Det sker i Murmansk, Russia året igennem

Travlt — New Year holidays, skoleferie på 7 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Sun Festival

  11.–25. jan. · normaltStor festival

  The sun comes back over the hills in the second week of January after six weeks away, and the city marks it — schoolchildren out on the Five Corners square, a ceremony at the amphitheatre. It is still barely above the horizon. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Aurora season (1. sep. – 10. apr. (normalt)), Blizzards and road closures (15. nov. – 15. apr. (normalt)), New Year holidays (31. dec. – 8. jan. (normalt))

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

• Festival

  Maslenitsa

  16.–22. feb.KarnevalTætpakket

  Pancake week before Orthodox Lent: blini at cafes and street stalls, and open-air fairs with folk music and games in the main square and city parks. It peaks on the Sunday, when a straw effigy of winter is usually burned. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Aurora season (1. sep. – 10. apr. (normalt)), Blizzards and road closures (15. nov. – 15. apr. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

• Festival

  Festival of the North

  20. mar. – 10. apr. · normaltSportsbegivenhed

  The Polar Olympiad has run every year since 1934: a ski marathon, reindeer sled racing on the frozen Semyonovskoye lake, and teams from across the north. Late March is when there is both snow and daylight. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Maslenitsa (16.–22. feb.), Aurora season (1. sep. – 10. apr. (normalt)), Blizzards and road closures (15. nov. – 15. apr. (normalt))

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

Intet nyt begynder i april.

Stadig i gang: Festival of the North (20. mar. – 10. apr. (normalt)), Aurora season (1. sep. – 10. apr. (normalt)), Blizzards and road closures (15. nov. – 15. apr. (normalt))

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

• Helligdag

  Victory Day

  9. majNational helligdagLukningerTætpakket

  9 May is a public holiday marked in every city with a morning parade or wreath-laying in the centre, and usually fireworks after dark. Central streets close for hours and public transport is rerouted; security measures have scaled some events back in recent years. Kilde ↗

Travlt — skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets bedste måneder vejrmæssigt

• Sæson

  Barents coast season

  15. jun. – 10. sep. · normaltSommersæsonen åbner

  Teriberka, two and a half hours out on the open Arctic shore, is the summer trip: the whale and bird boats run, the beach of wave-rounded boulders is walkable, and the road behaves. It has gone from ghost village to weekend queue in a decade. Kilde ↗

Travlt — skoleferie på 7 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets bedste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i juli.

Stadig i gang: Barents coast season (15. jun. – 10. sep. (normalt))

Travlt — skoleferie på 7 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets bedste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i august.

Stadig i gang: Barents coast season (15. jun. – 10. sep. (normalt))

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

• Natur

  Aurora season

  1. sep. – 10. apr. · normalt

  Well inside the auroral oval, but the city's own light and the Barents cloud work against you — the trips run out to Teriberka or the Lovozero side to get away from both. Clear nights, not dark ones, are the constraint.

Stadig i gang: Barents coast season (15. jun. – 10. sep. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i oktober.

Stadig i gang: Aurora season (1. sep. – 10. apr. (normalt))

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

• Sæson

  Blizzards and road closures

  15. nov. – 15. apr. · normaltEkstrem kuldeLukninger

  The wind off the Barents drifts the roads shut faster than the cold does; the Teriberka road and the Kola highway close for hours or days at a time in a storm. Any Arctic-coast plan here needs a spare day in it.

Stadig i gang: Aurora season (1. sep. – 10. apr. (normalt))

Travlt — New Year holidays, skoleferie på 7 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Helligdag

  New Year holidays

  31. dec. – 8. jan. · normaltNational helligdagLukningerBook tidligt

  The longest break of the Russian year: usually the first eight days of January or more are non-working. Offices, banks and many services close, while trains, flights and hotels fill with holidaying families at peak fares. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Aurora season (1. sep. – 10. apr. (normalt)), Blizzards and road closures (15. nov. – 15. apr. (normalt))