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AdelaideAbout Adelaide Adelaide is the capital and the largest city of South Australia state. It is the fifth largest city in the country with a population of over 1.1 million. It is named in the honor of the Queen of Great Britain and the Hanover wife of King William IV who ascended to the throne from 1830 till 1837. The city is located ...
Adelaide - Top 10 Best Cities in the World to Live in
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The International Film Festival in RotterdamThe International film festival in one of the largest cities in The Netherlands - Rotterdam is one of the most prestigious European festivals. It is held annually in the last week of January. The films are shown in various cinemas across the city during the festival. The history of the festival The Festival was held for the first time in 1975. It was fou...
The International Film Festival in Rotterdam - The Best Film Festivals in the World
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The Mar del Plata International Film FestivalMar del Plata is a city and port in Argentina, located on the coast of the Argentinian Sea in the province of Buenos Aires, 404 km from the capital. Mar del Plata is one of the major tourist cities in Argentina. The first mention of this place has been done and mapped by the British sailor Sir Francis Drake. The city's population increases during the tourist season, which in Argentina runs from December to April (summer) and 3 weeks in July (wint...
The Mar del Plata International Film Festival - The Best Film Festivals in the World
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The Tribeca Film FestivalThe Tribeca Film Festival is an annual international competition of films that takes place in New York, USA. It was founded in 2002 by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff in response to the terrorist attacks from the 11th September 2001 in order to restore the business and the social activity of the most affected lower Manhattan and, in particul...
The Tribeca Film Festival - The Best Film Festivals in the World
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The Warsaw International Film FestivalThe Polish cinema has given the world a lot of big names. It is sufficient to mention Andrzej Wajda and Roman Polanski. Many of these famous people started their careers from the Warsaw International Film Festival. The festival is held in October, gathering many moviegoers from Poland and other countries. For ten days in Warsaw cinemas more than a hundred full-length feature films and dozens of shorts and documen...
The Warsaw International Film Festival - The Best Film Festivals in the World
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The International Film Festival in San SebastianThe International Film Festival in San Sebastian is an annual international film festival, which is held in Spain in San Sebastian. It is one of the most prestigious film forums of the world and one of the biggest cultural events in Spain. It is considered the most prestigious competition in the Spanish-speaking world and the fourth largest in Europe after Cannes, Berlin and Venice. The International Film Festival in San Sebastian is held annually for 9 days in late S...
The International Film Festival in San Sebastian - The Best Film Festivals in the World
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The Sundance Film FestivalThe ten days Sundance film festival is one of the most respected film festivals in the United States. It is held annually in January in the snowy mountains, in the Park City, Utah. Initially this festival was conceived as an opportunity to show films made by independent filmmakers beginners. But then its aim widens and it includes now group discussions, youth programs, interactive exhibitions and music concerts. More than 45 000 people from around the world come to the festiv...
The Sundance Film Festival - The Best Film Festivals in the World
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The Toronto International Film Festival 2010The Toronto Festival is held annually, by tradition, in September, on the first Monday of the month, when Canada celebrates The Labor Day. The Festival lasts for eleven days, although the award for the contestants is held on the tenth night of the festival. The last day is the results summarizing day, as well as the day of the festival closing ceremony. Thirty seven large screens, on which the films submitted for the competition can be watched, are set in the...
The Toronto International Film Festival 2010 - The Best Film Festivals in the World
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The International Film Festival in Karlovy VaryThe International Film Festival in Karlovy Vary is an annual film festival, which takes place in July in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The festival was attributed the category “A” since 1956. Thanks to the “A” Category, the Film Festival in Karlovy Vary is a part of a group of prestigious festivals with the status of "non-specialized festival with a competition-length feature films", such as, for example, the Inte...
The International Film Festival in Karlovy Vary - The Best Film Festivals in the World
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The Moscow International Film FestivalThe Moscow International Film Festival,was held for the first time in the USSR, then in the Russian Federation. It has been accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations. It takes place in late June and lasts for ten days. It is the second oldest film festivals of the world after the Venice Film Festival. The History of the Festival...
The Moscow International Film Festival - The Best Film Festivals in the World
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Cairo Film FestivalCairo Film Festival is the oldest festival of its kind in the whole Middle East. The Festival continues to make headlines year after year, rising to amazing heights. It is the main attraction to members of the World cinema who come to this wonderful shores, not only to enjoy the artistic and cultural exchange through film, but to enjoy lovely moments in its warm sunshine, to admire its breathtaking vistas and delight themselves with its inc...
Cairo Film Festival - The Best Film Festivals in the World
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The Locarno Film FestivalLocarno- A Unique Experience The medieval and famous town of Locarno is beautifully located on the banks of the Maggiore Lake at the foot of the Alps. The town features a very pleasant atmosphere and welcomes festival-goers to a really idyllic setting. The delegations that are great companies for the invited films, imp...
