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Valot ja tuli — tammikuu

  1. Palma 🇪🇸 SpainSant Sebastia · 17.–21. tammiPalma's patron saint, and the one night the city is entirely its own: bonfires in half a dozen squares on 19 January, people grilling sausages over them, free stages until the small hours.79
  2. Yazd 🇮🇷 IranSadeh fire festival · 28. tammi – 2. helmiThe Zoroastrian midwinter fire festival, lit at dusk outside the city at the end of January.74
  3. Hội An 🇻🇳 VietnamFull moon lantern night · 1. tammi – 31. jouluOn the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.70
  4. Lecce 🇮🇹 ItalyFocara di Novoli · 14.–18. tammiA twenty-metre cone of vine cuttings is stacked all winter at Novoli, twenty minutes north, and burnt on the eve of Sant'Antonio Abate.69
  5. Kobe 🇯🇵 JapanKobe Luminarie · 25. tammi – 10. helmi (yleensä)The light memorial for the 1995 earthquake, which moved out of December in recent years and now runs for about ten nights at the turn of January into February across Meriken Park and the old settlement.69
  6. Nagoya 🇯🇵 JapanNabana no Sato illumination · 18. loka – 31. touko (yleensä)A day trip away in Kuwana, about half an hour from Nagoya: a flower park lit by millions of LEDs from mid-October through spring.68
  7. Nara 🇯🇵 JapanWakakusa Yamayaki · 20.–28. tammi (yleensä)The grass on Wakakusa hill is set alight on the fourth Saturday of January, fireworks first.67
  8. Busan 🇰🇷 South KoreaHaeundae Light Festival · 29. marras – 18. tammi (yleensä)Haeundae Beach and the seafront square light up with large-scale sculptures and media art each winter, organised by the district office and free to walk through from 6 to 11pm.66
  9. Napa 🇺🇸 United StatesNapa Lighted Art Festival · 10. tammi – 20. helmi (yleensä)Five weeks of free light installations along a walking route through downtown Napa and the riverfront, with building projections in the first week or so.64
  10. Raleigh 🇺🇸 United StatesNC Chinese Lantern Festival · 15. marras – 12. tammi (yleensä)Giant illuminated lantern scenes fill Koka Booth Amphitheatre in neighbouring Cary each evening for about eight weeks, with nightly cultural performances.62
  11. Dushanbe 🇹🇯 TajikistanSada fire festival · 30. tammiThe ancient Tajik festival of fire, made an official national celebration, is marked in Dushanbe with bonfires, music and folk shows on 30 January.61
  12. Richmond 🇺🇸 United StatesGardenFest of Lights · 15. marras – 5. tammi (yleensä)Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is strung with around a million lights from mid-November into the first days of January.59
  13. Sendai 🇯🇵 JapanDonto-sai · 14. tammiNew Year decorations are burned at Osaki Hachimangu on 14 January and a procession of men walks to it through the cold in loincloths, carrying bells.57
  14. Matsumoto 🇯🇵 JapanCastle projection mapping · 10. joulu – 20. helmi (yleensä)From mid-December to mid-February the castle keep is lit with projection mapping every evening, a short looping show that has become the town's winter night-out.57
  15. Nikko 🇯🇵 JapanYunishigawa Kamakura Festival · 25. tammi – 2. maalis (yleensä)Hundreds of small snow huts lit by candles along the riverbed at Yunishigawa Onsen, deep in the mountains of the city's northern district.55
  16. Fujikawaguchiko 🇯🇵 JapanKawaguchiko Winter Fireworks · 24. tammi – 23. helmi (yleensä)Free weekend fireworks over the lake from three launch points, the winter counterpart to the August festival, set against a snow-capped Fuji.55
  17. Amsterdam 🇳🇱 NetherlandsAmsterdam Light Festival · 26. marras – 17. tammiLight installations along the canals through the darkest eight weeks of the year, free to walk and ticketed by boat.48
  18. Sapporo 🇯🇵 JapanSapporo White Illumination · 20. marras – 14. maalisOdori Park is lit from late November until the middle of March, which covers the dark afternoons and the snow festival in one run.40
  19. Ottawa 🇨🇦 CanadaWinter Lights Across Canada · 5. joulu – 8. tammi (yleensä)Confederation Boulevard is strung with lights from early December to early January, and a free sound-and-light show is projected onto the Parliament buildings most evenings.32
  20. Nozawa Onsen 🇯🇵 JapanDosojin Fire Festival · 15. tammiMen of twenty-five and forty-two defend a wooden shrine on the night of 15 January while the rest of the village attacks it with burning torches.30

