From dedicated fire spinning studios to century-old circus academies, Europe has a rich network of schools where you can learn flow arts. Here is an overview by country.

United Kingdom

National Centre for Circus Arts — London. The UK's leading circus school. Degree programmes, evening classes, and a monthly juggling club.
Perfect Circle Poi — London (Camden & Brixton). Dedicated poi school since 2005. Beginner to advanced fire poi courses.
Circus Wunderbar — Nottingham. Poi, staff, fire hoop, juggling lessons from beginner to advanced.
Kent Fire Spinners — Kent. Twice-monthly fire spinning practice. Open to all levels.
Bring The Fire Project — Liverpool. Fire performance training and community workshops.
Joyous Flow Arts — Burgess Hill. Weekly poi, hoop, juggling, staff classes.
Cloud Aerial Arts — Manchester. Poi, staff, aerial hoop, silks, trapeze.
Think Circus — Edinburgh. Social circus with free drop-in sessions. Juggling, hoop, poi, acrobatics.
Aerial Edge — Glasgow. Circus school since 2007 with a 1-year professional development course.
Circusful — Belfast. Northern Ireland's leading circus arts organisation since 1999.

Ireland

Galway Community Circus — Galway. Youth and adult circus programmes.
FirePoise — Dublin & Northern Ireland. Ireland's premier fire performance group with regular poi and fire classes.

Netherlands

Flow Arts Netherlands (FAN) — Amsterdam. The Netherlands' dedicated flow arts school. Poi, staff, hoop, fire.
Dam Hoops — Amsterdam. Hoop dance classes.
HappyHooping — Amsterdam. Hoop workshops and events.
Circus Diedom — Utrecht. Youth circus school.

Belgium

ESAC — Brussels. Higher education circus arts school (Ecole Superieure des Arts du Cirque).
Ecole de Cirque de Bruxelles — Brussels. Oldest circus school in Brussels (since 1981). 1,000+ students per week. Juggling, diabolo, trapeze, silks.
Kandila Dance — Ghent. Dance and flow arts.

Germany

FlowArts e.V. — Berlin. Non-commercial collective of flow and fire artists. Community jams, workshops, and the annual Ostflimmern convention.
Flow of Fire — Berlin. Poi workshops, staff workshops, fire safety training, Body & Mind Flow.
Katapult Berlin — Berlin. Open training and workshops for circus arts.
FlowSchule — Braunschweig. Flow arts workshops for all ages combining dance, juggling, and fire.
Jonglierkurs.de — Munich. Juggling courses and workshops.
CAIA Academy — Steyerberg. Hoop dance school, hosts the German Hoop Convention.
Dunya Kuhn Hoopschule — Berlin. Dedicated hula hoop school.

France

Academie Fratellini — Saint-Denis (Paris). One of Europe's most prestigious circus schools.
Compagnie Libellune — Alsace. Professional fire arts company with year-round courses.
Fusion Arts — Sommieres. Fire dance retreat led by ex-Cirque du Soleil coach. Poi, staff, choreography.
Ecole de Cirque de Bordeaux — Bordeaux. Founded 1981, under a big top. FEDEC member.
Centre des Arts du Cirque Balthazar — Montpellier. Recognised by French Ministry of Culture. Professional training centre.
Hoopera — Paris. Online and in-person hoop dance courses and masterclasses.

Spain

Escuela de Circo Carampa — Madrid. Professional circus school.
Rogelio Rivel Circus School — Barcelona. Only vocational circus school in Catalonia. 4-year professional programme. FEDEC member.
La Central del Circ — Barcelona. 3,000+ sqm facility open daily for professional training.

Italy

FLIC Scuola di Circo — Turin. First professional contemporary circus school in Italy (2002). 2,500 sqm, 9 training rooms. FEDEC member.
Fondazione Cirko Vertigo — Turin. Circus arts foundation with professional training.
Scuola Romana di Circo — Rome. Circus school with juggling and aerial programmes.
Accademia d'Arte Circense — Verona. 5-year boarding school programme since 1988.

Portugal

Chapito — Lisbon. Iconic circus school and cultural centre.
Salto Circus School — Maia (Porto). First professional circus school in Portugal.
Erva Daninha — Porto. Contemporary circus company with training programmes.

Austria

Zirkusakademie Wien — Vienna. Regular circus courses including juggling, aerials, acrobatics.
Circus KAOS — Vienna. Circus arts school.
MOTA — Salzburg. Movement and circus training.

Switzerland

Zirkusquartier Zurich — Zurich. 35+ courses, 300 participants weekly. All ages from 2.5+.
Zirkusschule Basel — Basel. Acrobatics, aerial, juggling for children and adults.

Czech Republic

Cirqueon — Prague. Umbrella for contemporary circus in Czech Republic. 3 training halls, 500+ students.
Pyroterra Lighttoys — Prague. LED prop manufacturer that also offers workshops and performances.

Scandinavia

Cirkus Cirkor — Stockholm, Sweden. Contemporary circus company with youth programmes.
DYNAMO Workspace — Odense, Denmark. Free drop-in Circus Playground. Masterclasses and open training.
CCCC Copenhagen — Copenhagen, Denmark. Contemporary circus centre.
Circus Helsinki — Helsinki, Finland. 1,000+ students weekly. Open Sunday training for adults.
Sirkus Magenta — Helsinki, Finland. Social circus with 50+ weekly groups.

Hungary

BCDC Circus College — Budapest. Higher education in circus arts with BA programmes. Unique in Central Europe.

Greece

Circus Dayz — Athens. Circus school since 2006. Acrobatics, parkour, juggling.
Fundastick — Athens. Flow arts and circus training.

All these schools and many more are shown on the FlowWiki map. Filter by "Schools" to find one near you.

Resources

Online Courses

Schools in Europe