Holebi Pride Kalender 2020 – Vier de Pride in Europa!

Celebrate Diversity – Fight for Equality

Munich Pride or Christopher Street Day Munich is planned for Saturday the 11^th of July 2020. But the Pride Parade event is not the only event that is happening during Pride week in Munich.

Pride week starts on the 4^th of July and lasts until the 12^th of July 2020. During this week, tons of activities are scheduled, like a CSD Street Festival, a lesbian street festival on the 6^th of July, a rainbow concert, and tons of other events.

Find out more about the specific activities on the official website.

LGBT-friendly hotel for Munich Pride

CSD Munich partners with a few LGBT-friendly hotels in Munich for the Pride Week. These are the hotels that are recommended by the Munich Pride organization: Hotel Torbräu, Hotel Cristal München, BOLD Hotel München Zentrum, and the Deutsche Eiche.

For budget travelers, the Wombat’s City Hostel is an excellent choice!

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Explore Budapest during the Pride Festival

Usually, Budapest Pride happens at the end of June. But in 2020, the LGBT Pride March in Budapest is held in July.

The 11^th of July 2020 to be more precise.

The Hungarian Pride Week starts on the 3rd of July and lasts until the 12th of July 2020. The exact calendar of activities and events hasn’t been published yet, but keep an eye on the official website to find out more!

Budapest is a pretty cool place to visit and it has tons of beautiful sights and eclectic ruin bars. So when visiting the LGBT Pride in Budapest, take some time to see the city itself!

The Budapest Pride organization teams up with the Sziget Festival and visitors to the festival can visit the LGBT tent at Sziget festival.

LGBT-friendly hotel for Budapest Pride

Most hotels in Budapest are open to all travelers. Hotel Clark is LGBT-owned, so definitely a great choice for LGBT travelers. The Iberostar Grand Budapest has an excellent location in the heart of Budapest. With an even better location, the Sofitel Budapest Chain Bridge Hotel is also a fabulous LGBT-friendly choice in Budapest.

Budapest also has a few budget-friendly accommodation options. The Activity Hostel and the Maverick City Lodge are both cool and popular lodging options.

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Walk together with Pride in Berlin

Berlin isn’t just the capital of Germany, it’s also the gay capital of Germany. With loads of places for the LGBT community to go to, we decided to add it to our list of top lesbian destinations in Europe. And it truly is!

The Berlin Pride Parade or Christopher Street Day Berlin is planned for the 25^th of July 2020. Aside from a massive street parade, the Berlin Pride week has tons of activities to offer to visitors.

To find out when activities are planned, have a look at the official website!

Interested in more pride events in Germany? Check out Hamburg CSD and Cologne CSD.

LGBT-friendly hotel for Berlin Pride

Berlin is literally bulking with LGBT-friendly hotels and accommodation. The CSD Berlin organization decided to partner with quite a few LGBT hotels in Berlin for the Berlin Pride. These are some of our and their recommendations!

Hotel Berlin is a part of the Pink Pillow Berlin Collection. It looks stylish and cool!

The Vienna House Easy is another beautiful hotel in the Pink Pillow Berlin Collection.

We usually enjoy NH Hotels a lot, so the NH Berlin Kurfürstendamm Hotel definitely belongs in our recommendation list! Make sure to check out the Pink Pillow Berlin Collection if you’re looking for more recommendations!

Budget travelers should check out the Wombat’s City Hostel and the Circus Hostel Berlin!


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Diverse – Equal – Proud – Belfast Pride

The Belfast Pride Festival in Northern Ireland takes a little longer than a week, starting at the end of July until the beginning of August. Over a hundred events take place during the 10 days of the Belfast Pride Festival.

In the Pride Village at Donegal Quay is the place-to-be and there’s loads of entertainment provided for adults, as well as for children.

