My holidays are probably incomplete without a festival! Last year, during my Eurotrip I had a chance to visit two festivals, Sziget being one of them and it was surely one hell of an experience.
Sziget is Europe’s largest music and cultural festival takes place on an island by the Danube river over a week. This was a spontaneous plan during my stay in Budapest and the best part was tickets being available on the spot at the festival.
Getting to the Sziget from Budapest:
We used public transport to get to the festival using a tram and bus. We got off at Filatorigát station and walked to the festival from there. It was pretty easy to reach the festival. However, there are other modes of transport available here.
Now about the festival, along with your band you receive a ‘Sziget Passport’ which I personally thought was an amazing souvenir. You can get this passport stamped on every stage you visit, and it’s a great way to keep a track of the stages you have visited as there are over 20 stages at the festival. With only one day to visit the festival I did try to cover as many stages as possible.
Once we were on the Island, the festival was so colourful and artsy, and luckily we headed to the main-stage right in time for the beach ball party! There were 1000’s of beachball that were being thrown up in the air together, it was such an amazing atmosphere and it was of of the highlights of the festival for me.
Moving on the different things you can expect from Sziget, since it’s a music, cultural and arts festival. There are a lot of exciting things that are happening, my advice here is especially if you are attending the festival for a day or two download the Sziget application, browse through everything happening at the festival, short list the things you want to do. Let me warn you, there is a lot of walking as everything is spread over an island.
My highlights from Sziget:
Attending a circus and theatre show, I managed to attend two shows and not just one.
Just chilling by the river and vibing on the music, this was the perfect place to catch the sunset and meet a lot of like-minded people.
Writing on the before I die wall – it’s a great picture and insta spot as well
Admiring all the art, culture and madness!
15 minutes of the beachball party at the main-stage
If you are traveling to Budapest during Sziget, it’s a festival you must visit even if it’s for a day and there is no planning required for this, since the festival is SO big, tickets are usually available on the spot without having to a pay a premium price which I think is amazing!! Hope you’ll have a chance to visit this festival and make your Eurotrip even more eventful.
Bali is the mecca of Instagrammable café, I think every café I went to in Bali was Insta-worthy. The interiors of cafés in Bali are minimalistic, having cute corners that you wouldn’t want to leave without snapping for sure. Apart from how all the cafés looking cozy where you could spend hours. The food is SO good!! A lot of cafés are vegan, which have fresh, colourful and perfect plating that you would want to capture before digging in. The best part about most of these cafés is that they’re extremely affordable!! So well, that means you can actually go to all of them! Here, are my few favourites and most instagrammable cafés in Bali.
Kynd Community: Kynd Community is a plant based café, one of the most Insta-famous cafés in Bali, they are known for their smoothie bowls with customised letters on it. Trust me, apart from how good the food looks, I was really surprised how much I liked the vegan food here. From freak shakes, burgers, smoothie bowls and of course coffee shop staples for me avocado toast and latte, you get everything at Kynd, this was undoubtedly one of my favourite vegan cafés in Bali and I highly recommend it. Must Have: Gourmet Toasts (leo), Freak Shakes, Berry Tropical Smoothie Bowl, Loaded fries and Big mac Location: Jalan Raya Petitenget No.12X, Petitenget, Bali Timings: 6am – 5pm, Mon – Sun Pricing: $8 – $10 per person Instagram Handle:@kyndcommunity