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Valot ja tuli — helmikuu

  1. Tainan 🇹🇼 TaiwanYanshui Beehive Fireworks · 5. helmi – 10. maalis (yleensä)Racks of bottle rockets fired horizontally into the crowd at Yanshui on Lantern Festival night.91
  2. Canberra 🇦🇺 AustraliaEnlighten Festival · 25. helmi – 10. maalis (yleensä)For ten nights the national institutions are projected onto and open late, so the buildings people normally drive past become the reason to be out.89
  3. Yazd 🇮🇷 IranSadeh fire festival · 28. tammi – 2. helmiThe Zoroastrian midwinter fire festival, lit at dusk outside the city at the end of January.81
  4. Taipei 🇹🇼 TaiwanLantern Festival · 15. helmi – 15. maalis (yleensä)The city runs its own lantern displays for a fortnight after Lunar New Year, and Pingxi up the branch line releases sky lanterns on two announced nights.79
  5. Hội An 🇻🇳 VietnamFull moon lantern night · 1. tammi – 31. jouluOn the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.77
  6. Napa 🇺🇸 United StatesNapa Lighted Art Festival · 10. tammi – 20. helmi (yleensä)Five weeks of free light installations along a walking route through downtown Napa and the riverfront, with building projections in the first week or so.73
  7. Nagoya 🇯🇵 JapanNabana no Sato illumination · 18. loka – 31. touko (yleensä)A day trip away in Kuwana, about half an hour from Nagoya: a flower park lit by millions of LEDs from mid-October through spring.70
  8. Kobe 🇯🇵 JapanKobe Luminarie · 25. tammi – 10. helmi (yleensä)The light memorial for the 1995 earthquake, which moved out of December in recent years and now runs for about ten nights at the turn of January into February across Meriken Park and the old settlement.70
  9. Nara 🇯🇵 JapanNara Rurie winter illumination · 5.–16. helmi (yleensä)For a week in mid-February, blue light links Todaiji, Kasuga Taisha and Kofukuji through Nara Park, with evening temple openings and food stalls; it is the park's one busy night-time event of winter.69
  10. Matsumoto 🇯🇵 JapanCastle projection mapping · 10. joulu – 20. helmi (yleensä)From mid-December to mid-February the castle keep is lit with projection mapping every evening, a short looping show that has become the town's winter night-out.62
  11. Bristol 🇬🇧 United KingdomBristol Light Festival · 15. helmi – 1. maalis (yleensä)Ten nights of light installations around the harbour and the old centre in late February, free and walkable in an evening.62
  12. Nikko 🇯🇵 JapanYunishigawa Kamakura Festival · 25. tammi – 2. maalis (yleensä)Hundreds of small snow huts lit by candles along the riverbed at Yunishigawa Onsen, deep in the mountains of the city's northern district.60
  13. Yerevan 🇦🇲 ArmeniaTrndez, the fire holiday · 13.–14. helmiBonfires in courtyards and churchyards on the evening of 13 February, with couples jumping the flames.59
  14. Fujikawaguchiko 🇯🇵 JapanKawaguchiko Winter Fireworks · 24. tammi – 23. helmi (yleensä)Free weekend fireworks over the lake from three launch points, the winter counterpart to the August festival, set against a snow-capped Fuji.58
  15. Portland 🇺🇸 United StatesPortland Winter Light Festival · 1.–12. helmi (yleensä)Ten nights of light installations along the waterfront and out in the industrial east side in early February.55
  16. Luxembourg 🇱🇺 LuxembourgLiichtmessdag · 2. helmiOn 2 February children walk the streets after dark with home-made lanterns and sing at doors for sweets.53
  17. Sylt 🇩🇪 GermanyBiikebrennen · 21. helmiNine bonfires are lit across the island on the evening of 21 February to burn out the winter, followed by kale and pork in the village halls.52
  18. Sapporo 🇯🇵 JapanSapporo White Illumination · 20. marras – 14. maalisOdori Park is lit from late November until the middle of March, which covers the dark afternoons and the snow festival in one run.45
  19. Mestia 🇬🇪 GeorgiaLamproba torch festival · 5.–25. helmi (yleensä)Svan villages cut birch torches and carry them to the family graves after dark, one for every man in the household.40

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Valot ja tuli — maaliskuu

  1. Canberra 🇦🇺 AustraliaEnlighten Festival · 25. helmi – 10. maalis (yleensä)For ten nights the national institutions are projected onto and open late, so the buildings people normally drive past become the reason to be out.90
  2. Valencia 🇪🇸 SpainLas Fallas · 1.–19. maalisA daytime gunpowder concert in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento every day from 1 March, then on the night of the 19th several hundred enormous sculptures are burned in the streets that built them.84
  3. Taipei 🇹🇼 TaiwanLantern Festival · 15. helmi – 15. maalis (yleensä)The city runs its own lantern displays for a fortnight after Lunar New Year, and Pingxi up the branch line releases sky lanterns on two announced nights.82
  4. Tainan 🇹🇼 TaiwanYanshui Beehive Fireworks · 5. helmi – 10. maalis (yleensä)Racks of bottle rockets fired horizontally into the crowd at Yanshui on Lantern Festival night.82
  5. Tehran 🇮🇷 IranChaharshanbe Suri · 14.–19. maalis (yleensä)The fire festival on the last Tuesday evening before the new year: bonfires at every junction, fireworks that are technically illegal, and hospitals braced for it.81
  6. Hội An 🇻🇳 VietnamFull moon lantern night · 1. tammi – 31. jouluOn the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.75
  7. Zagreb 🇭🇷 CroatiaFestival of Lights Zagreb · 15.–25. maalis (yleensä)Five evenings of free light installations and projections across the Upper and Lower Towns in March.74
  8. Nara 🇯🇵 JapanOmizutori · 1.–14. maalisBurning cedar torches are run along the balcony of Todai-ji's Nigatsu-do every night for a fortnight, the 12th being the big one.74
  9. Jeju 🇰🇷 South KoreaJeju Fire Festival · 1.–15. maalis (yleensä)A whole hillside at Saebyeol Oreum is set alight over a weekend to burn off the old grazing grass.73
  10. Nagoya 🇯🇵 JapanNabana no Sato illumination · 18. loka – 31. touko (yleensä)A day trip away in Kuwana, about half an hour from Nagoya: a flower park lit by millions of LEDs from mid-October through spring.73
  11. Bristol 🇬🇧 United KingdomBristol Light Festival · 15. helmi – 1. maalis (yleensä)Ten nights of light installations around the harbour and the old centre in late February, free and walkable in an evening.67
  12. Luxembourg 🇱🇺 LuxembourgBuergbrennen bonfires · 8. helmi – 15. maalis (yleensä)On the first Sunday of Lent every village and city quarter burns a wooden cross on a hill to see winter off.65
  13. Nikko 🇯🇵 JapanYunishigawa Kamakura Festival · 25. tammi – 2. maalis (yleensä)Hundreds of small snow huts lit by candles along the riverbed at Yunishigawa Onsen, deep in the mountains of the city's northern district.65
  14. Sapporo 🇯🇵 JapanSapporo White Illumination · 20. marras – 14. maalisOdori Park is lit from late November until the middle of March, which covers the dark afternoons and the snow festival in one run.57