On Saturday the 1st of August, the actual Pride Parade March in Belfast takes off at 13h at the Custom House and it finished a few hours later in the same location. This year, Belfast Pride marches a different route than before, because the number of attendees keeps growing each year and the march route was becoming too short.

Check out the official website to find out more!

LGBT-friendly hotel in Belfast

There are tons of accommodation options in Belfast. These are our LGBT-friendly suggestions: Titanic Hotel Belfast, MalMaison Belfast, and Ramada Encore Belfast City Center Hotel.

UK’s most popular Pride event

Brighton Pride is one massive party that lasts for days! It is the most popular Pride Event in the UK!

Tons of activities and festivities are planned during the Pride Event, which starts on the 31st of July and lasts until the 2nd of August.

There’s a huge Pride Festival in the park, but also a Pride Village Party, A LoveBN1Fest and of course, a Pride Parade. Prepare to party all weekend!

The actual Pride parade starts at 11 AM on the 1st of August. Be there!

LGBT-friendly accommodation in Brighton

The Brighton Pride is happening during high season when prices are all the way up in the sky. So Brighton Pride offers a Pride Campsite at Waterhall. Reserve a spot here.

Legends Hotel is a gay hotel at the Brighton seafront, which sells out quite fast!

Other great options in Brighton are The Grand Brighton and The Jurys Inn Brighton Waterfront.

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Celebrate Pride in Stockholm

In 2018, Stockholm and Gothenburg were the places to be for the EuroPride. This year they’re organizing a new Stockholm Pride Parade and a Pride Week with loads of events and activities.

Pride Week in Stockholm starts the 27^th of July and ends with a bang on the day of the actual LGBT Pride Parade: Saturday the 1st of August 2020.

At the time of writing, Stockholm Pride has not yet released their complete Pride Program for 2020, but you can always check their website to see if any updates were published!

Stockholm is a great destination for lesbian travel all year. We added this stunning city on our list of the best lesbian cities in Europe! The city is also a great city trip stopover on a journey through Scandinavia!

LGBT-friendly hotel for Stockholm Pride

All of Scandinavia is super LGBT-friendly, so you won’t have any trouble finding a great hotel that welcomes all.

Miss Clara by Nobis is a beautiful hotel in the center of Stockholm, which is very LGBT-friendly!

The Haymarket Hotel is another great option. This hotel has an awesome location and it’s set in a house from the ’20s.

Hotel Skeppsholmen is located by the water and offers great views over the city.

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This is MY Pride

Amsterdam is one of these cities that everybody dreams about. You have to go there at least once in your life, just because it is that amazing! The city is one of the most LGBT-friendly cities in Europe.

Amsterdam Pride is a little different from the other LGBT Pride Parade events we already listed. That’s because Amsterdam features a Canal Pride on the hundreds of canals that run through the city center.

Canal Pride in Amsterdam is happening on the 1st of August 2020, but there’s more to see and do in Amsterdam during Pride Week!

Visit the Pride Park or walk during the Amsterdam Pride Walk. Or maybe you can attend one of the many street parties and events that are scheduled between the 25^th of July and the closing party on the 2nd of August.

LGBT-friendly hotel for Amsterdam Pride

All hotels and guest houses in Amsterdam are LGBT-friendly! So you can go wild when booking your stay! We do have a few recommendations though!

LGBT-friendly places for everyone include Sofitel Legend The Grand Amsterdam, Mauro Mansion, NH Collection Amsterdam Barbizon Palace, and NH Collection Amsterdam Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky.

If you want to stretch your budget a little further, check out the LGBT-friendly Hotel Freeland or the Ibis Centre Hotel.

For men only: Anco Hotel in the city center is for men only. Amistad Hotel is a gay hotel with gay owners.

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Basically the same – for a better constitution

Pride in Hamburg or Christopher Street Day in Hamburg is taking place on the 1st of August 29 with a massive Pride Parade March through the streets of Hamburg.