Café Organic: Café Organic is another vegan and vegetarian cafe in Bali, really cosy and a perfect place to get an early breakfast. This is again another insta famous café in Bali. Café Organic has a corner with a cute botanical painting, perfect spot to get your picture for the gram and guess what, you can buy yourselves goodies to take back home such their chocotella, granola and a lot of other organic, sugar-free and vegan goodies. #GardenGangstas while posting pictures on your Instagram from here. Must Have: Super Smoothies, Smashed Avo, Kombucha, Blueberry Pancakes, Earth Bowl Location: Jl. Petitenget No. 99X, Seminyak, Bali / Jl. Batu Bolong No. 58X, Canggu, Bali Timings: 7am – 4pm, Mon – Sun Pricing: $10 – $12 per person Instagram Handle: @cafeorganicbali
Revolver Espresso: Revolver Espresso is a must visit for all the coffee lovers! It’s one of my favourite coffee shops in Bali. The dope interiors of bright neon lights, floral painted walls won’t let you leave this place without snapping it, but what’s even cooler is the coffee bar!! Revolver is the perfect place to get your morning coffee or a mid-day coffee fuel paired with a dessert. I could spend couple of hours working here and sipping on coffee and maybe a cocktail or two later! They even host Revolver nights which is a dinner, wine and cocktail menu. Unfortunately, that’s something I missed but there’s next time. And lastly, you can buy their merchandise and take their roasted coffee back home!! Must Have: Piccolo Latte, Cold Brew ( Best I have ever had), Revolver Coffee Shake, Espresso Chiller Location: Jl. Kayu Aya, Gang 51, Kuta Utara, Seminyak, Kabupaten Badung, Seminyak, Bali Timings: 7am – 11pm, Mon – Sun Pricing: $4 – $6 for coffee, $10 -$12 per person paired with food Instagram Handle: @revolverespresso
Sisterfields: Sisterfields is literally my favourite breakfast/brunch spot in Bali, it has the best pancakes and french toast I have ever eaten!! Sisterfields is an Melbourne style café, having an indoor and outdoor sections, unlike other cafés the outdoor is surrounded by greenery, try and get a spot with all the plants in the background for your Instagram picture. The staff is super friendly and nice, this place will not be a disappointment for sure! Must Have: Acai Berry Bowl, Smashed Avocado, Chocolate Brioche French Toast, Pancakes & Red Berries, Charcoal Breakfast Burger Location: Jl. Kayu Cendana 7, Seminyak, Bali 80361 Timings: 7am – 10pm, Mon – Sun Pricing: $10 – $15 per person
Instagram Handle: @sisterfields
Sea Circus: Sea Circus is another insta-famous cafe and bar, known for it’s colourful graffiti exteriors and the pink bench that you probably cannot miss! And as soon as you enter a big pink neon sign says ‘restaurant, cocktail bar and coffee den’ that’s enough for you to know what to expect from this exceptionally pink café. It’s a perfect place to get dinner and drinks, a tip – go early sometimes it gets really busy here, which means queuing up to get a table. Must Have: Acai Bowl with Granola, Pulled Jackfruit Tacos, Rice Paper Rolls, Baked Parmesan Dip, Frozen Margaritas, Pow Wow Location: Jl. Kayu Aya, Seminyak, Bali Timings: 8am – 1am, Mon – Sun Pricing: $15 – $20 per person paired with drinks Instagram Handle: @seacircus
Mad Pops Bali: Mad Pops Bali will be your beat the heat spot, mad pops is a vegan ice cream parlour and trust me you’ll be surprised how good vegan ice cream can be. All their ice cream is non dairy with a cold pressed coconut base made with fresh locally procured ingredients. Get yourself a fresh fruit popsicle or a soft and get your perfect ice cream snap near the neon board that says ‘ice ice baby’. Definitely a go to spot even though it’s not a café, it’s got the Insta-shot aesthetics. Must Have: Matcha Sesame, Mint Chocolate Chip, Popsicles Location: Jl. Kayu Aya No. 48, Seminyak, Bali Timings: 11am – 10pm, Mon – Sun Pricing: $4 – $6 per person Instagram Handle: @madpopsbali
Nalu Bowls: Nalu Bowls you could probably tell my the name, it’s Bali’s first smoothie bowl shack, even with a limited menu they make some of the most Instagrammable tropical bowls. Apart from Bali, Nalu bowls is available in Jakarta, Ibiza and Portugal. You can only imagine how good their smoothie bowls are. It’s a perfect healthy detox place after a night out in Bali. Must Have: Uluwatu Bowl and J-Bay Bowl Location: Jl. Drupadi 1 2A, Seminyak, Bali, also in Canggu and Uluwatu Timings: 7:30am – 6pm, Mon – Sun Pricing: $4 – $6 per person Instagram Handle: @nalubowls
