Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Edinburgh, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Topdrukte — Christmas market, Hogmanay

• Regel

  Castle and attraction timed tickets

  1 jan – 31 decBoek vroeg

  Edinburgh Castle sells dated, timed entry and sells out days ahead in August and over Hogmanay. The one o'clock gun is the slot everyone wants, so book around it rather than for it. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Christmas market (15 nov – 4 jan (meestal)), Hogmanay (30 dec – 1 jan)

Topdrukte — Six Nations at Murrayfield, February half-term in Verenigd Koninkrijk

• Festival

  Six Nations at Murrayfield

  1 feb – 20 mrt · meestalSportevenementDrukBoek vroeg

  Two or three Saturdays between February and mid-March. Sixty-odd thousand people arrive for the afternoon and the city's rooms price as if it were Hogmanay. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec)

Druk — Six Nations at Murrayfield, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Feestdag

  Easter bank holidays

  3–6 aprPasen & Goede WeekDrukSluitingen

  Good Friday is a bank holiday across the UK and Easter Monday everywhere but Scotland. The long weekend opens the domestic touring season: popular towns, coasts and parks get busy, rooms cost more, and rail engineering works often cut or replace train services. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Six Nations at Murrayfield (1 feb – 20 mrt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Easter bank holidays, Easter / spring holiday in Verenigd Koninkrijk

• Seizoen

  Haar season

  1 apr – 31 aug · meestalMistseizoenRisico

  An easterly off the North Sea rolls cold grey over the city while ten miles inland it stays clear. In early summer it can sit all day and take the castle and Arthur's Seat with it.

• Natuur

  Blossom in the Meadows

  5 apr – 5 mei · meestalKersenbloesem

  The cherry avenue across the Meadows comes out for a fortnight in April and the students treat it as the first day of summer, whatever the temperature says. Bron ↗

• Natuur

  Seabird season on the Forth

  10 apr – 25 jul · meestalVogelseizoen

  Gannets pack the Bass Rock and puffins come ashore on Craigleith and the Isle of May from spring; the boats go from North Berwick, half an hour out of town. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Beltane Fire Festival

  30 aprLicht & vuur

  A ticketed fire procession up Calton Hill on the night of 30 April, run by volunteers and cold enough that most of the audience regrets what they wore. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Easter bank holidays (3–6 apr)

Topdrukte — Edinburgh Marathon Festival, Late-May half-term in Verenigd Koninkrijk

• Festival

  Edinburgh Marathon Festival

  22–31 mei · meestalSportevenementDrukSluitingen

  A weekend of road races at the end of May that shuts the coast road out to Musselburgh and fills the hotels a full three months before the Fringe does. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Haar season (1 apr – 31 aug (meestal)), Blossom in the Meadows (5 apr – 5 mei (meestal)), Seabird season on the Forth (10 apr – 25 jul (meestal))

Topdrukte — Royal Highland Show, Late-May half-term in Verenigd Koninkrijk

• Festival

  Royal Highland Show

  18–25 jun · meestalGroot festivalDrukBoek vroeg

  Four days of livestock, forestry and food at Ingliston next to the airport, with two hundred thousand through the gate and the tram out west running full both ways. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Haar season (1 apr – 31 aug (meestal)), Seabird season on the Forth (10 apr – 25 jul (meestal))

Druk — Summer holidays in Verenigd Koninkrijk, schoolvakanties in 6 van de markten die de plek vullen

In juli begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Haar season (1 apr – 31 aug (meestal)), Seabird season on the Forth (10 apr – 25 jul (meestal))

Topdrukte — Fringe and International Festival, Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

• Festival

  Fringe and International Festival

  7–31 augKunstenfestivalDrukBoek vroeg

  The Fringe, the International Festival and the book festival run at once for most of August. The city's population roughly doubles, and accommodation is booked from the previous autumn at three or four times the rate. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

  7–29 augMuziekfestivalDrukBoek vroeg

  Stands go up on the castle esplanade for the month, which closes the approach in the evenings and changes how the whole Royal Mile moves after eight. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Haar season (1 apr – 31 aug (meestal))

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

• Opening

  Doors Open Days

  20–30 sep · meestalGroot festival

  One weekend in late September when buildings that are normally shut — the closes, the vaults, working churches and civic rooms — open free. Popular ones need booking a fortnight ahead. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec)

Druk — October half-term in Verenigd Koninkrijk, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

In oktober begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec)

Druk — Christmas market, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Christmas market

  15 nov – 4 jan · meestalKerst & nieuwjaarDruk

  The market and the big wheel fill East Princes Street Gardens from the middle of November, and the walk along Princes Street becomes a shuffle after four in the afternoon. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec)

Topdrukte — Christmas market, Hogmanay

• Festival

  Hogmanay

  30 dec – 1 janKerst & nieuwjaarDrukBoek vroeg

  The street party in the centre is ticketed and fenced, so the choice is to buy in or stay out of the cordon. The Loony Dook in the Forth on New Year's Day is the other tradition. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Christmas market (15 nov – 4 jan (meestal))