The Locarno Film Festival - The Best Film Festivals in the World
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The Berlin International Film FestivalBerlin International Film Festival, known also as Berlinale, is an annual international film festival, held since 1951 in Germany. The main prize is "The Golden Bear" (Bear is a Berlin heraldic symbol). The festival is held annually in February, but until 1978 it was held in summer. The premieres take place at the Berlinale Palace. The festival director is Dieter Kosslick. ...
The Berlin International Film Festival - The Best Film Festivals in the World
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The Shanghai International Film FestivalThe Shanghai International Film Festival was founded in 1993 under the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television of China and the Shanghai Municipality Department of Culture and Media. Shanghai International Film Festival is very young compared with the grandees of the world film festival, but nevertheless it is accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers' Associations (FIAPF) as a competitive festival. Since its foundation, having the strong support...
The Shanghai International Film Festival - The Best Film Festivals in the World
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The Cannes International Film FestivalThe Cannes International Film Festival , also known as “ Le Festival International du Film de Cannes “or just Festival de Cannes is a film festival of a great international prestige, which takes place every year in May at Cannes, a town in southern France . Offering an important guarantee of coverage from the media, the festival is visited every year by numerous movie stars, delighted at the opportu...
The Cannes International Film Festival - The Best Film Festivals in the World
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The Venice International Film FestivalThe oldest festival in the world is considered by some critics as being the best. Usually held in early September for ten days, the prestigious film festival awards the most prized Golden Lion trophies. Venice is synonymous with the opulence and luxury, just a few hundred of lucky enjoying exclusive accommodations at the Westin Excelsior Venice Lido Resort. ...
The Venice International Film Festival - The Best Film Festivals in the World
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Radda in ChiantiAbout Radda in Chianti Radda in Chianti is a commune and a town located in Tuscany, in the northern part of Siena province, at the border with the province of Florence and Arezzo. The town is located within a close proximity to the main gems of ...
Radda in Chianti - The most beautiful places to visit in Chianti area, Italy
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Panzano in ChiantiAbout Panzano in Chianti Panzano in Chianti is a delightful fortified small village that rises on a picturesque hill, at 498 meters above the sea level, in the Greve Valley, located in the middle of Florence province, at the beginning of the Chianti area, specifically in the “Conca d’Oro” (Golden Valley lined with vines). It is one of...
Panzano in Chianti - The most beautiful places to visit in Chianti area, Italy
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CertaldoAbout Certaldo Certaldo is a beautiful medieval town in the Chianti territory. It is located in the southern part of the province of Florence in Tuscany, on the border between Florence and Siena province; it is also a short distance time away from San Gimignano, whose famous towers can be admired from here. Th...
Certaldo - The most beautiful places to visit in Chianti area, Italy
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Greve in ChiantiAbout Greve in Chianti Greve in Chianti is a small and romantic town situated in Val di Greve, an idyllic countryside right in the center of Tuscany, in the heart of the Chianti hills covered by olive groves and vineyards, enjoying a splendid location and beautiful panorama. Greve in Chianti rises along the left bank of the Gr...
Greve in Chianti - The most beautiful places to visit in Chianti area, Italy
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SienaAbout Siena A medieval fortress, arising on three hills in the heart of Tuscany, Siena is a city of art surrounded by ancient walls, where narrow streets lined with splendid buildings all lead to Piazza del Campo. No matter how you describe it, Siena is a true medieval burg, a genuine open-air museum alike Toledo in Spain or Arles in France. Sien...
Siena - The most beautiful places to visit in Chianti area, Italy
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HanukkahHanukkah or Festival of Light is celebrated by the Hebrew people for 8 days, in December. Hanukkah in Hebrew means "dedication" and commemorates the Jewish victory Macabees (which translates as 'men are stronger than the sledge'), led by Judah Maccabee against Syrian Greeks in 165 BC. Legend says that when Judah and his men liberated Jerusalem, the first thing they did was to open the Hebrew temple again, but when they got there, they have not found anything from th...
Hanukkah - The most important events of the year
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RamadanThe month of September in the Arab world is transfigured in the Quranic canons required by the holy Ramadan fasting. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, being the month of fasting as well and it is the most important Muslim festival. The previous month is called Saban (it is the month of birth of the Prophet Shia Lailatu barā'a him), and the month following Ramadan is Saval. The ninth month of Islamic calendar, it is the month of repentance...
Ramadan - The most important events of the year
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EasterEaster is an annual religious celebration with different meanings, celebrated in Christianity and Judaism. It is one of the most important annual Christian holidays, which commemorates the fundamental event of Christianity, the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, Son of God in Christian religions, on the third day after his crucifixion on Good Friday. There are some Christian denominations that do not celebrate Easter; they are Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormon Church, Seventh-Day Adventist C...
