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Toppsesong — International Kolkata Book Fair, Park Street at Christmas

• Festival

  International Kolkata Book Fair

  20. jan – 8. feb · vanligvisKunstfestivalMye folk

  A fortnight on the Salt Lake ground that draws crowds a book fair has no business drawing, plus food stalls and evening music. The metro out to it is standing room after six. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Park Street at Christmas (18. des – 1. jan)

Toppsesong — International Kolkata Book Fair, Holi

• Festival

  Holi

  25. feb – 25. mar · vanligvisReligiøs høytidMye folkStengninger

  Holi, the spring festival of colours, is a public holiday across north India. On the main morning people fill the streets throwing coloured powder and water, visitors included, and many shops and restaurants stay shut until the afternoon. Wear old clothes, protect eyes and cameras, and expect some rowdy crowds. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: International Kolkata Book Fair (20. jan – 8. feb (vanligvis))

Travelt — Holi, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Fare

  Kalbaisakhi storm season

  20. mar – 20. mai · vanligvis

  Late-afternoon squall lines come out of the northwest through the hot months, drop the temperature in minutes and take trees and hoardings down with them. Flights hold; the city rather enjoys them. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Holi (25. feb – 25. mar (vanligvis))

Travelt — Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) i India, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Fortsatt på gang: Kalbaisakhi storm season (20. mar – 20. mai (vanligvis))

Travelt — Summer vacation (north & east) i India

Ingenting nytt starter i mai.

Fortsatt på gang: Kalbaisakhi storm season (20. mar – 20. mai (vanligvis))

Travelt — Summer vacation (north & east) i India, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Sesong

  Monsoon and waterlogging

  10. jun – 25. sep · vanligvisRisiko

  The rain arrives in the second week of June and the low-lying parts of the city stand in water for hours after a heavy morning, because the drains empty into a river that is itself in flood.

Rolig — skoleferie i 5 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i juli.

Fortsatt på gang: Monsoon and waterlogging (10. jun – 25. sep (vanligvis))

Rolig — skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Monsoon and waterlogging (10. jun – 25. sep (vanligvis))

Rolig — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

• Festival

  Durga Puja

  16.–21. oktReligiøs høytidMye folkStengninger

  The one week of the year the city stops working and walks all night between commissioned pandals, some of them serious art. Hotels and trains are booked out months ahead and the traffic plan changes daily. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Monsoon and waterlogging (10. jun – 25. sep (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Durga Puja, Autumn break (Dussehra / Diwali) i India

• Festival

  Kali Puja and Diwali

  8.–9. novMye folkRisiko

  Bengal's own version comes three weeks after Durga Puja: night-long pujas, lit courtyards, and firecrackers that put the air into its worst readings of the year for two days. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Durga Puja (16.–21. okt)

Toppsesong — Kali Puja and Diwali, Kolkata International Film Festival

• Festival

  Kolkata International Film Festival

  25. nov – 20. des · vanligvisMye folk

  A week of screenings around Nandan and the Rabindra Sadan complex, mostly free or nearly so, with queues that form before the box office opens. Dates are announced late each year. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Kali Puja and Diwali (8.–9. nov)

Toppsesong — Kolkata International Film Festival, Park Street at Christmas

• Helligdag

  Park Street at Christmas

  18. des – 1. janJul og nyttårMye folk

  Park Street is strung with lights and closed to cars on the big nights, and the crowd is the point rather than the shopping. It lands in the coolest, cleanest fortnight of the Kolkata year. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Kolkata International Film Festival (25. nov – 20. des (vanligvis))