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Travelling with Festival Travel

Our travel options do not only bring foreign festivals closer to home, they’re also a way to start the party earlier. Whether you’re on a train, bus, plane or your own roadtrip; in our opinion, your festival holiday starts upon departure. We work closely together with Maximal Trips, ANWB, Interrail and Tix to make your trip as fun and easy as possible.

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Send us a message via the  contact page . Then we can have a look together which option suits you best to make your trip!

Festival Trains

Sziget + Balaton Sound

With our festival trains you can easily travel from A to B, with numerous activities on board. It is also the most eco-friendly travel option!

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The fastest travel option: festival flights. All including luggage.

All our festivals

Make your trip as adventurous as you want. Rent a camper!

Festival Buses

The cheapest travel option! Enjoy the convenience of a pick-up point in your area and easily take all your luggage with you.

An Interrail ticket equals ultimate travel freedom to almost all places in Europe!

Get behind the wheel yourself and hit the road prepared.

Sziget + Balaton Sound + EXIT Festival

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Festival & Event Packages

Let your hair down, get out of town, and just have fun—when was the last time you could truly say you did that? From the beer-swilling songs of Oktoberfest to the world’s biggest street party in Rio , festival travel guarantees a good time. Art shows transport you into the minds of creative geniuses, cultural celebrations reveal a whole new way of life, and music festivals unleash your inner rockstar—there's no better way to carpe diem!

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What to expect in a festivals & events package.

Cultural celebrations

For centuries, cultures worldwide have held festivals and events to express gratitude, give thanks and celebrate new beginnings. With traditional fashions filling the streets and rejoicing locals around every corner, there’s no better way to experience a new way of life.

Share your passion

Whether you’re head-banging at your favorite concert , making your multi-colored mark at a Pride parade, or gaining a deeper understanding of your faith , centering your itinerary around an event can create deep connections and unify like-minded people.

Just have fun

Life can get notoriously busy, and allowing ourselves to have some dedicated time out is hard. A vacation package featuring a festival or event can be the perfect way to switch off and have fun. Let your hair down, dance like nobody’s watching, or show off your moves at a carnival.

Feel like a kid again

We’re not just talking about the seniors here. Ever since we were kids, we’ve had big dreams, and while we can’t turn you into an astronaut, you can dress up like one! Festivals allow us to express ourselves and bring our childhood fantasies to life, so what are you waiting for?

Seasonal Holiday Packages

Are you the kind of person that puts your Christmas tree up in November, welcomes in the New Year with celebrations, carves out pumpkins for your doorstep, or hides chocolate for an Easter egg hunt? Then a dedicated holiday package is for you. Seasonal adventures combine the world’s wonders with celebrations for a unique twist on your organized adventure.

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Epic events all year round

Rio carnival (february/march).

Get your dancing shoes on in the colorful streets of Rio for the Greatest Party on Earth.

Songkran (April)

What better way to cool yourself down in Thailand than at the world’s biggest water fight?

San Fermin (July)

From spectacular fireworks to running bulls (no seriously!) Pamplona sure knows how to fiesta.

Sziget Festival (August)

If Coachella, Burning Man, and Woodstock had a love child, it would get picked on by Sziget. 

La Tomatina (August)

Release your inner child and paint the streets of Buñol red in the world’s largest food fight.

Oktoberfest (October)

Beer halls light up with singing, swaying, eating, and drinking at this world-renowned festival.

Day of the Dead (November)

Costumes, carnivals, and marigolds are just a few reasons to celebrate Día de los Muertos.

Hogmanay (December)

Join in on the Hogmanay New Year Street Party in Edinburgh.

Other Events Around the World

Royal ascot, batalla del vino, king's day, wishlist events.

Light up the skies at the Lantern Festival

Go color crazy at a Holi Festival

Party like the Irish on St. Patrick’s Day

Renew your faith at Oberammergau

Witness the Edinburgh Military Tattoo

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Your festival & events questions, answered, how do i know a festival & events adventure is right for me.