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Valot ja tuli — huhtikuu

  1. Valletta 🇲🇹 MaltaMalta International Fireworks Festival · 14. huhti – 1. touko (yleensä)Maltese fireworks clubs and foreign teams compete over the Grand Harbour on several nights in late April.93
  2. Alice Springs 🇦🇺 AustraliaParrtjima festival of light · 5.–20. huhti (yleensä)Ten free nights of First Nations light work thrown across two kilometres of the MacDonnell Ranges at the Desert Park, with talks and music underneath it.89
  3. Seoul 🇰🇷 South KoreaLotus Lantern Festival · 25. huhti – 25. touko (yleensä)Lanterns hang through the temple courtyards for weeks and a parade fills Jongno on the weekend before Buddha's Birthday, which is usually in May.85
  4. Nagoya 🇯🇵 JapanNabana no Sato illumination · 18. loka – 31. touko (yleensä)A day trip away in Kuwana, about half an hour from Nagoya: a flower park lit by millions of LEDs from mid-October through spring.81
  5. Prague 🇨🇿 CzechiaBurning of the Witches · 30. huhtiBonfires go up on Petrin, Ladronka and the hills around the city on the night of 30 April to see winter off.79
  6. Zürich 🇨🇭 SwitzerlandSechselauten · 12.–22. huhti (yleensä)The guilds parade on the third Monday of April and burn a snowman on a bonfire; how fast his head explodes is taken as the summer forecast.78
  7. Edinburgh 🇬🇧 United KingdomBeltane Fire Festival · 30. huhtiA ticketed fire procession up Calton Hill on the night of 30 April, run by volunteers and cold enough that most of the audience regrets what they wore.76
  8. Stockholm 🇸🇪 SwedenValborg · 30. huhtiBonfires and choirs on the evening of 30 April, at Skansen and along the water at Riddarfjarden.73
  9. Hội An 🇻🇳 VietnamFull moon lantern night · 1. tammi – 31. jouluOn the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.68

Mitä maailmalla on menossa — huhtikuu →

Valot ja tuli — toukokuu

  1. Valletta 🇲🇹 MaltaMalta International Fireworks Festival · 14. huhti – 1. touko (yleensä)Maltese fireworks clubs and foreign teams compete over the Grand Harbour on several nights in late April.94
  2. Seoul 🇰🇷 South KoreaLotus Lantern Festival · 25. huhti – 25. touko (yleensä)Lanterns hang through the temple courtyards for weeks and a parade fills Jongno on the weekend before Buddha's Birthday, which is usually in May.90
  3. Busan 🇰🇷 South KoreaBusan Lotus Lantern Festival · 1.–17. touko (yleensä)Streets fill with handmade lotus lanterns and a parade in the run-up to Buddha's Birthday, a UNESCO-listed tradition with roots going back 1,200 years.88
  4. Nagoya 🇯🇵 JapanNabana no Sato illumination · 18. loka – 31. touko (yleensä)A day trip away in Kuwana, about half an hour from Nagoya: a flower park lit by millions of LEDs from mid-October through spring.85
  5. Brno 🇨🇿 CzechiaIgnis Brunensis fireworks · 25. touko – 10. heinä (yleensä)The international fireworks competition is fired over the Brno dam on a handful of Wednesday and Saturday nights between late May and early July, with drone shows on some of them.85
  6. Sydney 🇦🇺 AustraliaVivid Sydney · 22. touko – 14. kesä (yleensä)Three weeks of projections and light walks around the harbour from the end of May, on the coldest evenings of the year, with the ferries and Circular Quay solid after six.83
  7. Hội An 🇻🇳 VietnamFull moon lantern night · 1. tammi – 31. jouluOn the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.62
  8. Da Nang 🇻🇳 VietnamDa Nang Fireworks Festival · 25. touko – 15. heinä (yleensä)Six competition nights spread over about six weeks, with international teams firing over the Han River from a grandstand in the middle of town.61
  9. Vientiane 🇱🇦 LaosBoun Bang Fai, the rocket festival · 1. touko – 15. kesä (yleensä)Villages around the capital fire homemade bamboo rockets into the sky to ask for rain, with a good deal of drinking and mud on the ground beneath them.50

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Valot ja tuli — kesäkuu

  1. Funchal 🇵🇹 PortugalAtlantic Festival · 1.–30. kesä (yleensä)Fireworks fired over the bay on the first three Saturdays of June as an international competition, set to music, watched from the seafront and from the boats moored off it.94
  2. Copenhagen 🇩🇰 DenmarkSankt Hans Aften · 23. kesäBonfires on the beaches at Amager and Bellevue on the evening of 23 June, with a witch on top and a song everyone in the crowd knows by heart.92
  3. Brno 🇨🇿 CzechiaIgnis Brunensis fireworks · 25. touko – 10. heinä (yleensä)The international fireworks competition is fired over the Brno dam on a handful of Wednesday and Saturday nights between late May and early July, with drone shows on some of them.92
  4. Saint Petersburg 🇷🇺 RussiaScarlet Sails · 18.–30. kesä (yleensä)The school-leavers' night in late June: a tall ship with red sails comes up the Neva and the city puts on its largest fireworks.90
  5. Heidelberg 🇩🇪 GermanyCastle illumination nights · 1. kesä – 15. heinä (yleensä)Red flares light the castle ruin and fireworks go off over the old bridge for about twenty minutes, on the first Saturday of June and again in July.89
  6. Odense 🇩🇰 DenmarkSankt Hans Aften · 23. kesäMidsummer Eve on 23 June: bonfires are lit by beaches, lakes and in parks across the country, often with a witch figure on top, while people sing the midsummer song and picnic into the light evening.89
  7. Aarhus 🇩🇰 DenmarkSankt Hans Aften · 23. kesäMidsummer Eve on 23 June: bonfires are lit by beaches, lakes and in parks across the country, often with a witch figure on top, while people sing the midsummer song and picnic into the light evening.88
  8. Barcelona 🇪🇸 SpainSant Joan · 23.–24. kesäBonfires, firecrackers and fireworks on the beach from dusk until dawn on the night of the 23rd, followed by a public holiday to sleep it off.87
  9. Jerusalem 🇮🇱 IsraelFestival of Light · 1. kesä – 5. heinä (yleensä)A week of projections and light installations along marked routes inside the Old City walls, free and running late.87
  10. Ibiza 🇪🇸 SpainNit de Sant Joan · 23.–24. kesäBonfires on the beaches on midsummer night and people jumping the waves at midnight, which is the island's own festival rather than an imported one.87
  11. Pisa 🇮🇹 ItalyLuminara di San Ranieri · 16.–17. kesäOn the night of 16 June the palazzi along both banks of the Arno are outlined in tens of thousands of candles and the street lights go off.87
  12. Alicante 🇪🇸 SpainHogueras de San Juan · 20.–25. kesäNinety-odd sculptures go up in the streets on 20 June and burn on the night of the 24th, with daily mascleta bangs in Plaza de los Luceros.85
  13. Detroit 🇺🇸 United StatesFord Fireworks · 20.–30. kesä (yleensä)The river fireworks in late June are shared with Windsor across the water, and both riverfronts fill by mid-afternoon.84
  14. Ålesund 🇳🇴 NorwaySlinningsbalet midsummer bonfire · 19.–25. kesä (yleensä)Teenagers spend two months stacking pallets into a tower on the Slinningen point and light it on the Saturday nearest 23 June.84
  15. Andorra la Vella 🇦🇩 AndorraSolstice fire festivals · 21.–24. kesäOn midsummer night the parishes carry burning torches down off the mountainsides into the villages, a Pyrenean tradition UNESCO lists across the three countries that share it.77
  16. Sydney 🇦🇺 AustraliaVivid Sydney · 22. touko – 14. kesä (yleensä)Three weeks of projections and light walks around the harbour from the end of May, on the coldest evenings of the year, with the ferries and Circular Quay solid after six.77
  17. Adelaide 🇦🇺 AustraliaIlluminate Adelaide · 26. kesä – 19. heinä (yleensä)A winter light and culture festival across the CBD with more than a hundred events, light installations and immersive art running through most of July.74
  18. Baqueira-Beret 🇪🇸 SpainHaro de Les solstice fire · 23. kesäDown the valley at Les, a burning fir trunk is dropped in the square on midsummer night, one of the Pyrenean fire festivals UNESCO lists.70
  19. Oranjestad ArubaDia di San Juan · 24. kesäMidsummer bonfires and the Dera Gai dance in red and yellow, held out in the country districts rather than in town.69
  20. Dunedin 🇳🇿 New ZealandMidwinter Carnival · 8.–25. kesä (yleensä)A lantern procession around the Octagon on the darkest weekend of the year, with the lanterns made in community workshops over the preceding months.66
  21. Hội An 🇻🇳 VietnamFull moon lantern night · 1. tammi – 31. jouluOn the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.52
  22. Da Nang 🇻🇳 VietnamDa Nang Fireworks Festival · 25. touko – 15. heinä (yleensä)Six competition nights spread over about six weeks, with international teams firing over the Han River from a grandstand in the middle of town.51
  23. Vientiane 🇱🇦 LaosBoun Bang Fai, the rocket festival · 1. touko – 15. kesä (yleensä)Villages around the capital fire homemade bamboo rockets into the sky to ask for rain, with a good deal of drinking and mud on the ground beneath them.47