Coffee Cartel Bali: Coffee Cartel Bali coffee is a big deal in Bali,and Coffee Cartel is setting a new trend of the ripple coffee, using their ripple machine they churn out the most Instagrammable coffees in Bali, it can be a text or an image, they will have it rippled out on your coffee. This place has the most chilled out, laid back vibe, really pretty plating and the most good looking coffee, you will not leave this place without posting it on your gram! Must Have: Speciality Lattes, Mixed Berry Cheesecake, Banana Bread Location: Jl. Lb. Sari No. 8, Seminyak, Bali Timings: 6am – 5pm, Mon – Sun Pricing: $10 – $15 per person paired with food Instagram Handle: @coffeecartelbali
I am sure there are many more Instagrammable cafés in Bali left to discover, incase there are places you’ve been to that aren’t on this list, please leave them in the comments down below, I would love to visit them on my next trip to Bali.
Your twenties are all about exploration, finding yourself and maybe getting lost again. There is no better way to make the most of it other than traveling. These are the years, where we can take the plunge and just book a ticket to an adventure. Prior this age, we are too young to go crazy and after this we will be old and responsible. I have made a list of 20 destinations I want to visit, while I am in my 20’s, these places will literally cover everything I have been wanting to do, from partying to adventures to teaching.
Here, are my top 20 trips to take in your 20’s:
Full Moon Party in Thailand
The Full Moon party takes place once every month throughout the year, and new years is the best time to attend it. Here, everyone’s going crazy on the cheap buckets of alcohol, covering their bodies in neon paint and fireworks everywhere! It’s a holiday not to miss in your twenties.
Trekking to the Himalayas
Once you get older, your knees are going to get weak, you’ll be out of breath and stamina to do this trek, trekking up to the Himalayas is once in a lifetime experience, traveling through the highest motor-able road in the world and camping at the Everest base camp, things like this will never be forgotten.
Teach English Abroad
As students, graduates we can put our language skill to some use, teaching English in a non-English speaking country could add a lot of value to you and someone else’s life, and you get perks for this as being well paid to sponsor more travels. If you look up on the TELF website, there are a list on countries you could teach English in.
Summers in Europe European summers are the best, this one trip you have to take with your best of friends or do a study abroad in Europe to spend enough time here. The variety of holiday destination is vast, you could chill on the beaches in Spain or indulge in wine and cheese in Italy or go for the hot tub parties in Budapest or have a summer love affair in Paris or get high in Amsterdam. Basically there’s a lot you could do in Europe, just spend a month here with your friends and make the best memories.
Tomorrowland in Belgium
Tomrrowland, is one of the most talked about and popular EDM festival. As you get in your 20’s the few things you want to do is rage at these massive music festivals and enjoy the vibes there, and Tomorrowland should be top on your list and can’t be missed.
Backpack across South East Asia
While we are in our twenties, one thing I suggest is being open-minded and learn about various cultures around the world. One of the best trips to get a different cultural exposure, this will surely be an enriching experience. The countries backpackers visit in South East Asia are Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. So, get those backpacks out and book this trip!
Roadtrip to Iceland
This road trip would probably one of the most scenic road trips in your life, rent an RV and driving across Iceland’s Ring Road, surrounded with volcanoes, rainbows and northern lights. This is once in a lifetime, and is surely on my bucket list to do in my 20’s.
Hike up to Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu is the world’s most famous and popular Inca archeological ruin, and now voted as one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The best way to discover the city is through the Inca trek and trails, it’s surely not an easy way to get up here. This trek would be exploring mountains, flora and fauna, sacred valley of Machu Picchu and the culture of course. Your twenties are the best time to explore this city and hike up.
