From 8 pm to 3 am on New Year’s Eve, Lake Zürich and the upper Limmat Riverwill provide one of the most attractive holiday settings in Switzerland. 150,000 or more people are expected to show up to be enthralled by New Year’s Eve fireworks.

Visitors to North-East Scotland can enjoy golf all through the winter at some of the fine courses in the Grampian mountains, and surrounding the port and city of Aberdeen.

The world's largest dog show takes place in Birmingham next spring, and thanks to the recent relaxation in restrictions involving travelling abroad with dogs, the organisers are expecting to see more entrants from overseas than ever before.

A display of unique contemporary automata, moving toys and kinetic sculpture will go on show on London’s South Bank. The free Cabaret Mechanical Festival will be held (December 9 – January 3, except Dec. 25, 26) at Oxo Tower Wharf and Gabriel’s Wharf.

Blenheim Palace, home of the Duke of Marlborough and birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill, will mark the 40th anniversary of Britain’s wartime Prime Minister’s death in 2005. The year also represents the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II and the exhibition, “Churchills’ Destiny” (May 28 – September 11), tells the story of [...]

Every New Year at midnight, the Hogmanay celebrations in the town of Stonehaven centre around a large, fireball-swinging procession which marches through the town down to the harbour and then throws the flaming orbs into the sea.

January 15, 2005 will see the opening of the Copenhagen Opera house at Dokøen in the Copenhagen Harbour. Naturally, the opening will be marked by a festive concert programme the contents of which is still to be determined in detail, but already the programme for the 2005 opera season has been determined.

When it comes to beloved national dishes Denmark certainly has its share. Now, with its new Internet video channel, "Who Doesn’t Like a Danish?,” the Danish Tourist Board provides a mouth-watering look at the flavors of Denmark.