Perhaps you have a bucket list event, are looking for the perfect way to let your hair down, or want to celebrate with friends? With your accommodation, meals, and supplies sorted, an organized adventure takes the stress away so that you can fully enjoy the experience.

How far in advance do I need to book?

Like any adventure, the further in advance you book, the better chance you have of securing your spot, and a festive tour is no different. Events often have limited tickets available, so if you have your eye on a specific one, it’s best to book as early as possible.

Will my adventure be full of young people?

People of all ages love to celebrate! You should expect to meet different people from all over the world. Some festive adventures might see more young people attending—such as the Sziget Festival —compared to ANZAC Day events and the Royal Ascot , where the average age is more varied. Ultimately, you should choose an event that seems right for you.

Is admission included?

A specialized Festival & Events adventure has an itinerary centered around the festival or event, so the ticket is sometimes included in the total cost . However, some festivals offer different perks and levels of access depending on your ticket, so it’s common for your admission to be excluded so that you can choose how you celebrate. When in doubt, reach out to our Customer Support team.

Can I combine Adventure styles?

Yes absolutely! An adventure is what you make of it, so why not add on wine tasting in France , an island-hopping escape to the Greek Islands, or a wild safari ride in Kenya?

How do I book a Festival & Events adventure on TourRadar?

Find your next Festival & Events trip by searching through our adventures until you find one that stands out. Simply select your dates and fill out your details to secure your trip. If you have any questions, our Customer Support team is standing by 24/7.

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Eat to the Beat: How to skip the line at EPCOT's food and wine festival concerts

• The Eat to the Beat Concert Series is part of the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival.
• The festival runs from Aug. 30 to Nov. 19.
• Concerts are held nightly at the American Gardens Theater.

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EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival may be known for its culinary experience, but music fans also have something to feast on.

The lineup for the Eat to the Beat Concert Series strikes a nostalgic chord with some favorites from decades ago. Acts like Tiffany, Boys II Men and Hanson will take the stage for live performances.

Shows are included with admission to EPCOT, but getting a seat to watch the performance may require some planning. Here are details on what you need to know about the festival and accompanying concerts.

Concerts scheduled for the 2024 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival

• Aug. 30-31 – The Fray
• Sept. 1-2 – Sugar Ray
• Sept. 6-7 – Hoobastank
• Sept. 8-9 – Yellowcard
• Sept. 13-14 – Tiffany
• Sept. 15-16 – MercyMe
• Sept. 20-21 – Sheila E.
• Sept. 22-23 – The Wanted
• Sept. 27 – Luis Figueroa
• Sept. 28-29 – Mau y Ricky
• Sept. 30 – Jesse & Joy
• Oct. 4-5 – Aloe Blacc
• Oct. 6-7 – Joey Fatone & Friends
• Oct. 11-12 – We The Kings
• Oct. 13-14 – Switchfoot
• Oct. 18-19 – David Archuleta
• Oct. 20-21 – Billy Ocean
• Oct. 25-28 – Hanson
• Nov. 1-2 – Haley Reinhart featuring Emily Estefan, Casey Abrams and Janel Parrish
• Nov. 3-4 – Boyz II Men
• Nov. 8-9 – Magic!
• Nov. 10-11 – Parmalee
• Nov. 15-16 – Smash Mouth
• Nov. 17-18 – 98 Degrees

It’s wise to check the schedule as the concert date gets closer. Artist appearances are subject to change or can be canceled without notice.

How to secure a seat to watch a performance at EPCOT’s Eat to the Beat Concert Series?

First, you need to make sure you have an EPCOT park ticket valid for the day you want to see a concert.

Seating in the American Gardens Theater is done on a first-come basis. Guests usually start lining up hours in advance to secure a spot.

There is a way to get a guaranteed seat on certain nights if you purchase a dining package. Available Friday through Monday, the dining package includes a meal at one of eight restaurants the day of the concert.

Prices for the dining package vary per restaurant and start at $36 for adults.

When are the Eat to the Beat concerts at EPCOT?

