Edinburgh features 4 major cultural yearly events yearly between June and Aug, and after two unattractive summers which put a bunch of potential visitors off this one guarantees to be a scorcher, hopefully convincing millions of visitors to come back to Scotland's main city. In sequential order first up is the Edinburgh World Film Holiday running from the 17th to 28th June, only the second time in its 62 year history that it'll occur in June.

There is no question that Canada is a north country and that our winters here in Toronto can at times be a little cruel. But that is no reason to hold any person back from getting out there and enjoying the town to the fullest. The WinterCity Holiday is a city-wide party of Toronto's culinary offerings ( the preferred Winterlicious cafe promotion ), a good spread of free entertainment events and a showcase of Toronto's colourful humanities scene, featuring music, dance, theatre, vision shows, rink-side concerts and even aerial acrobatic performances.