Det sker i Baghdad, Iraq året igennem

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 6 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

• Helligdag

  Ramadan

  18. feb. – 19. mar.Lukninger

  Offices barely open before noon and the city moves to the night: Karrada and the riverside on Abu Nuwas Street are busier after iftar than at any other time of year. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Street flooding in the first rains (25. okt. – 31. jan. (normalt))

Travlt — Ramadan, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i februar.

Stadig i gang: Ramadan (18. feb. – 19. mar.)

Tætpakket — Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr

• Helligdag

  Eid al-Fitr

  20.–22. mar.Ramadan & eidLukningerTætpakket

  Three or four days when government offices and most shops close and families take the river parks. Domestic flights and buses are booked well ahead. Kilde ↗

• Risiko

  Shamal dust storms

  15. mar. – 30. jun. · normaltStøvsæsonLukninger

  North-westerlies lift the dried marsh and desert soil; a bad day turns the sky orange and grounds flights at Baghdad International. Several a season, each lasting a day or two. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Ramadan (18. feb. – 19. mar.)

Travlt — skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets bedste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i april.

Stadig i gang: Eid al-Fitr (20.–22. mar.), Shamal dust storms (15. mar. – 30. jun. (normalt))

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

Intet nyt begynder i maj.

Stadig i gang: Shamal dust storms (15. mar. – 30. jun. (normalt))

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

• Sæson

  Fifty degrees and power cuts

  1. jun. – 10. sep. · normaltEkstrem varme

  The government has declared days off when the temperature passes fifty, and the generators are loudest exactly when the grid is weakest. Anything outdoors happens after ten at night.

• Helligdag

  Ashura

  25.–26. jun.LukningerTætpakket

  Black banners across the city and processions at Kadhimiya. Offices close for the day and the roads south towards Karbala are solid from the night before. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Shamal dust storms (15. mar. – 30. jun. (normalt))

Travlt — Arbaeen, skoleferie på 5 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Helligdag

  Arbaeen

  25. jul. – 4. aug.Muharram & ashuraTætpakketLukningerBook tidligt

  Millions walk south to Karbala in the fortnight before the day itself, and Baghdad's southern exits, hotels and buses go with them. Very little about the city moves normally that week. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Fifty degrees and power cuts (1. jun. – 10. sep. (normalt)), Ashura (25.–26. jun.)

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

• Natur

  Date harvest

  25. aug. – 15. nov. · normalt

  Iraq's date palms are cut from late August into November, depending on the variety, and the fresh crop of zahdi, khastawi and barhi dates fills the city's markets through the autumn. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Fifty degrees and power cuts (1. jun. – 10. sep. (normalt)), Arbaeen (25. jul. – 4. aug.)

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i september.

Stadig i gang: Fifty degrees and power cuts (1. jun. – 10. sep. (normalt)), Date harvest (25. aug. – 15. nov. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

• Festival

  Baghdad International Theatre Festival

  10.–18. okt.Kunstfestival

  A week of Iraqi, Arab and international productions on the city's stages each October; recent editions have run from around 10 October, and the programme is announced only shortly before. Kilde ↗

• Risiko

  Street flooding in the first rains

  25. okt. – 31. jan. · normaltOversvømmelsessæson

  The season's first heavy downpours regularly overwhelm Baghdad's drainage and pumping stations: underpasses and main roads flood, traffic seizes up and some districts sit in water for a day or more. Leave slack for airport runs after a storm. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Date harvest (25. aug. – 15. nov. (normalt))

Travlt — en af stedets bedste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i november.

Stadig i gang: Date harvest (25. aug. – 15. nov. (normalt)), Street flooding in the first rains (25. okt. – 31. jan. (normalt))

Travlt — Christmas, skoleferie på 5 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Helligdag

  Christmas

  20.–26. dec. · normalt

  Christmas Day has been a public holiday for all Iraqis since 2008. Churches in Karrada hold packed services, and large trees go up in public places such as Zawraa Park, where Muslim families come to take photos too. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Street flooding in the first rains (25. okt. – 31. jan. (normalt))