Qué hay en Heidelberg, Alemania, a lo largo del año

Concurrido — Christmas holidays en Alemania, vacaciones escolares en 6 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Streichquartettfest

  15–30 Ene · normalmenteFestival de músicaReserva pronto

  A few days of string quartets in the Stadthalle in the second half of January, run by the Heidelberger Fruehling team: a reason to come in the quietest weeks of the year, when the old town is mostly locals and students. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Fastnacht parade, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Fastnacht parade

  17 FebCarnavalMucha genteCierres

  One of Germany's oldest carnival parades rolls from Bergheim through the Hauptstrasse on Shrove Tuesday afternoon, with tens of thousands lining the route and a party on the Marktplatz afterwards. Streets close for the day. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Easter holidays en Alemania, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festivo

  Easter holidays

  3–6 AbrSemana Santa y PascuaCierresMucha gente

  Good Friday and Easter Monday are public holidays everywhere, and shops close on Friday, Sunday and Monday. Good Friday is a quiet day with dance and loud-event bans in most states, and Germans use the four-day weekend to travel, so trains, motorways and holiday towns are busy. Fuente ↗

• Naturaleza

  Blossom on the Philosophenweg

  25 Mar – 20 Abr · normalmenteFlor de cerezo

  Almond and cherry come out on the south-facing slope across the Neckar, usually in the first half of April. The path is narrow and everybody has the same idea on the first warm Sunday.

Sigue en marcha: Fastnacht parade (17 Feb)

Máxima afluencia — Easter holidays, Easter holidays en Alemania

• Festivo

  Ascension and Whitsun

  14–25 MayFiesta nacionalCierresMucha gente

  Ascension Day, a Thursday 39 days after Easter, and Whit Monday 11 days later are public holidays nationwide. Shops close on both, many people bridge them into long weekends, and trains, motorways and hotels in holiday areas get busy. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Easter holidays (3–6 Abr), Blossom on the Philosophenweg (25 Mar – 20 Abr (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Ascension and Whitsun, Whitsun/Pentecost holidays en Alemania

• Festival

  Queer Festival Heidelberg

  8–30 MayOrgullo

  Most of May, centred on the Karlstorbahnhof: concerts, club nights, films, readings and talks, one of the larger queer culture festivals in Germany. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Ascension and Whitsun (14–25 May)

Concurrido — Castle illumination nights, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Castle illumination nights

  6 Jun – 11 JulLuces y fuegoMucha gente

  Red flares light the castle ruin and fireworks go off over the old bridge for about twenty minutes, on the first Saturday of June and again in July. Free, and the riverbank fills from eight. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Heidelberg Castle Festival

  11 Jun – 2 AgoFestival de artesReserva pronto

  Open-air theatre, opera and concerts in the castle courtyard and Dicker Turm from mid-June into the first days of August, running since 1926. Evening shows sell out and need a warm layer. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Ascension and Whitsun (14–25 May)

Máxima afluencia — Castle illumination nights, Summer holidays en Alemania

En julio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Castle illumination nights (6 Jun – 11 Jul), Heidelberg Castle Festival (11 Jun – 2 Ago)

Concurrido — Summer holidays en Alemania, vacaciones escolares en 6 de los mercados que lo llenan

En agosto no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Heidelberg Castle Festival (11 Jun – 2 Ago)

Máxima afluencia — September castle illumination, Heidelberger Herbst

• Festival

  September castle illumination

  5 SepLuces y fuegoMucha gente

  The third and last illumination of the year, on the first Saturday of September, with a beer garden and live music on the Nepomuk terrace at the end of the old bridge from late afternoon. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Heidelberger Herbst

  26–27 SepGran festivalMucha gente

  The old town becomes a street fair and flea market for a weekend at the end of September, with stages in the squares and the Hauptstrasse shoulder to shoulder from noon. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Autumn holidays en Alemania, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Naturaleza

  Autumn on the Neckar slopes

  8 Oct – 8 Nov · normalmenteColores de otoño

  The wooded hills either side of the river turn through October and the castle terrace looks down on it. Morning mist in the valley is common in the same weeks.

Sigue en marcha: Heidelberger Herbst (26–27 Sep)

Concurrido — Christmas market, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Christmas market

  23 Nov – 22 DicNavidad y Año NuevoMucha gente

  Six linked squares down the Hauptstrasse with a rink under the castle, which spreads the crowd better than most German markets of this size. It shuts before Christmas Eve. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Autumn on the Neckar slopes (8 Oct – 8 Nov (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Christmas market, Christmas holidays en Alemania

En diciembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Christmas market (23 Nov – 22 Dic)