Copenhagen What's on
Beeswax Kings and Queens of Denmark.
15 Oct 2005-27 Feb 2006. The museum in Christian VIII's mansion at Amalienborg Palace has been given a collection of around 100 handmade dolls portraying in miniature generations of the Danish monarch...
London What's on
Beautiful Minds at the British Library.
7 Dec 2005-15 March 2006. Capturing the spirit of Nobel prize winners achievements, this exhibition in the Pearson Gallery of the British Library focuses on 30 winners in all six of the fields designa...
Sat. Get funky on DJ Luis Radios From Classics On house music tour. Special guest: Latin-jazz DJ Little Louie Vega.
Berlin What's on
18-20 Nov. The unifying theme of this years 18th edition of the Expolingua international fair for languages and cultures is Languages Connect and over 145 exhibitors from 20 countries will have stands...
Madrid What's on
Raphael Portrait of a Young Man, 1518-19
18 Oct 2005-15 Jan 2006. The Thyssen-Bornemisza museums 17th Contexts exhibition from the permanent collection is dedicated to Raffaello Sanzio, one of the most important artists of the Italian Renais...
Paris What's on
18-20 Nov 2005. This years edition of the Eric Bompard Ice-Skating Trophy at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy promises to be nothing short of a run-up to the Winter Olympics 2006 in Turin, with s...
London What's on
St Ceciliatide Festival of Music
22-27 Nov 2005. The feast day of St Cecilia, the patron saint of music, which falls on 22 Nov, is celebrated in grand style in this six-day festival in Stationers Hall, one of Londons finest old City...
Vienna What's on
Until 30 Nov 2005. Not many European capitals have 700 hectares of vineyards within the city boundaries and this is what makes Viennas annual wine festival so special. Coinciding with the end of the g...
Amsterdam What's on
International Documentary Festival
24 Nov-4 Dec 2005. The 18th edition of the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) presents hundreds of films offering new and penetrating insights from around the world. The festival is d...
Vienna What's on
Elisabeth the story of Empress Sissi
Until 4 Dec 2005. This two-hour musical drama based on the true story of Elisabeth dHapsburg, the beautiful child bride of Emperor Franz Josef I, is the most successful German-language musical of all...
Barcelona What's on
Barcelona International Jazz Festival
27 Oct-5 Dec 2005. Now in its 37th edition, the Voll Damm International Jazz Festival is running for over a month in a variety of venues around Barcelona. Boasting a line-up of exceptional jazz names...
Paris What's on
Tristan und Isolde at the Opra
8 Nov-6 Dec 2005. The Paris Opra Bastille presents Richard Wagners great lyric poem on love and death, Tristan und Isolde (1865), with Peter Sellars directing and set design by video artist Bill Viola...
Oxford What's on
Blenheims Christmas and Crafts Fair
12 Nov-11 Dec 2005. Blenheim Palace will be decked out in traditional Christmas style for four weeks in the run-up to the festive season. Visitors will find an avenue of Christmas trees alight with sp...
Dublin What's on
Drama at Inish at the Abbey Theatre.
Until 31 Dec 2005. The arrival of the De La Mare Theatre Company in the sleepy little seaside town of Inish signals the beginning of a series of dramatic events, from arson to murder, from suicide to...
Dublin What's on
Northern Nocturnes at the National Gallery.
Until 11 Dec 2005. An exhibition of 17th-century Dutch and Flemish nightscapes is currently on show at the National Gallery of Ireland. Entitled Northern Nocturnes: Nightscapes in the Age of Rembrandt...
Oxford What's on
Until 18 Dec 2005. Almost every Sun morning the Holywell Music Room is host to one of the most popular series of chamber music concerts in the United Kingdom. The first of the Coffee Concerts series w...
Amsterdam What's on
Winterworld 2005 in Dam Square
14 Nov 2005-7 Jan 2006. The famous Dam square in the heart of the Dutch capital is the focus of festive season activities, with the creation of a huge ice-skating rink for enthusiasts of all ages and...
London What's on
Until 22 Jan 2006. The Turner Prize is one of Europes most prestigious awards for contemporary visual art. To be eligible you must be British and under 50 and have presented an outstanding exhibition...
Barcelona What's on
Literatures of Exile at the CCCB
28 Sept 2005-29 Jan 2006. The writers, intellectuals and artists who fled Barcelona in January 1939 ahead of Francos advancing troops are given voice in this fascinating exhibition at the Centre de Cu...
Madrid What's on
3-6 Nov 2005. Covering 25,000 sqm at the Fiera de Madrid, this massive exhibition of leisure and competitive sports has something for active participants and spectators alike. Apart from the space ded...
