Hva som skjer i Vilnius, Lithuania gjennom året

Travelt — Christmas tree and market, skoleferie i 7 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Christmas tree and market (25. nov – 7. jan (vanligvis))

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

• Festival

  Uzgavenes

  5. feb – 10. mar · vanligvisKarneval

  Masks, devils, pancakes and the burning of a straw figure to see winter off, on the Tuesday before Lent. The old town does it publicly and the villages do it better. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Kaziukas Fair, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Kaziukas Fair

  6.–8. marStor festivalMye folk

  The city's oldest fair takes over Gedimino and the old town for a weekend in early March — palm bundles, black bread, ironwork and forty thousand people in the streets. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Uzgavenes (5. feb – 10. mar (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 6 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

• Festival

  Uzupis Independence Day

  1. aprNasjonaldag

  The self-declared republic across the river opens its borders on 1 April, stamps passports and runs its constitution as a street party. It is a joke that has been kept up for thirty years. Kilde ↗

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

• Festival

  Street Music Day

  15.–21. mai · vanligvisMusikkfestival

  On the third Saturday of May anyone with an instrument plays in the streets, squares and even on buses. It began in Vilnius in 2007, and the Old Town turns into one long free concert until evening. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Jonines, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Helligdag

  Jonines

  23.–24. junSkoleferieStengninger

  Bonfires and wreaths on the Neris banks on the shortest night, and a public holiday the next day. Much of the city leaves for a lake instead. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — reisende beskriver det som høysesong, Statehood Day

• Festival

  Christopher Summer Festival

  1. jul – 31. aug · vanligvisMusikkfestival

  The city's main summer music series: two months of concerts from classical to jazz and world music in Old Town courtyards, churches and other historic spaces, with a few evenings in towns beyond. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Statehood Day

  6. julNasjonaldagStengninger

  A public holiday for King Mindaugas's coronation. There is a picnic on the Neris embankment by the Mindaugas bridge, and at nine in the evening crowds sing the national anthem together at his monument, as Lithuanians do around the world. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Capital Days, skoleferie i 7 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Capital Days

  28. aug – 10. sep · vanligvisStor festivalMye folk

  Sostines dienos closes the old town streets for a long weekend of stages, markets and street theatre at the turn of August and September, when the evenings are still warm. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Christopher Summer Festival (1. jul – 31. aug (vanligvis))

Travelt — Capital Days, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Capital Days (28. aug – 10. sep (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

• Festival

  Vilnius Jazz Festival

  14.–19. oktMusikkfestival

  A long-running October festival at the Vilnius Old Theatre that leans to the adventurous end of jazz, with improvisers and new-music names from Europe alongside the Lithuanian scene. Kilde ↗

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

• Festival

  Christmas tree and market

  25. nov – 7. jan · vanligvisJul og nyttårMye folk

  Cathedral Square builds a different tree every year and the city treats the design as a competitive sport. The market around it runs from late November into January. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Christmas tree and market, skoleferie i 7 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i desember.

Fortsatt på gang: Christmas tree and market (25. nov – 7. jan (vanligvis))