Det sker i Nantes, France året igennem

Stille — rejsende beskriver det som stille, Le Voyage en hiver

• Festival

  La Folle Journee

  25. jan. – 2. feb. · normaltMusikfestivalBook tidligt

  Five days of short classical concerts stacked from morning to midnight in the Cite des Congres, cheap and deliberately unstuffy. It is the one reason to be here in January and the halls sell out. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Le Voyage en hiver (28. nov. – 3. jan. (normalt))

Travlt — Winter (February) holidays i France, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Natur

  Camellias at the Jardin des Plantes

  15. feb. – 25. mar. · normaltVilde blomster & blomstring

  The garden next to the station holds one of France's largest camellia collections, around six hundred varieties, usually at its best in the first half of March after a mild winter. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: La Folle Journee (25. jan. – 2. feb. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Carnaval de Nantes, Winter (February) holidays i France

• Festival

  Carnaval de Nantes

  20. mar. – 20. apr. · normaltKarnevalTætpakket

  Giant floats built by volunteers over the winter parade through the city centre from Place Foch on a spring Sunday afternoon, with a separate night parade a couple of weeks later. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Camellias at the Jardin des Plantes (15. feb. – 25. mar. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Carnaval de Nantes, Spring holidays i France

• Festival

  Marathon de Nantes

  15.–30. apr. · normaltSportsbegivenhed

  A late-April running weekend: a 10 km night race from the Machines de l'Ile on the Saturday, then the marathon and half on Sunday, with road closures along the Loire. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Carnaval de Nantes (20. mar. – 20. apr. (normalt))

Tætpakket — May holidays and ponts, Spring holidays i France

• Helligdag

  May holidays and ponts

  1.–25. majNational helligdagTætpakketBook tidligtLukninger

  1 May, 8 May, Ascension Thursday and Whit Monday are public holidays, and the French bridge the gaps with a day off, the pont. Expect four-day weekends of busy trains, jammed roads and full rooms in towns that draw visitors, and near-total closures on 1 May. Kilde ↗

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

• Festival

  Hellfest weekend

  17.–22. jun. · normaltMusikfestivalTætpakketBook tidligt

  The metal festival is at Clisson, forty minutes south, but the rooms it fills are in Nantes and the trains out are standing room. Book anywhere in the city early for the third weekend of June. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: May holidays and ponts (1.–25. maj)

Tætpakket — Bastille Day (14 juillet), Summer holidays i France

• Festival

  Le Voyage a Nantes

  4. jul. – 6. sep.Sommersæsonen åbner

  A green line painted on the pavement links a couple of dozen commissioned works across the city for the summer, most of them free and outdoors. The art changes every year; the line does not. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Bastille Day (14 juillet)

  13.–14. jul.National helligdagTætpakketLukninger

  14 July is the national holiday: towns hold fireworks on the evening of the 13th or 14th, often with a firemen's ball, a parade or a concert, and banks, offices and many shops close for the day. Kilde ↗

Travlt — Summer holidays i France, skoleferie på 6 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i august.

Stadig i gang: Le Voyage a Nantes (4. jul. – 6. sep.)

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

• Sæson

  Muscadet harvest

  1. sep. – 10. okt. · normalt

  The vineyards start where the tram ends, and picking runs through September in the villages around Clisson and Vallet. Growers pour in the cellar rather than the tasting room while it lasts.

Stadig i gang: Le Voyage a Nantes (4. jul. – 6. sep.)

Travlt — All Saints (autumn) holidays i France, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i oktober.

Stadig i gang: Muscadet harvest (1. sep. – 10. okt. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Le Voyage en hiver, All Saints (autumn) holidays i France

• Festival

  Le Voyage en hiver

  28. nov. – 3. jan. · normaltJul & nytårTætpakket

  The summer art trail gets a winter version: light works through the centre, a market on the Place Royale and the machines on the island running in the dark. The wet cold here is the real one. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — Le Voyage en hiver, Christmas holidays i France

Intet nyt begynder i december.

Stadig i gang: Le Voyage en hiver (28. nov. – 3. jan. (normalt))