Europe hums with activity in all seasons. Here is a sampling of events on the docket as of Jan. 30, 2015. Please verify details before setting out.
AUSTRIA VIENNA: Ball Season, upcoming balls include 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.
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: BRAFA, Brussels Fine Arts and Antiques Fair, Tour & Taxis, through 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, 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 in honor of city’s patron saint, Feb. 3.
CZECH REPUBLIC PUSTEVNY: Snow Kingdom, through Feb. 8.
PRAGUE: Grand Restaurant Festival, through Feb. 28.
PRAGUE: Prague State Opera Ball, Feb. 7.
TABOR: Beer Fest 2015, Hotel Palcát, Feb. 15-21.
PRAGUE: St. Matthew’s Fair, Exhibition Grounds, March 1-April 30.
PRAGUE: One World Film Festival, international human rights film festival, March 2-11.
DENMARK AALBORG: Northern Winter Beat Festival, through Jan. 31.
COPENHAGEN: Winter Jazz, performances take place countrywide, Feb. 6-22.
COPENHAGEN: Copenhagen Dining Week, Feb. 9-15.
COPENHAGEN: Liquorice Festival, Feb. 21-22.
COPENHAGEN: Jewish Film Festival, Cinemateket, Feb. 25-March 1.
COPENHAGEN: Aalborg Opera Festival, March 6-15.
COPENHAGEN: Chocolate Festival, Carlsberg Tap 1, March 7-8.
ENGLAND COLCHESTER: Winter Ale Festival, Colchester Arts Centre, through Jan. 31.
ELY: Elysian Winter Beer Festival, through Jan. 31.
PETERBOROUGH: Tudor Living History Day, celebrates Katharine of Aragon, through Feb. 1.
CAMBRIDGE: Banff Mountain Film Festival, Lady Mitchell Hall, Feb. 10.
DERBY: CAMRA National Winter Ales Festival, Roundhouse, Feb. 11-14.
LONDON: The Telegraph Outdoor Adventure and Travel Show, ExCeL, Feb. 12-15.
BLACKPOOL: Showzam, circus and outdoor street arts festival, Feb. 14-18.
YORK: Viking Festival, Jorvik Viking Centre, Feb. 14-22.
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: International Festival of the Circus of Tomorrow, Cirque Phenix, Pelouse de Reuilly, through Jan. 31.
ANGOULEME: International Comic Strip Festival, through Feb. 1.
CLERMONT-FERRAND: International Short Film Festival, through Feb. 7.
PARIS: Winter sales, through Feb. 10.
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.
NICE: Carnival celebrations, theme for 2015 is “King of Music,” Feb. 13-March 1, includes flower parades Feb. 14, 18, 21, 25 and 28 and parades of lights Feb. 17 and 24.
MENTON: Lemon Festival, Feb. 14-March 4.
PARIS: Carnaval de Paris, Feb. 15.
NICE: Nice Carnival Run, 5 and 10 km races with many costumed participants, Feb. 15.
VILLEFRANCHE SUR MER: naval flower battle, Porte de la Sante, Feb. 16.
MANDELIEU-LA NAPOULE: Mimosa Festival, Feb. 18-25.
PARIS: International Agricultural Show, Porte de Versailles, Feb. 21-March 1.
PARIS: Half Marathon, March 8.
GERMANY BERLIN: Transmediale, festival of art and the creative application of digital media, through Feb. 1.
LEIPZIG: Motorcycle trade fair, through 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.
NEUBURG: Donauschwimmen, Europe’s biggest winter swimming event, pre-registration necessary, Jan. 31.
OBERAMMERGAU: Koenig 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.
BOCHUM: Historical Indoor Markets, Jahrhunderthalle, Feb. 14-15, 21-22, and Feb. 28-March 1.
AACHEN: Rose Monday Parade, Feb. 16.
COLOGNE: Rose Monday Parade, Feb. 16.
DUESSELDORF: Rose Monday Parade, Feb. 16.
MAINZ: Rose Monday Parade, Feb. 16.
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.
ELTVILLE AM RHEIN: Rheingau Gourmet & Wine Festival, Feb. 26-March 11.
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.
BERLIN: ITB Berlin, world’s leading travel fair, March 4-8.
HUNGARY SIOFOK: Lake Balaton Supermarathon, 195 km run can be split up into various distances, March 19-22.
IRELAND DUBLIN: Tradfest, celebration of traditional Irish music and culture in Temple Bar area of city, through 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.
LETTERKENNEY: The Race, 260 km endurance event includes kayaking, cycling, mountain and trail running, March 7-8.