Easter - The most important events of the year
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Academy AwardsAcademy Awards are the main national film awards in the United States of America. Known as the Oscars, the awards are now awarded by the Academy in Los Angeles, California, an organization which in 2002 included over 6,000 members, all professionals in various domains of the film, namely producers, directors, actors, image directors and many others. Oscar statuette was designed by Cedric Gibbons and sculpted in Los Angeles by George Stanley...
Academy Awards - The most important events of the year
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HalloweenHalloween is a celebration of Celtic origin, taken over by many nations in the Western world nowadays, being spread in the nineteenth century by Irish immigrants in the United States of America. It is celebrated on the night of October 31, although the date varies - for example in Sweden it is celebrated on the first Saturday in November. The name comes from English, from the term All Hallows' Even, the name of the Christian holiday of all Saints; Halloween celebration has become ...
Halloween - The most important events of the year
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Valentine's DayStarting February 14, Christians in Europe and North America, and not only them, celebrate Valentine's Day. Although its origin is Catholic, Valentine’s Day becomes increasingly popular in other religions and cultures. Well, a celebration of love is always welcome, even if it is not native or it is not a tradition for centuries in certain regions. Celebrating Valentine's Day has its origins in a tradition that began many years ago in ...
Valentine's Day - The most important events of the year
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New Year's EveNew Year is considered a special moment in the world and is celebrated with different traditions, some kept for thousands of years and passed down from generation to generation. New Year in many parts of Europe, is associated with superstitions and predictions. For example, in some parts of Switzerland and Austria, locals dress up to celebrate the eve of St. Sylvester. In the year 314, people thought the pontiff of the period, named Sylvest...
New Year's Eve - The most important events of the year
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ChristmasChristmas is the great day of Christ's birth, being celebrated by all Christians on December 25 of each year. More than two thousand years ago, the Virgin Mary by the power of the Holy Spirit, bore Jesus Christ in Bethlehem of Judea. Then, the three Magi from the East saw a bright star in the sky and making a long way following it, came to Bethlehem, bringing gifts of gold, myrrh and frankincense. Christmas was established as official celeb...
Christmas - The most important events of the year
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Beer day in Reykjavik, IcelandIn this small country are able to drink beer so that it becomes envious of the people "beer" states. The holiday is relatively young in this day celebrate the enactment of a robust beer, which operates in Iceland since 1989. March 1 pubs in Reykjavik are not closed, and guests can have fun until the morning. However, there is a small nuance: in Iceland, the price for a pint of beer - one of the highest in the world. So those who are not willing to spend a great...
Beer day in Reykjavik, Iceland - Best beer festivals
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Pilsner FestOf course, talking about the beer you can not forget the Czech Republic. Beer Festival in Plzeň - Pilsner Fest - one of the oldest in the Czech Republic, it has been held for 150 years. All summer in various cities of the Czech Republic, one after another are beer festivals, and the final is Pilsner Fest. Of course, the main drink of the festival - the world-famous Czech beers Pilsner Urquell, as guests gather Plzensky brewery. Festival las...
Pilsner Fest - Best beer festivals
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Belgian Beer WeekendIn Belgium, the beer - a lot more than just a drink, it is an integral part of Belgian culture. Belgian brewing has ancient traditions that will satisfy anyone, even the most fastidious and discerning beer drinkers. By quantity produced and consumed beer, this country is among the first in Europe. In Brussels, there is the International Court of beer, and in Antwerp is the largest specialized market, where deals are made on the sale of malting barley and malt. The most popular bra...
Belgian Beer Weekend - Best beer festivals
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Denver Beer FestAccording to Guinness Book, the Great American Beer Festival in Denver - a place where beer lovers can find the largest selection of varieties of your favorite beverage. We do not know whether this is so, but the annual celebration is really involved more than three beer companies, which offer a lot of different beers, including the famous Pilsner, Pale, Stout. Denver has long been considered a kind of western Munich, and the festival only confirms this title. Big Beer Festival US...
Denver Beer Fest - Best beer festivals
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Great British Beer FestivalTheir particular tradition of cooking and consumption of beer is and Britain. And those who have ever been to the London Exhibition Centre Olympia Exhibition Center Hammersmith Road, can not disagree. The festival is able to surprise even the most sophisticated beer drinkers. Every year here they bring more than 350 varieties of this British ale, 60 varieties of pears, and many varieties of bottled beer. Festival guests will enjoy and wheat...
Great British Beer Festival - Best beer festivals
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Cannstatter Volksfest in GermanyBeer Festival is held in Stuttgart, Germany and is considered the second largest after the Oktoberfest. Volksfest translated as "folk festival", and that is as it is indeed. History of the Festival began in 1818, when Queen Catherine and King William Vurtembergsky decided to make a feast for his people after the difficult years of the plague. The official beginning of the holiday falls on the 11 o'clock, when the Lord Mayor of Stuttgart, opens the first barrel of beer ne...
Cannstatter Volksfest in Germany - Best beer festivals
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