Was ist los in Hongkong, Hongkong – übers Jahr

Hochbetrieb – laut Redaktion der vollste Monat, Hong Kong Marathon

• Feiertag

  Chinese New Year

  17.–19. Feb.MondneujahrVollSchließungen

  Three public holidays, a night parade in Tsim Sha Tsui and fireworks over the harbour on the second day. Small shops and family restaurants shut for most of the week. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Hong Kong Marathon

  25. Jan. – 25. Feb. · meistSporteventVollSchließungen

  Around seventy thousand runners on a Sunday in the coolest weeks of the year. Nathan Road, the harbour tunnels and the Island's western corridor close overnight and reopen about lunchtime. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – Chinese New Year, Hong Kong Marathon

• Saison

  Sea fog season

  15. Feb. – 30. Apr. · meistRisiko

  Warm air over a cold sea leaves the Peak and the hill trails inside cloud for days at a time, and the harbour view you came for is grey. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Chinese New Year (17.–19. Feb.), Hong Kong Marathon (25. Jan. – 25. Feb. (meist))

Viel los – zwischen den Hochphasen, Art Basel Hong Kong

• Festival

  Art Basel Hong Kong

  20. März – 1. Apr. · meistKunstfestivalVollFrüh buchen

  Five days at the convention centre that pull the regional art trade in at once, with satellite fairs and late gallery nights in Central and Wong Chuk Hang. Rooms on both sides of the harbour move for it. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Hong Kong Sevens

  17.–19. Apr.SporteventVollFrüh buchen

  A rugby weekend that behaves like a public holiday, now at Kai Tak. Hotel rates across the harbour move for it, so book before the fixture list appears. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Sea fog season (15. Feb. – 30. Apr. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong Sevens

• Feiertag

  Ching Ming and hill fires

  2.–8. Apr. · meistNationalfeiertagVollRisiko

  A public holiday for grave sweeping, when the hillside cemeteries and the minibuses to them are jammed from first light. Incense and candles on dry slopes are why the hill fire danger warning goes up the same week. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Cheung Chau Bun Festival

  21.–25. MaiReligiöses FestVoll

  Held around Buddha's Birthday on a car-free island an hour out by ferry: floating-children parades in the afternoon, bun-tower scrambling overnight. The last boats back are packed. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Sea fog season (15. Feb. – 30. Apr. (meist)), Art Basel Hong Kong (20. März – 1. Apr. (meist)), Hong Kong Sevens (17.–19. Apr.)

Viel los – Cheung Chau Bun Festival, Schulferien in 2 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

• Risiko

  Typhoon season

  1. Mai – 30. Nov.Schließungen

  Tropical cyclones can reach the city from May, with July to September the likeliest. A number eight signal closes offices, shops and ferries for a day, and flights go with them. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Tuen Ng dragon boat races

  19. JuniSporteventVoll

  A public holiday, with races in the typhoon shelters at Stanley, Aberdeen, Sai Kung and Tai O. Village heats run for a fortnight around the day itself. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Cheung Chau Bun Festival (21.–25. Mai)

Viel los – Tuen Ng dragon boat races, Schulferien in 3 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

Im Juni beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Typhoon season (1. Mai – 30. Nov.), Tuen Ng dragon boat races (19. Juni)

Ruhig – laut Redaktion ein ruhiger Monat, Hong Kong Book Fair

• Festival

  Hong Kong Book Fair

  15.–25. Juli · meistKunstfestivalVoll

  Seven days at the convention centre in the middle of July that draw close to a million people, which is a strange thing to walk into unawares. Wan Chai and the harbour crossings queue with it. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Typhoon season (1. Mai – 30. Nov.)

Ruhig – laut Redaktion ein ruhiger Monat, Summer vacation in Hongkong

• Festival

  Yu Lan, the ghost month

  5. Aug. – 15. Sep. · meistReligiöses Fest

  Through the seventh lunar month the Chiu Chow associations raise bamboo theatres in parks and playgrounds for opera, burn paper offerings on street corners and hand out rice at the end. Nothing shuts; the city is quietly busy with it for a month. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Typhoon season (1. Mai – 30. Nov.)

Viel los – Mid-Autumn and the fire dragon, Schulferien in 3 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

• Festival

  Mid-Autumn and the fire dragon

  25.–27. Sep.Lichter & FeuerVoll

  Lanterns go up in Victoria Park and a straw dragon stuck with incense is carried through the lanes of Tai Hang for three nights. The day after the festival is the public holiday. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Typhoon season (1. Mai – 30. Nov.), Yu Lan, the ghost month (5. Aug. – 15. Sep. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – laut Redaktion der vollste Monat, Schulferien in 3 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

• Saison

  Dry hiking season

  1. Okt. – 31. Dez.Monsun

  The northeast monsoon takes the humidity out and the ridges come back into view. This is when the trail network, not the shopping, is the reason to be here.

Läuft noch: Typhoon season (1. Mai – 30. Nov.), Mid-Autumn and the fire dragon (25.–27. Sep.)

Hochbetrieb – laut Redaktion der vollste Monat

Im November beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Typhoon season (1. Mai – 30. Nov.), Dry hiking season (1. Okt. – 31. Dez.)

Hochbetrieb – laut Redaktion der vollste Monat, Christmas and New Year holidays in Hongkong

Im Dezember beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Dry hiking season (1. Okt. – 31. Dez.)