Hva som skjer i Athens (Athina), Greece gjennom året

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, Christmas holidays i Greece

• Regel

  Acropolis timed entry

  1. jan – 31. desBestill tidlig

  Tickets carry an hourly slot and the site is capped at twenty thousand people a day. The eight-to-noon slots go first, and the gate queue is what you are paying to skip. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Winter hours at the ancient sites (1. nov – 31. mar)

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Carnival and Clean Monday

  23. feb

  Three weeks of neighbourhood carnival end on Clean Monday, when families take kites up onto Filopappou and the hills above the city and the whole country eats lenten food outdoors. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Acropolis timed entry (1. jan – 31. des), Winter hours at the ancient sites (1. nov – 31. mar)

Travelt — mellom toppene, Independence Day parade

• Festival

  Independence Day parade

  25. marNasjonaldagMye folkStengninger

  A military parade closes Vasilissis Sofias and the streets around Syntagma for the morning of 25 March. Museums and most shops are shut for the holiday. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Orthodox Easter

  10.–13. aprPåske og stillehelgStengninger

  Athens empties for a week as the city goes back to the villages. Shops and many tavernas close, the centre is oddly calm, and every road and ferry out of town is full on the Thursday and Friday. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Acropolis timed entry (1. jan – 31. des), Carnival and Clean Monday (23. feb), Winter hours at the ancient sites (1. nov – 31. mar)

Travelt — mellom toppene, Orthodox Easter

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Fortsatt på gang: Acropolis timed entry (1. jan – 31. des), Orthodox Easter (10.–13. apr)

Skuldersesong — mellom toppene, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i mai.

Fortsatt på gang: Acropolis timed entry (1. jan – 31. des), Orthodox Easter (10.–13. apr)

Travelt — Summer holidays i Greece, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Sesong

  Sea warm enough to swim

  1. jun – 31. okt · vanligvis

  The coastal suburbs down the tram line from the centre are swimmable from June, and the water is at its warmest in September, well after the air has stopped being punishing.

• Festival

  Athens Epidaurus Festival

  1. jun – 29. augKunstfestivalBestill tidlig

  Three months of theatre, dance and concerts, with the headline nights under the Acropolis at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus and Greek tragedy staged in the ancient theatre at Epidaurus. Kilde ↗

• Fare

  Midday closures in the heat

  15. jun – 31. aug · vanligvisEkstrem varmeStengninger

  On the worst days the culture ministry shuts the open archaeological sites through the middle of the afternoon and the Red Cross hands out water at the gate. Do the ruins before ten or after six. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Acropolis timed entry (1. jan – 31. des)

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Summer holidays i Greece

Ingenting nytt starter i juli.

Fortsatt på gang: Acropolis timed entry (1. jan – 31. des), Sea warm enough to swim (1. jun – 31. okt (vanligvis)), Athens Epidaurus Festival (1. jun – 29. aug), Midday closures in the heat (15. jun – 31. aug (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, The 15 August exodus

• Helligdag

  The 15 August exodus

  8.–25. aug · vanligvisSkoleferieStengninger

  Athenians leave for the islands and the villages around the Dormition holiday on the 15th. Neighbourhood shops and tavernas shut for a fortnight, and what is left in the centre is heat and visitors. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Acropolis timed entry (1. jan – 31. des), Sea warm enough to swim (1. jun – 31. okt (vanligvis)), Athens Epidaurus Festival (1. jun – 29. aug), Midday closures in the heat (15. jun – 31. aug (vanligvis))

Travelt — mellom toppene, Summer holidays i Greece

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Acropolis timed entry (1. jan – 31. des), Sea warm enough to swim (1. jun – 31. okt (vanligvis))

Travelt — mellom toppene, Ohi Day

• Helligdag

  Ohi Day

  28. oktNasjonaldagStengningerMye folk

  A military parade closes Vasilissis Sofias and Syntagma on the 28th and the country takes the day off; museums and most shops shut, and it usually pulls a long weekend with it. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Acropolis timed entry (1. jan – 31. des), Sea warm enough to swim (1. jun – 31. okt (vanligvis))

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, Athens Marathon

• Regel

  Winter hours at the ancient sites

  1. nov – 31. marStengninger

  From the first of November the archaeological sites move to the short winter timetable and close in the middle of the afternoon. The trade is a cheaper ticket and an Acropolis you can walk without booking. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Athens Marathon

  8. novSportsarrangementMye folkStengninger

  The race runs from Marathon into the Panathenaic Stadium and closes the eastern approaches to the city for most of a Sunday. Do not book a morning flight out of that day. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Acropolis timed entry (1. jan – 31. des)

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, Christmas holidays i Greece

Ingenting nytt starter i desember.

Fortsatt på gang: Acropolis timed entry (1. jan – 31. des), Winter hours at the ancient sites (1. nov – 31. mar)