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November 2026 1
CulturalDecember 2026 3
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4Dec
CCXP🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil and 2 more countriesIn 9 weeks
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5Dec
Krampusnacht🇩🇪 Germany and 11 more countriesIn 9 weeks
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26Dec
Boxing Day🇦🇺 Australia and 11 more countries
February 2027 2
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4Feb
Fat Thursday🇩🇪 Germany and 7 more countries
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9Feb
Swabian-Alemannic Carnival🇦🇹 Bad Saulgau, Austria and 2 more countries
March 2027 2
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18Mar
Bergkirchweih🇩🇪 Erlangen, Germany
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26Mar
Rosenmontag🇦🇹 Austria and 4 more countries
Usually in October, date not yet confirmed 1
CulturalUsually in November, date not yet confirmed 2
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Novvaries
Sinterklaas🇧🇪 Belgium and 5 more countries
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Novvaries
Christmas market🇦🇹 Austria and 10 more countries
Usually in February, date not yet confirmed 1
CulturalUsually in May, date not yet confirmed 2
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Mayvaries
Japan Day in Düsseldorf🇩🇪 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Mayvaries
Auer Dult🇩🇪 Munich, Germany
Usually in August, date not yet confirmed 1
CulturalUsually in September, date not yet confirmed 3
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CulturalShared with much of the world
Celebrated in Germany and in many other countries.
October 2026 1
CulturalNovember 2026 1
CulturalFebruary 2027 1
CulturalUsually in June, date not yet confirmed 3
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Junvaries
Father's Day🇩🇿 Algeria and 45 more countries
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Children's Day🇦🇲 Armenia and 30 more countries
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Junvaries
Pride parade🇦🇷 Argentina and 34 more countries
Usually in September, date not yet confirmed 2
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CulturalPhoto credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Boxing Day: Chickenwaddle77, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Immigrants' Festival: Loco085 msg, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Swabian-Alemannic Carnival: Photo: Andreas Praefcke, CC BY 3.0, source
- Auer Dult: Andreas Bohnenstengel, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, source
- Children's Day: Post of USSR, Public domain, source
- Sinterklaas: R.F. (Roel) Jorna, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Christmas market: Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Krampusnacht: Naturpuur, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- International Motor Show Germany: Thomas Wolf ( Der Wolf im Wald ), CC BY-SA 3.0 de, source
- Fat Thursday: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Almabtrieb: Feel free to use my photos, but please mention me as the author and if, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Rosenmontag: Aymx, Public domain, source
- Japan Day in Düsseldorf: Anil Öztas, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bergkirchweih: Janericloebe, Public domain, source
- Cannstatter Volksfest: Zavijava2, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mainz Carnival: frAgor, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Halloween: Toby Ord, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Further Drachenstich: Andreas Mühlbauer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Carnival: Etienne Le Cocq, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Father's Day: Jjsarto, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Oktoberfest: Heribert Pohl, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Black Friday: Silar, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pride parade: LLs, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- CCXP: Victor Lopes, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Cologne Carnival: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Freimarkt: Tarawneh, CC BY-SA 3.0, source