Was ist los in London, Vereinigtes Königreich – übers Jahr

Ruhig – laut Redaktion ein ruhiger Monat, Christmas week

Im Januar beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Christmas week (24. Dez. – 1. Jan.)

Ruhig – laut Redaktion ein ruhiger Monat, London Fashion Week (Feb)

• Festival

  London Fashion Week (Feb)

  19.–23. Feb.Großes FestivalVollFrüh buchen

  Five days of autumn/winter runway shows across the city push up hotel rates and fill venues around the Strand and Soho with industry crowds and street-style photographers. Quelle ↗

Zwischensaison – zwischen den Hochphasen, Schulferien in 4 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

• Natur

  Blossom in the squares

  25. März – 30. Apr. · meistKirschblüte

  Cherry and magnolia in the garden squares and along the park avenues, usually through April. Kew and Greenwich do it best and charge for one of them. Quelle ↗

Viel los – zwischen den Hochphasen, London Marathon

• Festival

  London Marathon

  26. Apr.SporteventVollSchließungen

  Late April, and a large part of central and east London closes to traffic for the day. Getting across the course before mid-afternoon means the Underground or nothing. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Blossom in the squares (25. März – 30. Apr. (meist))

Viel los – zwischen den Hochphasen, RHS Chelsea Flower Show

• Festival

  RHS Chelsea Flower Show

  19.–23. MaiGroßes FestivalVollFrüh buchen

  Five days in the third week of May, members first. Tickets go months ahead and the hotels in SW3 know exactly when it is. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – laut Redaktion der vollste Monat, Wimbledon

• Festival

  Wimbledon

  29. Juni – 12. JuliSporteventVollFrüh buchen

  A fortnight from the last Monday in June. The ballot closes the previous autumn, and the queue on the day is still the honest way in. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – laut Redaktion der vollste Monat, Wimbledon

Im Juli beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Wimbledon (29. Juni – 12. Juli)

Hochbetrieb – laut Redaktion der vollste Monat, Notting Hill Carnival

• Festival

  Notting Hill Carnival

  29.–31. Aug.VollSchließungen

  Europe's largest street carnival takes the late-August bank holiday weekend, with steel bands on the Saturday and the main parade on the Monday. Local Tube stations close or go exit-only. Quelle ↗

Viel los – zwischen den Hochphasen, Open House Festival

• Festival

  Open House Festival

  12.–20. Sep.KunstfestivalVollFrüh buchen

  Over 600 buildings across all 33 boroughs, from private members' clubs to government offices, open free for two weekends; the popular sites need tickets booked well ahead. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  London Fashion Week (Sep)

  17.–21. Sep.Großes FestivalVollFrüh buchen

  The spring/summer counterpart to February's shows, with the same runway-week crush on hotels and central venues, timed a few days after the Open House weekend. Quelle ↗

Viel los – zwischen den Hochphasen, October half-term in Vereinigtes Königreich

• Natur

  Autumn colour in the royal parks

  15. Okt. – 15. Nov. · meist

  Richmond, Hampstead Heath and Kew turn through late October and hold into November, which is the one thing the month reliably gives you.

• Regel

  Clocks go back

  24.–31. Okt. · meist

  British Summer Time ends on the last Sunday of October and the evening simply stops. Plan anything outdoors for the morning from then until March. Quelle ↗

Ruhig – laut Redaktion ein ruhiger Monat, Bonfire Night

• Festival

  Bonfire Night

  5. Nov.Lichter & FeuerVoll

  Fireworks on and around 5 November, run by the boroughs rather than the city, so the good ones are in the parks out from the centre and often ticketed. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Autumn colour in the royal parks (15. Okt. – 15. Nov. (meist))

Ruhig – laut Redaktion ein ruhiger Monat, Christmas week

• Feiertag

  Christmas week

  24. Dez. – 1. Jan.Weihnachten & NeujahrSchließungen

  No trains at all on Christmas Day and a skeleton service after it. The centre is lit and crowded up to the 24th, then the city empties completely for a week. Quelle ↗