Cosa c'è in programma a Londra (Regno Unito) durante l'anno

Tranquillo — il mese tranquillo secondo la redazione, Christmas week

In gennaio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Christmas week (24 dic – 1 gen)

Tranquillo — il mese tranquillo secondo la redazione, London Fashion Week (Feb)

• Festival

  London Fashion Week (Feb)

  19–23 febGrande festaAffollatoPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

Media stagione — tra un picco e l'altro, vacanze scolastiche in 4 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Natura

  Blossom in the squares

  25 mar – 30 apr · di solitoFioritura dei ciliegi

  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. Fonte ↗

Affollato — tra un picco e l'altro, London Marathon

• Festival

  London Marathon

  26 aprEvento sportivoAffollatoChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Blossom in the squares (25 mar – 30 apr (di solito))

Affollato — tra un picco e l'altro, RHS Chelsea Flower Show

• Festival

  RHS Chelsea Flower Show

  19–23 magGrande festaAffollatoPrenota presto

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

Folla al massimo — il mese di punta secondo la redazione, Wimbledon

• Festival

  Wimbledon

  29 giu – 12 lugEvento sportivoAffollatoPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

Folla al massimo — il mese di punta secondo la redazione, Wimbledon

In luglio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Wimbledon (29 giu – 12 lug)

Folla al massimo — il mese di punta secondo la redazione, Notting Hill Carnival

• Festival

  Notting Hill Carnival

  29–31 agoAffollatoChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

Affollato — tra un picco e l'altro, Open House Festival

• Festival

  Open House Festival

  12–20 setFestival delle artiAffollatoPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  London Fashion Week (Sep)

  17–21 setGrande festaAffollatoPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

Affollato — tra un picco e l'altro, October half-term in Regno Unito

• Natura

  Autumn colour in the royal parks

  15 ott – 15 nov · di solito

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

• Regola

  Clocks go back

  24–31 ott · di solito

  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. Fonte ↗

Tranquillo — il mese tranquillo secondo la redazione, Bonfire Night

• Festival

  Bonfire Night

  5 novLuci e fuochiAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Autumn colour in the royal parks (15 ott – 15 nov (di solito))

Tranquillo — il mese tranquillo secondo la redazione, Christmas week

• Festività

  Christmas week

  24 dic – 1 genNatale e CapodannoChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