Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Dubrovnik (Dalmatia), Kroatië

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie, Winter (Christmas) holidays in Kroatië

• Regel

  Old town caps and walls tickets

  1 jan – 31 decBoek vroeg

  The city limits how many cruise passengers land in a day, meters the walls with timed tickets and fines you for wheeling a suitcase over the stone. The walls ticket is the expensive part of any visit here. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Off season (1 nov – 15 mrt (meestal)), The bura (1 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)), Advent in the old town (28 nov – 6 jan)

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

• Festival

  Feast of St Blaise

  3 febReligieus feest

  The town's patron saint and the one winter day the streets are full: banners, relics carried through the Stradun, and a procession that is on the UNESCO intangible heritage list. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Old town caps and walls tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Off season (1 nov – 15 mrt (meestal)), The bura (1 nov – 31 mrt (meestal))

Druk — tussen de pieken in, Spring (Easter) holidays in Kroatië

• Feestdag

  Easter

  5–6 aprSluitingen

  Easter Sunday and Easter Monday are public holidays: most shops close, churches overflow for Holy Week services, and families gather for long lunches. On the coast many restaurants and guesthouses open for the season around this weekend, while others stay shut until May. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Old town caps and walls tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Off season (1 nov – 15 mrt (meestal)), The bura (1 nov – 31 mrt (meestal))

Druk — tussen de pieken in, Easter

• Seizoen

  Cruise season

  1 apr – 31 okt · meestalDruk

  The port takes at most two ships a day under an agreement with the city, but on a two-ship morning the walls and the Stradun are a slow-moving queue until early afternoon. Walk them at eight or at six. Bron ↗

• Opening

  Island ferry season

  15 apr – 20 okt · meestalZomerseizoen opent

  The catamarans to Mljet, Korčula and the Elafiti run to a summer timetable only; outside it the islands drop to a couple of sailings a week and a day trip stops being possible. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Old town caps and walls tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Easter (5–6 apr)

Druk — tussen de pieken in, Cruise season

In mei begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Old town caps and walls tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Cruise season (1 apr – 31 okt (meestal)), Island ferry season (15 apr – 20 okt (meestal))

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, Cruise season

• Seizoen

  Sea warm enough to swim

  15 jun – 31 okt · meestal

  The Adriatic here holds its heat well into October, which is why locals rate September and October above June for swimming off the rocks below the walls.

Nog steeds bezig: Old town caps and walls tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Cruise season (1 apr – 31 okt (meestal)), Island ferry season (15 apr – 20 okt (meestal))

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, Cruise season

• Risico

  Coastal wildfire season

  1 jul – 10 sep · meestalRookseizoen

  Dry pine and a hot bora is the combination that starts fires along this coast most summers; open flames are banned outright and the smoke can shut a coastal road for a day. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Dubrovnik Summer Festival

  10 jul – 25 augKunstenfestivalDruk

  Forty-seven days of theatre, opera and concerts staged in courtyards, on Fort Lovrjenac and on the island of Lokrum, using the town itself as the set. It has run since 1950. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Old town caps and walls tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Cruise season (1 apr – 31 okt (meestal)), Island ferry season (15 apr – 20 okt (meestal)), Sea warm enough to swim (15 jun – 31 okt (meestal))

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, Cruise season

• Feestdag

  Italian and Croatian holidays

  1–25 aug · meestalSchoolvakantiesDrukBoek vroeg

  Italian Ferragosto and the Croatian holiday fortnight overlap and the alleys go shoulder to shoulder. It is the most expensive and least pleasant stretch of the year inside the walls. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Assumption Day, 15 August

  14–16 augNationale feestdagDrukSluitingen

  15 August, Velika Gospa, is a public holiday at the height of summer. Churches hold processions and masses, many shops close, and it makes one of the busiest weekends of the year on coast roads, ferries and in accommodation, so book crossings ahead. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Old town caps and walls tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Cruise season (1 apr – 31 okt (meestal)), Island ferry season (15 apr – 20 okt (meestal)), Sea warm enough to swim (15 jun – 31 okt (meestal)), Coastal wildfire season (1 jul – 10 sep (meestal)), Dubrovnik Summer Festival (10 jul – 25 aug)

Druk — tussen de pieken in, Cruise season

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Old town caps and walls tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Cruise season (1 apr – 31 okt (meestal)), Island ferry season (15 apr – 20 okt (meestal)), Sea warm enough to swim (15 jun – 31 okt (meestal)), Coastal wildfire season (1 jul – 10 sep (meestal))

Druk — tussen de pieken in, Cruise season

In oktober begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Old town caps and walls tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Cruise season (1 apr – 31 okt (meestal)), Island ferry season (15 apr – 20 okt (meestal)), Sea warm enough to swim (15 jun – 31 okt (meestal))

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Seizoen

  Off season

  1 nov – 15 mrt · meestalSeizoensluitingSluitingen

  Most of what is open in summer is shuttered, the ferry timetable drops to a winter minimum and the old town is residents, cats and rain. Cheap, and there is very little to do in it.

• Risico

  The bura

  1 nov – 31 mrt · meestalWindseizoenSluitingen

  A cold gale that falls down off the mountains behind the town in winter, strong enough to stop the ferries and close the Pelješac bridge for a day at a time. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Advent in the old town

  28 nov – 6 janKerst & nieuwjaar

  Stradun gets lights, a tree and a small market, and for a few weeks the city is busy with Croatians rather than cruise passengers. It is the one time the off-season here has something on. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Old town caps and walls tickets (1 jan – 31 dec)

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie, Winter (Christmas) holidays in Kroatië

In december begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Old town caps and walls tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Off season (1 nov – 15 mrt (meestal)), The bura (1 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)), Advent in the old town (28 nov – 6 jan)