Hva som skjer i Paris, France gjennom året

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, Winter sales

• Regel

  Winter sales

  7. jan – 3. febMye folk

  The state fixes the dates: four weeks of legally regulated discounting from the second Wednesday of January. Department stores are unusable on the first Saturday. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Christmas markets (12. nov – 4. jan (vanligvis))

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, Winter sales

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Winter sales (7. jan – 3. feb)

Travelt — mellom toppene, Winter (February) holidays i France

• Natur

  Blossom on the quais

  25. mar – 15. apr · vanligvisKirsebærblomstring

  Cherry and magnolia come out along the Seine and in the Jardin des Plantes, usually in the first half of April, and the terraces fill the same week. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Easter weekend

  3.–6. aprPåske og stillehelgMye folk

  The first real crush of the year: queues return to the Louvre and the Sainte-Chapelle, and hotel rates jump for the long weekend. Kilde ↗

Travelt — mellom toppene, Easter weekend

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Fortsatt på gang: Blossom on the quais (25. mar – 15. apr (vanligvis)), Easter weekend (3.–6. apr)

Travelt — mellom toppene, May public holidays

• Helligdag

  May public holidays

  1.–31. mai · vanligvisSkoleferieStengningerMye folk

  Three or four public days land in the month and Parisians bridge them into long weekends. On 1 May almost everything shuts, including most of the metro's shops. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Roland-Garros

  18. mai – 7. junSportsarrangementMye folkBestill tidlig

  Three weeks of tennis in the 16th, with qualifying from mid-May and the finals in the first week of June. Hotel prices in the west of the city move with it. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Roland-Garros

• Festival

  Marche des Fiertes

  3. oktPrideMye folkBestill tidlig

  Paris Pride normally takes the last Saturday of June, closing a diagonal of the city for the afternoon and running late in the Marais afterwards. The organisers moved the 2026 march to 3 October, so check the date before booking for June. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Fete de la Musique

  21. junMusikkfestivalMye folk

  Free music on every corner on the longest evening of the year, from conservatoire quartets in courtyards to sound systems on the quais. It runs past midnight. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Roland-Garros (18. mai – 7. jun)

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Bastille Day

• Åpning

  Paris-Plages

  6. jul – 31. aug · vanligvisSommersesongen åpner

  Sand, deckchairs and pools go down along the Seine and the Bassin de la Villette for about eight weeks, free and busiest in the early evening. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Bastille Day

  13.–14. julNasjonaldagMye folk

  The firefighters' balls on the 13th are the better half; the parade and the fireworks at the Trocadero on the 14th mean closed streets and a shut-down centre. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Tour de France finish

  19.–27. jul · vanligvisSportsarrangementMye folkStengninger

  The race ends on the Champs-Elysees on the final Sunday of July; the centre closes to traffic from the morning and the crowd is three deep by lunchtime. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Marche des Fiertes (3. okt)

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Summer holidays i France

• Stengt

  The August closures

  1.–25. aug · vanligvis

  Bakeries and neighbourhood restaurants shut in rotation for two or three weeks and hang a paper note on the door. Museums and the big brasseries stay open. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Paris-Plages (6. jul – 31. aug (vanligvis))

Travelt — mellom toppene, Journees du Patrimoine

• Festival

  Journees du Patrimoine

  15.–22. sep · vanligvisStor festivalMye folk

  On the third weekend of September the closed doors open: ministries, the Elysee, private hotels particuliers. The good ones have queues from dawn or timed tickets. Kilde ↗

Travelt — mellom toppene, Marche des Fiertes

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, Christmas markets

• Festival

  Christmas markets

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

  Chalets and a fairground in the Tuileries from mid-November into the first days of January, more at La Defense and Trocadero, and a cold that is damp rather than hard. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Beaujolais nouveau

  19. novMat- og drikkefestival

  The year's first wine lands on the third Thursday of November and the cafes make a night of it. The wine is beside the point and everyone knows it. Kilde ↗

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, Christmas markets

Ingenting nytt starter i desember.

Fortsatt på gang: Christmas markets (12. nov – 4. jan (vanligvis))