As a great city trip destination, Hamburg invites everyone to join them in the Christopher Street day and walk with Pride. We already visited Hamburg, but unfortunately, it wasn’t during the Hamburg Pride Festival. You can, however, read our guide to Hamburg here!

In the city of Hamburg, Pride lasts an entire week! Hamburg Pride Week starts at the end of July and lasts until the 1st of August. Each year, there is also a Hamburg winter Pride in December.

LGBT-friendly hotel in Hamburg

Hamburg is, like the rest of Germany, very LGBT-friendly. You will be welcomed in each and every hotel in Hamburg. Still, we have a few recommendations for LGBT-friendly hotels in Hamburg! First of all, the Arcotel Rubin Hamburg is an explicit LGBT-friendly hotel in Hamburg. Furthermore, the Radisson Hotel in Hamburg City is another great choice. Sir Nikolai Hotel has a great location in the Old Town, so this place offers great views from an authentic building!

Iceland welcomes you with Pride

During Reykjavik Pride week, visitors from all over the country visit the capital.

But Iceland Pride also attracts tons of LGBTQ+ from all over the world for this community event!

Pride Week starts on the 4^th of August and lasts until the 9^th of August.

The Reykjavik Pride March is happening on the 8th of August 2020. More information about the different activities will be published on the official website soon!

Before getting on that airplane… check out if you didn’t forget to pack anything!

LGBT-friendly hotel in Reykjavik

The Pride Reykjavik website recommends a few LGBT-friendly hotels in its capital, but Iceland is an LGBT-friendly country.

You can expect a warm welcome in any hotel.

The Icelandair Hotel Reykjavik Natura and the Icelandair Hotel Reykjavik Marina are both centrally located and explicitly LGBT-friendly.

Also in the city center, you can find the Radisson BLU 1919 and the Canopy Reykjavik City Center hotel by Hilton, both of which are LGBT-friendly hotels.

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Largest LGBT Parade in Eastern Europe

Prague Pride was first organized in 2011 and it has only expanded each year. This year promises to be even bigger and better. Last year, 92 thousand people visited Prague for the Pride Festival and 40 thousand people marched in the Pride Parade. Will you be one of them this year?

The capital of the Czech Republic is an awesome city trip destination. Why wouldn’t you arrange your travel dates accordingly?

This year, Prague has an entire LGBT Pride Week planned for us. Pride Week 2020 starts off the 3rd of August and lasts until the 9th of August 2020.

The actual LGBT Pride Parade is scheduled for the 8^th of August.

LGBT-friendly hotel for Prague Pride

The Prague Pride Team has partnered up with a few LGBT-friendly hotels in Prague. We’re happy to promote these awesome hotels as well! Vienna House is a hotel group with establishments in different countries. They’re also available in Prague and they’re explicitly LGBT-friendly!

There’s a Vienna House Andel’s and Angelo by Vienna House in Prague. Both hotels are centrally located on the East side of the river.

Other options are the Emblem Hotel and the centrally located Occidental Prague Wilson.

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Antwerp Pride Belgium

The Antwerp Pride is a slightly smaller Pride event in Belgium. But it’s definitely not the lesser one. Antwerp is a beautiful city to visit and if you like to celebrate pride in this beautiful city, then you should! Interested in more LGBT or lesbian events in Belgium? Read our Lesbian Guide to Belgium

The actual Pride Parade March takes place on Saturday the 5^th of August, but there will be Pride events all week. The global events run from the 5^th of August until the 9^th.

LGBT-friendly hotel for Antwerp Pride

The Soul City Apartments and Radisson BLU Astrid Hotel are both great and LGBT-friendly accommodation options for the Pride.

Or you can always check out our article with some of the best LGBTQ+ friendly hotels in Antwerp.

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Due to Covid19, the Belgian Pride event date has changed to 21 August 2020.

The Belgian Pride Brussels Belgium

Usually, the Belgian Pride is one of the first LGBT+ Pride events of the summer season. The event takes place at the end of May in the Capital of Belgium: Brussels.