Burning Man in Nevada
Burning Man isn’t an average festival, it’s a weeklong cultural festival in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada. This includes camping in the desert, self-expression art from all over the world, music and a lot of cultural influences are found here. Well, this weeklong festival isn’t easy as camping in the desert is difficult and requires you to be well prepped for this exceptional week.
Experience the great barrier reef in Australia
The Great Barrier Reef in Australia is the largest living space on Earth, with over 1500 different types of species found on a 3000km long marine stretch, this and unbelievable sight. This is the up close experience with the underwater world, undoubtedly Australia is the best place for this experience.
Scuba diving lessons in Indonesia
Do you love the ocean? The best thing you could do is take Scuba Diving lessons and maybe even become and instructor. Gili Islands in Indonesia is one of the best places to learn scuba diving, a week-long of training to become a pro yourself, and maybe a month-long training to become and instructor. Can you leave a desk job to become an instructor later in life? In the real world it seems unlikely, so go take this leap while you can.
Party in Ibiza
Yes, our twenties are meant to party are asses off! We will be working hard in the future, so what better place to let hair down other than Ibiza, one of the best party islands having the most chilled vibes and that’s all you need. The beach, music and a little bit booze to let lose.
Volunteer in Africa
So, I am a big believer of giving back to the world. I mean, for the ones reading this and the ones who’ve had chances to experience even half this list, are really fortunate. Sometimes, we could give back by volunteering in countries like Africa, it could be teaching students, working in a Safari, helping in the fields and experiences like these will make us realise how bless we actually are, so make sure you get a chance to do something like this before responsibilities take over.
Spring break partying in Mexico
I bet most students have this ticked off their bucket lists, spring breaks are where you’ll are going to prep for summers but in style, Cancun is where most students go party till sunrise and just begin their twenties. Spring break party holidays are the best way to start your twenties travels.
Get wasted on a Yacht at Yacht Week
Yacht week is a weeklong of sailing, island hoping, diving and partying. You and your group of friends get your own yacht for a week, and this experience is filled with being drunk in the middle of the ocean to waking up on a new island. This could definitely be a perfect bachelor party!
Attend the world’s biggest carnival in Rio
This is the biggest carnival in the world, in Rio Brazil it’s even known as the Carnival city. This 5 days long party has over 2 million visitors per day and performances, parades performed poor neighbourhood that make this carnival a world-class event. Before you’re too old to move those hips to samba, attend this street party and be awestruck by Brazilian performances and the samba parade.
Learn Spanish in Spain
Well, in our twenties we are quick learners and the best thing we can learn is a new language, to how about spending a summer in Spain, learning Spanish and immersing your self into a different culture. And this will open so many doors for you in the future in terms of being able to connect with people from different countries, jobs abroad and so much more. Give this a shot in your early twenties!
Get lost in India
They say you need a lifetime to experience India, and I wouldn’t disagree as India has got such a vast culture and so much authenticity. This is one trip that should be on your list in your twenties, exploring different cities, food and seeing the most stunning places. Maybe one trip wouldn’t be enough to explore this large country but starting in your twenties will always have you going back to India for a new adventure every time.
Underground clubbing in Berlin
For all those who love deep house and underground music, this one trip you must not miss out on, Berlin is known for having the best clubbing experience in Europe. It’s not mainstream, they are dark underground clubs that make sure you party till 8 am, also it’s got clubs with the strictest door policy in the world. And let’s be honest, as we get older our partying capacity reduces, partying till dawn is something your older self wouldn’t want to do.
Take an Adventurous leap in New Zealand
Your young and pretty damn courageous, this trip will give you that adrenaline rush. New Zealand is known for having the best adventurous exposure, having the ultimate bungee jump, to sky dives and ocean walks. These are just to name a few activities here, but there’s a lot more! Seriously, I don’t even need to explain why you should be doing this trip in your twenties, go take this adventurous journey.
