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It’s February and carnival fever is rolling across Switzerland. Whether you’re celebrating Swiss carnival in the country’s German, French or Italian region, carnival is a licence for the normally well-behaved Swiss to let their hair down. The frenzied season, when…
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Carnival is one of the most celebrated annual events in Germany. With religious roots dating back to as early as 1926, modern carnival (Fasching in western region of Rhineland and Fastnacht in the southwestern region of Swabia) has developed into…
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When you start hearing traditional slapstick tunes in bars and seeing pop-up stores selling feestkleding (festival costumes) in the south of the Netherlands, you know carnival is near – and that Dutch towns and residents are itching to erupt into…
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Before the period of Lent begins 40 days before Easter, Belgians take part in the frivolous tradition of carnival – with a quirky Belgian twist. Heads are bopped with pig bladders, oranges thrown at crowds and flesh pinched – all in…
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Hi! I’m Sarah, a Canadian freelance multimedia journalist, serial expat and self-proclaimed third culture kid. Specialising in tech, travel, immigration, culture and health, I have followed my sixth sense for news to various places in North America, Asia and now, Europe. When I’m not writing or editing, I’m losing sleep over travelogues and fantasy books or planning motorcycle trips from the Old Continent.
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