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Stille — rejsende beskriver det som stille, Free entry, last Sunday

• Regel

  Free entry, last Sunday

  1. jan. – 31. dec.Tætpakket

  The museums are shut on Sundays except the last of each month, when they open free until early afternoon. The queue for that starts before dawn and wraps most of the wall. Kilde ↗

• Regel

  Wednesday papal audience

  1. jan. – 31. dec.TætpakketLukninger

  The general audience is held on Wednesday mornings, outdoors in St Peter's Square for most of the year. Tickets are free but the square is closed to sightseers while it runs. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Christmas in St Peter's Square (8. dec. – 6. jan.)

Tætpakket — Free entry, last Sunday, Wednesday papal audience

Intet nyt begynder i februar.

Stadig i gang: Free entry, last Sunday (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Wednesday papal audience (1. jan. – 31. dec.)

Tætpakket — Free entry, last Sunday, Wednesday papal audience

• Helligdag

  Holy Week and Easter

  29. mar. – 6. apr.Påske & den stille ugeTætpakketBook tidligt

  Palm Sunday, the Friday Via Crucis at the Colosseum and the Urbi et Orbi blessing from the balcony on Easter morning. Free tickets are needed for the liturgies and the square fills hours ahead. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Free entry, last Sunday (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Wednesday papal audience (1. jan. – 31. dec.)

Tætpakket — Free entry, last Sunday, Wednesday papal audience

• Åbning

  Friday evening museum openings

  15. apr. – 31. okt. · normaltSommersæsonen åbnerBook tidligt

  The museums open on Friday evenings from spring to late October, online booking only and capped in number. It is the one slot where the Sistine Chapel is not shoulder to shoulder. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Free entry, last Sunday (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Wednesday papal audience (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Holy Week and Easter (29. mar. – 6. apr.)

Tætpakket — rejsende beskriver det som højsæson, Free entry, last Sunday

Intet nyt begynder i maj.

Stadig i gang: Free entry, last Sunday (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Wednesday papal audience (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Friday evening museum openings (15. apr. – 31. okt. (normalt))

Tætpakket — rejsende beskriver det som højsæson, Free entry, last Sunday

• Sæson

  Summer queue on the wall

  15. jun. – 5. sep.Ekstrem varmeTætpakket

  In high summer the unbooked entrance queue runs along an unshaded wall for hours and the Sistine Chapel is packed shoulder to shoulder. A timed ticket or the first slot of the day is the only fix. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Saints Peter and Paul

  29. jun.Religiøs højtidLukningerTætpakket

  The patronal feast on 29 June is a public holiday on both sides of the wall, so the museums close and much of Rome does too. A mass in the basilica and flowers down the via della Conciliazione. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Free entry, last Sunday (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Wednesday papal audience (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Friday evening museum openings (15. apr. – 31. okt. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Free entry, last Sunday, Wednesday papal audience

• Lukning

  Audiences pause in July

  1.–31. jul.

  The Wednesday general audience is suspended for most of July while the Pope takes the summer break, and the public calendar stays thin into August. The Sunday Angelus usually carries on. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Free entry, last Sunday (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Wednesday papal audience (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Friday evening museum openings (15. apr. – 31. okt. (normalt)), Summer queue on the wall (15. jun. – 5. sep.)

Tætpakket — Free entry, last Sunday, Wednesday papal audience

• Lukning

  Assumption closures

  14.–16. aug.

  The museums shut on 15 August with the rest of Italy, and the surrounding streets are as empty as they ever get. The basilica itself stays open. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Free entry, last Sunday (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Wednesday papal audience (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Friday evening museum openings (15. apr. – 31. okt. (normalt)), Summer queue on the wall (15. jun. – 5. sep.)

Tætpakket — rejsende beskriver det som højsæson, Free entry, last Sunday

Intet nyt begynder i september.

Stadig i gang: Free entry, last Sunday (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Wednesday papal audience (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Friday evening museum openings (15. apr. – 31. okt. (normalt)), Summer queue on the wall (15. jun. – 5. sep.)

Tætpakket — rejsende beskriver det som højsæson, Free entry, last Sunday

Intet nyt begynder i oktober.

Stadig i gang: Free entry, last Sunday (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Wednesday papal audience (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Friday evening museum openings (15. apr. – 31. okt. (normalt))

Stille — rejsende beskriver det som stille, Free entry, last Sunday

• Lukning

  All Saints and holy-day closures

  1.–2. nov.

  The museums shut on 1 November with the rest of Italy, and for a scattering of other holy days across the year. Rome is on a long weekend, and the basilica queue is as short as it gets. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Free entry, last Sunday (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Wednesday papal audience (1. jan. – 31. dec.)

Tætpakket — Free entry, last Sunday, Wednesday papal audience

• Helligdag

  Christmas in St Peter's Square

  8. dec. – 6. jan.Jul & nytårTætpakketLukninger

  The tree and the life-size crib go up in the square in early December and stay to Epiphany. Midnight mass needs a free ticket weeks ahead; the noon blessing on Christmas Day does not. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Free entry, last Sunday (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Wednesday papal audience (1. jan. – 31. dec.)