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Valot ja tuli — heinäkuu

  1. Cologne 🇩🇪 GermanyKoelner Lichter · 8. heinä – 5. elo (yleensä)A boat convoy and a fireworks set piece over the Rhine on a Saturday evening in summer, watched from both banks.90
  2. Brno 🇨🇿 CzechiaIgnis Brunensis fireworks · 25. touko – 10. heinä (yleensä)The international fireworks competition is fired over the Brno dam on a handful of Wednesday and Saturday nights between late May and early July, with drone shows on some of them.87
  3. Minsk 🇧🇾 BelarusKupalle · 5.–8. heinäMidsummer night in the Belarusian calendar: bonfires, wreaths on the water and the fern-flower story, held at the open-air museums and villages outside the city rather than in it.86
  4. Heidelberg 🇩🇪 GermanyCastle illumination nights · 1. kesä – 15. heinä (yleensä)Red flares light the castle ruin and fireworks go off over the old bridge for about twenty minutes, on the first Saturday of June and again in July.85
  5. Jerusalem 🇮🇱 IsraelFestival of Light · 1. kesä – 5. heinä (yleensä)A week of projections and light installations along marked routes inside the Old City walls, free and running late.83
  6. South Lake Tahoe 🇺🇸 United StatesLights on the Lake fireworks · 3.–5. heinäBarge fireworks off the south shore on the fourth, watched from boats and from the beach at Nevada Beach.83
  7. Cannes 🇫🇷 FranceFestival d'Art Pyrotechnique · 4. heinä – 24. elo (yleensä)Six firework shows fired from a barge in the bay across July and August, one country a night, judged as a competition.83
  8. Carcassonne 🇫🇷 FranceEmbrasement de la Cite · 14. heinäAt half past ten on 14 July the lights go out and the ramparts appear to burn, for about twenty-five minutes.83
  9. Monaco 🇲🇨 MonacoFireworks competition · 10. heinä – 20. elo (yleensä)Several evenings across July and August when competing teams fire from a barge in Port Hercule and the whole waterfront and the Rock turn out for it.82
  10. Bled 🇸🇮 SloveniaBled Days · 18.–31. heinä (yleensä)A craft fair and free concerts round the lake on the fourth weekend of July, ending on the Saturday night when thousands of candle-lit eggshells are floated on the water before the fireworks.81
  11. Venice 🇮🇹 ItalyFesta del Redentore · 14.–21. heinä (yleensä)A pontoon bridge to the Giudecca and forty-five minutes of fireworks over the basin on the third Saturday of July, watched from boats moored gunwale to gunwale.78
  12. Zadar 🇭🇷 CroatiaNight of the Full Moon · 15. heinä – 15. elo (yleensä)For a few nights in high summer the waterfront switches off its lights and the quays are lit by candles and torches, with the boats along the Riva selling what the region grows and catches.78
  13. Boston 🇺🇸 United StatesBoston Pops on the Esplanade · 4. heinäThe Pops play the Hatch Shell on the Charles on the Fourth and the fireworks follow at dusk.76
  14. Adelaide 🇦🇺 AustraliaIlluminate Adelaide · 26. kesä – 19. heinä (yleensä)A winter light and culture festival across the CBD with more than a hundred events, light installations and immersive art running through most of July.76
  15. Columbus 🇺🇸 United StatesRed, White and Boom · 1.–5. heinä (yleensä)The largest fireworks display in the Midwest, fired over the Scioto on the evening of the 3rd with a street festival along the Mile all day.71
  16. Dali 🇨🇳 ChinaTorch Festival · 15. heinä – 20. elo (yleensä)Bai and Yi villages around Erhai raise a pine torch in the square on the twenty-fourth of the sixth lunar month and carry smaller ones through the fields after dark.66
  17. Lijiang 🇨🇳 ChinaNaxi Torch Festival · 15. heinä – 20. elo (yleensä)Pine torches outside every door on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth lunar month, usually late July or early August.63
  18. Tokyo 🇯🇵 JapanSumida River fireworks · 20.–31. heinä (yleensä)Twenty thousand shells over the river at Asakusa on the last Saturday of July, watched by close to a million people.58
  19. Da Nang 🇻🇳 VietnamDa Nang Fireworks Festival · 25. touko – 15. heinä (yleensä)Six competition nights spread over about six weeks, with international teams firing over the Han River from a grandstand in the middle of town.56
  20. Hội An 🇻🇳 VietnamFull moon lantern night · 1. tammi – 31. jouluOn the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.56

