Det sker i Beijing (Peking), China året igennem

Travlt — Winter break (around Chinese New Year) i China, skoleferie på 5 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Regel

  Real-name timed tickets

  1. jan. – 31. dec.Book tidligt

  The Palace Museum, the Summer Palace and the ticketed Great Wall sections all sell capped time slots against a passport number, released about a week ahead and gone in minutes around the holidays. The Palace Museum also shuts on Mondays. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Spring Festival travel rush

  2. feb. – 14. mar.Kinesisk nytårTætpakketLukninger

  Forty days around the lunar new year and the largest annual movement of people anywhere. Trains and flights sell out weeks ahead and the city itself goes quiet. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Heating season (15. nov. – 15. mar.), Winter smog days (15. nov. – 28. feb. (normalt)), Skating on Houhai (20. dec. – 15. feb. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Spring Festival travel rush, Winter break (around Chinese New Year) i China

Intet nyt begynder i februar.

Stadig i gang: Real-name timed tickets (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Spring Festival travel rush (2. feb. – 14. mar.), Heating season (15. nov. – 15. mar.), Winter smog days (15. nov. – 28. feb. (normalt)), Skating on Houhai (20. dec. – 15. feb. (normalt))

Travlt — Spring Festival travel rush, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Risiko

  Sandstorm season

  1. mar. – 15. maj · normaltStøvsæson

  Dust off the Mongolian plateau reaches the city several times each spring, turning the sky yellow and pushing the air readings off the usual scale for a day or two. Kilde ↗

• Natur

  Spring blossom

  25. mar. – 20. apr. · normaltKirsebærblomstring

  Cherry at Yuyuantan and crab apple in the temple courtyards for about three weeks, in the short window between the sandstorms and the heat.

Stadig i gang: Real-name timed tickets (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Spring Festival travel rush (2. feb. – 14. mar.), Heating season (15. nov. – 15. 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: Real-name timed tickets (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Sandstorm season (1. mar. – 15. maj (normalt)), Spring blossom (25. mar. – 20. apr. (normalt))

Travlt — Labour Day holiday, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Helligdag

  Labour Day holiday

  1.–5. majNational helligdagTætpakketBook tidligt

  The year's second mass-travel week after Spring Festival: domestic tourists fill the Wall, the Forbidden City sells out its cap for days, and train tickets go the hour they release. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Real-name timed tickets (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Sandstorm season (1. mar. – 15. maj (normalt))

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

Intet nyt begynder i juni.

Stadig i gang: Real-name timed tickets (1. jan. – 31. dec.)

Travlt — Summer break i China, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Sæson

  Summer rains

  1. jul. – 31. aug. · normaltMonsunRisiko

  Most of the year's rain falls in these two months, in heavy short storms that flood underpasses and clear the air for a day afterwards.

Stadig i gang: Real-name timed tickets (1. jan. – 31. dec.)

Travlt — Summer break i China, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i august.

Stadig i gang: Real-name timed tickets (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Summer rains (1. jul. – 31. aug. (normalt))

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

Intet nyt begynder i september.

Stadig i gang: Real-name timed tickets (1. jan. – 31. dec.)

Tætpakket — National Day Golden Week, Fragrant Hills red leaves

• Helligdag

  National Day Golden Week

  1.–7. okt.TætpakketBook tidligt

  The whole country travels for a week from 1 October. The Great Wall, the Forbidden City and every train seat are spoken for, and the autumn light is genuinely good. Kilde ↗

• Natur

  Fragrant Hills red leaves

  15. okt. – 10. nov. · normaltEfterårsfarverTætpakket

  The smoke trees on the hills west of the city turn from around the third week of October; weekend visitor numbers are published and the park caps entry.

Stadig i gang: Real-name timed tickets (1. jan. – 31. dec.)

Travlt — Fragrant Hills red leaves

• Regel

  Heating season

  15. nov. – 15. mar.Risiko

  Central heating is switched on across the city on 15 November and off on 15 March by regulation. Flats are warm; the air outside is at its worst of the year. Kilde ↗

• Risiko

  Winter smog days

  15. nov. – 28. feb. · normalt

  The heating season and a still, cold high can pin a grey lid over the city for days; it is far better than it was a decade ago, but the bad spells still come in runs of three or four days. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Real-name timed tickets (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Fragrant Hills red leaves (15. okt. – 10. nov. (normalt))

Stille — skoleferie på 5 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets værste måneder vejrmæssigt

• Sæson

  Skating on Houhai

  20. dec. – 15. feb. · normaltIssæson

  Once the lake ice is thick enough the city opens rinks on Houhai and Shichahai, with hired chair-sledges and no pretence of elegance. It is the one winter thing Beijingers actually queue for. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Real-name timed tickets (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Heating season (15. nov. – 15. mar.), Winter smog days (15. nov. – 28. feb. (normalt))