# World's Fairs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-fairs/120325>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 23, 2002, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-fairs/120325 "2002-07-23T02:52:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-fairs/120325/1 "2002-07-23T02:52:41Z")

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When will the next world fair be, and how often are they held? Are they ever outside the US? Who organizes these things?

- Jinx

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**Author:** ![Kepi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kepi/32/7251_2.png) [@Kepi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kepi)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-fairs/120325/2 "2002-07-23T05:43:40Z")

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According to the [International Bureau of Exhibitions](http://www.bie-paris.org/), the next scheduled **World’s Fair** will be in Seine-Saint-Denis, France in 2004, followed by Aichi, Japan in 2005.

There are a couple of **Horticultural Exhibitions** in the Netherlands (2002) and Germany (2003).