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Valot ja tuli — elokuu

  1. Calgary 🇨🇦 CanadaGlobalFest fireworks · 15. elo – 1. syys (yleensä)Four nights of competing international fireworks teams with food pavilions underneath, at the end of August.94
  2. Cologne 🇩🇪 GermanyKoelner Lichter · 8. heinä – 5. elo (yleensä)A boat convoy and a fireworks set piece over the Rhine on a Saturday evening in summer, watched from both banks.89
  3. Santa Fe 🇺🇸 United StatesZozobra and Fiestas de Santa Fe · 28. elo – 14. syys (yleensä)A fifteen-metre marionette stuffed with the year's written-down troubles is burned in front of tens of thousands on the Friday before Labor Day, and the town's fiestas follow the week after.88
  4. Quebec City 🇨🇦 CanadaGrands Feux Loto-Quebec · 1.–24. elo (yleensä)Free pyromusical shows fired from a barge on the St Lawrence between Quebec and Levis, spread across Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday nights through the month; the boardwalk spots fill early.87
  5. Annecy 🇫🇷 FranceFete du lac · 1. elo (yleensä)The pyrotechnic show over the water on the first Saturday of August pulls a six-figure crowd into a small town.87
  6. San Sebastián 🇪🇸 SpainAste Nagusia · 8.–18. elo (yleensä)The week around 15 August, when an international fireworks competition is fired over the bay every night and judged by the crowd on the promenade.84
  7. Cannes 🇫🇷 FranceFestival d'Art Pyrotechnique · 4. heinä – 24. elo (yleensä)Six firework shows fired from a barge in the bay across July and August, one country a night, judged as a competition.82
  8. Monaco 🇲🇨 MonacoFireworks competition · 10. heinä – 20. elo (yleensä)Several evenings across July and August when competing teams fire from a barge in Port Hercule and the whole waterfront and the Rock turn out for it.80
  9. Budapest 🇭🇺 HungarySt Stephen's Day · 20. eloThe national holiday on 20 August ends with fireworks along the Danube, watched from both banks and from Gellert Hill.79
  10. Cincinnati 🇺🇸 United StatesRiverfest fireworks · 30. elo – 8. syys (yleensä)On the Sunday of Labour Day weekend half a million people line both banks for a half-hour firework show fired off barges and the Purple People Bridge.79
  11. Zadar 🇭🇷 CroatiaNight of the Full Moon · 15. heinä – 15. elo (yleensä)For a few nights in high summer the waterfront switches off its lights and the quays are lit by candles and torches, with the boats along the Riva selling what the region grows and catches.75
  12. Kotor 🇲🇪 MontenegroBoka Night · 12.–28. elo (yleensä)Usually the third Saturday of August: decorated boats parade the length of the harbour under lanterns, a prize goes to the best, and it finishes with fireworks off the walls.74
  13. Lijiang 🇨🇳 ChinaNaxi Torch Festival · 15. heinä – 20. elo (yleensä)Pine torches outside every door on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth lunar month, usually late July or early August.68
  14. Fujikawaguchiko 🇯🇵 JapanKawaguchiko Lake Festival Fireworks · 5. eloAround ten thousand fireworks over the lake with Mount Fuji behind them, the largest of the Fuji Five Lakes' summer displays and running since 1917.67
  15. Addis Ababa 🇪🇹 EthiopiaBuhe, the Transfiguration · 18.–19. eloOn the eve of 19 August boys go door to door singing and cracking braided whips, and neighbourhoods light bonfires in the evening.63
  16. Dali 🇨🇳 ChinaTorch Festival · 15. heinä – 20. elo (yleensä)Bai and Yi villages around Erhai raise a pine torch in the square on the twenty-fourth of the sixth lunar month and carry smaller ones through the fields after dark.63
  17. Nara 🇯🇵 JapanKasuga Mantoro · 14.–15. eloThree thousand lanterns lit along the stone approach and through the shrine on the two nights of Obon.60
  18. Nagano 🇯🇵 JapanLake Suwa fireworks · 15. eloOn 15 August tens of thousands of fireworks go up over Lake Suwa, about an hour and a half south by train, watched by crowds in the hundreds of thousands.60
  19. Kyoto 🇯🇵 JapanGozan no Okuribi · 16. eloFive giant characters are lit on the hills on the evening of 16 August to send the ancestors home.54
  20. Kagoshima 🇯🇵 JapanKinko Bay Summer Night Fireworks · 1.–31. elo (yleensä)One of Kyushu's largest displays, fired over the port with the volcano behind it on a late-summer Saturday.52
  21. Hội An 🇻🇳 VietnamFull moon lantern night · 1. tammi – 31. jouluOn the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.50

