Det sker i Rotterdam, Netherlands året igennem

Tætpakket — IFFR, Christmas and New Year

• Festival

  IFFR

  22. jan. – 8. feb. · normaltFilmfestivalTætpakketBook tidligt

  Eleven days of first and second features from everywhere, which is the one thing that reliably fills this city in deep winter. Screenings sell out early; the day passes are the way in. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Christmas and New Year (24. dec. – 1. jan.)

Tætpakket — IFFR, Voorjaarsvakantie (February) holidays i Netherlands

Intet nyt begynder i februar.

Stadig i gang: IFFR (22. jan. – 8. feb. (normalt))

Travlt — Museumnacht010, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Museumnacht010

  7. mar.KunstfestivalTætpakketBook tidligt

  On one Saturday night in early March dozens of museums, galleries and venues stay open until one in the morning on a single ticket, with performances and DJ sets between the exhibitions. Tickets often sell out ahead. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — Rotterdam Marathon, King's Day

• Festival

  Rotterdam Marathon

  5.–20. apr. · normaltSportsbegivenhedTætpakketLukninger

  A flat, fast course through the centre and over the Erasmus bridge on a Sunday in April, with most of the city out on the pavement. Bridges and the main axes close from early morning. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  King's Day

  27. apr.National helligdagTætpakket

  King's Day turns Dutch towns orange: street markets where anyone may sell, outdoor parties and live music fill the centres, and trains and bars are packed. It falls on 27 April, or the 26th when the 27th is a Sunday. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — O. Festival, Meivakantie (May) holidays i Netherlands

• Festival

  O. Festival

  22.–31. majMusikfestivalTætpakket

  The former Operadagen: ten days of opera, music theatre and performance in late May, staged in theatres, the harbour and the Kralingse Bos. Tickets start cheap and many shows are in unusual spaces with small capacities. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Rotterdam Rooftop Days

  30. maj – 7. jun.Stor festivalBook tidligt

  For two weekends around the turn of May and June, dozens of normally closed rooftops open for walks, tours, talks and performances, some linked by temporary bridges. Book passes early; the popular roofs have limited places. Kilde ↗

Travlt — Poetry International Festival, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Poetry International Festival

  1.–10. jun. · normaltKunstfestivalTætpakket

  One of the oldest poetry festivals in the world, running since 1970: four days in early June of readings by poets from around the world, mostly at LantarenVenster, with translations on screen. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: O. Festival (22.–31. maj), Rotterdam Rooftop Days (30. maj – 7. jun.)

Tætpakket — Zomercarnaval, Summer holidays i Netherlands

• Festival

  North Sea Jazz

  8.–16. jul. · normaltMusikfestivalBook tidligt

  Three days and a dozen stages inside the Ahoy hall, jazz taken broadly enough to cover soul, hip-hop and Afrobeat. Indoors, so the weather is irrelevant, and rooms go months ahead. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Zomercarnaval

  24.–25. jul.KarnevalTætpakket

  The Caribbean street parade the city's Antillean and Cape Verdean communities built, held on a Saturday in late July. Battle of Drums the night before is the better ticket. Kilde ↗

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

• Festival

  Wereldhavendagen

  4.–6. sep.Stor festivalTætpakket

  The port opens itself for a weekend at the start of September: tugs, navy ships, terminal tours and a lot of it free. The only time you can get inside the working docks. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Zomercarnaval (24.–25. jul.)

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

Intet nyt begynder i september.

Stadig i gang: Wereldhavendagen (4.–6. sep.)

Travlt — Herfstvakantie (autumn) holidays i Netherlands, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i oktober.

Stille — skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets værste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i november.

Tætpakket — Christmas and New Year, Christmas holidays i Netherlands

• Helligdag

  Christmas and New Year

  24. dec. – 1. jan.Jul & nytårLukninger

  Christmas Day and the Second Christmas Day are public holidays, with many shops, museums and restaurants closed or on short hours, and 1 January is one of the few days nearly everything shuts. Consumer fireworks are now banned nationally, so midnight is quieter than it was. Kilde ↗