The concerts are held nightly beginning August 30, the day after the festival begins.

There are three concerts each night: 5:30 p.m., 6:45 p.m. and 8 p.m.

What is the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival?

The festival features dozens of booths serving food and beverages from a variety of cuisines around the world.

Each booth offers small plates for a fee, usually about $10.

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The Festival Where Scotland’s Violent History Comes Back to Life

Every year in the rolling hills of the Scottish Borders, one of Europe’s largest equestrian events commemorates a lawless time that shaped the region’s identity

Yannic Rack

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It’s 10 a.m. on a Friday in June, and “the Hut” in Hawick, Scotland, is heaving. Some 500 men are packed into the low wooden structure, banging tables, straining under bottles of beer and glasses of rum and milk. In comes the cornet flanked by his right- and left-hand men, all three in ties, top hats, green frocks, breeches and boots. Soon the whole company breaks out in roaring song, toasting their town and the men who have come before them to defend it against English soldiers and other armed intruders.

Hawick lies deep in the rolling hills of the Scottish Borders, one of Scotland’s 32 council areas, and this is the emotional climax of its common riding, one of Europe’s largest equestrian festivals that, once a year, brings to life a lawless time that strongly shaped the region’s shared identity. From the early 14th century, Scotland and England were almost continuously at war for 250 years, and the Borders, sandwiched in between, bore the brunt of the fighting. To make matters worse, this was also the heyday of the Border Reivers , whole clans of cattle-stealing marauders who plundered and pillaged on both sides of the frontier.

“You could never be very sure if someone wasn’t going to appear with a band of armed men, either in pursuit of land or simply to rob your livestock,” says Michael Brown , a historian at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.

During this violent and uncertain period, a longstanding custom took on even greater importance: the riding of the marches. Lacking formal borders, communities would regularly mark the boundaries of their common land, where locals could collectively graze their livestock and cut peat. Technically, this is what Hawick’s common riding now commemorates, alongside the capture of an English flag by Hawick’s youth in 1514. More than that, though, the festival is an exultant celebration of Hawick’s community, igniting feelings of intense pride and camaraderie.

Close to a dozen other Scottish Border towns have similar common riding celebrations, stretching from May into August. Hawick’s is one of the oldest and probably the most lavishly celebrated. (Ask anyone in town, and they will also tell you it’s the best.) The whole affair ends in a weeklong crescendo of parades and gala dinners, wreath-layings and church services, horse chases and races. For five weeks leading up to this, a few hundred riders join twice-weekly excursions across the surrounding hills to visit villages and symbolically mark the old borders of their commons by turning over a small patch of sod .

In fact, Hawick’s riding properly kicks off even earlier, on the common riding’s election night in early May. This year, a few hundred local residents stood outside an unassuming house on the outskirts of town, awaiting a traditional drum-and-fife band led by a white-gloved halberdier who handed a letter to Ryan Nichol, a 32-year-old roofer, to anoint him cornet and make him Hawick royalty.

The cornet, as standard-bearer and symbolic leader of the common riding, looms large in Hawick lore, carrying an emotional weight that is hard to overstate. A plaque in the town center lists every cornet dating back to 1703. (Since then, the common riding has only been interrupted by the two world wars, an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in 2001 and the Covid-19 pandemic.) Nichol has dreamed of one day carrying the banner since he was a child, just like many of the boys now crowded around his parents’ house, eager to catch the coins the cornet tosses to them when he finally emerges.

“For the rest of his life, he becomes a local hero. Wherever he goes, he’ll be ex-cornet,” explains Catherine Elliott-Walker, a former doctor who moved here from Glasgow in the 1980s and never left. Today she’s part of the committee organizing the common riding, which costs the town close to £100,000 (about $126,000) each year.

From the house, the new cornet leads the procession as it winds back through town, past an imposing statue of a rider triumphantly waving the flag captured in 1514. When we reach the town hall, Nichol and his right- and left-hand men—his immediate two predecessors, who nominate the cornet and are by his side for most of the festivities—line up on the steps and strike up a song, with the whole crowd joining in. Struggling to make out the lyrics in local dialect, I ask Elliott-Walker what it’s about.

