About ten thousand people gather annually in Austria to mark one of the brightest events in Europe - International Body Art Festival.
The festival, which is one of the most striking events in the world of body art, has been held since 1998.
Artists from more than 40 countries demonstrate their skills, impressing public with interesting ideas and beauty of performance. All that is taking part against the backdrop of mountain landscapes and turquoise lakes. Anyone can participate as a model.
For several days professional artists apply drawings on skin and then expose their works to the jury and spectators. At the end of the day models walk down the runway.
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 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.
Austraian company Migaloo Private Submarines which is concentrated on the production of yachts demonstrated the project of private floating island. It received the name Kokomo and, as Business Insider claims, concerning the level of convenience it may vie with four-star hotels.
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.