ITALY AOSTA: Sant’Orso Fair, traditional craft fair, Jan. 30-31.
ACIREALE: Carnival celebrations, parades on Jan. 31, Feb. 1, 8, 12 and 14-17.
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. 15-17.
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.
CATANIA: Festa di Sant’Agata, religious and folk celebrations, Feb. 3-5.
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.
VERONA: Verona in Love, Feb. 12-15, includes Romeo & Juliet Half Marathon, Feb. 15.
TURIN: Automotoretro, auto show, Lingotto Fiere, Feb. 13-15.
GENOVA: Arte Genova, shows modern and contemporary art, Feb. 13-16.
MODENA: Modenantiquaria, antiques expo, Modena Fiere Feb. 13-22.
AGRIGENTO: Almond Blossom Festival, Feb. 17-22.
TREVISO: Treviso Marathon, March 1.
FLORENCE: Taste, food festival, Stazione Leopolda, March 7-9.
LUXEMBOURG CITY: Antiques and Art Fair, Luxexpo, through 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: Monte-Carlo Historic Rally, through Feb. 4.
NETHERLANDS AMSTERDAM: IMPRO Amsterdam, Compagnietheater, through Jan. 31.
AMSTERDAM: Grauzone Festival, offers art, film and new wave music, Melkweg, through Jan. 31.
AMSTERDAM: Jumping Amsterdam, equestrian event at RAI, through Feb. 1.
AMSTERDAM: Food Soul Festival, food trucks in indoor space, Kromhouthal (Overkant), through Feb. 1.
HAARLEM: ProefPark Winter Edition, foodie event at I.S.M. 3D Makers Zone, through Feb. 1.
ROTTERDAM: International Film Festival Rotterdam, through Feb. 1.
ROTTERDAM: Flamenco Biennial, also takes place in Amsterdam, Utrecht and The Hague, through Feb. 3.
THE HAGUE: Cadance, festival for modern dance, through Feb. 15.
ROTTERDAM: Art Rotterdam, Feb. 5-8.
AMSTERDAM: Chinese New Year, Feb. 19.
DELFT: De Koninck Delft Blues Festival, Feb. 19-22.
AMSTERDAM: Chocoa Festival, Beurs van Berlage, March 6-8.
NORWAY TROMSO: Northern Lights Festival, celebrates jazz and classical music, through Feb. 1.
KRISTIANSUND: Opera Festival, through 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 FUNCHAL: Carnival celebrations, Feb. 14-17.
PORTO: Fantasporto, international film festival for fantasy and science fiction, Feb. 27-March 7.
SCOTLAND GLASGOW: Celtic Connections, folk, roots and world music festival, through Feb. 1.
FIFE: Jazz Festival, Feb. 6-8.
GLASGOW: Glasgow Film Festival, Feb. 18-March 1.
FORT WILLIAM: Fort William Mountain Festival, Feb. 18-22.
SPAIN MADRID: Gastrofestival, through 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.
JEREZ LA FRONTERA: Jerez Festival, highlights flamenco and Spanish dance, Villamarta Theater, tickets necessary, Feb. 20-March 7.
SEVILLE: City Marathon, Feb. 22.
SANTANDER: International Half Marathon, March 8.
SWEDEN STOCKHOLM: ISU European Figure Skating Championships, through Feb. 1.
GOTHENBURG: Gotenborg International Film Festival, through Feb. 2.
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 THUN: Thun Carnival, through Feb. 1.
GENEVA: Art Geneve, art fair, Palexpo, through Feb. 1.
ST. MORITZ: St. Moritz World Polo Cup on Snow, St. Moritzersee, through Feb.1.
ST. MORITZ: Engadin Snow Golf World Cup, Silvaplana, Hotel Bellavista, through Feb. 1.
BADEN: One of a Million Music Festival, concerts on stages throughout city, through Feb. 7.
INTERLAKEN: Ice Magic, skating rinks connected by runways, through Feb. 28.
ST. MORITZ: White Turf, horse races on snow, Feb. 8, 15 and 22.
ZURICH: Swiss Moto, motorcycle exhibition, Messe, Feb. 19-22.
ZURICH: Salsa festival, Kongresshaus, Feb. 20-22.
BASEL: Morgenstreich, carnival celebrations, Feb. 23.
ST. MORITZ: Engadin Ski Marathon and Half Marathon, March 8.
WALES RHYL: Ten Mile Run, Feb. 22.
CRICKHOWELL: Walking Festival, Feb. 28-March 8.