Public romance festivals you can actually attend — from Verona In Love and the Loveland Valentine Re-Mailing Program to Japan\'s Tanabata, China\'s Qixi, and Iceland\'s Christmas Book Flood.
The city of Romeo and Juliet hosts four days of heart-shaped lights, lantern walks, and love-letter readings across Piazza dei Signori. A free public festival held every February around Valentine's Day.
Annual Valentine's Day weddings and vow renewals on the 86th-floor observation deck, a New York City tradition since 1994. Tickets and ceremony slots open each January.
Mail your Valentine to "Loveland, CO 80538" and the city volunteers will hand-stamp it with a verse and the Loveland cachet before forwarding it on. Free, running since 1947.
Four weeks of pink-petal walks along the Tidal Basin, paddle-boat rides, and an opening ceremony at the Warner Theatre. Free events run mid-March through mid-April.
Public readings of Molly Bloom's final soliloquy and Joyce's love letters at Sweny's Pharmacy and the James Joyce Centre. Annual on 16 June since 1954.
The Japanese festival of the two lovers Orihime and Hikoboshi who meet across the Milky Way once a year. Write your wish on a tanzaku and hang it from a bamboo branch.
The 7th day of the 7th lunar month — China's original Valentine's, celebrating the cowherd and weaver-girl. Public lantern releases, calligraphy stalls, and night markets.
A century-old American holiday for small acts of love — gifting flowers and notes to spouses, friends, and the people often overlooked. Third Saturday of October each year.
Three million bulbs, illuminated displays along the Niagara Parkway, and the famed "Love" tunnel of lights. Free, runs mid-November through mid-January.
Iceland's tradition of gifting books on Christmas Eve and spending the night reading in bed with chocolate. Bookshops stay open late and host author signings in the run-up.