UNITED KINGDOM SUMMER PEARLS: London's architectural gems along the banks of the Thames
MUSIC: Europe's best pop and rock gatherings
BAGPIPES: The plaintive sounds of Scotland
SUBMARIUM: Journey to the bottom of the sea FESTIVALS: Fun in the sun in West Belfast
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FRANCE and SWITZERLAND VULCANIA: Blow your top at France's volcano park
ART: Berthe Morisot, the unknown Impressionist
FESTIVALS: Aix-en-Provence has it all
ART: The Barbizon School painters come to life
ART: Take a stroll through medieval gardens of delight
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SPAIN, PORTUGAL, ITALY and GREECE SALAMANCA: The city splashes out on culture
MUSIC: God's rock stars: the singing Greek monks
FOOD: Italy's unusual culinary delights
FILM: Great outdoor viewing in Rome
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GERMANY and BENELUX HORTICULTURE: The world blossoms at Floriade
BRUGGE: Belgium's second city shines
ART: Berlin's homage to multiculturalism ART: The best of the world's artists on show at Documenta 11
DANCE: Czech twin ballerinos steal the show in Hamburg MORE ..
CENTRAL and EASTERN EUROPE ART: Yugoslavia's modern art museum is back
ART: A retrospective of Samizdat art and writing from the Communist bloc
GRAZ: Austria's little-known city of culture
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THE NORDIC REGION DESIGN: Denmark celebrates Arne Jacobsen
MUSEUM: Get a blast from the past at Stalin World
STOCKHOLM: Welcome to the Venice of the North
MUSIC: Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes on tour MORE ..
PLUS LISTINGS: Other things to see and do in each region
May 17
Montpellier, France 1st Festival de Tango Argentin opens
Films, exhibitions dancing in the park and performances by top Argentine perfomers Eduardo Cappussi, Mariana Flores, Hernan Obispo and the Tango Andorinha Sextett all the way from Dresden (until May 20)
Nürburg, Germany Rock Am Ring
Neil Young headlines (until May 19)
May 22
Bergen, Norway
50th Bergen International Festival
Features the world premiere of the dance Lux Aeterna, which is set in heaven and choreographed by Jo Str¯mgren for Norway's Carte Blanche company (until Jun. 2)
May 24
Tate, Liverpool
Remix: Contemporary Art and Pop
Visual artists such as Rineke Dijkstra, Gillian Wearing, Gary Hume and Gavin Turk using the beats and the culture of pop as their own source of energy (until Aug. 26)
May 25
Tallinn, Estonia
Eurovision Song Contest
Can the 24 contestants for once convince us that 120 million TV viewers can't be wrong every year?
Amsterdam
Finishing Touches
Some accessories are eternal: handbags galore and not a logo in sight. (until Nov. 24)
May 30
Berlin
IN TRANSIT: The Berlin Lab - Transforming the Arts
Berlin's homage to multiculturalism, audience participation will play an important role in the cultural exchange (until Jun. 15)
Strahov Stadium, Prague
Ozzfest roadshow
Ozzy Osbourne, supported by fellow headbangers Slayer, Tool, and local heavy heroes Skwor.