“This one is about Hawick,” she says, pausing for a moment. “They’re all about Hawick.”

Hawick, it turns out, has had a whole lot of songs written about it. Ian Landles, a retired Hawick history teacher and passionate chronicler of its common riding, estimates there are around 100. The oldest date back further than anybody knows, but new ones are still added to the canon even now. It’s Landles’ business to know all of them: For the past 30 years, he’s taken his seat at the hut’s piano to belt out traditional tunes accompanying the singers. “The tongue-in-cheek saying is that there is only one place with more songs written about it,” he tells me. “And that is Heaven.”

The first thing you need to know about Hawick is that it’s actually pronounced “Hoyk,” the vowels and “w” rolling off the tongue as one. The second thing, which is probably clear by now, is that the common riding comes close to a religion here, even if attendance isn’t quite what it used to be.

“It’s still the biggest event in the town,” says Frank Scott. “It’s more important than Christmas.”

Scott is another proud born-and-bred Hawick person, as well as this year’s chairman of the committee that organizes the festival. He remembers his parents taking him and his brothers to see the horses when they were little, and being let out of school early by the visiting cornet on the eve of the common riding.

It’s been years since Scott last joined the ride-outs himself, but there’s no shortage of eager participants. Around 170, some not yet teenagers, are part of this year’s crop of followers. As they set off for the hut on Friday morning amid a cheering crowd, the air fills with the smell of horses, their manes shorn or finely braided for the occasion. The old town is decked out in blue-and-yellow bunting, the shop windows competing for the best common riding display (quite literally—there’s an award).

Scott assures me that anyone can take part in the processions, as long as they’re dressed appropriately and can ride a horse. Though be warned: Among border towns, Hawick particularly prides itself on the quality of its horsemanship, and the town is known for its excellent jockeys (including Nichol, the cornet, who rode professionally for a decade). And while the festival is open to anyone, its strong community focus and arcane vocabulary are hardly geared toward visitors, aside from a few dozen so-called exiles who usually return home for the occasion. “I wouldn’t say we’re an event for tourists. But if anybody wants to come and join in, they’ll be made welcome,” Scott says.

It’s a whole other story when it comes to the cornet. He has to be from Hawick, stay unmarried for his entire three-year term (including his turns as right- and left-hand man) and have followed the festival as a rider for several years. He is also expected to be a spotless example for the town, putting in countless hours of official ceremonies, speeches and photo ops. “I’m sure the lads have no idea,” Scott says of the work involved. Still, it’s many boys’ lifelong dream, and so they usually rise to the occasion. “There’s a saying in Hawick: There’s never been such a thing as a bad cornet.”

Like many in town, Nichol has a direct family connection to the riding: His uncle Ian carried the banner in 1984, and his cousin Ross followed in 2012. Among the other ex-cornets present for this year’s affair is Bruce Mactaggart, a lively 90-year-old who held the position in 1954 and has barely missed a common riding since. Mactaggart, who worked in Hawick’s knitwear industry (the town sign proclaims it the “Home of Cashmere”), was himself preceded as cornet by his dad, in 1930, and his great-uncle, in 1892. He doesn’t remember what it felt like to be Hawick’s chosen son at the time, but that’s kind of beside the point: “It’s always with you,” he tells me, proudly showing off the 70-year-old cornet’s rosette pinned to his lapel.

Back in the hut, things quickly turn from jovial to emotional during a toast by Paul Robson, the owner of a local funeral parlor who gave Nichol his first job and has known him since he was a child. By the time Robson starts talking about Nichol’s relationship with his family and his exceptional character (words like “hero” and “loyalty” feature prominently), tears are streaming down the cornet’s face. In his own address, his voice shaking, Nichol says he’s never felt so proud in his life.

