROMSO: Northern Lights Festival, celebrates jazz and classical music, through Feb. 1.
KRISTIANSUND: Opera Festival, Jan. 29-Feb. 14.
TROMSO: Sami Week, Feb. 1-8.
GEILO: Ice Music Festival, Feb. 5-8.
LONGYEARBYEN: Polar Jazz, world’s most northern music festival, Feb. 5-8.
PORTUGAL SINTRA: Fim da Europa, scenic and hilly road 17 km race, Jan. 25.
FUNCHAL: Carnival celebrations, Feb. 14-17.
PORTO: Fantasporto, international film festival for fantasy and science fiction, Feb. 27-March 7.
SCOTLAND DUMFRIES: Big Burns Supper, culture festival, through Jan. 31.
EDINBURGH: Banff Mountain Film Festival, Festival Theater, Jan. 24.
AVIEMORE: Aviemore Sled Dog Rally, Jan. 24-25.
LERWICK: Up Helly Aa, Jan. 27.
GLASGOW: Glasgow Film Festival, Feb. 18-March 1.
FORT WILLIAM: Fort William Mountain Festival, Feb. 18-22.
SPAIN SEVILLE: International Theatre and Scenic Arts Festival, through Jan. 27.
BARRANDA: Fiesta of the Cuadrillas, battles between traditional bands and dancers, Jan. 25.
MADRID: Gastrofestival, Jan. 30-Feb. 15.
BOCAIRENT: Moors and Christians Festival, Feb. 2-5.
PAMPLONA: Point of View, Navarre International Festival of Documentary Cinema, Feb. 10-15.
CADIZ: Carnival celebrations, Feb. 12-22; parade Feb. 15.
BARCELONA: Half Marathon, Feb. 15.
SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE: Carnival celebrations, Feb. 15.
SEVILLE: City Marathon, Feb. 22.
SWEDEN GOTHENBURG: Gotenborg International Film Festival, through Feb. 2.
STOCKHOLM: ISU European Figure Skating Championships, Jan. 26-Feb. 1.
GOTHENBURG: Gothenburg Boat Show, Maessan, Jan. 31-Feb. 8.
JOKKMOKK: Jokkmokk Winter Market, Sami meeting, Feb. 5-7.
STOCKHOLM: Stockholm International Antiques Fair, Feb. 12-15.
STOCKHOLM: Sonar International Festival of Advanced Music, avant-garde electronic dance music, Feb. 13-14.
UMEA: Umefolk, folk festival gathering, Feb. 19-22.
GOTHENBURG: Gothenburg Horse Show, Feb. 25-March 1.
SWITZERLAND INTERLAKEN: Jungfrau Music Festival, features wind orchestras, through Jan. 24.
GRINDELWALD: World Snow Festival, through Jan. 24.
MUERREN: International Inferno Race, through Jan. 24.
SAAS-FEE: Ice Climbing World Cup, through Jan. 24.
INTERLAKEN: Ice Magic, skating rinks connected by runways, through Feb. 28.
ST. MORITZ: St. Moritz Gourmet Festival, 2015 edition celebrates British cuisine, Jan. 26-30.
THUN: Thun Carnival, Jan. 29-Feb. 1.
GENEVA: Art Geneve, art fair, Palexpo, Jan. 29-Feb. 1.
ST. MORITZ: St. Moritz World Polo Cup on Snow, St. Moritzersee, Jan. 29-Feb.1.
ST. MORITZ: Engadin Snow Golf World Cup, Silvaplana, Hotel Bellavista, Jan. 30-Feb. 1.
ST. MORITZ: White Turf, horse races on snow, Feb. 8, 15 and 22.
ZURICH: Swiss Moto, motorcycle exhibition, Messe, Feb. 19-22.
WALES RHYL: Ten Mile Run, Feb. 22.
CRICKHOWELL: Walking Festival, Feb. 28-March 8.
