Hva som skjer i Madrid, Spain gjennom året

Toppsesong — Christmas to Reyes, Christmas holidays i Spain

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Christmas to Reyes (1. des – 6. jan)

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

• Festival

  Carnaval and the Entierro de la Sardina

  1. feb – 10. mar · vanligvisKarneval

  A city-run programme of parades and costume balls centred on Matadero and Madrid Rio, closing on Ash Wednesday with the mock funeral of a sardine carried to a bonfire in Casa de Campo. Kilde ↗

• Natur

  Almond blossom

  5. feb – 10. mar · vanligvisVillblomster og blomstring

  Some two thousand almond trees in the Quinta de los Molinos park in San Blas flower together for about two weeks, lately in February; weekend afternoons at peak bloom get crowded. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Semana Santa, Semana Santa (Easter) holidays i Spain

• Helligdag

  Semana Santa

  29. mar – 5. aprPåske og stillehelgMye folk

  Processions cross the old centre from Jesus de Medinaceli and the Almudena, but half of Madrid drives out to the pueblos for the week, so the neighbourhood bars thin out even as the hotels fill. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Carnaval and the Entierro de la Sardina (1. feb – 10. mar (vanligvis)), Almond blossom (5. feb – 10. mar (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — reisende beskriver det som høysesong, Semana Santa

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Fortsatt på gang: Semana Santa (29. mar – 5. apr)

Toppsesong — Feria de San Isidro, Las Ventas, Fiestas de San Isidro

• Festival

  Feria de San Isidro, Las Ventas

  5. mai – 10. jun · vanligvisSportsarrangementMye folkBestill tidlig

  Las Ventas runs a card almost every evening for a month, the longest bullfighting feria in Spain. It is the reason central hotel prices stay high through May whatever else is on. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Fiestas de San Isidro

  7.–17. maiReligiøs høytidMye folk

  Eleven days of free concerts and chotis dancing around the patron saint's day on 15 May, centred on the Pradera de San Isidro and Las Vistillas rather than the tourist streets. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Feria de San Isidro, Las Ventas, MADO, Madrid Pride

• Festival

  MADO, Madrid Pride

  26. jun – 6. jul · vanligvisMye folkBestill tidlig

  One of the largest Pride weeks in Europe: Chueca is closed to traffic for days and the Saturday march fills Gran Via and the Paseo del Prado. Book the centre months out or stay outside it. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Feria de San Isidro, Las Ventas (5. mai – 10. jun (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — MADO, Madrid Pride, Summer holidays i Spain

• Fare

  Heatwave weeks

  1. jul – 31. augEkstrem varme

  AEMET runs heat warnings for the Madrid region through most of high summer, and the city plans around them: sightseeing before noon, nothing outdoors between two and eight, terraces after dark. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: MADO, Madrid Pride (26. jun – 6. jul (vanligvis))

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

• Sesong

  Residents' holiday month

  1.–31. augSkoleferieStengninger

  Madrilenos leave for the coast and family kitchens shut for a fortnight. The verbenas of San Cayetano, San Lorenzo and La Paloma in La Latina and Lavapies, 6 to 15 August, are what is left.

Fortsatt på gang: Heatwave weeks (1. jul – 31. aug)

Toppsesong — Spanish Grand Prix at Madring, Summer holidays i Spain

• Festival

  Spanish Grand Prix at Madring

  4.–20. sep · vanligvisMotorsporthelgMye folkBestill tidlig

  Formula 1 moved the Spanish Grand Prix to a street-and-site circuit at IFEMA from 2026, contracted to 2035; the first race ran in mid-September. Hotel prices spike across the city for the weekend. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Fiesta de la Trashumancia, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Fiesta de la Trashumancia

  12.–31. okt · vanligvisInnhøstingMye folk

  On a Sunday in the second half of October, shepherds walk well over a thousand merino sheep and goats from Casa de Campo up Calle Mayor to Sol and Cibeles, defending an old droving right through the city. Kilde ↗

Travelt — La Almudena, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Helligdag

  La Almudena

  9. novReligiøs høytidStengninger

  The city's own public holiday, with mass and a flower offering at the cathedral. Offices and many shops close; the museums do not. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Christmas to Reyes, Christmas holidays i Spain

• Helligdag

  Christmas to Reyes

  1. des – 6. janJul og nyttårMye folk

  Lights on Gran Via from late November, stalls in Plaza Mayor, twelve grapes at Sol on the 31st and the Reyes cabalgata on 5 January. The centre is at its most crowded on the evenings before Christmas. Kilde ↗