We’re putting this one first, because the application window for the EIT challenge closes in a few days.

If Europe ever does become the digital innovation capital of the world, it will be in part because of EIT Digital.

European Institute of Innovation and Technology is the umbrella organization for EIT D…>

The Festival de Cannes movie week will be long over, but the party will still be going strong.

Les Plages Électronique is expected to bring 40,000 dance-and-beach fans from all over the world to Cannes from 10 to 12 August for one of the last big blow-out EDM festivals of the summer.

LPE claims 40,000m2…>

PAMPLONA, SPAIN. Stoke Travel is set to bring their Stoked in the Park music festival concept to Pamplona for the San Fermin Festival (the Running of the Bulls).

Stoked in the Park is now in its third year in London, drawing 5000 revellers to West London each May for a day of sport, culture, food and especially…>

A new non-profit expat group, United Expats of the Netherlands, has created a campaign to remind Dutch officials “a deal is a deal” and rally those affected.

And you can help:

• United Expats is very close to collecting 30,000 names on its petition to the Dutch parliament. As of Monday, the number stood at about 24,500, and there’s still t…>

Tech is transformative if you’re an optimist, disruptive if you’re a pessimist … or on the wrong end of change.

Tech Open Air is about “future-proofing” both your career and your business. TOA is also one of the biggies, drawing 20,000-plus over the course of the four days and 150 speakers.…>

This translates to the Festival at the End of the World. And it kind of is, held in Parc Naturel Régional d’Armoriqua on a peninsula in the Atlantic in far, far western Brittany.

So this is a vacation and a place to hear everything from jazz to French folk music.

You can see the full lineup here.

Bout du Mo…>

Yes, you’re reading this right. Party in Albania.

Having actually been to Albania, we can’t believe we’re recommending this. But hey, times change. Places change and suddenly, Albania is a travel destination.

And why shouldn’t it be? Think of Albania as an extension of Croatia’s Adriatic coast, but with far…>

Šibenik, Croatia – Otok Obonjan: The chill, grown-up party starts in June on this small (136 acres) adults-only private Croatian island and runs through September.

There’s music in a stone amphitheatre, with 18 artists announced through September. You can see the full list of performers here.

But there’s a lot…>

Tromsø, Norway – Bukta Open Air Festival: This is about as far from Croatia and Ibiza as you can get, literally and figuratively. It’s almost 2,000 kilometers north (yes, north) of Oslo in the very top of Norway. Which means Bukta Open Air Festival – operative words “open air” – could mean less than ideal weather, eve…>

By the Sea: If you live in this part of Europe, you know Den Haag as a great beach destination, with Scheveningen right on the edge of the city. Well, back in the day, this is where a lot of Dutch artists came to be inspired. (We’re thinking that this exhibit starting in July is not merely a happy coincidence.)

The Gemeentemuseum (literally, t…>

This is about as far from Croatia and Ibiza as you can get, literally and figuratively. It’s almost 2,000 kilometers north (yes, north) of Oslo in the very top of Norway. Which means Bukta Open Air Festival – operative words “open air” – could mean less than ideal weather, even in mid-July.

Also, no EDM much less…>