Your twenties are probably going to be the best years of your life and these are a few experiences you shouldn’t miss out on, take these holidays abroad the experiences and make some unforgettable memories in these years.
Venice is such a picturesque city, literally whatever image you capture which may or may not be with a professional camera, I can guarantee you, it’ll look amazing just by adjusting your brightness settings, the captured image can be printed into a postcard.
I am going to share few of my postcard photography images of Venice which is visited this ‘city of love’.
I’m going to let the pictures talk for themselves about this beautiful city.
It’s that time of the year, I mean its SUMMER! Finally, something to look forward to, while I was planning my trip this summer, and the one thing I was pretty sure about is adding a music fest to my itinerary but I wasn’t sure which one was it going to be, as Europe has so many festivals happening every summer.
Europe has one of the best electronic dance music cultures, and I am not surprised as 70% of the top 100 DJs in the world are European, this list would include Armin Van Buuren, Martin Garrix, Avicii, Hardwell, Tiësto, Calvin Harris and many more. If you feel you’re missing out on big festivals like Tomorrowland and Glastonbury, don’t worry there are SO many other festivals on that scale that you could attend this summer.
Sónar
Date: June 16th – 18th 2016
Place: Barcelona, Spain
Headliners: Richie Hawtin, James Blake, Fatboy Slim, James Rhode, Underground Resistance, A-Trak and many more
Sónar was established in 1994, and is positioned very differently in the electronic dance by uniting established artists as well as emerging artists. Sónar has now travelled to 50 different parts of the world like Cape Town, Seoul, Frankfurt, New York, London, Boston and the list goes on. This festival will definitely have some new artists that you would discover.
Glastonbury
Date: June 22nd – 26th 2016
Place: Somerset, England
Headliners: Coldplay, Muse, Adele, Ellie Goulding, Foals, Disclosure, Skepta and about 100 more artists performing over 5 days at Glastonbury.
The festival goes back in the 70’s being started in 1971, it is a contemporary art festival, and a hippie culture is usually found at this gigantic 5 days party! Unfortunately this year all tickets are completely sold out, but hey! There is always next year right.
Awakenings Festival
Date: June 25th – 26th 2016
Place: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Headliners: Richie Hawtin, Adam Beyer, Dave Clarke, Maya Jane Coles
Awakenings is known as the Techo Festival and one of the important electronic event in Europe. This is one of the world’s largest outdoor techno festivals in the world. This would be a perfect fest to attend for any sunshine and techno lover!
Hideout
Date: June 26th – 30th 2016
Place: Island of Pag, Croatia
Headliners: Skepta, Jamie XX, Andy C, Jamie Jones, Adam Beyer, Gorgon City and over 100 artists and underground DJs lined up over 5 days of complete madness.
Hideout started in 2011, and the festival has been expanding year by year and 2016 is suppose to be the biggest with the festival, boat parties, after parties on the beach till wee in the morning. Plus, this festival is fairly affordable with tickets at 135 pounds and stay at 20 pounds a night. This surely sounds like a deal!
Fusion Festival
Date: June 29th to July 3rd 2016
Place: Lärz, Germany
Headliners: To Be Announced
The Fusion Festival is an underground electronic festival in an abandoned military base in the northeast of Germany, the festival does not release it’s line up in advance, which would leave you quite curious. This festival is now being known as the “Burning Man of Europe”. If you’re an electro underground fan, discovering this mystery would be interesting.
Sensation Angles & Demons
Date: July 2nd 2016
Place: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Headliners: Yellow Claw, Robin Schulz, Nicky Romero, Sam Feldt, David Guetta, Mr. White, Rob, Don Diablo
Sensation is an indoor electronic dance festival originated in Netherlands and now traveling around the globe, the uniqueness of sensation is that it takes place in indoor Arenas and has some mind blowing live acts. My sensation experience last year was insane! Read about it more here.
