Hva som skjer i Edinburgh, United Kingdom gjennom året

Toppsesong — Christmas market, Hogmanay

• Regel

  Castle and attraction timed tickets

  1. jan – 31. desBestill tidlig

  Edinburgh Castle sells dated, timed entry and sells out days ahead in August and over Hogmanay. The one o'clock gun is the slot everyone wants, so book around it rather than for it. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Christmas market (15. nov – 4. jan (vanligvis)), Hogmanay (30. des – 1. jan)

Toppsesong — Six Nations at Murrayfield, February half-term i United Kingdom

• Festival

  Six Nations at Murrayfield

  1. feb – 20. mar · vanligvisSportsarrangementMye folkBestill tidlig

  Two or three Saturdays between February and mid-March. Sixty-odd thousand people arrive for the afternoon and the city's rooms price as if it were Hogmanay. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1. jan – 31. des)

Travelt — Six Nations at Murrayfield, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Helligdag

  Easter bank holidays

  3.–6. aprPåske og stillehelgMye folkStengninger

  Good Friday is a bank holiday across the UK and Easter Monday everywhere but Scotland. The long weekend opens the domestic touring season: popular towns, coasts and parks get busy, rooms cost more, and rail engineering works often cut or replace train services. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1. jan – 31. des), Six Nations at Murrayfield (1. feb – 20. mar (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Easter bank holidays, Easter / spring holiday i United Kingdom

• Sesong

  Haar season

  1. apr – 31. aug · vanligvisTåkesesongRisiko

  An easterly off the North Sea rolls cold grey over the city while ten miles inland it stays clear. In early summer it can sit all day and take the castle and Arthur's Seat with it.

• Natur

  Blossom in the Meadows

  5. apr – 5. mai · vanligvisKirsebærblomstring

  The cherry avenue across the Meadows comes out for a fortnight in April and the students treat it as the first day of summer, whatever the temperature says. Kilde ↗

• Natur

  Seabird season on the Forth

  10. apr – 25. jul · vanligvisFuglesesong

  Gannets pack the Bass Rock and puffins come ashore on Craigleith and the Isle of May from spring; the boats go from North Berwick, half an hour out of town. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Beltane Fire Festival

  30. aprLys og ild

  A ticketed fire procession up Calton Hill on the night of 30 April, run by volunteers and cold enough that most of the audience regrets what they wore. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1. jan – 31. des), Easter bank holidays (3.–6. apr)

Toppsesong — Edinburgh Marathon Festival, Late-May half-term i United Kingdom

• Festival

  Edinburgh Marathon Festival

  22.–31. mai · vanligvisSportsarrangementMye folkStengninger

  A weekend of road races at the end of May that shuts the coast road out to Musselburgh and fills the hotels a full three months before the Fringe does. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1. jan – 31. des), Haar season (1. apr – 31. aug (vanligvis)), Blossom in the Meadows (5. apr – 5. mai (vanligvis)), Seabird season on the Forth (10. apr – 25. jul (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Royal Highland Show, Late-May half-term i United Kingdom

• Festival

  Royal Highland Show

  18.–25. jun · vanligvisStor festivalMye folkBestill tidlig

  Four days of livestock, forestry and food at Ingliston next to the airport, with two hundred thousand through the gate and the tram out west running full both ways. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1. jan – 31. des), Haar season (1. apr – 31. aug (vanligvis)), Seabird season on the Forth (10. apr – 25. jul (vanligvis))

Travelt — Summer holidays i United Kingdom, skoleferie i 6 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i juli.

Fortsatt på gang: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1. jan – 31. des), Haar season (1. apr – 31. aug (vanligvis)), Seabird season on the Forth (10. apr – 25. jul (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Fringe and International Festival, Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

• Festival

  Fringe and International Festival

  7.–31. augKunstfestivalMye folkBestill tidlig

  The Fringe, the International Festival and the book festival run at once for most of August. The city's population roughly doubles, and accommodation is booked from the previous autumn at three or four times the rate. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

  7.–29. augMusikkfestivalMye folkBestill tidlig

  Stands go up on the castle esplanade for the month, which closes the approach in the evenings and changes how the whole Royal Mile moves after eight. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1. jan – 31. des), Haar season (1. apr – 31. aug (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

• Åpning

  Doors Open Days

  20.–30. sep · vanligvisStor festival

  One weekend in late September when buildings that are normally shut — the closes, the vaults, working churches and civic rooms — open free. Popular ones need booking a fortnight ahead. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1. jan – 31. des)

Travelt — October half-term i United Kingdom, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Fortsatt på gang: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1. jan – 31. des)

Travelt — Christmas market, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Christmas market

  15. nov – 4. jan · vanligvisJul og nyttårMye folk

  The market and the big wheel fill East Princes Street Gardens from the middle of November, and the walk along Princes Street becomes a shuffle after four in the afternoon. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1. jan – 31. des)

Toppsesong — Christmas market, Hogmanay

• Festival

  Hogmanay

  30. des – 1. janJul og nyttårMye folkBestill tidlig

  The street party in the centre is ticketed and fenced, so the choice is to buy in or stay out of the cordon. The Loony Dook in the Forth on New Year's Day is the other tradition. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1. jan – 31. des), Christmas market (15. nov – 4. jan (vanligvis))