Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Athene, Griekenland

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie, Christmas holidays in Griekenland

• Regel

  Acropolis timed entry

  1 jan – 31 decBoek vroeg

  Tickets carry an hourly slot and the site is capped at twenty thousand people a day. The eight-to-noon slots go first, and the gate queue is what you are paying to skip. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Winter hours at the ancient sites (1 nov – 31 mrt)

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Carnival and Clean Monday

  23 feb

  Three weeks of neighbourhood carnival end on Clean Monday, when families take kites up onto Filopappou and the hills above the city and the whole country eats lenten food outdoors. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Acropolis timed entry (1 jan – 31 dec), Winter hours at the ancient sites (1 nov – 31 mrt)

Druk — tussen de pieken in, Independence Day parade

• Festival

  Independence Day parade

  25 mrtNationale feestdagDrukSluitingen

  A military parade closes Vasilissis Sofias and the streets around Syntagma for the morning of 25 March. Museums and most shops are shut for the holiday. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Orthodox Easter

  10–13 aprPasen & Goede WeekSluitingen

  Athens empties for a week as the city goes back to the villages. Shops and many tavernas close, the centre is oddly calm, and every road and ferry out of town is full on the Thursday and Friday. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Acropolis timed entry (1 jan – 31 dec), Carnival and Clean Monday (23 feb), Winter hours at the ancient sites (1 nov – 31 mrt)

Druk — tussen de pieken in, Orthodox Easter

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Acropolis timed entry (1 jan – 31 dec), Orthodox Easter (10–13 apr)

Tussenseizoen — tussen de pieken in, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

In mei begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Acropolis timed entry (1 jan – 31 dec), Orthodox Easter (10–13 apr)

Druk — Summer holidays in Griekenland, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Seizoen

  Sea warm enough to swim

  1 jun – 31 okt · meestal

  The coastal suburbs down the tram line from the centre are swimmable from June, and the water is at its warmest in September, well after the air has stopped being punishing.

• Festival

  Athens Epidaurus Festival

  1 jun – 29 augKunstenfestivalBoek vroeg

  Three months of theatre, dance and concerts, with the headline nights under the Acropolis at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus and Greek tragedy staged in the ancient theatre at Epidaurus. Bron ↗

• Risico

  Midday closures in the heat

  15 jun – 31 aug · meestalExtreme hitteSluitingen

  On the worst days the culture ministry shuts the open archaeological sites through the middle of the afternoon and the Red Cross hands out water at the gate. Do the ruins before ten or after six. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Acropolis timed entry (1 jan – 31 dec)

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, Summer holidays in Griekenland

In juli begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Acropolis timed entry (1 jan – 31 dec), Sea warm enough to swim (1 jun – 31 okt (meestal)), Athens Epidaurus Festival (1 jun – 29 aug), Midday closures in the heat (15 jun – 31 aug (meestal))

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, The 15 August exodus

• Feestdag

  The 15 August exodus

  8–25 aug · meestalSchoolvakantiesSluitingen

  Athenians leave for the islands and the villages around the Dormition holiday on the 15th. Neighbourhood shops and tavernas shut for a fortnight, and what is left in the centre is heat and visitors. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Acropolis timed entry (1 jan – 31 dec), Sea warm enough to swim (1 jun – 31 okt (meestal)), Athens Epidaurus Festival (1 jun – 29 aug), Midday closures in the heat (15 jun – 31 aug (meestal))

Druk — tussen de pieken in, Summer holidays in Griekenland

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Acropolis timed entry (1 jan – 31 dec), Sea warm enough to swim (1 jun – 31 okt (meestal))

Druk — tussen de pieken in, Ohi Day

• Feestdag

  Ohi Day

  28 oktNationale feestdagSluitingenDruk

  A military parade closes Vasilissis Sofias and Syntagma on the 28th and the country takes the day off; museums and most shops shut, and it usually pulls a long weekend with it. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Acropolis timed entry (1 jan – 31 dec), Sea warm enough to swim (1 jun – 31 okt (meestal))

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie, Athens Marathon

• Regel

  Winter hours at the ancient sites

  1 nov – 31 mrtSluitingen

  From the first of November the archaeological sites move to the short winter timetable and close in the middle of the afternoon. The trade is a cheaper ticket and an Acropolis you can walk without booking. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Athens Marathon

  8 novSportevenementDrukSluitingen

  The race runs from Marathon into the Panathenaic Stadium and closes the eastern approaches to the city for most of a Sunday. Do not book a morning flight out of that day. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Acropolis timed entry (1 jan – 31 dec)

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie, Christmas holidays in Griekenland

In december begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Acropolis timed entry (1 jan – 31 dec), Winter hours at the ancient sites (1 nov – 31 mrt)