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Traditions of Europe

Carnival, Midsummer, Christmas markets, Easter, the village fête and the long Sunday lunch. 699 traditions on EveryParampara so far.

Countries

🇦🇱 Albania 26 🇦🇩 Andorra 4 🇦🇹 Austria 49 🇧🇾 Belarus 30 🇧🇪 Belgium 40 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 47 🇭🇷 Croatia 30 🇨🇿 Czechia 18 🇩🇰 Denmark 25 🇪🇪 Estonia 17 🇫🇮 Finland 33 🇫🇷 France 91 🇩🇪 Germany 113 🇬🇷 Greece 67 🇭🇺 Hungary 21 🇮🇸 Iceland 19 🇮🇪 Ireland 72 🇮🇹 Italy 109 🇽🇰 Kosovo 17 🇱🇻 Latvia 17 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 2 🇱🇹 Lithuania 22 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 14 🇲🇹 Malta 15 🇲🇩 Moldova 11 🇲🇨 Monaco 1 🇲🇪 Montenegro 11 🇳🇱 Netherlands 28 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 23 🇳🇴 Norway 37 🇵🇱 Poland 70 🇵🇹 Portugal 25 🇷🇴 Romania 38 🇷🇺 Russia 98 🇸🇲 San Marino 1 🇷🇸 Serbia 42 🇸🇰 Slovakia 16 🇸🇮 Slovenia 24 🇪🇸 Spain 96 🇸🇪 Sweden 45 🇨🇭 Switzerland 33 🇺🇦 Ukraine 44 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 194 🇻🇦 Vatican City 3

Cities and towns

Rome 28 London 26 Moscow 17 Dublin 16 Vienna 16 Athens 14 Venice 14 Paris 13 Seville 12 Kraków 11 Riga 11 Valencia 11

On the calendar

Diwali Durga Puja Baisakhi Guru Nanak Gurpurab Rath Yatra of Puri Tihar and Bandi Chhor Divas Hidirellez Parsi New Year Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur Sukkot Simchat Torah

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The weekly EveryParampara

Every week: one tradition from somewhere new, what is being celebrated around the world this week, and one idea explained.