Posts Tagged "halloween"

Amsterdam Halloween Festival 2012 kicked off yesterday, October 26 with an ocean of costumed people rolling through the city’s streets on skates. The party will go on all over Amsterdam with a myriad of parades, ghost tours and other fun events until October 31, when a fabulous All Hallows Eve dinner will be organized in the honor of guests. If you thought Halloween in Europe is only summarized at United Kingdom and its great spooky places and traditions, you were certainly wrong. Over the years the creepiest time of the year has become a veritable celebration in many countries throughout the old continent and each of them has proved a lot of creativeness and originality regarding the way locals embrace, adapt and organize Halloween nowadays. Today, October 27,...

Although Europe doesn’t celebrate Halloween with the same fanfare like the United States, this doesn’t mean the fascinating continent with its long tempestuous history, frightening legends and century old castles, would not be a great place to be on October 31st. In addition to the Irish tradition of the Jack O’Lantern, the iconic Trick-or-treating, the telling of ghost stories and the American custom of carving pumpkins there are plenty of events and colorful parades taking place each year throughout Europe. Halloween is the second commercial holiday worldwide after Christmas and a good opportunity to travel the world, to visit frightening places, learn about other nation’s cultures and traditions and why not, to have fun and to treat...

Everyone knows that the idyllic Romanian region of Transylvania with its tormenter ruler Vlad the Impaler has inspired Bram Stoker to create the scariest character of all time – Dracula. Because of that, Bran Castle, the place where he supposedly lived has become one of the world’s most famous Halloween destinations. Well, sorry to disappoint you, but this is a catchy urban legend with just a grain of truth within it. However, what most of you don’t know is that despite these controversies, Transylvania is indeed an amazing place to spend Halloween. No matter how hard other places will try, it’s difficult to compete with such a gorgeous region of rugged mountains, rolling hills, picturesque timberlands and crystalline streams. With over 118 castles, many...

Halloween is a great entertaining holiday especially if you spend it at a high level. Bellow you’ll find a collection of some of the best and most interesting Halloween parades in the world designed to offer you an unforgettable experience or at least some inspiration. New York’s Village Halloween Parade For almost 40 years, New York’s Village Halloween Parade has become a city’s ritual, the greatest Halloween manifestation in the world with over 50.000 participants every year. The finest artists are compelling their talent and energy in creating a world-class performance, a demonstration of boundless ingenuity, an explosion of greatness, a resource that revives every single sense. They make Halloween happen in New York better that anywhere in...