Det sker i Asunción, Paraguay året igennem

Stille — skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets værste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i januar.

Stadig i gang: Summer heat (1. dec. – 28. feb. (normalt))

Stille — skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets værste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i februar.

Stadig i gang: Summer heat (1. dec. – 28. feb. (normalt))

Travlt — Semana Santa, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Helligdag

  Semana Santa

  30. mar. – 5. apr.Påske & den stille ugeLukninger

  Thursday and Friday are the deadest days of the Paraguayan year: shops shut, the capital empties towards the interior, and Wednesday is spent making chipa in clay ovens with whoever is around. Kilde ↗

Travlt — Semana Santa

Intet nyt begynder i april.

Stadig i gang: Semana Santa (30. mar. – 5. apr.)

Travlt — Independence days

• Helligdag

  Independence days

  14.–15. majNational helligdagLukningerTætpakket

  Two back-to-back public holidays for the 1811 independence, with parades downtown, flags on every balcony and chipa and sopa paraguaya everywhere. Government offices, banks and many shops close. Kilde ↗

Travlt — skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets bedste måneder vejrmæssigt

• Festival

  San Juan Ára

  15.–30. jun. · normaltReligiøs højtid

  Paraguay's favourite winter fiesta: fire games, walking on hot coals at midnight on the 23rd, the toro candil and plates of mbeju and pastel mandi'o. Plazas downtown and neighbourhood parishes host their own nights through the second half of June. Kilde ↗

Travlt — Expo Paraguay, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Expo Paraguay

  11.–26. jul.Stor festivalTætpakket

  The country's farm and industry fair takes the showground at Mariano Roque Alonso, half an hour north, for a fortnight each July: livestock rings by day, stadium-sized concerts at night, buses running late. Kilde ↗

• Natur

  Lapacho trees in flower

  15. jul. – 15. sep. · normaltVilde blomster & blomstring

  In late winter the city's lapachos flower pink and yellow before the leaves return, colouring avenues, plazas and the Costanera. The pink ones come first, the yellow later. Kilde ↗

Travlt — Founding of Asunción

• Festival

  Founding of Asunción

  5.–15. aug.Religiøs højtidLukningerTætpakket

  The city's founding day is also the feast of its patron, Our Lady of the Assumption: a river procession on the Paraguay, a land procession to the cathedral and a municipal programme of concerts and fairs. 15 August is a fixed holiday. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Lapacho trees in flower (15. jul. – 15. sep. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i september.

Stadig i gang: Lapacho trees in flower (15. jul. – 15. sep. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i oktober.

Skuldersæson — en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i november.

Travlt — Caacupé pilgrimage, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Risiko

  Summer heat

  1. dec. – 28. feb. · normaltEkstrem varme

  The met service runs heat warnings through most of the southern summer and the low-lying centre holds it after dark. Offices and markets shift their hours; the river brings no relief at all. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Caacupé pilgrimage

  4.–8. dec.National helligdagTætpakketLukninger

  Route 2 out of the city fills with walkers for days before 8 December, most setting off at night to reach the basilica fifty kilometres away by dawn. Asunción itself is shut and unusually quiet on the day. Kilde ↗