Alba White Truffle Fair Celebrates Its 95th Year
2025-10-11 09:00 - 2025-12-08 20:00 (Europe/Rome) | Cortile della Maddalena, Via Luigi Paruzza, Alba, CN, 12051, Italy
Italian Chef Carlo Zarri discussing with truffle vendor on the truffle quality and price. (Nikao Media)

Alba White Truffle Fair returns to Piedmont, Italy for the 95th Year. Savour exquisite truffles, regional delights, and discover Alba’s millenary culture
Every October, the Alba White Truffle Fair attracts gastronomy professionals and connoisseurs, tycoons, and celebrities from around the world to taste, bid and purchase the world’s best white truffles (tartufo bianco).
Alba White Truffle – Diamond of the Kitchen
Italian truffles like caviar are luxurious and prized gourmet delights. Eighteenth century French gastronome Brillat-Savarin called the truffle “the diamond of the kitchen”.
The best truffles are the wild white Piedmontese type (Tuber Magnatum Pico) from Alba in the Italian province of Cuneo. The flesh (or gleba) varies from white to yellowish-grey, and etched with thin white veins. It releases a pungent and powerful aroma liken to a combination of earthy, woody and aged cheese scent.
Join famed Italian Chef Carlo Zarri as speaks to vendors and attendees at the Alba White Truffle Fair.

Wild truffles thrive symbiotically with roots of leafy trees such as oak, poplar, willows; lime and hazelnut bushes. The hardier the tree wood, the stronger the intensity of the truffle’s scent and flavour.
Northern Italy’s damp Lange forests are the best harvesting ground. Only licenced hunters (trifulaos) can harvest the wild truffles. They are usually accompanied by their dogs rather than pigs as they tend to eat the truffles once unearthed.
Depending on the quality and supply, a kilogram of Italian white truffles can be priced as high as USD5,000 or more. The white truffles are available between September to December.
At the fair, visitors can also savour black truffles, the famous Barolo wines,and regional delights such as, cured meats, and the renowned IGP Piedmont hazelnut (Tonda Gentile della Langa). The rich taste, superb quality and longer shelf life of this sweet round and refined of Langhe is what sets it apart from other hazelnut varieties.
Visitors will also have an opportunity to discover Alba’s millenary culture through folklore events, historical re-enactments and entertainment.
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First Published: October 08, 2016 | Updated: September 19, 2025

Vancouver Christmas Market Celebrates its 15th Year
2025-11-13 16:00 - 2025-12-24 18:00 (America/Vancouver) | Jack Poole Plaza (at the Olympic Cauldron), 1055 Canada Place, Vancouver, BC, V6C 3L5, Canada
Vancouver Christmas Market, the city’s cherished yuletide event returns this year with more festive offerings, fun activities and live entertainment.
Vancouver Christmas Market is largest and longest running Christmas Market and only European Christmas Market in Vancouver. The fun event where families and friends can enjoy and experience the beloved holiday tradition, German-style.
Christmas markets originated in Germany. It’s an advent tradition going back to the late Middle Ages in German-speaking Europe and many former Holy Roman Empire territories.
The Vancouver Christmas Market is a wonderful event to enjoy authentic German-inspired sights and sounds. Savour German flavours and shop for unique gifts at over 90 huts at the market and usher in the joyous season with families and friends.
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What to Do and See?
Below are some of the market features.

Alpine Haus – relax and savour hot beverages and delicious food in a warm holiday setting.
Lovers’ Lane – an Instagram-worthy 30-foot long tunnel decorated with 20,000 twinkling lights and mistletoe.
Love Lock Installation – an area where lovers can attach a ‘Vancouver Christmas Market Love Lock’, representing their love and partnership over the holiday season..
Winterdeck – an area to soak up the scenic views of the North Shore.
Walk-Through Christmas Tree – experience magical moments under the display of 36,000 twinkling lights.
Live entertainment on the Christmas Pyramid’s ‘Flying Stage’ perched 10ft high above the market.
Scavenger Hunt – a family favourite where you and your kids can go on a merry quest for goodies scattered across the Market and more..

Delectable Food and Beverages
There is nothing more jolly than sampling the array of German delicacies:

Glühwein (a hot-spiced mulled wine), German Bratwurst,
Gulasch, Spätzle, Schnitzel
A selection of German beer, award-winning German style wine, and more

Ticket Information
Ticket Purchase at the Gate and online. Children Age 0-6, FREE.
Discounted pricing available for online purchase. Price varies depending on date of purchase. Season passes are also available at $35.99. Click here for more ticket information.
First Published: November 13, 2018 | Updated: November 30, 2025