May 31
Stockholm Stockholm Too Close
The work of nine photographers based in the city portraying Stockholmers. (until Aug. 18)
Jun. 2
Nemi, Italy Fragoline di Bosco (Strawberries of the Wood) Festival
Stockholm Musikfest
50 free open-air music performances by both amateurs and professionals
Jun. 6
National Museum of the Middle Ages, Paris On Earth As In Heaven
Western European Gardens In The Late Middle Ages (until Sep. 16)
Prague
Samizdat
Alternative Culture in Central and Eastern Europe: The 1960s through the 1980s (until Aug. 25)
Jun. 8
Stockholm
Elton John in Concert
Berlin Documenta 11
The best of the world's artists on show (until Sep. 15)
Istanbul
30th Istanbul International Music Festival
Kiri Te Kanawa sings Strauss, Gidon Kremer plays Piazzolla and the Bang On A Can All-Stars (until Jul. 2)
Jun. 13
Florence, Italy
The Shadow of Genius
150 works by Michelangelo, his contemporaries and his followers (until Sep. 29)
Barcelona, Spain
The Sonar Festival of Advanced Music and Multimedia Art Daytime trade fair and night-time party with the stars coming out to play (until June 15)
Jun. 14
Bradford, England
Bite the Mango film festival
Black and Asian cinema: new movies jostle with retrospectives of the late Bengali director Ritwik Ghatak and Indian writer/director Shekhar Kapur of Elizabeth fame (until June 20)
Prenzlau, Germany
Minnesong
Troubadour Nikolai de Treskow sings medieval courtly lovesongs (until Aug. 09)
Jun. 15
Cologne
Europride
Cologne's extravagant Gay Pride festival (until Jul. 7)
Krakow
Jewish Culture Festival
This year's program includes concerts from renowned cantors Benzion Miller, Yaacov Motzen and Israel Rand, workshops on cooking and Hasidic dancing and wild Klezmer on every corner. (until June 30)
Athens
Chromopolis
16 local and international graffiti artists are fanning out across the country defacing walls with themes "inspired by the Olympic ideals of friendship, solidarity and peace." (until July 21)
Danubiana-Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava
Summer Exhibition
Includes work by Spanish painter Miguel YbaÒez (until Aug. 23)
Jun. 25
Risør, Norway Risør Kammermusikkfest
The festival, which this year focuses on works by Schubert, features only chamber music with no solo performances (until Jun. 30)
Jun. 27
Denmark
Roskilde
Now in its 31st year, this Danish super-festival boasts a diverse lineup including Pet Shop Boys and P. Diddy (until Jun. 30)
Jun. 28
Salamanca Van The Man
Veteran rock star Van Morrison in concert
London
Pericles, Prince of Tyre, etc
The Royal Shakespeare Company is camping out at one of Londonís oddest, most-neglected spaces, once a steam locomotive repair shed, for walkabout productions of three of the Bardís late works. (until Jul. 13)
Jun. 29
Budapest
The Búcsú Festival
A full-on party, rock festival and carnival that sprawls across the city's squares, parks and concert halls and costs not a single forint (until June 30)
Jul. 2
Graz, Austria Cultural Summer
"Latin Rhythms" presented by ballet companies from Argentina, Brazil and Spain (until Jul. 21)
Jul. 3
Arezzo, Tuscany
Wave Love Festival
The spirit of Woodstock is alive in the heart of Tuscany (until Jul. 7)
Jul. 5
Avenches, France
Open-Air Opera Festival
Look out for Rossini's William Tell (until Jul. 19)
Aix-En-Provence
Festival International D'art Lyrique D'Aix-En-Provence
One of the oldest and most prestigious music festivals in Europe (until Jul. 27)
St. Donats, Wales
Beyond the Border festival
Storytellers of the world to spin their yarns long into the night. This yearís focus on Latin American and Caribbean tales should add some tropical warmth to the revelry, but bring blankets too. (until Jul. 7)
July 16
Salamanca, Spain
Tierra
Cristina Hoyos ballet company (until Jul. 17)
Jul. 17
Bregenz, Austria
Bregenz Festival (until Aug. 18)
Sitges, Spain
9th International Tango Festival
Performers include Buenos Airesí Orquesta La Nacional (until Jul. 21)
Spa, Belgium
Francofolies
Le Rock FranÁais, an art form that mostly defies export beyond the French-speaking world (until Jul. 21)