I would 100% recommend going for this festival.
Balaton Sound
Date: July 6th – 10th 2016
Place: Budapest, Hungary
Headliners: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Martin Garrix, Armin Van Buuren, Chris Brown, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Robin Schulz, W&W, Nervo, Tyga, The Chainsmokers, Lost Frequencies, Steve Aoki, Alan Walker
This year is going to be the 1oth edition of Balaton Sound held in Zamárdi. It is going to a banging summer beach party with this amazing line up and boat parties by the Lake Balaton. Isn’t the line up tempting enough to be at this fest?
Electric Love
Date: July 7th – 9th 2016
Place: Salzburg, Austria
Headliners: Yellow Claw, DVVBS, Hardwell, Jack Ü, Don Diablo, Nero, Kshmr, Darkraver, Angerfist, Coone
Electric Love as the name says it is all about electric music and love, located in the mesmerizing Salzkammergut Lake District surrounded by the beautiful nature of Salzburg. If you want a picturesque and a nature covered location with electro beats, this would be the festival for you.
Exit Magic
Date: July 7th – 10th 2016
Place: Novi Sad, Serbia
Headliners: Wiz Khalifa, David Guetta, Nicky Romero, Richie Hawtin, Bastille, The Prodigy, Ellie Goulding, Robin Schulz and many more.
Exit has won the award of the ‘Best Major European Festival’. Exit started as a student movement fighting for peace and democracy in Serbia and has grown into one of biggest festivals in the world. For Exit being on such a big scale it costs as little as 107 Pounds and is held in one of the best locations in the world. I would surely not miss this if I were traveling around Serbia.
Dour Festival
Date: July 13th – 17th 2016
Place: Dour, Belgium
Headliners: The Prodigy, Rudimental, Wiz Khalifa, Underworld, Pixies
The Dour festival is the biggest and one of the most touristic destination for the French speaking part of Belgium. It is a 27 years old fest, getting bigger year by year having 9 stages, thousands of music lovers and a cozy camping site.
Ultra Europe
Date: July 15th – 17th 2016
Place: Split, Croatia
Headliners: Above & Beyond, Adam Beyer, Afrojack, Alesso, Armin Van Buuren, Dash Berlin, David Guetta, DeadMau5, Hardwell, Martin Garrix
Ultra is a heavyweight EDM festival, having insane yacht parties, after parties and the festival comprises of 4 state-of-art stages with over 150 acts over 3 days, this festival has a maximum euphoric energy till sunrise. If you’re an EDM fanatic this is where you should be this summer!
Melt Festival
Date: July 15th – 17th 2016
Place: Ferropolis, Germany
Headliners: Illes Noise, Oliver Koletzki, Acid Arab, Forest, Isolation Berlin
Melt is a festival inviting new comers in the industry to perform and the big artists as well, and there are no boundaries in the genre, you would find EDM, hip-hop and indie. If you are into discovering new artists, this would be an apt festival for you.
Secret Garden Party
Date: July 21st – 24th 2016
Place: Abbots Ripton, England
Headliners: Caribou, Air, Primal Scream, Lissie, Milky Chnace, Izzy Bizu
This is a crazy creative party, spread over 220 acres of garden bordered by a lake and a river. These gardeners take their party seriously theming this years party as ‘The Gardeners Guide To The Galaxy’, it doesn’t only have so many artists performing over 15 stages but its filled with a lot of fun activities like water dance floors, mud fights, astronaut training, laser wars and a lot more.
Tomorrowland
Date: July 22nd – 24th 2016
Place: Boom, Belgium
Headliners: Alesso, Armin Van Buuren, Adam Beyer, Alan Walker, David Guetta, DVBBS, R3hab, Tiësto, Axwell, Afrojack, Nicky Romero, Robin Schulz, Lost Frequencies, The Chainsmokers, Dada Life, Steve Angello, Steve Aoki, Martin Garrix, W&W, Yves V and many more.
