It’s almost the spookiest day of the year again, and if you get frightfully excited about the 31st October, you’re sure to want to know where to find the best Halloween parties in Europe.
Whether you want to dance the night away to gruesome tunes, spend an evening exploring a haunted theme park, or perhaps introduce your children to Halloween at a family-friendly event, we’ve got a great option for you!
The best Halloween party in Belgium
The best frights in Belgium can be found at Walabi Amusement Park, which just under 2 and a half hours from Calais and under 2 hours from Rotterdam by car. Between the 25th October and 2nd November 2019 (excluding the 29th), Walabi will be open from 10am until 10pm and horror-seekers can spend their time braving 9 haunted houses and 6 scare zones, all of which vary in frightfulness.
Watch a 4D film that brings monsters terrifyingly close, try a themed drink in the Blood Bar, or simply try to escape each one of the haunted houses, which include a deadly mine and a horrifying prison. Before 5pm, your mini-monsters can enjoy mild scares if you’d like to visit Walabi as a family, but once it hits 6pm this Halloween event is not for the fainthearted!
There are also a number of shows that are sure to thrill and amaze you, including a magic show, an illusionist, circus acts, and the Skull Stage – which gives you the chance to dance the evening away. Please note that those over the age of 12 are not permitted to wear fancy dress, as the park worry that those who do could be mistaken for their horror actors!
The best Halloween party in Northern Ireland
For a Halloween party that the whole family can enjoy, cross the Irish Sea on our Cairnryan to Larne route and head to the Belfast Halloween Monster Mash on 27th October 2019. This family-friendly Halloween event can be found on the Titanic slipways, runs from 4pm until 7pm, and is free to enter, which makes it ideal for those on a budget too!
Fancy dress is encouraged at this Halloween party, and the best costumes will be awarded with prizes, so make sure that you put lots of effort into your outfit to be in with a chance of winning!
Once you reach the event, you’ll find impressive street shows and performances, creative workshops, a selection of fairground rides, live music, and plenty of food options, including lots of sweet treats of course. To complete the evening, watch the event’s mesmerising firework display. Set to a great soundtrack, these fireworks are sure to end your Halloween celebration with a bang!
The best Halloween party in Germany
Located in Germany, just over its border with France, is Europa-Park – the country’s biggest theme park and home to one of its best Halloween events. This year, German radio station SWR3 will be taking over the park on 31st October and turning it into Germany’s largest Halloween party, giving guests the chance to listen to a range of music and ride rollercoasters into the night.
DJs from both SWR3 and elsewhere will play awesome sets into the night, and there will be a silent disco and karaoke too. Thrill-seekers will be happy to know that a number of Europa-Park’s rides will stay open after dark, providing to experience them in a whole new way! Want to see the park in the daylight too? You can purchase a ‘park and party’ ticket which you can use to enter the attraction from 9am and stay until the fun stops after midnight!
The best Halloween party in the Netherlands
On the 24th October, head to The Hague where you will find a freakishly great Halloween party at PIP, one of the city’s night clubs. Run by student organisations, this is sure to be a fun-filled party, and its industrial setting lends itself to haunted houses and ghostly graveyards.
With entertainment covering everything from special effects and make-up stations to virtual reality and laser gaming, this Halloween festival is never going to get boring! Plus, with 6 stages of music, you’re sure to be able to find tunes that you want to dance to all night long. This party runs from 10pm until 4am, and you’ll definitely need your best Halloween costume to make sure that you stand out in the spooky crowd!
The best Halloween party on the North Sea
Why choose a city to celebrate Halloween in when you can take part in our creepiest crossing? Our Hulloween Mini Cruise from Hull to Rotterdam features live bands, dancefloor hits, and a fancy dress competition, which surely makes it one of the best Halloween parties in Europe. Need a break from being scared? You can always choose to watch a film in the onboard cinema, have a delicious meal in The Brasserie, or pick up some treats in our World Duty Free shop.
When you arrive in Rotterdam, you can choose to spend a day exploring this cosmopolitan Dutch city, or head off to Amsterdam for the day instead. Coach transfers to your chosen destination are included in your ticket, so you can just relax and enjoy the journey.
Now you know where to find the best Halloween parties in Europe, book your ferry crossing and start planning your trip full of spooky surprises today.