The actual Belgian Pride parade is happening on the 23^rd of May 2020. But Belgium is up for a longer period of celebrations!

The Pride festival lasts from the 8^th until the 24^th of May and Pride weekend is on 22, 23, and 24 May.

The Mont des Arts is the usual base for the Pride Village. The Rainbow village can be found in the Quartier Saint-Jacques.

Brussels Pride is always a lot of fun and it’s one of these cozy and welcoming pride events in Europe you must visit at least once!

You should probably stay a bit longer in Brussels to explore the city and plan a short trip to Bruges!

While you’re in Belgium, discover the Belgian beer culture with a fun and relaxing beer tour.

LGBT-friendly hotel in Brussels

We recommend the NH Grand Place Arenberg as it is close to the action, centrally located and LGBT+ friendly.

The Radisson Red Hotel and Park Inn by Radisson are both great LGBT-friendly option in the city center.

Stay in the lovely Sablon area at the 9Hotel Sablon.

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Embrace the Scandinavian Hospitality during Copenhagen Pride

Copenhagen Pride Week 2020 starts on the 18^th of August and lasts until the 23rd of August.

The Pride Week program includes loads of free activities like concerts, workshops, parties, seminars, and other fun activities.

The actual LGBT Pride Parade happens on Saturday the 22nd of August. You can find more details on the official site.

PS. You can plan a trip to Copenhagen during a train trip through Scandinavia!

LGBT-friendly hotel for Copenhagen Pride

Denmark is, just like any other Scandinavian country, extremely LGBT-friendly, so any hotel you pick is an awesome choice. These are our LGBT-friendly hotel recommendations for Copenhagen.

Park Inn Hotel by Radisson is closer to the airport than it is to the city center, but it’s still only 15 minutes away from the center of Copenhagen.

Andersen Hotel and Urban House are both LGBT-friendly, and they’re located in one of the coolest neighbourhoods of Copenhagen: Vesterbro.

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Due to Covid19, the Birmingham Pride event date has changed to 5 and 6 September 2020.

Love Out Loud

Birmingham Pride is one of the first European Prides in 2020, together with the Belgian Pride in May.

The Birmingham Pride event starts on the 23 May 2020 and it lasts until Sunday night 24 May.

Some events require you to buy tickets in advance, so you should check the Pride website to get these.

There is an entire Pride village and tons of activities and parties. Birmingham Pride also hosts a women’s area, so make sure to check that out as well!

LGBT-Friendly accommodation in Birmingham

Hotel Indigo Birmingham is set in a very cool building and it’s an LGBT-friendly boutique hotel in the city center.

Staybridge Suites Birmingham offers comfortable and stylish suites in Bermingham city center. This place has all you can wish for, including a fitness center.

AC Hotel Birmingham brings MarriottLifestyle for a decent price in the city center of Birmingham.

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The right to love, express yourself, reach out, and belong!

This beautiful island in the Mediterranean Sea is the setting for another cool September Pride. Malta is an awesome destination in September, as well as in summer, and it is also high on our personal wish list. Just Google Malta and let the stunning scenery seduce you!

Malta Pride Week is scheduled in September each year. During this week, you can attend loads of different events and activities that are organized in the capital of Malta, Valletta. There’s a Pride Fashion Night, a Pride Pool Party, Pride Boat Party, and so much more.

The actual Malta Pride Parade is happening on the 12^th of September 2020, starting at the Triton Fountain in Valletta and ending with a massive afterparty!

Before you start packing… check out our Pride Packing List!

LGBT-friendly hotel for Malta Pride

Malta is an LGBT-friendly Mediterranean island. Loads of LGBT move to Malta each year and you can also find some accommodation options that are LGBT-owned.

The Saint John and the Palazzo Merkanti are both luxury boutique hotels in the center of Valletta and they’re both LGBT favorites. La Falconeria is a modern hotel, built inside an ancient building in Valletta.

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