Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Åre, Zweden

Druk — Christmas holidays in Zweden, schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Ski season (5 dec – 3 mei (meestal))

Topdrukte — Sportlov weeks, Winter sports week in Zweden

• Feestdag

  Sportlov weeks

  8 feb – 8 mrt · meestalSchoolvakantiesDrukBoek vroeg

  Swedish schools take their winter break in staggered weeks through late February, and Are fills with families for all of them. Lift queues and bed prices both peak. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Ski season (5 dec – 3 mei (meestal))

Topdrukte — Sportlov weeks, Easter week

• Feestdag

  Easter week

  25 mrt – 13 apr · meestalPasen & Goede WeekDrukBoek vroeg

  Paskveckan is the week the whole country goes skiing, and Are is where a lot of it goes. Long light days, spring snow, and accommodation booked a year out. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Sportlov weeks (8 feb – 8 mrt (meestal)), Ski season (5 dec – 3 mei (meestal))

Topdrukte — Easter week, Are Sessions

• Festival

  Are Sessions

  30 apr – 3 meiMuziekfestivalDrukBoek vroeg

  The closing weekend is a festival: music in the village, slush on the lower slopes and people skiing in fancy dress. It falls over Valborg, so the whole country is off anyway. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Easter week (25 mrt – 13 apr (meestal)), Ski season (5 dec – 3 mei (meestal))

Druk — Are Sessions, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

In mei begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Are Sessions (30 apr – 3 mei), Ski season (5 dec – 3 mei (meestal))

Topdrukte — Midsummer, Summer holidays in Zweden

• Feestdag

  Midsummer

  19–20 junNationale feestdagSluitingenDrukBoek vroeg

  Midsummer Eve, the Friday between 19 and 25 June, is the day Sweden stops: most shops, offices and many restaurants close, people dance round maypoles over herring and schnapps, and accommodation wherever Swedes go for the weekend books out. Bron ↗

• Seizoen

  Summer lift and trail season

  20 jun – 20 sep · meestal

  The Areskutan cable car, the bike lifts and the marked walking routes open around midsummer and shut in September. Outside that window the mountain is yours but you walk up.

• Festival

  Are Bike Festival

  1–5 julSportevenementDrukBoek vroeg

  Five days of downhill and enduro racing at the start of July, and the one time in summer the village is as full as it is in March. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Are Bike Festival, Summer holidays in Zweden

In juli begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Summer lift and trail season (20 jun – 20 sep (meestal)), Are Bike Festival (1–5 jul)

Druk — Summer holidays in Zweden, schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Summer lift and trail season (20 jun – 20 sep (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

• Festival

  Are autumn market

  20–30 sep · meestalGroot festival

  A market weekend at the end of September, timed to the fjallbjork turning yellow on the slopes above. It is the last busy weekend before the village closes down for a month. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Summer lift and trail season (20 jun – 20 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — Hostlov (autumn break), Autumn break in Zweden

• Seizoen

  Mud season between the lifts

  1 okt – 4 dec · meestalSeizoensluitingSluitingen

  Summer trails and lifts close in September and reliable snow rarely arrives before December, so hotels and restaurants scale back or shut for a few weeks and the village empties out. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Hostlov (autumn break)

  19 okt – 2 nov · meestalSchoolvakantiesDrukBoek vroeg

  Swedish schools take a one-week autumn half-term in late October, staggered by region, and Are fills with families and wilderness-camp activities whichever week is local to them. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Hostlov (autumn break), Autumn break in Zweden

In november begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Mud season between the lifts (1 okt – 4 dec (meestal)), Hostlov (autumn break) (19 okt – 2 nov (meestal))

Druk — Christmas holidays in Zweden, schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Seizoen

  Ski season

  5 dec – 3 mei · meestal

  Sweden's biggest ski area opens in the first half of December and the lifts usually run to the start of May. Midwinter is dark and cold; the season is really bought for March and April. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Mud season between the lifts (1 okt – 4 dec (meestal))