Det sker i Ouro Preto, Brazil året igennem

Travlt — Summer holidays i Brazil, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i januar.

Stadig i gang: Rainy season landslides (1. dec. – 31. mar. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Carnival in the republics, Summer holidays i Brazil

• Festival

  Carnival in the republics

  5. feb. – 5. mar. · normaltTætpakketBook tidligt

  The student republics open their doors and the blocos haul themselves up the cobbles for five days. The hills are the hard part, and every bed in the centre goes a year ahead. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Rainy season landslides (1. dec. – 31. mar. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Carnival in the republics, Semana Santa sawdust carpets

• Festival

  Semana Santa sawdust carpets

  20. mar. – 25. apr. · normaltPåske & den stille ugeTætpakket

  Residents lay coloured sawdust down the slopes through the small hours of Holy Saturday, and the Resurrection procession walks over the lot on Sunday morning. The council supplies the sawdust by the tonne. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Carnival in the republics (5. feb. – 5. mar. (normalt)), Rainy season landslides (1. dec. – 31. mar. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Semana Santa sawdust carpets, Tiradentes day

• Helligdag

  Tiradentes day

  21. apr.National helligdagTætpakketLukninger

  The national holiday on 21 April commemorates the conspirator hanged for a plot hatched in these streets, and the town it belongs to is where Minas comes to mark it. A long weekend when it falls right. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Semana Santa sawdust carpets (20. mar. – 25. apr. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — en helt almindelig måned

• Festival

  Corpus Christi sawdust carpets

  3.–4. jun.Religiøs højtidTætpakket

  Overnight before the Thursday procession residents cover about three kilometres of the old streets with carpets of coloured sawdust, coffee grounds and flowers. Walk the route before dawn, before the procession passes over them. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — Corpus Christi sawdust carpets, CineOP film festival

• Festival

  CineOP film festival

  25.–30. jun.Tætpakket

  A free festival of Brazilian cinema focused on film heritage and preservation, with screenings, debates and a June-party atmosphere spread across the historic centre. Rooms in the historic centre are scarcer than usual that week. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Corpus Christi sawdust carpets (3.–4. jun.)

Travlt — July winter break i Brazil, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Festival de Inverno

  1.–31. jul. · normaltKunstfestival

  The winter festival spreads concerts, workshops, theatre and exhibitions across Ouro Preto and Mariana for most of July, timed with the town's birthday on the 8th. Evenings are cold at this altitude. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: CineOP film festival (25.–30. jun.)

Travlt — en af stedets bedste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i august.

Travlt — skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets bedste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i september.

Travlt — Festa do Doze

• Festival

  Festa do Doze

  9.–13. okt. · normaltStor festivalTætpakketBook tidligt

  The School of Mines celebrates its 1876 founding on 12 October, when alumni pour back into the student republics. The balls and republic parties are invitation-only, but the town is full and loud and beds are hard to find. Kilde ↗

Skuldersæson — en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i november.

Travlt — Summer holidays i Brazil, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Risiko

  Rainy season landslides

  1. dec. – 31. mar. · normaltJordskredssæson

  Heavy summer rain on the steep hillsides brings landslides; in January 2022 one on Morro da Forca brought down historic mansions. The civil defence contingency plan runs December to March, and some streets are closed after downpours. Kilde ↗