Tomorrowland the worlds’biggest EDM festival that is larger than life having people travelling from around the world for this three days fantasy, all the best artists from around the world come for this festival and make it a 3 days wonderland. I know tickets are SOLD OUT, but there is always next year! This year’s theme is ‘The Elixir Of Life’ with the best acts with all the world-renowned artists, it’s a once in a life time experience.
Untold Festival
Date: August 4th – 7th 2016
Place: Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Headliners: Afrojack, Armin Van Buuren, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Martin Garrix, Hardwell, Tiësto, W&W, Nervo, Lost Frequencies and many more
Untold is a festival in the city center in Romania, this is one of the newest EDM fest making it on the charts of one of ‘Best Major Festival in Europe’ with gaging an award in 2015. Untold is representing big EDM and House DJs and is creating a busting line up for this summer.
Eastern Electric Date: August 6th 2016
Place: London, England
Headliners: Seth Troxler, The Martinez Brothers, Richy Ahmed, Eats Everything
Eastern Electric is an English electronic festival lined up with a lot of budding local artists, it’s a 25 minutes train journey from London to Hatfield House. It’s a day full of dancing to electro beats across 9 stages, hoping around raving tents, VIP island paradise and to top it off high-quality food vendor. If you’re visiting London, this fun day could be added to your itinerary.
Barrakud Date: August 8th – 15th 2016
Place: Island of Pag, Croatia
Headliners: Paul Kalkbrenner
Barrakud is a perfect combination of music, partying and traveling. This festival takes place over 5 locations, and also includes a lot of boat and pool parties to commute to these various locations. This is a non-stop party on Zrce Beach for eight days straight.
Sziget Festival Date: August 10th – 17th 2016
Place: Budapest, Hungary
Headliners: Rihanna, Muse, Sia, The Chemical Brothers, Hardwell, David Guetta, Nicky Romero, Travi$ Scott, Afrojack, DVBBS, Yves V, ZEDD
From 1993 to now Sziget has grown into Europes largest music festival, with 60 stages, 400,000 visitors per day, thousands of international artists from various genres. Sziget has a lot to offer besides music, its got theatre, films, classical movies, fine arts, and performances all across one week. I would rate this as one of the best festivals where there is literally something for everyone. If you’re traveling in Eastern Europe make sure you attend this mega festival even if it’s for a day.
Sonne Monde Sterne (SMS) Date: August 12th to 14th 2016
Place: Saalburg Beach, Germany
Headliners: David Guetta, Paul Kalkbrenner, Rudimental, Robin Schulz, Dada Life, Knife Party, Nina Kraviz, Tiga, Sven Väth, Die Antwoord
SMS is an open air EDM festival, this festival is all about Rave-Beach-Party-Repeat for 3 days non stop. This year the passes are already sold out sadly. But like always, there is next year!
Pukkelpop Date: August 17th – 20th 2016
Place: Hasselt, Belgium:
Headliners: Bloc Party, Big Sean, The Chemical Brothers, DJ Snake, Izzy
Bizu, Nina Kraviz, Rihanna, Lukas Graham, Twenty One Pilots, Greenday
Pukkelpop began in 1985 by the ‘Young Humanist’. The line up here is selected with an alternative fringe, there will around 200 be current sensations, living legends and upcoming alternative artists performing across 8 stages over a span of 4 days. This would be a mix of all levels of artists that makes this festival so unique.
Creamfields Date: August 25th – 28th 2016
Place: Cheshire, England
Headliners: Alesso, Armin Van Buuren, Knife Party, Nervo, Kshmr, Sam Feldt, Avicii, Martin Garrix, Above & Beyond, Alan Walker, Nick Romero, Tiësto, Hardwell, Calvin Harris, Robin Schulz, Adam Beyer and many more.
