Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Łódź (Lodz), Polen

Rustig — schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Winter smog (1 nov – 15 mrt (meestal))

Druk — Ferie zimowe (winter) holidays in Polen, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Winter smog (1 nov – 15 mrt (meestal))

Druk — Easter break in Polen, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Feestdag

  Easter

  4–6 aprSluitingenDruk

  Easter Sunday and Easter Monday are public holidays and nearly all shops close on both, with early closing on Holy Saturday, when families carry baskets of eggs and bread to church to be blessed. Many Poles travel home or to the mountains for the long weekend. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Winter smog (1 nov – 15 mrt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Easter, Majówka, the May long weekend

• Feestdag

  Majówka, the May long weekend

  29 apr – 5 mei · meestalNationale feestdagDrukSluitingenBoek vroeg

  1 May and 3 May are public holidays, and many Poles take the days between to make a week-long break. Shops close on both holidays, trains and coaches fill, and hotels in the mountains, on the coast and in the most visited cities book up early. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Easter (4–6 apr)

Druk — Majówka, the May long weekend, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Łódź Design Festival

  5–25 mei · meestalKunstenfestival

  Exhibitions spread through the old mill complexes and the art museum, in a city that was built by textile industrialists and is still mostly made of their brick. Central Europe's main design week outside Prague. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Majówka, the May long weekend (29 apr – 5 mei (meestal))

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

• Festival

  Fotofestiwal

  5–25 jun · meestalKunstenfestival

  A photography festival that hangs its shows in the former factories rather than a gallery, so half of it is a tour of buildings you would not otherwise get into. Cheap pass, long weekend. Bron ↗

Druk — Summer holidays in Polen, schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen

In juli begint er niets nieuws.

Druk — Summer holidays in Polen, schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Druk — Light Move Festival, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Light Move Festival

  28 sep – 12 okt · meestalLicht & vuurDruk

  Projections and light installations thrown onto the palaces and tenements down Piotrkowska over one long autumn weekend, when it is dark early enough to work and not yet cold enough to hurt. Free, and the street is shoulder to shoulder. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Light Move Festival, All Saints

• Feestdag

  All Saints

  30 okt – 2 novNationale feestdagDrukSluitingen

  Poland travels home on 1 November and the cemeteries fill with candles after dark. Here the one to walk is the Old Cemetery on Ogrodowa, where the Catholic, Protestant and Jewish sections sit side by side. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Light Move Festival (28 sep – 12 okt (meestal))

Druk — All Saints, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Risico

  Winter smog

  1 nov – 15 mrt · meestal

  Coal and wood stoves in the old tenement districts, plus still, cold air over a flat city, put the worst readings of the year here between November and March. It comes in spells of a few days rather than all winter. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: All Saints (30 okt – 2 nov)

Druk — Christmas break in Polen, schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen

In december begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Winter smog (1 nov – 15 mrt (meestal))