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TRAVELLER
Stormthe
gates
PARIS
On 14 July, Parisians
will head for the
streets for the
223rd anniversary
of the storming of
the Bastille Prison,
which started the
French Revolution.
Join them for parties
on the Champ de
Mars by the Eiffel
Tower, then get a
great view of the
fireworks from
the Sacré Coeur
in Montmartre.
parisinfo.com
Be
wowed
FUERTEVENTURA
Watch the world’s
best windsurfers
and kiteboarders
skim the waves
and skies at the
PWAWindsurf &
PKRA Kiteboard
annual World Cup,
off wind-consistent
Sotavento beach.
Held 20 July to
4 August, this
competition draws
a sun-kissed
surf crowd.
fuerteventura-
worldcup.org
Lie ina
coffin
PORTO
In one of the world’s
strangest festivals,
people who have
escaped death
gather on 29 July
at As Neves, 100
minutes’ drive north
of Porto, clamber
into coffins and get
carried through the
streets. Follow the
10am cavalcade
to Santa Marta de
Ribarteme Church
for a thanksgiving
service to the patron
saint of lifesaving.
See the
stars
MUNICH
You’ll have to head
to neo-classical
Königsplatz on foot
during July, as it’s
off-limits to traffic
for the TNT Film
Open Air festival.
Some of the year’s
best Germanmovies
are shown on big,
outdoor screens,
preceded by comic
shorts. Magicians,
cinema-style snacks
and a starry sky all
add to the magic.
kinoopenair.de
Get art
therapy
NEWCASTLE
Through his
illustrations for kid’s
books, Quentin
Blake has been
coaxing smiles and
brightening lives
for more than three
decades. His latest
show,
As Large
as Life
, which
hits Newcastle’s
Laing Gallery on
7 July, features
work commissioned
by various hospitals.
Suitably uplifting.
twmuseums.org.uk
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