What's on in Brașov (Transylvania), Romania through the year

Peak crowds — Christmas market, Ski season at Poiana Brasov

Nothing new starts in January.

Still on: Christmas market (27 Nov – 3 Jan (usually)), Ski season at Poiana Brasov (15 Dec – 5 Apr (usually))

Busy — Ski season at Poiana Brasov, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Ski season at Poiana Brasov (15 Dec – 5 Apr (usually))

Busy — Ski season at Poiana Brasov, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in March.

Still on: Ski season at Poiana Brasov (15 Dec – 5 Apr (usually))

Peak crowds — Junii Brasovului, Ski season at Poiana Brasov

• Festival

  Junii Brasovului

  5 Apr – 10 May · usuallyMajor festivalCrowded

  On the first Sunday after Orthodox Easter the horsemen of Schei ride out in embroidered costume, through the old town and up to Solomon's Rocks, where the party runs to the evening. Source ↗

Still on: Ski season at Poiana Brasov (15 Dec – 5 Apr (usually))

Busy — Junii Brasovului, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

• Nature

  Bear watching season

  1 May – 30 Sep · usuallyWildlife seasonBook early

  Licensed hides in the forests around the town take bookings from spring to early autumn, through guides rather than on the day. Bears on the Poiana road are a different and worse story.

Still on: Junii Brasovului (5 Apr – 10 May (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in June.

Still on: Bear watching season (1 May – 30 Sep (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 7 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

• Opening

  Transfagarasan open

  1 Jul – 31 Oct · usuallyTrail seasonClosures

  The high section of the DN7C is shut from 1 November to 30 June and opens earlier in a mild year, mid-June in 2026. It is two hours west of the town, and a day out rather than a shortcut. Source ↗

Still on: Bear watching season (1 May – 30 Sep (usually))

Busy — Oktoberfest Brasov, school holidays in 7 of the markets that fill it

• Festival

  Oktoberfest Brasov

  27 Aug – 6 SepMajor festivalCrowded

  Eleven days of tents and brass bands on Strada Turnului at the end of the summer, now run under a licence from the city of Munich. The town's biggest crowd outside Christmas. Source ↗

Still on: Bear watching season (1 May – 30 Sep (usually)), Transfagarasan open (1 Jul – 31 Oct (usually))

Busy — Oktoberfest Brasov, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in September.

Still on: Bear watching season (1 May – 30 Sep (usually)), Transfagarasan open (1 Jul – 31 Oct (usually)), Oktoberfest Brasov (27 Aug – 6 Sep)

Shoulder season — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in October.

Still on: Transfagarasan open (1 Jul – 31 Oct (usually))

Busy — Christmas market, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

• Festival

  Christmas market

  27 Nov – 3 Jan · usuallyChristmas & New YearCrowded

  Stalls fill the Piata Sfatului under the Black Church from the end of November, with the lights switched on for Saint Nicholas on 6 December and the market running into the new year. Source ↗

Peak crowds — Christmas market, Ski season at Poiana Brasov

• Season

  Ski season at Poiana Brasov

  15 Dec – 5 Apr · usuallyCrowded

  The lifts twelve kilometres up the hill run from around the middle of December to the start of April, with town buses through the season. Weekends bring Bucharest, and the queues with it. Source ↗

Still on: Christmas market (27 Nov – 3 Jan (usually))