Creamfields is held on the bank holiday weekend, one of the biggest dance music festivals in UK and winning awards for being ‘UK’s Best Dance Music Festival’. Having live acts by all superstar line-up, Creamfields has been traveling across the globe in the past years, but still this one is the best! No better way to spend a long four days weekend.
Mysteryland
Date: August 27th – 28th 2016
Place: Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands
Headliners: Afrojck, Martin Garrix, Diplo, Lost Frequencies, Don Diablo, Kshmr, Sam Feldt, Robin Schulz, DVBBS, Dubfire, Alesso
This is the longest running and the largest electronic music festival in the world and Netherlands, Mysteryland is known for being sustainable and creative with there set up and achieving its uniqueness amongst all the other fests, this to me is pretty dam impressive!
Outlook Festival
Date: August 31st – September 4th 2016
Place: Pula, Croatia
Headliners: Andy C, Stormzy, Kano, Mala, Goldie MBE, Slum Village
The European Summer coming to an end, Outlook takes place at a unique location with a breath taking view and a big party. Outlook has a lot of heavy reggae, dub step and drums n bass, besides this there are green garden areas that provide styling experience to the attendees, I would love that!
Bestival
Date: September 8th – 11th 2016
Place: Isle of Wight, England
Headliners: The Cure, Major Lazer, Diplo, Years & Years, Skepta, Richie Hawtin, Bastille, Fatboy Slim, Katy B, Hot Chip and more
Bestival is an award winning 4 days boutique festival set at Robin Hill. The founders of the festival have a creative vision which makes this festival special, they camping site is divided into sections like Cosmic Commune, The Bollywood Tent, Fancy dress emasse, Spaceport. If you’re into camping at festivals, maybe you should give this one a shot!
Lollapaooza
Date: September 10th – 11th 2016
Place: Berlin, Germany
Headliners: Radiohead, Kings of Leon, Major Lazer, Paul Kalkbrenner, Lost Frequencies, The Chain Smokers, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, ZEDD, Alan Walker, Years & Years, G-Easy and more.
This will be Lolla’s first European edition and what you can expect is a lor of dance, hip-hop, rock and even country. This is going to be an artsy affair as Lollapaooza is known to be artistic and colorful, representing a giant lollipop! This would surely be a surreal experience and the best way to bid summer goodbye by welcoming a new fest in Europe.These are most of the amazing festivals in Europe this summer from indoor and outdoor festivals to beach parties. This should help you’ll have a raving and a banging summer if you’re traveling around Europe also add a new experience.
Please comment below and let me know if you have been to any of the festivals above or are planning to go, I would love to know about your experiences and plans!
Delusional British Weather Moving to London the biggest change for me was dealing with the erratic weather conditions here.
You may wake up to sun shining in your face through the blinds and the moment you step out and decide to go for a run and enjoy the pleasant weather. You’ll see how the clouds come around, the skies getting darker and the Suns disappeared before you know it!
It doesn’t stop there, then you’ll discover yourself being attacked by the cold rain and have cold wind gushing through your jumper.
It’s strange how you might see the sun shining and yet find yourself walking in a puddle, it surprises me how it can be cold, rainy and sunny at once! The weather gods are clearly hating on England.
After this weather experience I’ve always left my house well equipped with a scarf or wearing a hoodie to save my blow dried hair!
Living in London, made me realise the reason behind the Brits not being the most friendly people is the weather that reflects everyone’s mood. I’ve seen that change in myself rather, on a gloomy day I find myself being more irritable and restless and not in the mood to socialise, the only thing appealing to me would be making myself cosy under my duvet and watch Netflix.
But somehow London ends up looking beautiful even on a gloomy day! That’s the best part about this city, it never loses its charm irrespective of anything!
I have to say, London is probably the loveliest cities making the weather an exception.
My holidays are probably incomplete without a festival! Last year, during my Eurotrip I had a chance to visit two festivals, Sziget being one of them and it was surely one hell of an experience.
Sónar
