Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Chisinau, Moldavië

Druk — Two Christmases, schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Christmas market at PMAN (1 dec – 18 jan (meestal)), Two Christmases (25 dec – 14 jan)

Rustig — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

• Festival

  Dragobete

  24 febGroot festival

  The folk lovers' day of Romanian tradition, kept on 24 February with concerts and couples' evenings around town. Small, but it is the one date in a quiet month that restaurants plan around. Bron ↗

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

• Festival

  Mărțișor

  1–10 mrtMuziekfestival

  Everyone pins a red-and-white thread to their coat on 1 March and wears it until the trees flower, and the city runs a ten-day music festival around it. Street stalls sell nothing else that week. Bron ↗

Druk — Orthodox Easter and Blajini, schoolvakanties in 6 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Feestdag

  Orthodox Easter and Blajini

  5 apr – 20 mei · meestalPasen & Goede WeekSluitingenDruk

  Midnight services, then a week later Paștele Blajinilor, when families eat at the graves and the roads out to the villages jam solid for a day. Offices and a lot of shops close for both. Bron ↗

Druk — Orthodox Easter and Blajini, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Opening

  Green Theatre open-air season

  29 mei – 15 sep · meestalZomerseizoen opent

  The huge open-air amphitheatre in Valea Morilor park opens its summer season in late May, with free city concerts on some nights and folk, pop and symphonic programmes through the summer. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Orthodox Easter and Blajini (5 apr – 20 mei (meestal))

Druk — schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de beste maanden qua weer

In juni begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Green Theatre open-air season (29 mei – 15 sep (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

In juli begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Green Theatre open-air season (29 mei – 15 sep (meestal))

Druk — Independence and Limba Noastră, schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Feestdag

  Independence and Limba Noastră

  26 aug – 1 sepNationale feestdagSluitingenDruk

  Independence Day on 27 August and the language holiday on the 31st run back to back, with a fair and concerts on the Great National Assembly Square and government buildings shut through the middle. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Green Theatre open-air season (29 mei – 15 sep (meestal))

Druk — Independence and Limba Noastră, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Chișinău Marathon

  10–20 sep · meestalSportevenementSluitingen

  The city's one big international race, starting on the main square and closing the central boulevards for a Sunday morning. Autumn is the sensible half of the year to run here. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Green Theatre open-air season (29 mei – 15 sep (meestal)), Independence and Limba Noastră (26 aug – 1 sep)

Topdrukte — National Wine Day, Chișinău City Day

• Festival

  National Wine Day

  3–4 oktOogsttijdDrukBoek vroeg

  Held on the first weekend of October, when the whole industry — from Cricova down to farmers with two hectares — sets up on the central square and pours. The one weekend of the year Chișinău hotels are actually full. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Chișinău City Day

  13–15 oktNationale feestdagDrukSluitingen

  The capital's hram on 14 October: a craft fair down the middle of Ștefan cel Mare, concerts in the evening and a public holiday for the city only. It lands a week or so after Wine Day, so the two often merge into one busy fortnight. Bron ↗

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

In november begint er niets nieuws.

Druk — Two Christmases, schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Christmas market at PMAN

  1 dec – 18 jan · meestalKerst & nieuwjaar

  The Christmas tree goes up in the Great National Assembly Square in early December, surrounded by stalls with mulled wine and placinte, an ice rink and a Ferris wheel that stay into mid-January. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Two Christmases

  25 dec – 14 janKerst & nieuwjaarSluitingen

  Moldova keeps both Christmases: 25 December and the Orthodox 7 and 8 January are public holidays. Carol singers make the rounds between the two, and the Old New Year is marked again on 13 and 14 January. Bron ↗