More speeches and songs follow. By now, a lot of the men have consumed a lot of alcohol, and the atmosphere has reached a fever pitch. Before the riders retrieve their jackets and helmets from the rafters to head out and mount their horses once more, there’s another foot-stomping chorus: “The borderland, my first love and my last!”

The Borders have played host to some of the most lauded chapters of Scotland’s history. William Wallace, who waged a guerrilla war against English invaders during the Scottish Wars of Independence in the late 13th century, launched his forays across the border from Ettrick Forest, not far from Hawick. Walter Scott, the famed Romantic novelist, also had roots in the region and later popularized ballads that further cemented the Borders’ status as a cradle of Scottish lore.

Hawick, the largest town in today’s Scottish Borders council area with just over 10,000 inhabitants, is barely more than an hour’s drive southeast from Edinburgh. Yet, in the late Middle Ages, it was a world away from the capital. Even during periods when there wasn’t large-scale fighting, “war was an ever-present fact of life on both sides of the frontier,” says Brown, the historian. “It turned [this region] into a kind of militarized zone.”

The Border Reivers thrived in this atmosphere, rustling cattle and other livestock across the Borders’ steep river valleys and rough open moors, and frequently fencing their goods farther south in England. But it wasn’t a clear-cut case of English versus Scots: Many of the raiders were themselves part of prominent Border families and even associated with nobility. They sparked mixed feelings among Borderers and were both heralded and vilified for their violent exploits. In the early 1500s, the archbishop of Glasgow issued a curse against them so vivid and comprehensive it ran to more than 1,000 words.

Occasionally, actual war would still rear its head. During the Battle of Flodden in 1513, the English defeated an invading Scots army, killing their king and thousands of soldiers. “Flodden was a disaster for the whole borderland,” says Landles. “Very few Hawick men marched away.”

The following year, rumors of an English raiding party camped close to town reached Hawick. A large group of boys set out in pursuit and, so the legend goes, returned triumphantly with the soldiers’ flag, as the statue in town depicts. Whether they actually fought and killed the intruders, or merely stole their standard, is lost to history. Nevertheless, the banner was adopted as the town’s own, and, carried by the cornet, became the common riding’s central emblem—particularly once the actual tradition of marking the town’s boundaries fell out of necessity in the late 18th century.

The common riding’s dual purpose is now aptly summed up by the chorus to “Teribus ye teri odin,” a hymn to the town and its history that serves as Hawick’s semi-official anthem:

“Teribus ye teri odin Sons of heroes slain at Flodden Imitating Border bowmen Aye defend your rights and common.”

The first line is where locals get their nickname (a person from Hawick is a Teri, pronounced “teary”), even if nobody knows what it actually means. It might be an Anglo-Saxon battle cry invoking the Norse gods Thor and Odin, or a corrupted Celtic phrase meaning “land of victory, land of defense.” The Scottish National Dictionary even suggests it may simply consist of meaningless syllables representing the sound of a drum-and-bagpipe march, although that theory has few fans in Hawick.

Though united in reverence for their shared history, the border towns all pay homage in their own ways. During their common riding, the people of Selkirk re-enact when a single rider returned from Flodden to announce that the town’s remaining fighters had all been slain. In Langholm, a salted herring and a barley cake are ceremoniously nailed to a wooden board and paraded around town. Hawick’s own unique traditions include the Snuffin’, in which the riding’s official song singer carries a horn filled with snuff tobacco across a square pursued by a gaggle of locals, who try to wrestle it from him in what resembles a rugby scrum.

And then there’s “the Hut,” technically St. Leonard’s Hut, another tradition unique to Hawick. The actual hut was purpose-built for the common riding 100 years ago and now plays host to the pinnacle of its male bonding rituals. It loomed large for Nichol long before he had a shot at becoming cornet himself. “Even as a kid, it’s the hut you imagine yourself in,” he tells me after the ceremony, still slightly overwhelmed.

The common ridings have come under fire in the past because many of the events are exclusively reserved for men. Women still only ride in the more casual processions on the final day of Hawick’s celebrations, although the town has generally relaxed its gender segregation (and I do spot a handful of women at one of the hut’s tables).

