Today on June 11 in Finland is launched a unique event Midnight Sun Film Festival.
The peculiarity of this event is in its location, all film screenings and other events are held in the village of Sodankylä, located in the heart of Lapland, about 120 kilometres above the Arctic Circle. In this area in summer sun does not go down at all. Lapland nature and the virtual absence of nights provide festival with atmosphere with which no other event can compete.
Films are shown in three locations for 24 hours day and night. Unusual festival will last until June 15, admission price starts from $ 7.
Winter trout festival in Hwacheon-gun is the beautiful place to enjoy winter fishing. Every year thousands of tourists come there to eat fish and relax sledging.
The experts of World Economic forum (WEF) defined the safest countries in the world. The leader of the tanking where 141 states were included became Finland, as it is stated in the report of World Economic forum.
The citizens of Spain admire festivals where they can look at others and show their advantages. It is worth to recall at least their numerous battles with food including La Tomatina as one of the most famous ones. However, at the festival El Cascamorras nobody throws food. Instead, people out stains onto themselves with oily substance and try to stain others.
Ice-cream in Italy meets a ready market, especially its local kind called as gelato. Italians love and appreciate gelato so much that they would not mind dedicating the entire festival to this dessert.
Harbin city is the capital of Heilongjiang province located in Northeast China. During the long winter months, the temperature here may reach -20 degree. These days International Ice Festival is held.
Today in the American city of Gilroy, California starts the festival for "those who love it hot" – foodies from all over the world gather here to pay homage to His Majesty Garlic.
Between mountains and the Mediterranean Sea south-eastward from Barcelona, Catalan city Sitges is located. Having been under dictatorship of General Franco, it was, after all, the only place in Spain where counterculture throve. The city gained the character of bohemian one at the end of XIX century when there painter Santiago Rusiñol used to reside and work. Nowadays Sitges is known for popular beaches and living night life.
Certainly, among the kindest festivals also considered as the most joyful ones in the world we may recall those, which founders were children. Sapporo Snow Festival or Festival of Snow Statues in Sapporo should be numbered among such festivals.
The peculiarity of this event is in its location, all film screenings and other events are held in the village of Sodankylä, located in the heart of Lapland, about 120 kilometres above the Arctic Circle. In this area in summer sun does not go down at all. Lapland nature and the virtual absence of nights provide festival with atmosphere with which no other event can compete.
