What's on in Trondheim, Norway through the year

Busy — Christmas holidays in Norway, school holidays in 7 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in January.

Still on: Aurora season (15 Sep – 31 Mar (usually))

Peak crowds — ISFiT student festival, Winter sports week in Norway

• Festival

  ISFiT student festival

  5–20 Feb · usuallyMajor festivalCrowded

  The international student festival brings several hundred delegates and a public programme of talks and concerts to the city for ten days. It runs in odd years and is organised entirely by students. Source ↗

Still on: Aurora season (15 Sep – 31 Mar (usually))

Busy — Easter break in Norway, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

• Holiday

  Easter holidays

  2–6 AprEaster & Holy WeekClosuresBook early

  Maundy Thursday to Easter Monday is a five-day public holiday. Towns empty as Norwegians head for mountain cabins, most shops and many supermarkets close on the holy days, and trains and flights toward the mountains are full. Source ↗

Still on: Aurora season (15 Sep – 31 Mar (usually))

Peak crowds — Easter holidays, Easter break in Norway

Nothing new starts in April.

Still on: Easter holidays (2–6 Apr)

Busy — Constitution Day, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

• Holiday

  Constitution Day

  17 MayNational holidayClosuresCrowded

  17 May is Norway's national day. Children's parades with flags and school bands march through town centres, many people wear bunad, shops close and restaurants book up. Source ↗

Busy — Summer holidays in Norway, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

• Season

  Pilgrim walking season

  1 Jun – 15 Sep · usuallyTrail season

  The St Olav Ways into Nidaros are walkable once the snow is off the Dovre passes, and the hostels along them open for the season. Walkers arrive at the cathedral all summer, thickest in the week before Olsok. Source ↗

Peak crowds — Olavsfest, Summer holidays in Norway

• Festival

  Olavsfest

  26 Jul – 4 Aug · usuallyMusic festivalCrowded

  A week around Olsok on 29 July, the anniversary of the battle where Olav was killed, with concerts in and around Nidaros and a medieval market in the cathedral grounds. Source ↗

Still on: Pilgrim walking season (1 Jun – 15 Sep (usually))

Peak crowds — Olavsfest, Summer holidays in Norway

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Pilgrim walking season (1 Jun – 15 Sep (usually)), Olavsfest (26 Jul – 4 Aug (usually))

Busy — Autumn break in Norway, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

• Nature

  Aurora season

  15 Sep – 31 Mar · usually

  Far enough south that it takes an active night rather than any dark one, but on those nights the lights are visible from the Bymarka hills fifteen minutes out of the centre. Coastal cloud is the usual spoiler.

Still on: Pilgrim walking season (1 Jun – 15 Sep (usually))

Peak crowds — UKA student festival, Autumn break in Norway

• Festival

  UKA student festival

  5 Oct – 5 Nov · usuallyMajor festivalCrowdedBook early

  Norway's largest cultural festival, run by students over about three weeks in the autumn, with revues, concerts and a temporary festival site at Samfundet. It runs in odd years only. Source ↗

Still on: Aurora season (15 Sep – 31 Mar (usually))

Peak crowds — UKA student festival, Christmas market on Torvet

• Opening

  Christmas market on Torvet

  25 Nov – 23 Dec · usuallyChristmas & New YearCrowded

  Stalls fill the main square under the Olav statue from around the first Sunday of Advent. It is the one thing keeping the centre busy in a month when it is dark by three in the afternoon. Source ↗

Still on: Aurora season (15 Sep – 31 Mar (usually)), UKA student festival (5 Oct – 5 Nov (usually))

Peak crowds — Christmas market on Torvet, Christmas holidays in Norway

Nothing new starts in December.

Still on: Aurora season (15 Sep – 31 Mar (usually)), Christmas market on Torvet (25 Nov – 23 Dec (usually))