Landles, whose personal favorite event is the Thursday Morning Chase, when the flag is brought out for the first time, admits the whole concept of the common riding can be hard to grasp if not experienced firsthand. “We have a phrase in Hawick: It’s better felt than telt,” he says. “You really need to be there and to see it.”

The common riding exerts a strong pull even on those Teries who have left long ago. Douglas Scott, Frank’s younger brother, moved away some 40 years ago and now lives in Vancouver, Canada, where he’s an astrophysicist at the University of British Columbia. Still, he comes back almost every year.

“When I was younger, I kind of fell out of interest with the common riding because it just seemed to be about drinking,” he tells me, standing on St. Leonard’s Racecourse, idyllically situated on a moor that forms part of Hawick’s remaining common land just south of town. This is where, after the celebrations in the hut, a good chunk of town gathers for a fair featuring horse races and more general revelry. Half a dozen bookies have set up shop beside the track. In the distance, we can just make out the hills straddling the border with England.

In his 20s, Scott realized the common riding was really just a way to express his love for the community and its traditions. He became so interested in local history that he’s spent much of his spare time since then painstakingly putting together A Hawick Word Book , a more than 4,000-page dictionary and encyclopedia of Hawick.

The word book includes about three dozen entries related to the cornet alone, from the Cornet’s Band (which only plays during the common riding) to the Cornet’s Lass (usually the girlfriend, with a whole host of duties of her own) and the Cornet’s Up (a traditional toast that concludes common riding dinners with the words “Hawick forever”).

But Scott, at least, is from Hawick. He shares an anecdote that illustrates how perfectly unconnected people can be snagged in the riding’s orbit, too: One year, a lawyer from Colorado came to town looking to trace his Scottish family roots. He didn’t find any relations in Hawick but, as a keen horseman, became enamored with the festival.

“He’s now been to something like 20 common ridings. He has no connection to Hawick!” Scott tells me, slightly incredulous. “It’s just an example of how it pulls people in. There’s something actually special here.”

After the races are run, and more beer has been drunk, the cornet and his followers once again retrieve the flag to gallop out of the racecourse and over the hill, past a cheering crowd and back to town, where there will be more singing and a dinner and dance and, tomorrow morning, more rituals and re-enactments to conclude the common riding. Then it won’t be long before the other towns put on their own festivities. By then, thoughts in Hawick will have already turned toward next year.

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Stary Oskol is a city in Russia located in the Belgorod region, standing on the banks of the Oskol River, about 142 km northeast of Belgorod, 632 km south of Moscow.

The population of Stary Oskol is about 222,600 (2022), the area - 134 sq. km.

The phone code - +7 4725, the postal codes - 309500-309518.

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In 1300, there was a village called Ugly on the the territory of the present city. Today, it is one of the districts of Stary Oskol. At that time, the village was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and was a border crossing point on the border with the Golden Horde.

The settlement of Oskol was founded by Russian Tsar Fyodor Ioanovich’s order (Ivan’s the Terrible son) to protect the southern borders of the Russian kingdom in 1593. The bulk of the population were peasants and the military.

In 1617, the town was burned by the Poles. In 1625, 1642 and 1677, the Crimean Tatars approached Stary Oskol, but could not capture it. The town was renamed Stary Oskol (meaning Old Oskol) in 1655, when the town of Tsaryov-Alexeyev, located down the river, was renamed Novy Oskol (New Oskol). Fortifications of the town existed until the 18th century.

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Gradually, Stary Oskol turned into peaceful, commercial and merchant town - the center of an agricultural district. Industrial production was represented mainly by enterprises on processing agricultural products.

In 1780, the town got its coat of arms. In 1784, Stary Oskol like most Russian towns of that time was rebuilt according to a new plan signed by Empress Catherine II. A large number of brick houses were built, mostly two-story buildings. The historic center of Stary Oskol has been preserved to our time.