Isle of Lewis, Scotland
Hebridean Celtic Festival
Top Celtic musicians this year include Irish "fiddle chick" Mairead Nesbitt, Scotlandís trad-techno crossover Shooglenifty and La VolÈe díCastors from Quebec (until Jul. 20)
Jul. 19
Verbier, France Verbier Festival
Among those hot-dogging it this year: conductor James Levine playing a four-hand piano recital with Evgeny Kissin (until Aug. 4)
Berlin
young.euro.classic
16 concerts so far scheduled in Berlin's Konzerthaus by youth orchestras from as far afield as Estonia and Ukraine (until Aug. 18)
Valencia, Spain
Benicassim
Catch some rays and Radiohead on the Med coast near Valencia (until Aug. 4)
Aug. 3
Lorient, France Festival Interceltique de Lorient
Tickets: €27 to €30 per day (until Aug. 12)
Aug. 8
Skanderborg, Sweden
Smukkest
Headliners Suede, Elvis Costello and Faithless (until Aug. 11)
Aug. 10
Presqu'ile de Crozon, Brittany
3rd Festival du Bout du Monde Listen close and you can hear the sounds of Cuba (Compay Segundo), India (Susheela Ramen) and Nigeria (Femi Kuti). (until Aug.11)
Aug. 16
Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire, England
Big Chill festival
Gotan Projectís La Revancha del Tango has made it the darling of the ambient music scene. Authentic nuevo tango played over house beats and samples, Gotanís music sounds even better live. The group has gigs all over Europe this summer (until Aug. 18)
Aug.19
Arles, France
Festival du Film Peplum
held outdoors in the city's Roman Theater, lovers of "sword and sandals" movies will be unable to resist (until Aug. 24)
Aug. 20
Salamanca
XXX
Catalan theater company La Fura dels Baus (until Aug. 21)
Strakonice, Czech Republic International Bagpipe Festival
Tickets: All events, €126; individual events, €12 to €14 (until Aug. 25)
Aug. 23
Reading/Leeds, England
Carling Weekend
Rotates sets between Reading and Leeds. Watch out for the Strokes and Janeís Addiction from the U.S. (until Aug. 25)
Aug. 25
Arnad, Italy Lardo Festival
Commemoration of the antipasto which is thinly-sliced seasoned pork fat with herbs
Aug. 30
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humblebæk Arne Jacobsen at the Louisiana Museum
Denmark celebrates the work of a favorite son and famed designer
Sep. 1
Caithness, Scotland
Mey Castle opening
The results of the the late Queen Mother's extensive renovations to both house and gardens now await public approval
Sozopol, Bulgaria
Apollonia Arts Festival
Adding an edge this year is Marius Kurkinsky, an openly gay pop icon in what's still a conservative culture (until Sep. 10)
Copenhagen
Golden Days Festival
This year's theme focuses on the extraordinary flowering of Copenhagen from 1870 to 1890. (until Sep. 22)
Sept. 21
Riga, Latvia
"Arsenals" Film Festival
Now a stop on the international circuit, it sticks to its unconventional guns by giving Best Director awards to all the finalists and drawing the winner of the $10,000 first prize from a hat. (until Sept 29)
Wuppertal
The Ball Tango Argentino
Europe's largest tango event
Oct. 24
Graz, Austria Steirischer Herbst
Festival of contemporary arts (until Nov. 24)
Nov. 15
Salamanca, Spain The Europeans
Henri Cartier-Bresson photographs (until January 13)
N O W S H O W I N G
until May 31
Reykjavík
Reykjavík Arts Festival
until September 29
Royal Palace, Stockholm
War and love on Tapestries
A special exhibition depicting scenes both martial and pacific
until October 20
Haarlemmermeer, the Netherlands Floriade 2002
The once-a-decade mother of all horticultural shows, hosted by the world's largest exporter of cut flowers.
until September 20
Belgrade Yugoslav Artistic Space
A retrospective featuring works from all over the former Yugoslavia
until September 15
Milan, Italy
Renaissance New York
Tribute to the victims of Sept. 11 and to the postwar art of the city.
until September 30
Graz, Austria From Waldmüller to Schiele
An exhibition of 19th and early 20th century Austrian painting
until Oct. 20
Switzerland
Expo. 02 opens
Described as a "gigantic party" ó five themed exhibition areas, one of them a ship linking to others
