Berlin News
This festival, which runs from 9-16 April, focuses on new films that have been shot in or around Berlin and Brandenburg.
It screens documentaries, shorts and features before they go on general rel...
Barcelona News
Visitors to Montjuïc castle can no longer see the fortress for free but have to pay a €5 entrance fee, as from 1 March.
The castle, which was handed over to the city by the Spanish minist...
Dublin News
National Gallery of Ireland celebrates 150 years
Year of special anniversary events at historic Dublin art institutionThe National Gallery of Ireland celebrates its 150th anniversary with an expanded programme of exhibitions and events documenting i...
Berlin News
The prestigious Berlin film festival opens on 6 February, with the important European film market as the first event on the schedule. In addition to the film screenings and the glamour of the celebrit...
Vienna News
Unesco for Viennese coffee houses
Selected coffee houses in Vienna will be putting up the Unesco label in November to mark them as part of Austria's intangible cultural heritage.
It is not yet certain which coffee houses will be ab...
Dublin News
ESB to redevelop Dublin headquarters
Development excludes Georgian façade restoration
Ireland's Electrical Supply Board (ESB) is to redevelop its headquarters on Fitzwilliam St in south central Dublin. The plans come almost 5...
Brussels News
This year the all-night opening of museums in Brussels is on 5 Oct. About 150 different activities are scheduled including concerts, exhibitions, dance events, guided tours and, for the second year ru...
Dublin News
The eighth edition of Culture Night takes place on Friday 20 September in towns and cities across Ireland, with nearly 200 venues in Dublin joining in and staying open late.
The capital's Cul...
Amsterdam News
Van Gogh’s Sunset at Montmajour unveiled in Amsterdam
The newly discovered work by Van Gogh unveiled in Amsterdam on 9 September will be on view at the Van Gogh Museum from 24 September.
It is the first discovery of an unknown work by the Dutch artist...
Oxford News
Oxford Open Doors weekend, organised by the Oxford Preservation Trust takes place on the weekend 14-15 September. The public will be able to visit locations that are not usually open to visitors such...
Brussels News
Prime locations in central Brussels – Place Royale, Place des Palais, Parc de Bruxelles and Mont des Arts – become the venues for the city’s multi-cultural summer festival from 9-18...
London News
Visitors to Trafalgar Square this summer will be able to gaze at a large blue cock by German artist Katharina Fritsch on the controversial fourth plinth.
Fritsch has claimed that the gigantic blue...
Barcelona News
Centred at its original home on Montjuïc the Grec Festival runs from 30 June-31 July this year. It is a mix of music, dance, theatre, opera and circus and gets its name from Teatre Grec where it...
Berlin News
Berlin Palace gets cornerstone
The cornerstone was laid for the Berliner Schloss in mid-June but without the support of German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, and surrounded by criticism that the palace is an unnecessary and expensive p...
Vienna News
Danube Island Festival marks 30 years
The Danube Island Festival celebrates 30 years on 20-23 June with 600 events and 2,000 musicians and entertainers. It is one of Europe’s largest free open-air music festivals and attracts about...
Amsterdam News
22-23 June sees a major weekend celebration to mark the reopening of Amsterdam’s three major museums, the Rijksmuseum, the Stedelijk and the Van Gogh at the Museumplein hub. There will be late-n...
Dublin News
Dublin’s Phil Lynott statue vandalised
The popular statue of Dublin musician Phil Lynott has been removed from its city-centre location after it was vandalised in the early hours of 11 May.
The life-size bronze monument of the late Thin...
Dublin News
Parnell Square to become cultural quarter
Dublin City Council has announced a €60 million plan to redevelop Parnell Square in the north inner city as a cultural quarter, in a project it describes as the “most important in 100 years...
Amsterdam News
The remodernised Rijksmuseum will reopen to the public on 13 April after its official inauguration by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, one of her last public appointments before she retires at the en...
Vienna News
Coffee House Conversations in Vienna
Viennese Coffee House Conversations, which start in March, are a new way for locals and tourists to get together and understand the city better.
The meetings will be held in two typical Viennese co...