In the second half of the 19th century, the town had a wide network of schools, libraries, reading rooms, printing, secondary schools. In 1894, construction of the railway began, trade and industry began to develop rapidly.

Until the 1930s, there were eleven Orthodox churches in Stary Oskol. During the Second World War, Stary Oskol was occupied by the Germans from July 2, 1942 to February 5, 1943. In 1954, the city became part of the newly formed Belgorod region.

In the late 1960s - early 1970s, in connection with the active development of the Kursk Magnetic Anomaly (the most powerful iron ore basin in the world), Stary Oskol became a major center of iron and steel industry.

Stary Oskol was declared a city of three top-priority Komsomol construction projects. The largest enterprises: Lebedinsky Mining and Processing Plant, Stoilensky Mining and Processing Plant, Oskolsky Electrometallurgical Plant became not only the city-forming enterprises, but also the largest industrial enterprises of the country. Stary Oskol experienced a new birth.

Today, Stary Oskol is a rapidly developing city, one of the leading mining and metallurgical centers of Russia.

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The coat of arms of Stary Oskol is a shield divided in half diagonally, in the red field there is a rifle, in the green field - a golden plow. It reflects both military and agricultural importance of the town.

Stary Oskol is among Russian cities with the youngest population. The average age of its citizens is about 35 years. The main reason lies in the history of the city. In the second half of the 20th century, a large number of members of the Young Communist League came to Stary Oskol to participate in the construction of large industrial enterprises.

Unique reserves of iron ore, developed industry and infrastructure, high scientific, technical and industrial potential, fertile land form the basis of Stary Oskol economy.

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The city has more than a dozen Orthodox churches and chapels. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral (Tokareva Street, 4/1) is the main church of Stary Oskol. St. Trinity Church (Bolshevistskaya Street, 17/15), built in 1730, is the oldest church in the city.

The Zoo was opened in Stary Oskol in 2008. Bears, lions, tigers, monkeys, wolves, camels, ostriches, and other species of birds and animals live there.

Museum of Local Lore (Lenina Street, 50). The museums, founded in 1923, has exhibitions about the history of Stary Oskol. It is located in a building which is a monument of history and culture of the 19th century once owned by the merchants and brothers Likhutins.

The museum organizes tours of the city and the area including visits to an ancient Russian settlement of Kholki, an underground monastery in Melovy mountains, and a biosphere reserve “Yamskaya steppe”.

Art Museum (Lenina Street, 57). The collection of local masters of folk clay toys (O.M.Goncharova and N.M.Goncharova) is a real pearl of the museum. Stary Oskol folk clay toys production was known from the end of the 18th century.

House Museum of Vasily Yeroshenko (Yeroshenko Street, 15). Yeroshenko’s life is a living legend for blind people not only in Russia but also abroad. He encourages disabled people, supports them with his talent, helps them on their ways to improve techniques. Yeroshenko spoke 12 foreign languages and was the professor of universities in Tokyo and Beijing, he became a classic of Japan literature for children.

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Traverse City Tourism's comfort room helps provide some peace and quiet

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- A lot of people come to northern Michigan to find a little peace and quiet. 

But finding those two things in downtown Traverse City during the National Cherry Festival can be a challenge. 

Traverse City Tourism is looking to change that with a brand-new addition. 

The best part: when the festival ends, the opportunity won't. 

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"We love to welcome people from all backgrounds, from all locations," said Whitney Waara, the COO of Traverse City Tourism.

Walk into Traverse City Tourism and you've always been able to get advice and a brochure for amazing things to do and experience.

And as of this past weekend, you can also come here and have the opportunity to do and experience very little.

"The comfort room is just a beautiful place," said Visitor Information Specialist Sue Bauer.

"It's got very soft lighting. It's got a nice rug on the floor. We have a sound machine in it, a cozy couch," Bauer said.

This is Traverse City's newest comfort room: a low sensory location for those, young and old alike, who need a respite from all that stimulation the world outside offers.

