Was ist los in Danzig, Polen – übers Jahr

Ruhig – laut Reisenden ruhig, Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity

• Festival

  Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity

  5. Jan. – 1. Feb. · meistGroßes FestivalVoll

  On one Sunday in January all of Poland holds a charity finale, and Gdansk joins with concerts, collectors with red-heart stickers on every corner and a Light to Heaven firework at eight. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity, Ferie zimowe (winter) holidays in Polen

Im Februar beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity (5. Jan. – 1. Feb. (meist))

Viel los – Easter break in Polen, Schulferien in 4 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

• Festival

  AMBERIF amber fair

  26.–28. MärzMessewoche

  The leading international amber and jewellery fair fills AmberExpo for three days each spring. Trade buyers from abroad fill the Old Town hotels for a week that is otherwise quiet, so book early. Quelle ↗

• Feiertag

  Easter

  4.–6. Apr.SchließungenVoll

  Easter Sunday and Easter Monday are public holidays and nearly all shops close on both, with early closing on Holy Saturday, when families carry baskets of eggs and bread to church to be blessed. Many Poles travel home or to the mountains for the long weekend. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – Easter, Majowka, the May long weekend

• Feiertag

  Majowka, the May long weekend

  29. Apr. – 5. Mai · meistNationalfeiertagVoll

  May Day and Constitution Day on 3 May make a long weekend that Poles spend at the coast: the Old Town, Sopot pier and the beaches get their first crowds and the summer season opens. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Easter (4.–6. Apr.)

Viel los – Majowka, the May long weekend, Schulferien in 4 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

Im Mai beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Majowka, the May long weekend (29. Apr. – 5. Mai (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Mystic Festival, Polish summer holidays

• Festival

  Mystic Festival

  3.–6. JuniMusikfestivalVoll

  Poland's largest metal festival, four days in early June; it moves from the old shipyard to the grounds of the Polsat Plus Arena in 2027. The black T-shirts take over Dlugi Targ for the week. Quelle ↗

• Feiertag

  Polish summer holidays

  25. Juni – 31. Aug. · meistSchulferienVoll

  Schools break from late June to the end of August and the coast is where the country goes. Prices in Sopot and the old town roughly double against June. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Open'er Festival

  1.–4. JuliMusikfestivalVollFrüh buchen

  One of Europe's big rock and pop festivals, on an airfield in neighbouring Gdynia over four days in early July. Tri-City beds and the SKM trains fill with festival-goers, many flying in for it. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – laut Reisenden Hochsaison, Polish summer holidays

• Saison

  Baltic swimming season

  1. Juli – 31. Aug. · meistMeer warm genugVoll

  The sea at Sopot and Brzezno is swimmable for about two months and no longer. It is the beach season the whole country plans around, so the Tri-City trams are full by ten.

• Festival

  St Dominic's Fair

  25. Juli – 16. Aug.Großes FestivalVollFrüh buchen

  Three weeks of stalls through the old town, running since the thirteenth century and now one of the biggest street fairs in Europe. The main streets are unusable in the evening. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Shakespeare Festival

  23. Juli – 2. Aug.Kunstfestival

  A fortnight of productions in the reconstructed Elizabethan theatre with the sliding roof, staged in several languages with surtitles. It overlaps the fair, so book beds for both. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Polish summer holidays (25. Juni – 31. Aug. (meist)), Open'er Festival (1.–4. Juli)

Hochbetrieb – Polish summer holidays, Baltic swimming season

Im August beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Polish summer holidays (25. Juni – 31. Aug. (meist)), Baltic swimming season (1. Juli – 31. Aug. (meist)), St Dominic's Fair (25. Juli – 16. Aug.), Shakespeare Festival (23. Juli – 2. Aug.)

Zwischensaison – Schulferien in 3 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen, ein gewöhnlicher Monat

• Festival

  Polish Film Festival, Gdynia

  21.–26. Sep.

  The national film awards, a week of premieres in Gdynia twenty minutes up the coast. Screenings are open to the public and it gives the Tri-City a lively week after the beach season ends. Quelle ↗

Viel los – All Saints' Day, Schulferien in 4 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

• Feiertag

  All Saints' Day

  31. Okt. – 2. Nov.NationalfeiertagSchließungen

  1 November is a public holiday when shops close and families travel to their home towns to visit graves. Cemeteries glow with thousands of candles after dark, roads are jammed on the days around it and flower and candle stalls line the approaches to every cemetery. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – All Saints' Day, Christmas Fair

• Festival

  Christmas Fair

  20. Nov. – 23. Dez.Weihnachten & NeujahrVoll

  Around a hundred huts on the Targ Weglowy for five weeks, with a ferris wheel and a lot of grilled oscypek. It is dark by four, which is rather the point of it. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: All Saints' Day (31. Okt. – 2. Nov.)

Ruhig – laut Reisenden ruhig, Christmas Fair

Im Dezember beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Christmas Fair (20. Nov. – 23. Dez.)