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WORDS JAMES BARTLETT, NATHALIE BERGER, AMY DENNIS | PHOTOS © BARCELONATURISME, GETTY
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TRAVELLER
La Diada de Sant Jordi
BARCELONA
Learning meets love on this day in the
Catalan capital. Celebrating both the
city’s patron saint – Jordi (George) –
and International Book Day, women
give their lovers books, while men
respond with roses. Around four-
million flowers and 500,000 tomes
are shifted by street sellers, making
for a colourful day of romance.
23 APRIL
Witches Night
PRAGUE
Celebrated in many northern
and eastern European countries,
Walpurgis or witches’ night (in Czech,
Carodejnice
) is a time to party. In
Prague, people gather in Ladronka
Park from 3-10pm for music,
entertainment and games, and finish
with a ceremonial witch bonfire,
accompanied by beer and sausages.
30 APRIL
STREET PARTIES
What’s going on?
Koninginnedag
AMSTERDAM
Bargain hunters will love this national
festival,“Queen’s Day”. As well as
eating, drinking, singing and dancing,
the city’s people pour out onto the
streets of Amsterdam in their orange
best with things they’d like to sell,
which results in one of the world’s
largest – and certainly most orange –
flea markets.
30 APRIL
BELFAST
Did you know that
Titanic
was
designed and built in Ulster’s capital?
April 2012marks the 100th anniversary
of its ill-fated only voyage and the city is
buzzing with commemorative events...
TITANIC BELFAST
Located at the shipyard where
Titanic
was
assembled rivet by rivet, this new
interactive experience is the world’s
largest exhibition about the ship, fronted by
a 15-tonne steel sign (
above
).
Adult entry
costs £13.50 (€16). titanicbelfast.com
TITANIC SOUNDS
Last November, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry
and Justin Bieber rocked the city at the
MTVEurope Music Awards; expect
similar big names at this massive
outdoor music event on 13April on the
slipway where the vessel was launched.
Free. mtv.co.uk
THE TITANIC STORY
As part of the Titanic Belfast Festival
(31 March to 22April), theWaterfront
Hall will host a presentation on 15April
using music, drama and video to re-enact
the ship’s voyage and dramatic last
hours.
Tickets £6 (€7). nitb.com
TITANICA
The Ulster Folk &Transport Museum
is home to an exhibition looking at the
human side of
Titanic
– from carpenter’s
tools to wreck artifacts.
Adult entry £6.50
(€7.70). nmni.com/titanic
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OF THE
BEST
The facade of the
Titanic Experience
is clad in several
thousand 3D
aluminiumplates
BERLIN
Recycling is a preoccupation for many, but
would they go on a whole tour devoted to the subject?
Visitors to Germany’s capital can now do just that,
after Alternative Berlin’s Green Tour, previously led only
by special request, has proved unexpectedly popular.
Community gardens and a carbon-neutral restaurant in
Kreuzberg, as well as a waste-management plant and
recycling centre are on the agenda. It’s guaranteed to be
the most rubbish tour in town.
alternativeberlin.com
Totally Rubbish?
Shipyard Celebrations