Hva som skjer i Hong Kong (HK), Hong Kong gjennom året

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Hong Kong Marathon

• Helligdag

  Chinese New Year

  17.–19. febKinesisk nyttårMye folkStengninger

  Three public holidays, a night parade in Tsim Sha Tsui and fireworks over the harbour on the second day. Small shops and family restaurants shut for most of the week. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Hong Kong Marathon

  25. jan – 25. feb · vanligvisSportsarrangementMye folkStengninger

  Around seventy thousand runners on a Sunday in the coolest weeks of the year. Nathan Road, the harbour tunnels and the Island's western corridor close overnight and reopen about lunchtime. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Chinese New Year, Hong Kong Marathon

• Sesong

  Sea fog season

  15. feb – 30. apr · vanligvisRisiko

  Warm air over a cold sea leaves the Peak and the hill trails inside cloud for days at a time, and the harbour view you came for is grey. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Chinese New Year (17.–19. feb), Hong Kong Marathon (25. jan – 25. feb (vanligvis))

Travelt — mellom toppene, Art Basel Hong Kong

• Festival

  Art Basel Hong Kong

  20. mar – 1. apr · vanligvisKunstfestivalMye folkBestill tidlig

  Five days at the convention centre that pull the regional art trade in at once, with satellite fairs and late gallery nights in Central and Wong Chuk Hang. Rooms on both sides of the harbour move for it. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Hong Kong Sevens

  17.–19. aprSportsarrangementMye folkBestill tidlig

  A rugby weekend that behaves like a public holiday, now at Kai Tak. Hotel rates across the harbour move for it, so book before the fixture list appears. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Sea fog season (15. feb – 30. apr (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong Sevens

• Helligdag

  Ching Ming and hill fires

  2.–8. apr · vanligvisNasjonaldagMye folkRisiko

  A public holiday for grave sweeping, when the hillside cemeteries and the minibuses to them are jammed from first light. Incense and candles on dry slopes are why the hill fire danger warning goes up the same week. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Cheung Chau Bun Festival

  21.–25. maiReligiøs høytidMye folk

  Held around Buddha's Birthday on a car-free island an hour out by ferry: floating-children parades in the afternoon, bun-tower scrambling overnight. The last boats back are packed. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Sea fog season (15. feb – 30. apr (vanligvis)), Art Basel Hong Kong (20. mar – 1. apr (vanligvis)), Hong Kong Sevens (17.–19. apr)

Travelt — Cheung Chau Bun Festival, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Fare

  Typhoon season

  1. mai – 30. novStengninger

  Tropical cyclones can reach the city from May, with July to September the likeliest. A number eight signal closes offices, shops and ferries for a day, and flights go with them. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Tuen Ng dragon boat races

  19. junSportsarrangementMye folk

  A public holiday, with races in the typhoon shelters at Stanley, Aberdeen, Sai Kung and Tai O. Village heats run for a fortnight around the day itself. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Cheung Chau Bun Festival (21.–25. mai)

Travelt — Tuen Ng dragon boat races, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i juni.

Fortsatt på gang: Typhoon season (1. mai – 30. nov), Tuen Ng dragon boat races (19. jun)

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, Hong Kong Book Fair

• Festival

  Hong Kong Book Fair

  15.–25. jul · vanligvisKunstfestivalMye folk

  Seven days at the convention centre in the middle of July that draw close to a million people, which is a strange thing to walk into unawares. Wan Chai and the harbour crossings queue with it. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Typhoon season (1. mai – 30. nov)

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, Summer vacation i Hong Kong

• Festival

  Yu Lan, the ghost month

  5. aug – 15. sep · vanligvisReligiøs høytid

  Through the seventh lunar month the Chiu Chow associations raise bamboo theatres in parks and playgrounds for opera, burn paper offerings on street corners and hand out rice at the end. Nothing shuts; the city is quietly busy with it for a month. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Typhoon season (1. mai – 30. nov)

Travelt — Mid-Autumn and the fire dragon, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Mid-Autumn and the fire dragon

  25.–27. sepLys og ildMye folk

  Lanterns go up in Victoria Park and a straw dragon stuck with incense is carried through the lanes of Tai Hang for three nights. The day after the festival is the public holiday. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Typhoon season (1. mai – 30. nov), Yu Lan, the ghost month (5. aug – 15. sep (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Sesong

  Dry hiking season

  1. okt – 31. desMonsun

  The northeast monsoon takes the humidity out and the ridges come back into view. This is when the trail network, not the shopping, is the reason to be here.

Fortsatt på gang: Typhoon season (1. mai – 30. nov), Mid-Autumn and the fire dragon (25.–27. sep)

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned

Ingenting nytt starter i november.

Fortsatt på gang: Typhoon season (1. mai – 30. nov), Dry hiking season (1. okt – 31. des)

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Christmas and New Year holidays i Hong Kong

Ingenting nytt starter i desember.

Fortsatt på gang: Dry hiking season (1. okt – 31. des)