Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Hongkong, Hongkong

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, Hong Kong Marathon

• Feestdag

  Chinese New Year

  17–19 febChinees nieuwjaarDrukSluitingen

  Three public holidays, a night parade in Tsim Sha Tsui and fireworks over the harbour on the second day. Small shops and family restaurants shut for most of the week. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Hong Kong Marathon

  25 jan – 25 feb · meestalSportevenementDrukSluitingen

  Around seventy thousand runners on a Sunday in the coolest weeks of the year. Nathan Road, the harbour tunnels and the Island's western corridor close overnight and reopen about lunchtime. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Chinese New Year, Hong Kong Marathon

• Seizoen

  Sea fog season

  15 feb – 30 apr · meestalRisico

  Warm air over a cold sea leaves the Peak and the hill trails inside cloud for days at a time, and the harbour view you came for is grey. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Chinese New Year (17–19 feb), Hong Kong Marathon (25 jan – 25 feb (meestal))

Druk — tussen de pieken in, Art Basel Hong Kong

• Festival

  Art Basel Hong Kong

  20 mrt – 1 apr · meestalKunstenfestivalDrukBoek vroeg

  Five days at the convention centre that pull the regional art trade in at once, with satellite fairs and late gallery nights in Central and Wong Chuk Hang. Rooms on both sides of the harbour move for it. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Hong Kong Sevens

  17–19 aprSportevenementDrukBoek vroeg

  A rugby weekend that behaves like a public holiday, now at Kai Tak. Hotel rates across the harbour move for it, so book before the fixture list appears. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Sea fog season (15 feb – 30 apr (meestal))

Topdrukte — Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong Sevens

• Feestdag

  Ching Ming and hill fires

  2–8 apr · meestalNationale feestdagDrukRisico

  A public holiday for grave sweeping, when the hillside cemeteries and the minibuses to them are jammed from first light. Incense and candles on dry slopes are why the hill fire danger warning goes up the same week. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Cheung Chau Bun Festival

  21–25 meiReligieus feestDruk

  Held around Buddha's Birthday on a car-free island an hour out by ferry: floating-children parades in the afternoon, bun-tower scrambling overnight. The last boats back are packed. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Sea fog season (15 feb – 30 apr (meestal)), Art Basel Hong Kong (20 mrt – 1 apr (meestal)), Hong Kong Sevens (17–19 apr)

Druk — Cheung Chau Bun Festival, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Risico

  Typhoon season

  1 mei – 30 novSluitingen

  Tropical cyclones can reach the city from May, with July to September the likeliest. A number eight signal closes offices, shops and ferries for a day, and flights go with them. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Tuen Ng dragon boat races

  19 junSportevenementDruk

  A public holiday, with races in the typhoon shelters at Stanley, Aberdeen, Sai Kung and Tai O. Village heats run for a fortnight around the day itself. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Cheung Chau Bun Festival (21–25 mei)

Druk — Tuen Ng dragon boat races, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

In juni begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Typhoon season (1 mei – 30 nov), Tuen Ng dragon boat races (19 jun)

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie, Hong Kong Book Fair

• Festival

  Hong Kong Book Fair

  15–25 jul · meestalKunstenfestivalDruk

  Seven days at the convention centre in the middle of July that draw close to a million people, which is a strange thing to walk into unawares. Wan Chai and the harbour crossings queue with it. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Typhoon season (1 mei – 30 nov)

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie, Summer vacation in Hongkong

• Festival

  Yu Lan, the ghost month

  5 aug – 15 sep · meestalReligieus feest

  Through the seventh lunar month the Chiu Chow associations raise bamboo theatres in parks and playgrounds for opera, burn paper offerings on street corners and hand out rice at the end. Nothing shuts; the city is quietly busy with it for a month. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Typhoon season (1 mei – 30 nov)

Druk — Mid-Autumn and the fire dragon, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Mid-Autumn and the fire dragon

  25–27 sepLicht & vuurDruk

  Lanterns go up in Victoria Park and a straw dragon stuck with incense is carried through the lanes of Tai Hang for three nights. The day after the festival is the public holiday. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Typhoon season (1 mei – 30 nov), Yu Lan, the ghost month (5 aug – 15 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Seizoen

  Dry hiking season

  1 okt – 31 decMoesson

  The northeast monsoon takes the humidity out and the ridges come back into view. This is when the trail network, not the shopping, is the reason to be here.

Nog steeds bezig: Typhoon season (1 mei – 30 nov), Mid-Autumn and the fire dragon (25–27 sep)

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie

In november begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Typhoon season (1 mei – 30 nov), Dry hiking season (1 okt – 31 dec)

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, Christmas and New Year holidays in Hongkong

In december begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Dry hiking season (1 okt – 31 dec)