Hva som skjer i Willemstad (Curacao), Curaçao gjennom året

Toppsesong — Carnival, Cruise season

• Festival

  Carnival

  10. jan – 5. mar · vanligvisMye folkBestill tidlig

  One of the longest carnival seasons in the Caribbean: tumba competitions from early January, then the Gran Marcha through Willemstad on Carnival Sunday and the farewell parade on the eve of Ash Wednesday. Carnival Monday is a public holiday. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Cruise season (1. nov – 30. apr (vanligvis)), Christmas and New Year (18. des – 2. jan)

Toppsesong — Carnival, Cruise season

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Carnival (10. jan – 5. mar (vanligvis)), Cruise season (1. nov – 30. apr (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Carnival, Cruise season

Ingenting nytt starter i mars.

Fortsatt på gang: Carnival (10. jan – 5. mar (vanligvis)), Cruise season (1. nov – 30. apr (vanligvis))

Travelt — Cruise season

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Fortsatt på gang: Cruise season (1. nov – 30. apr (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i mai.

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

Ingenting nytt starter i juni.

Travelt — Flag and Anthem Day, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Helligdag

  Flag and Anthem Day

  2. julNasjonaldag

  Dia di Bandera on 2 July: blue flags on houses and car bonnets, a formal ceremony in the morning and a day off that empties the offices in Punda and fills the beaches on the west end. Kilde ↗

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

• Festival

  Curaçao North Sea Jazz Festival

  3.–5. sepMusikkfestivalMye folkBestill tidlig

  Three nights of Latin, Caribbean and American acts at the turn of September, and the island's biggest ticketed event by a distance. Flights from Amsterdam and rooms anywhere near Willemstad go early for it. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Curaçao North Sea Jazz Festival, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Curaçao North Sea Jazz Festival (3.–5. sep)

Travelt — Curaçao Day

• Helligdag

  Curaçao Day

  10. oktNasjonaldagMye folk

  Dia di Pais Kòrsou marks the island becoming a country in its own right within the Kingdom in 2010. It is a public holiday given over to concerts and street parties rather than to parades. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Cruise season

• Sesong

  Cruise season

  1. nov – 30. apr · vanligvisMye folk

  Around 600,000 passengers a year come ashore at the Mega Pier or the Otrobanda wharves, most of them in the northern winter. The island sits on the southern fringe of the storm belt, so the ships keep calling when others go quiet. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Cruise season, Christmas and New Year

• Helligdag

  Christmas and New Year

  18. des – 2. janJul og nyttårMye folkBestill tidlig

  Dutch families come over for the fortnight and rates go with them. New Year's Eve is set off by the streets themselves rather than by the government, from dusk until well past midnight, and 31 December is a half-day holiday. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Cruise season (1. nov – 30. apr (vanligvis))