"The coolest thing was we had, during the air show, there was a mom in her maybe eight or nine year old who came in and the child was obviously having issues because of the noise from the Blue Angel and all of that. So they sat quietly and watched out our window and then one of the flight planes flew overtop, and the child just, it was too much; started crying," Bauer said.

"And so we offered the quiet room they went in shut the door, turned on the sound machine. So the child walked in crying and left smiling," Bauer said.

The new comfort room, which will be available year round, is just the latest transformation underway right now in Traverse City to make our area more accessible and accommodating for everyone.

"We wanted to open that door a little wider and just make sure that all families felt like they could come and experience whatever it is that they're looking for when they get here," Waara said.

To send that message, Traverse City Tourism is working on earning a certification as an autism-friendly travel destination.

"Traverse City will be the first community in Michigan to receive the designation," Waara said.

This room is just a small facet of what's required to be autism friendly.

Around the city, other efforts being made: staff members being trained, and awareness and acceptance being realized. 

While the certification would be a badge of achievement for the city, some say it's just the right thing to do.

"Absolutely, it really is. It's one of those things where it just felt right. We knew that our team wanted to be able to do this. It's like being able to make sure that you have ADA accessible doors. There's a minimum threshold here. And of course we want to go above and beyond and make things even better than what we're required to do in order to get that certification. But it's a really good starting point," Waara said.

Traverse City should learn in the next couple of months if they have earned the autism-friendly travel destination. 

As for the comfort room, it's available now, free to use and will be year-round for anyone needing the opportunity it offers.

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Drake fans attacked Rick Ross for playing Kendrick Lamar’s diss track about the Canadian-born rapper during Sunday’s Ignite Music Festival in Vancouver. 

The “Everyday Hustle” rapper stepped off stage around 10:30 p.m. and was immediately confronted by a group of angry fans over his decision to close the show with “Not Like Us,” per TMZ.

According to the outlet, about 15 men formed a human wall around Ross and his crew to prohibit them from getting away.

As seen in a video posted to Instagram , the two groups began arguing as Lamar’s diss track played in the background.

The verbal confrontation escalated quickly, with one man getting into Ross’s face before punching him in the head.

An all-out brawl began immediately after, with men from both groups kicking and punching one another until one of them ended up on the ground.

However, another angle from the melee shows Ross’ security stepping in to shield him after the initial blow and escorting him away.

It’s unclear if Ross or any of the other men sustained serious injuries during the fight or if any arrests were made.

The first video quickly went viral on social media, even catching the attention of Drake, who “liked” the brutal clip.

“Yall already know this @champagnepapi city 🫡,” the original poster wrote.

While reps for Ross didn’t immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment, the rapper played off the ordeal on Instagram Monday morning.

“Vancouver it was fun, till next time ✨,” he wrote on his Instagram Story alongside a photo of himself standing in front of his private plane.

The 48-year-old also shared a selfie drinking orange juice and didn’t have any noticeable injuries on his face.

Drake and Ross were on-and-off friends and collaborators for over a decade until a recent falling out. While it’s unclear what ruined their longtime partnership, things worsened in March 2024 when Drake reportedly invited Ross’s ex Cristina Mackey to his concert.

The petty move reportedly led Ross to unfollow the “One Dance” hitmaker and he subsequently became involved in the ongoing rap beef between Drake, Lamar and a slew of other rappers.

In Ross’ “Champagne Moments” diss track, he accused the Toronto-based rapper of getting a nose job — which he denied.

The “Stay Schemin” rapper also referred to Drake as “BBL Drizzy” and “white boy.”

While the taunting led to a physical altercation on Sunday night, this wasn’t the first time that violence seemingly broke out due to the rap beef.

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In May, one of Drake’s security guards was shot in a drive-by shooting outside his $100 million Toronto mansion.

While law enforcement officials couldn’t determine the exact motive for the shooting, they were “aware” of the growing tensions between the “God’s Plan” rapper and Lamar.

The victim was reportedly shot in the upper chest shortly after 2 a.m. and was rushed to the hospital in “serious condition.”

Police never gave an update on the man’s condition.

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