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  1. Santa Fe 🇺🇸 United StatesZozobra and Fiestas de Santa Fe · 28. elo – 14. syys (yleensä)A fifteen-metre marionette stuffed with the year's written-down troubles is burned in front of tens of thousands on the Friday before Labor Day, and the town's fiestas follow the week after.92
  2. Heidelberg 🇩🇪 GermanySeptember castle illumination · 1.–8. syys (yleensä)The third and last illumination of the year, on the first Saturday of September, with a beer garden and live music on the Nepomuk terrace at the end of the old bridge from late afternoon.91
  3. Cincinnati 🇺🇸 United StatesRiverfest fireworks · 30. elo – 8. syys (yleensä)On the Sunday of Labour Day weekend half a million people line both banks for a half-hour firework show fired off barges and the Purple People Bridge.89
  4. San Miguel de Allende 🇲🇽 MexicoAlborada · 26. syys – 1. loka (yleensä)For the feast of the town's patron the fireworks start at four in the morning over the Parroquia and go on until sunrise.89
  5. Calgary 🇨🇦 CanadaGlobalFest fireworks · 15. elo – 1. syys (yleensä)Four nights of competing international fireworks teams with food pavilions underneath, at the end of August.86
  6. Łódź 🇵🇱 PolandLight Move Festival · 28. syys – 12. loka (yleensä)Projections and light installations thrown onto the palaces and tenements down Piotrkowska over one long autumn weekend, when it is dark early enough to work and not yet cold enough to hurt.81
  7. Addis Ababa 🇪🇹 EthiopiaMeskel · 26.–28. syysThe demera bonfire is lit in Meskel Square on the eve of 27 September in front of a crowd that fills the whole bowl.67
  8. Bahir Dar 🇪🇹 EthiopiaMeskel · 26.–28. syysA demera bonfire is stacked and lit on the eve of 27 September, and the direction the pole falls is read for the year ahead.66
  9. Nozawa Onsen 🇯🇵 JapanToro Matsuri (Lantern Festival) · 8.–9. syysThe Yuzawa Shrine festival: on the night of 8 September lantern processions climb to the shrine for lion and court dances, and more than a thousand fireworks go up over the village.64
  10. Singapore 🇸🇬 SingaporeMid-Autumn Festival · 1. syys – 5. loka (yleensä)Lanterns go up over Chinatown for weeks beforehand and the mooncake stalls take Smith Street; the street celebration itself lands on the weekend nearest the full moon, and it is shoulder to shoulder after dark.60
  11. Guangzhou 🇨🇳 ChinaMid-Autumn Festival · 5. syys – 8. loka (yleensä)The Cantonese call it the Mooncake Festival and mean it: boxes stacked in every bakery for a fortnight, then lanterns in the parks on the night of the full moon.50
  12. Hong Kong 🇭🇰 Hong KongMid-Autumn and the fire dragon · 5. syys – 10. loka (yleensä)Lanterns go up in Victoria Park and a straw dragon stuck with incense is carried through the lanes of Tai Hang for three nights.47
  13. Macau 🇲🇴 MacaoFireworks Display Contest · 1. syys – 10. loka (yleensä)Five nights spread over four weeks, two displays a night from a barge in front of Macau Tower, with teams competing.46
  14. Shenzhen 🇨🇳 ChinaMid-Autumn Festival · 15. syys – 5. loka (yleensä)A three-day holiday when families gather for mooncakes and reunion dinners; parks and waterfront promenades put on lantern displays and light shows, and domestic travel bookings surge around the long weekend.46
  15. Hội An 🇻🇳 VietnamFull moon lantern night · 1. tammi – 31. jouluOn the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.44
  16. Ho Chi Minh City 🇻🇳 VietnamMid-Autumn Festival · 5. syys – 5. loka (yleensä)Luong Nhu Hoc street in District 5 turns into a wall of paper lanterns for a fortnight beforehand, and mooncakes appear on every corner.43

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  1. San Miguel de Allende 🇲🇽 MexicoAlborada · 26. syys – 1. loka (yleensä)For the feast of the town's patron the fireworks start at four in the morning over the Parroquia and go on until sunrise.94
  2. Nagoya 🇯🇵 JapanNabana no Sato illumination · 18. loka – 31. touko (yleensä)A day trip away in Kuwana, about half an hour from Nagoya: a flower park lit by millions of LEDs from mid-October through spring.82
  3. Prague 🇨🇿 CzechiaSignal light festival · 12.–20. loka (yleensä)Four evenings of projections and light installations walked as a route through the old town.73
  4. Leipzig 🇩🇪 GermanyLichtfest · 8.–10. lokaOn 9 October the ring road is lit with installations to mark the 1989 Monday demonstration that broke the regime's nerve without a shot.72
  5. Berlin 🇩🇪 GermanyFestival of Lights · 3.–15. loka (yleensä)Ten evenings in early October with projections on the Brandenburg Gate, the cathedral and the television tower.71
  6. Bern 🇨🇭 SwitzerlandRendez-vous Bundesplatz · 15. loka – 25. marras (yleensä)A free projection show on the parliament building, three times a night for about five weeks.71
  7. Guangzhou 🇨🇳 ChinaMid-Autumn Festival · 5. syys – 8. loka (yleensä)The Cantonese call it the Mooncake Festival and mean it: boxes stacked in every bakery for a fortnight, then lanterns in the parks on the night of the full moon.70
  8. Whitby 🇬🇧 United KingdomWhitby Abbey Illuminated · 20. loka – 2. marras (yleensä)English Heritage floods the abbey ruin with coloured light on the dark evenings of half-term week.69
  9. Liverpool 🇬🇧 United KingdomRiver of Light · 22. loka – 2. marras (yleensä)A free trail of light installations along the waterfront for ten nights around the end of October, lit early because it is dark early.68
  10. Nong Khiaw 🇱🇦 LaosAwk Phansa and river lights · 1.–31. loka (yleensä)The end of Lent is celebrated with candles around the temples and small banana-trunk boats of flowers and candles floated down the Nam Ou at night; riverside towns hold their boat races around the same days.68
  11. Luang Prabang 🇱🇦 LaosAwk Phansa and Lai Heua Fai · 5.–31. loka (yleensä)The end of the rains retreat, and the night Luang Prabang floats lit boats down the Mekong: the biggest thing in the local year after new year.67
  12. Łódź 🇵🇱 PolandLight Move Festival · 28. syys – 12. loka (yleensä)Projections and light installations thrown onto the palaces and tenements down Piotrkowska over one long autumn weekend, when it is dark early enough to work and not yet cold enough to hurt.67
  13. Hong Kong 🇭🇰 Hong KongMid-Autumn and the fire dragon · 5. syys – 10. loka (yleensä)Lanterns go up in Victoria Park and a straw dragon stuck with incense is carried through the lanes of Tai Hang for three nights.65
  14. Shenzhen 🇨🇳 ChinaMid-Autumn Festival · 15. syys – 5. loka (yleensä)A three-day holiday when families gather for mooncakes and reunion dinners; parks and waterfront promenades put on lantern displays and light shows, and domestic travel bookings surge around the long weekend.65
  15. Hsipaw 🇲🇲 MyanmarThadingyut festival of lights · 1.–31. loka (yleensä)The end of Lent is marked with oil lamps and paper lanterns on houses and pagodas for three nights, and it is a public holiday.64
  16. Kalaw 🇲🇲 MyanmarTaunggyi fire balloon festival · 25. loka – 30. marras (yleensä)Shan State's capital, a couple of hours east, spends the week before the Tazaungmon full moon launching hot-air balloons, many strung with fireworks.64
  17. Macau 🇲🇴 MacaoFireworks Display Contest · 1. syys – 10. loka (yleensä)Five nights spread over four weeks, two displays a night from a barge in front of Macau Tower, with teams competing.63
  18. Mandalay 🇲🇲 MyanmarThadingyut, festival of lights · 1.–31. loka (yleensä)The end of the Buddhist lent: candles and lamps on every house and monastery for three days, and the start of the season when people travel again.63
  19. Bagan 🇲🇲 MyanmarThadingyut, festival of lights · 1.–31. loka (yleensä)The end of Buddhist Lent, marked with candles and paper lanterns on pagoda platforms for three nights.60
  20. Yangon 🇲🇲 MyanmarThadingyut, festival of lights · 1.–31. loka (yleensä)The end of Buddhist Lent, when candles and coloured lights go up on every house and pagoda platform for three nights and younger people pay respects to their elders.57
  21. Mawlamyine 🇲🇲 MyanmarThadingyut festival of lights · 1.–31. loka (yleensä)Candles and strings of bulbs on every house and monastery for the full moon that ends the Buddhist Lent, and a river town that is worth walking after dark for a change.56
  22. Singapore 🇸🇬 SingaporeMid-Autumn Festival · 1. syys – 5. loka (yleensä)Lanterns go up over Chinatown for weeks beforehand and the mooncake stalls take Smith Street; the street celebration itself lands on the weekend nearest the full moon, and it is shoulder to shoulder after dark.52
  23. Vigan 🇵🇭 PhilippinesRaniag Twilight Festival · 25. loka – 2. marras (yleensä)The town lights lanterns and stages a night festival around All Saints' and All Souls', which is also when Ilocano families come home to the cemeteries.50
  24. Ho Chi Minh City 🇻🇳 VietnamMid-Autumn Festival · 5. syys – 5. loka (yleensä)Luong Nhu Hoc street in District 5 turns into a wall of paper lanterns for a fortnight beforehand, and mooncakes appear on every corner.45
  25. Hội An 🇻🇳 VietnamFull moon lantern night · 1. tammi – 31. jouluOn the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.45

