Photo by larcenette July 6 through 8 marks the 9th annual Solidays festival in Paris. Solidays is a giant reunion of rock, hip-hop, and metal, all designed to raise money to fight AIDS. It’s held at the racetrack of Longchamps, and the first day’s lineup includes Ms. Lauryn Hill, JoeyStarr, and our personal favorite, No » Read more

Summer in Budapest means long, warm nights, which the city uses to best effect to host some excellent outdoor theatre performances. The most extravagant summer performances are on Margit Island, the luscious green spot in the middle of the Danube. This year, the season’s first performance on the island stage is on June 10; the » Read more

By Meredith Paslawsky in Bologna—Ethereal truffle ravioli that melt in your mouth. Heavenly mascarpone sprinkled with bitter dark chocolate shavings. Dreams are made of such things. At Drogheria della Rosa in Bologna, jovial owner Emanuele Addone keeps you smiling all night. After all he did take home the prestigious San Pelligrino Cooking Cup. If his » Read more

Vienna’s fascination with sports and healthy living has always been striking. There’s the city’s popular spring marathon, the women’s marathon, the children’s marathon, and a host of additional runs. Registration for the four-kilometer Erste Bank Vienna Night Run 2007 opened this month. The run will kick off at dusk on October 10 and will raise » Read more

Note: Published June 2007. Air France is offering a flat rate of €50 on all one-way trips in France purchased before June 26. Return trips are priced at €99. Rates apply from July 14 through September 2 and are good across the entire domestic grid. The only catch is a minimum three-night stay—or one Saturday » Read more

Photo by oliviagiovetti If you’re in Prague on Saturday, June 16, 2007 don’t spend your day museum-hopping. Wait until 7 p.m., when the bulk of the city’s museums and galleries will waive admission as part of Prague’s Museum Night. In its fourth year (2007), Prague’s Museum Night is part of a European movement to make » Read more

Kecskemét, 86 kilometers from Budapest in the center of Hungary, possesses arguably the most beautiful town center in the entire country. Almost every building on the main square is art nouveau. The finest examples are the Town Hall and the new college, which houses elementary and high schools specializing in music education and named in » Read more

The EXIT Festival has got to be one of the best deals for fun and live music in Europe this summer—just €78.50 for a four-day pass! Set to take place in Novi Sad, the capital of the Serbian province of Vojvodina, the EXIT Festival’s line-up this year features more than 125 artists on six different » Read more