In Eindhoven, the kermis Park Hilaria was on the street bordering the uni here.    From Wordnik.com.  [Almost end of summer « The expat numbat: from AU to NL] Reference

Yesterday one of the secretaries asked one of the Dutch PhD students, in Dutch, what the English word for kermis was, and I immediately said “carnival”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fair vs. carnival « The expat numbat: from AU to NL] Reference

They spent a riotous afternoon; there was a small kermis, a fair, tucked away behind the main street and the three of them tried each one of its attractions, and when they were tired of that, wandered round the booths.    From Wordnik.com.  [Grasp A Nettle]

The Middelburg kermis is a particularly merry one.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Wanderer in Holland] Reference

His kermis paintings are dated between 1626 and 1634.    From Wordnik.com.  [PRWeb] Reference

It was the kermis or annual fair, and all the world was keeping holiday in Utrecht.    From Wordnik.com.  [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference

The insects - specifically, lecanium scale and, to a lesser extent, kermis scale - range in size from 1/8 - to 1/2-inch long.    From Wordnik.com.  [TheState.com: Homepage] Reference

Entitled St. George's kermis with the dance around the maypole, it is one of his most complicated, joyous and successful works.    From Wordnik.com.  [PRWeb] Reference

Brueghel revels in the (largely good-natured) exuberance of the St George's kermis, which fused seventeenth century Flemish secular and religious traditions.    From Wordnik.com.  [PRWeb] Reference

The mountainous district of Bac Ha in Lao Cai province is well known for the kermis of H'Mong people and the charming beauty of Tam Hoa plum blossoms in spring.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Flushing does little to amuse its visitors after the sun has left the sea; and we were very glad of the excuse offered by the Middelburg kermis to return to our inland city each afternoon.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Wanderer in Holland] Reference

The whole transaction is but an affair of battered kermis, intrinsically not worth a moment's consideration; but it serves its purpose of affording an interesting insight into the character of my escort.    From Wordnik.com.  [Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama] Reference

Brueghel explored kermis subjects from the 1620s, becoming the most influential painter of this theme, which was also taken up by Hans Bol, Gillis Mostaert, Carel van Mander, Roelant Savery and David Vinckboons.    From Wordnik.com.  [PRWeb] Reference

Returning to Middelburg from Flushing one evening, in the steam-tram, we found ourselves in a compartment filled with happy country people, most of them making for the kermis, then in full swing in the Middelburg market place.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Wanderer in Holland] Reference

A Superb 17th Century Flemish Masterpiece By Pieter Brueghel The Younger, entitled "St George's kermis with the dance around the maypole", is a highlight of this well-known and much anticipated New York fair which features over 700 years of fine art.    From Wordnik.com.  [PRWeb] Reference

Bands of music and merry-go-rounds in all the open places and squares; open-air bakeries of pancakes and waffles; theatrical exhibitions, raree-shows, jugglers, and mountebanks at every corner -- all these phenomena which had been at every kermis for centuries, and were to repeat themselves for centuries afterwards, now enlivened the atmosphere of the grey, episcopal city.    From Wordnik.com.  [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference

Hij steelt epauletten voor kermis en tabak voor de slaven van soho, hij steelt mijn historie voor marx—.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gerrit Kouwenaar] Reference

"He kissed her hard and lingeringly and then let her go without a word as Oliver, at last sated with the pleasures of the kermis, came trotting towards them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Grasp A Nettle]

I doubt I’d go back to Tilburg during the kermis again — I definitely want to see Tilburg non-kermis-ified though as it looked like a nice town behind the rides and noise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Almost end of summer « The expat numbat: from AU to NL] Reference

I examined the Middelburg kermis very thoroughly.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Wanderer in Holland] Reference

Reply kermis says.    From Wordnik.com.  [Video: Cat Yodeling - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference

Middelburg kermis -- The aristocracy of avoirdupois -- The end.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Wanderer in Holland] Reference

@base10 I'll probably stay local;) Although Dog in a Hat makes kermis seem weirdly attractive.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fedora People] Reference