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  1. Guangzhou 🇨🇳 ChinaInternational Light Festival · 10.–30. marras (yleensä)Eleven days of installations along the new axis at Huacheng Square and Haixinsha.86
  2. Busan 🇰🇷 South KoreaBusan Fireworks Festival · 1.–10. marras (yleensä)An hour of fireworks over Gwangalli bridge on a Saturday in early November, watched by around a million people, with the beachfront closed to traffic.82
  3. Kalaw 🇲🇲 MyanmarTaunggyi fire balloon festival · 25. loka – 30. marras (yleensä)Shan State's capital, a couple of hours east, spends the week before the Tazaungmon full moon launching hot-air balloons, many strung with fireworks.82
  4. Inle Lake 🇲🇲 MyanmarTaunggyi balloon festival · 1.–25. marras (yleensä)On the Tazaungmon full moon the hill town up the road launches paper balloons loaded with fireworks, which go off overhead as often as they go up.81
  5. Nagoya 🇯🇵 JapanNabana no Sato illumination · 18. loka – 31. touko (yleensä)A day trip away in Kuwana, about half an hour from Nagoya: a flower park lit by millions of LEDs from mid-October through spring.80
  6. Raleigh 🇺🇸 United StatesNC Chinese Lantern Festival · 15. marras – 12. tammi (yleensä)Giant illuminated lantern scenes fill Koka Booth Amphitheatre in neighbouring Cary each evening for about eight weeks, with nightly cultural performances.77
  7. Chiang Rai 🇹🇭 ThailandLoi Krathong · 5.–30. marras (yleensä)Floats onto the Kok river on the twelfth full moon; smaller than the Chiang Mai version and easier to be in the middle of.76
  8. Chiang Mai 🇹🇭 ThailandLoi Krathong · 5.–30. marras (yleensä)Falls on the full moon of the twelfth Thai lunar month; the lantern release reschedules flights around it.74
  9. Pai 🇹🇭 ThailandLoy Krathong · 5.–30. marras (yleensä)Floats onto the Pai river below the bamboo bridge and lanterns off the field behind the walking street; small enough that the whole town is at it.74
  10. Richmond 🇺🇸 United StatesGardenFest of Lights · 15. marras – 5. tammi (yleensä)Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is strung with around a million lights from mid-November into the first days of January.74
  11. Kanchanaburi 🇹🇭 ThailandLoy Krathong · 5.–30. marras (yleensä)Floats released onto the Kwai from the town bank on the twelfth full moon, with the bridge lit above them.71
  12. Ayutthaya 🇹🇭 ThailandLoi Krathong · 5.–30. marras (yleensä)Floats go onto the old canals and the river around the island on the full moon of the twelfth lunar month, which is the one night the ruins are busy after dark.70
  13. Yangon 🇲🇲 MyanmarTazaungdaing · 1.–30. marras (yleensä)The festival of lights that follows a month later, with all-night weaving contests at Shwedagon where teams make monks' robes between dusk and dawn.69
  14. Hot Springs National Park 🇺🇸 United StatesGarvan Gardens Holiday Lights · 20. marras – 31. joulu (yleensä)Millions of lights fill the university's woodland garden on Lake Hamilton from late November to New Year's Eve, evenings only and closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas; weekend nights bring long queues at the gate.67
  15. Hua Hin 🇹🇭 ThailandLoy Krathong · 5.–30. marras (yleensä)Floats go out from the fishing pier and the hotel beaches on the twelfth full moon, which is the one night the whole seafront is lit.66
  16. Bangkok 🇹🇭 ThailandLoy Krathong · 5.–30. marras (yleensä)Candles and banana-leaf floats go onto every canal and onto the Chao Phraya on the November full moon.65
  17. Lhasa 🇨🇳 ChinaGanden Ngamchoe butter lamps · 25. marras – 31. joulu (yleensä)Tsongkhapa's memorial day, when rows of butter lamps are set along the roof parapets and window ledges of the old town after dark.65
  18. Vigan 🇵🇭 PhilippinesRaniag Twilight Festival · 25. loka – 2. marras (yleensä)The town lights lanterns and stages a night festival around All Saints' and All Souls', which is also when Ilocano families come home to the cemeteries.65
  19. Cambridge 🇬🇧 United KingdomFireworks night on Midsummer Common · 5. marrasThe city council's free bonfire-night display on Midsummer Common is one of the biggest in the region, with food stalls from early evening and fireworks at 7pm; the riverside paths are packed afterwards.63
  20. London 🇬🇧 United KingdomBonfire Night · 5. marrasFireworks on and around 5 November, run by the boroughs rather than the city, so the good ones are in the parks out from the centre and often ticketed.61
  21. Sapporo 🇯🇵 JapanSapporo White Illumination · 20. marras – 14. maalisOdori Park is lit from late November until the middle of March, which covers the dark afternoons and the snow festival in one run.59
  22. Utrecht 🇳🇱 NetherlandsSint Maarten · 11. marrasThe city's patron saint.59
  23. Whitby 🇬🇧 United KingdomWhitby Abbey Illuminated · 20. loka – 2. marras (yleensä)English Heritage floods the abbey ruin with coloured light on the dark evenings of half-term week.58
  24. Bern 🇨🇭 SwitzerlandRendez-vous Bundesplatz · 15. loka – 25. marras (yleensä)A free projection show on the parliament building, three times a night for about five weeks.57
  25. Amsterdam 🇳🇱 NetherlandsAmsterdam Light Festival · 26. marras – 17. tammiLight installations along the canals through the darkest eight weeks of the year, free to walk and ticketed by boat.56

