Europe

When: February 8 – 14, 2018 In 1823, the government approved a so-called “carnival committee. Since then, every year at the beginning of February, a week before the Great Catholic Lent, a carnival begins in Cologne.

When: February 11 – 14, 2018 The famous Belgian three-day carnival before the Great Catholic Lent begins in February. The holiday has its own character, he is called Gilles.

Notting Hill Carnival rivals its Rio de Janeiro counterpart in spectacle, and any European costume parade in attendance.

The golden age of the Carnival in Nice was in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but its history goes much deeper. Duke Charles II of Anjou traveled to Nice for the carnival back in 1294.

The Carnival of Venice needs no introduction. For almost three weeks the famous “city on the water” turns into a place of endless festivities: the beginning of festivities is counted forty days after the Catholic Easter, and the end – on the eve of Lent.

In early March, one of America’s most unbridled celebrations will roll through the streets of New Orleans – the Mardi Gras Carnival.