GERMANY

carnaval.com/germany

www.fecc-deutschland.de/

Cities w/ karneval web sites karnevaldeutschland.de/ &
Aachen	Ausschuß Aachener Karneval e.V.	+karneval
Berlin	Karnevalverband Berlin-Brandenburg	+karneval
Buchen	Narrenring Main-Neckar	++karneval
Dessau		++karneval
Duisbert	LRN	+karneval
Duren		++karneval
Erfurt	http://www.karnevalthueringen.de/font>	+karneval
Eschweiler	Eschweiler Karnevals-Komitee	+k+karneval
Hannover		+arneval
Koln	Kölner Karneval	+karneval
Krefeld	Regionalverband Linksrheinischer Karneval e.V.	+arneval
Lauingen	Regionalverb. Bayer.-Schwäb. Fastnachtsvereine e.V.	+karneval
Nabburg	Fasching Ostbayern	+karneval
Numbert	http://www.karnevalthueringen.de//font>	+karneval
Offenburg	Ortenauer Narrenbund e.V.	+karneval
Saarbrucken	http://www.vsksaar.de//font>	+karneval
Speyer	http://www.fasnacht-goldener-loewe.de/	+karneval
Stuttgart	http://www.lwkstuttgart.de/	+karneval

Samba-Online-Germany || Samba-online.de/ ||
Contact SAMBA groups (percussion and dance) in Germany mostly Deutsch

Cologne or  Köln   | Yahoo's Links
Europe's largest pre-lenten Karneval. Was it the German's who negotiated the truce with the Church over the Spring fling the Church could not control. After all the church Spring holiday of Easter is named after the Germanic Goddess Eostre.

  www.koelnerkarneval.de |LINKS | | DEUTSCHE ONLY The largest of many web sites all in German.

Karneval.org || | DEUTSCHE ONLY
Kolner Karnevals-Museum by cologneweb.com | DEUTSCHE ONLY but has a good links list.r> www.karneval.de 

GREECE

Patras www.carnivalpatras.gr
The official web site for PATRAS CARNIVAL

| ENGLISH |
University of Patras, Depart. of Electrical & Computer Engineering. Carnival Pictures and posters

ITALY

Italy on Aforum

CarnevaleCommunity.com
& to English by google links to the most  Italian carnivals and city parades and lots more. (in Italian only)	"The individual loses his personality to mingle with the joyous crowd in the feast: the exhilaration, the dance, the music, allow everyone to lose oneself to join the others and share with them emotions that lie outside common life, emotions in which the material and the symbolic elements find their synthesis. "

CANVESE  Carnavale+Canvese CITY GUIDE IN ENGLISH

Beinasco Carnavale+Beinasco

Bologna Carnavale+Bologna
http://www.comune.imola.bo.it/iniziative.htm 
official site.

Ivrea  Carnavale+Ivrea
That fight for liberty is recreated with the Battles of the Oranges, in an amazing recreation of a famous local story./font>

• carnevale d'Ivrea (on geocities in English)
• http://welcome.to/scacchi 
  The official website of the "Scacchi" orange thrower team!!

&nb 

Massafrese

www.carnevalemassafrese.8m.com Massafrese Carnevale by google Click pic for more Massafrese fotos

Napoli Carnavale+Ivrea

CarnevalePalmese.com 
official site

Servola
www.servola.cjb.net  Carnavale+Servola

Verona ont> Carnavale+Verona
www.ducatosantostefano.it/  
official site
Ducato di Santo Stefano  by carnevalecommunity.com

Vercelli  CarnevalediVercelli.com  
Carnavale+Vercelli

Vicenza  Carnavale+Vicenza
  
Tourist Information of Bassano del Grappa (Vicenza) Italy, Informazioni Turistiche su Bassano del Grappa (Vicenza).

Venice / Carnavale+Venice

Venice Carnival/font> what's new in the aforum   |

Venezia Net VENICE CARNIVAL CALENDAR by doge.it | ITALIAN ONLY | ENGLISH & ITALIAN | r> Delpiano.com/carnival |
A tribute, artist photographer Roberto Delpiano, offers to the “Comune di Venezia” and its wonderful carnival.

Meetingvenice.it | ENGLISH |
 "Your door for the real Venetian carnival"
Venice Carnaval Story by venitia.it | ITALIAN |
ImImmortal Masks of Venice Carnival  by Atlas Travel Magazine

Viareggio
il.carnevale.com/ 

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IRELAND

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LIECHTENSTEIN

http://www.gugga.li/

LITHUANIA

MACEDONIA

Strumica Carnival in our image server

MALTA

maltacarnival.com
excellent official site
Nadur
nadur + carnival Nadur on the Maltese Island of Gozo is the official host of the XXV FECC Carnival City Convention in 2005

Nadur rnival - UNIQUE!
by Peter Paul Buttigieg BA. [Paper read during the 21st Convention of the Federation of European Carnival Cities (FECC) in St. ...


