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Tætpakket — New Year's dive at Scheveningen, Christmas holidays i Netherlands

• Festival

  New Year's dive at Scheveningen

  1. jan.Jul & nytårTætpakket

  Ten thousand people run into the North Sea at noon on 1 January in orange hats and are handed pea soup on the way out. This is the original; every other Dutch town copied it. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Autumn and winter gales (1. okt. – 28. feb. (normalt))

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

Intet nyt begynder i februar.

Stadig i gang: Autumn and winter gales (1. okt. – 28. feb. (normalt))

Travlt — Bulb fields in the Bollenstreek, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Natur

  Bulb fields in the Bollenstreek

  20. mar. – 15. maj · normaltVilde blomster & blomstringTætpakket

  The commercial fields between here and Haarlem run daffodils, then hyacinths, then tulips, and Keukenhof opens on the same clock. Peak tulip is usually the third week of April and it moves with the spring. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — Bulb fields in the Bollenstreek, King's Day

• Helligdag

  King's Day

  26.–27. apr.National helligdagTætpakketLukninger

  The city the King actually lives in makes a day of it: stages across the centre, a street market from dawn and everything else shut. Trains in are full from mid-morning. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Bulb fields in the Bollenstreek (20. mar. – 15. maj (normalt))

Tætpakket — Bulb fields in the Bollenstreek, Meivakantie (May) holidays i Netherlands

• Sæson

  Scheveningen beach season

  15. maj – 20. sep. · normaltHavet er varmt nok

  The pavilions along Scheveningen and Kijkduin run through the warm months. The North Sea is only briefly comfortable, and the wind decides which side of the pier anybody sits on.

Stadig i gang: Bulb fields in the Bollenstreek (20. mar. – 15. maj (normalt))

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

• Festival

  Vlaggetjesdag

  19.–20. jun.Mad- & drikkefestivalTætpakket

  The new herring lands at Scheveningen harbour on a Saturday in June, the first barrel is auctioned for charity, and every boat on the quay is dressed with flags. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Scheveningen beach season (15. maj – 20. sep. (normalt))

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

Intet nyt begynder i juli.

Stadig i gang: Scheveningen beach season (15. maj – 20. sep. (normalt))

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

Intet nyt begynder i august.

Stadig i gang: Scheveningen beach season (15. maj – 20. sep. (normalt))

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

• Helligdag

  Prinsjesdag

  15. sep.Stor festivalTætpakketLukninger

  The third Tuesday of September: the King rides from Noordeinde to the Royal Theatre, the budget is read out, and the route is fenced and lined by mid-morning. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Scheveningen beach season (15. maj – 20. sep. (normalt))

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

• Risiko

  Autumn and winter gales

  1. okt. – 28. feb. · normaltVinterstorme & kulingLukninger

  North Sea storms come in from October, and a named one closes the Scheveningen pier, cancels the ferries and puts sand across the boulevard. Good for watching, bad for cycling into. Kilde ↗

Travlt — Sinterklaas, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Helligdag

  Sinterklaas

  14. nov. – 5. dec. · normaltJul & nytårTætpakket

  Sint arrives by boat in mid-November and the country counts down to the evening of 5 December, which is the real family night here rather than Christmas. Shops are busiest in the last week of it. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Autumn and winter gales (1. okt. – 28. feb. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Sinterklaas, Christmas holidays i Netherlands

• Festival

  Royal Christmas Fair

  3.–23. dec. · normaltJul & nytår

  Three weeks of chalets down the Lange Voorhout under the plane trees, in front of the palaces. It is the one time of year the government quarter feels like a town square. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Autumn and winter gales (1. okt. – 28. feb. (normalt)), Sinterklaas (14. nov. – 5. dec. (normalt))