Quirky Guide

Every April, the worlds of snow mobile and ski enthusiasts collide (quite literally) in this mad event.

Need an outlet for your Easter sugar rush? Then join in this peculiar annual melee of bottle kicking in Leicestershire.

It’s strange to imagine a secular, developed country in which beer was banned as late as 1989. But that was the case in Iceland.

Dress up as a straw bear and dance for the locals, who might give you some food or drink out of sympathy.

Ever heard of a one-way food fight? Where willing victims gather to be pelted by citrus fruit, with no option to retaliate.

Cages of spikes, cheeks and tongues skewered by tridents, and sharp hooks dug into fleshy bits. It sounds more like a scene from hell than a spiritual celebration.

A simple pile of clothes can evoke some powerful images – as proven by Christian Boltanski’s latest exhibition in Paris.

Cockfights, dogfights and bearfights might be out of fashion, but camel wrestling is a whole different animal – and one very much alive and kicking.

While some lucky kids can expect Santa at Christmas, others will have to make do with an old hag.

For a truly time-warping experience, step through the doors of the Chat Noir Club in Brighton and into the glamorous and flamboyant world of the 1920s and 30s.