MONTENEGRO

KOTOR  BUDVA, and TIVAT

Netherlands Holland/Dutch

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The FECC or Foundation of European Carnival Cities has been headquartered in

carnaval-limburg-bcl.nl
Dutch Samba Home Page Dutch Samba Home Page a part of worldsamba.org Dutch Samba Home Page a part of worldsamba.org || LINKS || events

Rotterdam, July www.zomercarnaval.com/
search rotterdam carnaval
Compares itself to the end of August Notting Hill Carnival in London (Europe's largest street festival with 2,000,000 revelers.) This street parade is visited by over half a million visitors.
Carnaval in Nederland |Links | DUTCH ONLY |
Escola de Samba Os Malandros | DUTCH ONLY|

POLAND

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In many regions of Poland, the folk traditions have best survived

 as a Carnival ritual. This is particularly true in the mountains, where one can enjoy Winter Carnival madness on the slope, as ever more skiers, in Alpine tradition, dress in colorful outfits and dance to music from ski-lift speakers. This is when the music and dance of the Polish highlander tradition is peaking. The Catholic country generally observes modest Carnaval celebrations, although the cultural capital of Kracow once held a celebrated celebration EUROPEAN Winter Carnivals

bukowinatatrzanska.pl part of the Zakopane metro resort area in the Tatra mountains of Southern Poland Poland hosted the XXII FECC Carnival City Convention in 2002 www.carnaval.com/poland

PORTUGAL

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www.carnaval.com/portugal
Carnaval by sapo.pt has over 500 pages

Alcobaca
Carnaval de Alcobaça

Carnavals of Portugal on the internet
Alcobaca  Estarreja || acestarreja.pt  Loulé	Ovar Carnaval Capital of Portugal  Podence || http://caretosdepodence.no.sapo.pt/  Senhorim TORRES VEDRAS

OVAR Carnaval Ovar |

	Portugal FECC on Aforum.com Ovar the World Capital of Carnival for 2003 & host of the 2003 FECC Carnival Convention Pre-Lenten  Carnaval and host of the XXIII FECC Convention www.carnivalcities.com/ovarticles.html   FECC Portugal section in Aforum.com www.carnaval.com/portugal

ROMANIA

RUSSIA

www.carnaval.ru

pushkin-town.net/ || Carnival ! || Search site for carnival Tsarskoe Selo is Pushkin which in 2001, in association with St. Petersburg hosted the magnificent IXXst Carnival City Convention

St Petersburg Carnival

SCOTLAND

Edinburgh
Edinburgh Samba School | LOCAL LATIN MUSIC & DANCE
SheBoom | LINKS | JOKES | Send Drummer Jokes Here
South Wales
Cardiff Percussion Group/Samba Galês | RealAudio |

SLOVANIA

PTUJ , MOZIRJE and MARIBOR

SPAIN

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Carnaval de Águilas | ENGLISH
A Pre-Lenten the people's fiesta for over two hundred years
Carnival of Villarrobledo in the province of Albacete, Castille- La Mancha. The Carnival has been declared a Regional Touristic Interesting Festivity.

Also see Canary Islands under Africa

Cadiz
www.carnavaldecadiz.com SPANISH ONLY

The Valencian Fairs are of a great importance in the fairworld.

SWEDEN

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Samba in Sweden a part of worldsamba.org
Samba in Sweden by Lennart Kjörling
Samba Links by A Bunda from Gothenburg
Was organized by & Batucada.
Bar Brasil |
Organizes the largest indoor Carnival in Sweden
Hammarkullekarnevalen.com | Swedish Only |


www.destination.norrkoping.se
Check for the section on the Norrkoping Carnival

SWITZERLAND

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Carnaval by Carnaval.ch | SWISS ONLY |
Main page of french Switzerland carnavals.
Basel |
www.fasnacht.ch | SWISS ONLY

LIVE CAM |
Fasnacht by vtour.ch or Basel online
Excellent 20 page illustrated guide

UNITED KINGDOM

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Parades & Festivals in the UK by carnaval.com
Samba in the UK a part of worldsamba.org |
Glasgow's West End Carnival
Some picts and descriptions

Hastings
Carnival!
See Hastings Old Town Carnival Queen, Miss Hastings 1998. and the Carnival Princesses,  photos...

Westhead



London -

lots of photos
Mas Bands in the UK by carnivalnet.org   A growing listing service by the England Arts Council Add your UK Carnaval group to the database.