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  1. Guatemala City 🇬🇹 GuatemalaQuema del Diablo · 7. jouluAt six on the evening of the seventh, households burn rubbish and a papier-mâché devil outside the front door to clear the year out.96
  2. Antigua Guatemala 🇬🇹 GuatemalaQuema del Diablo · 7. jouluAt six in the evening on 7 December households burn their rubbish and a paper devil in the street to clear the year out.93
  3. Soufrière 🇱🇨 Saint LuciaFestival of Lights and Renewal · 12.–13. jouluOn the eve of National Day, 13 December, Castries lights its Christmas displays, judges a lantern competition and closes with fireworks; the next day is a public holiday.73
  4. Nagoya 🇯🇵 JapanNabana no Sato illumination · 18. loka – 31. touko (yleensä)A day trip away in Kuwana, about half an hour from Nagoya: a flower park lit by millions of LEDs from mid-October through spring.72
  5. Beppu 🇯🇵 JapanBeppu Christmas Fantasia · 20.–25. joulu (yleensä)Fireworks set to music launched from boats in Beppu Bay on the weekend around Christmas, watched from Matogahama Park and Spa Beach, with children's choirs and food stalls first.72
  6. Myrtle Beach 🇺🇸 United StatesNights of a Thousand Candles · 1.–31. joulu (yleensä)Brookgreen Gardens in Murrells Inlet, about half an hour south, lights thousands of hand-lit candles among its sculptures on selected December evenings.71
  7. Busan 🇰🇷 South KoreaHaeundae Light Festival · 29. marras – 18. tammi (yleensä)Haeundae Beach and the seafront square light up with large-scale sculptures and media art each winter, organised by the district office and free to walk through from 6 to 11pm.70
  8. Raleigh 🇺🇸 United StatesNC Chinese Lantern Festival · 15. marras – 12. tammi (yleensä)Giant illuminated lantern scenes fill Koka Booth Amphitheatre in neighbouring Cary each evening for about eight weeks, with nightly cultural performances.65
  9. Matsumoto 🇯🇵 JapanCastle projection mapping · 10. joulu – 20. helmi (yleensä)From mid-December to mid-February the castle keep is lit with projection mapping every evening, a short looping show that has become the town's winter night-out.62
  10. Richmond 🇺🇸 United StatesGardenFest of Lights · 15. marras – 5. tammi (yleensä)Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is strung with around a million lights from mid-November into the first days of January.61
  11. Lyon 🇫🇷 FranceFete des Lumieres · 5.–8. joulu (yleensä)Four nights of light installations around 8 December, free, and the busiest thing that happens here all year: a couple of million people on the same few bridges.59
  12. Lhasa 🇨🇳 ChinaGanden Ngamchoe butter lamps · 25. marras – 31. joulu (yleensä)Tsongkhapa's memorial day, when rows of butter lamps are set along the roof parapets and window ledges of the old town after dark.57
  13. Hot Springs National Park 🇺🇸 United StatesGarvan Gardens Holiday Lights · 20. marras – 31. joulu (yleensä)Millions of lights fill the university's woodland garden on Lake Hamilton from late November to New Year's Eve, evenings only and closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas; weekend nights bring long queues at the gate.56
  14. Brighton 🇬🇧 United KingdomBurning the Clocks · 21. jouluA solstice lantern parade down to the beach on 21 December, where the paper lanterns are burned and there are fireworks over the water.55
  15. Hội An 🇻🇳 VietnamFull moon lantern night · 1. tammi – 31. jouluOn the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.54
  16. Amsterdam 🇳🇱 NetherlandsAmsterdam Light Festival · 26. marras – 17. tammiLight installations along the canals through the darkest eight weeks of the year, free to walk and ticketed by boat.51
  17. Sapporo 🇯🇵 JapanSapporo White Illumination · 20. marras – 14. maalisOdori Park is lit from late November until the middle of March, which covers the dark afternoons and the snow festival in one run.42
  18. Ottawa 🇨🇦 CanadaWinter Lights Across Canada · 5. joulu – 8. tammi (yleensä)Confederation Boulevard is strung with lights from early December to early January, and a free sound-and-light show is projected onto the Parliament buildings most evenings.35

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