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Traditions of Europe

Carnival, Midsummer, Christmas markets, Easter, the village fête and the long Sunday lunch. 712 traditions on EveryParampara so far.

Countries

🇦🇱 Albania 26 🇦🇩 Andorra 4 🇦🇹 Austria 49 🇧🇾 Belarus 30 🇧🇪 Belgium 40 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 47 🇭🇷 Croatia 31 🇨🇿 Czechia 18 🇩🇰 Denmark 25 🇪🇪 Estonia 17 🇫🇮 Finland 34 🇫🇷 France 91 🇩🇪 Germany 113 🇬🇷 Greece 68 🇭🇺 Hungary 21 🇮🇸 Iceland 20 🇮🇪 Ireland 75 🇮🇹 Italy 113 🇽🇰 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 100 🇸🇲 San Marino 1 🇷🇸 Serbia 42 🇸🇰 Slovakia 16 🇸🇮 Slovenia 24 🇪🇸 Spain 96 🇸🇪 Sweden 45 🇨🇭 Switzerland 33 🇺🇦 Ukraine 44 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 200 🇻🇦 Vatican City 3

Cities and towns

Rome 30 London 26 Moscow 18 Dublin 17 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

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Siesta: Vincent van Gogh, Public domain, source

The weekly EveryParampara

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