Det sker i Athens (Athina), Greece året igennem

Stille — redaktionens stille måned, Christmas holidays i Greece

• Regel

  Acropolis timed entry

  1. jan. – 31. dec.Book tidligt

  Tickets carry an hourly slot and the site is capped at twenty thousand people a day. The eight-to-noon slots go first, and the gate queue is what you are paying to skip. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Winter hours at the ancient sites (1. nov. – 31. mar.)

Stille — redaktionens stille måned, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Carnival and Clean Monday

  23. feb.

  Three weeks of neighbourhood carnival end on Clean Monday, when families take kites up onto Filopappou and the hills above the city and the whole country eats lenten food outdoors. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Acropolis timed entry (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Winter hours at the ancient sites (1. nov. – 31. mar.)

Travlt — mellem toppene, Independence Day parade

• Festival

  Independence Day parade

  25. mar.National helligdagTætpakketLukninger

  A military parade closes Vasilissis Sofias and the streets around Syntagma for the morning of 25 March. Museums and most shops are shut for the holiday. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Orthodox Easter

  10.–13. apr.Påske & den stille ugeLukninger

  Athens empties for a week as the city goes back to the villages. Shops and many tavernas close, the centre is oddly calm, and every road and ferry out of town is full on the Thursday and Friday. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Acropolis timed entry (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Carnival and Clean Monday (23. feb.), Winter hours at the ancient sites (1. nov. – 31. mar.)

Travlt — mellem toppene, Orthodox Easter

Intet nyt begynder i april.

Stadig i gang: Acropolis timed entry (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Orthodox Easter (10.–13. apr.)

Skuldersæson — mellem toppene, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i maj.

Stadig i gang: Acropolis timed entry (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Orthodox Easter (10.–13. apr.)

Travlt — Summer holidays i Greece, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Sæson

  Sea warm enough to swim

  1. jun. – 31. okt. · normalt

  The coastal suburbs down the tram line from the centre are swimmable from June, and the water is at its warmest in September, well after the air has stopped being punishing.

• Festival

  Athens Epidaurus Festival

  1. jun. – 29. aug.KunstfestivalBook tidligt

  Three months of theatre, dance and concerts, with the headline nights under the Acropolis at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus and Greek tragedy staged in the ancient theatre at Epidaurus. Kilde ↗

• Risiko

  Midday closures in the heat

  15. jun. – 31. aug. · normaltEkstrem varmeLukninger

  On the worst days the culture ministry shuts the open archaeological sites through the middle of the afternoon and the Red Cross hands out water at the gate. Do the ruins before ten or after six. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Acropolis timed entry (1. jan. – 31. dec.)

Tætpakket — redaktionens travleste måned, Summer holidays i Greece

Intet nyt begynder i juli.

Stadig i gang: Acropolis timed entry (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Sea warm enough to swim (1. jun. – 31. okt. (normalt)), Athens Epidaurus Festival (1. jun. – 29. aug.), Midday closures in the heat (15. jun. – 31. aug. (normalt))

Tætpakket — redaktionens travleste måned, The 15 August exodus

• Helligdag

  The 15 August exodus

  8.–25. aug. · normaltSkoleferieLukninger

  Athenians leave for the islands and the villages around the Dormition holiday on the 15th. Neighbourhood shops and tavernas shut for a fortnight, and what is left in the centre is heat and visitors. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Acropolis timed entry (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Sea warm enough to swim (1. jun. – 31. okt. (normalt)), Athens Epidaurus Festival (1. jun. – 29. aug.), Midday closures in the heat (15. jun. – 31. aug. (normalt))

Travlt — mellem toppene, Summer holidays i Greece

Intet nyt begynder i september.

Stadig i gang: Acropolis timed entry (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Sea warm enough to swim (1. jun. – 31. okt. (normalt))

Travlt — mellem toppene, Ohi Day

• Helligdag

  Ohi Day

  28. okt.National helligdagLukningerTætpakket

  A military parade closes Vasilissis Sofias and Syntagma on the 28th and the country takes the day off; museums and most shops shut, and it usually pulls a long weekend with it. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Acropolis timed entry (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Sea warm enough to swim (1. jun. – 31. okt. (normalt))

Stille — redaktionens stille måned, Athens Marathon

• Regel

  Winter hours at the ancient sites

  1. nov. – 31. mar.Lukninger

  From the first of November the archaeological sites move to the short winter timetable and close in the middle of the afternoon. The trade is a cheaper ticket and an Acropolis you can walk without booking. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Athens Marathon

  8. nov.SportsbegivenhedTætpakketLukninger

  The race runs from Marathon into the Panathenaic Stadium and closes the eastern approaches to the city for most of a Sunday. Do not book a morning flight out of that day. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Acropolis timed entry (1. jan. – 31. dec.)

Stille — redaktionens stille måned, Christmas holidays i Greece

Intet nyt begynder i december.

Stadig i gang: Acropolis timed entry (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Winter hours at the ancient sites (1. nov. – 31. mar.)