Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Londen, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie, Christmas week

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Christmas week (24 dec – 1 jan)

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie, London Fashion Week (Feb)

• Festival

  London Fashion Week (Feb)

  19–23 febGroot festivalDrukBoek vroeg

  Five days of autumn/winter runway shows across the city push up hotel rates and fill venues around the Strand and Soho with industry crowds and street-style photographers. Bron ↗

Tussenseizoen — tussen de pieken in, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Natuur

  Blossom in the squares

  25 mrt – 30 apr · meestalKersenbloesem

  Cherry and magnolia in the garden squares and along the park avenues, usually through April. Kew and Greenwich do it best and charge for one of them. Bron ↗

Druk — tussen de pieken in, London Marathon

• Festival

  London Marathon

  26 aprSportevenementDrukSluitingen

  Late April, and a large part of central and east London closes to traffic for the day. Getting across the course before mid-afternoon means the Underground or nothing. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Blossom in the squares (25 mrt – 30 apr (meestal))

Druk — tussen de pieken in, RHS Chelsea Flower Show

• Festival

  RHS Chelsea Flower Show

  19–23 meiGroot festivalDrukBoek vroeg

  Five days in the third week of May, members first. Tickets go months ahead and the hotels in SW3 know exactly when it is. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, Wimbledon

• Festival

  Wimbledon

  29 jun – 12 julSportevenementDrukBoek vroeg

  A fortnight from the last Monday in June. The ballot closes the previous autumn, and the queue on the day is still the honest way in. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, Wimbledon

In juli begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Wimbledon (29 jun – 12 jul)

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, Notting Hill Carnival

• Festival

  Notting Hill Carnival

  29–31 augDrukSluitingen

  Europe's largest street carnival takes the late-August bank holiday weekend, with steel bands on the Saturday and the main parade on the Monday. Local Tube stations close or go exit-only. Bron ↗

Druk — tussen de pieken in, Open House Festival

• Festival

  Open House Festival

  12–20 sepKunstenfestivalDrukBoek vroeg

  Over 600 buildings across all 33 boroughs, from private members' clubs to government offices, open free for two weekends; the popular sites need tickets booked well ahead. Bron ↗

• Festival

  London Fashion Week (Sep)

  17–21 sepGroot festivalDrukBoek vroeg

  The spring/summer counterpart to February's shows, with the same runway-week crush on hotels and central venues, timed a few days after the Open House weekend. Bron ↗

Druk — tussen de pieken in, October half-term in Verenigd Koninkrijk

• Natuur

  Autumn colour in the royal parks

  15 okt – 15 nov · meestal

  Richmond, Hampstead Heath and Kew turn through late October and hold into November, which is the one thing the month reliably gives you.

• Regel

  Clocks go back

  24–31 okt · meestal

  British Summer Time ends on the last Sunday of October and the evening simply stops. Plan anything outdoors for the morning from then until March. Bron ↗

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie, Bonfire Night

• Festival

  Bonfire Night

  5 novLicht & vuurDruk

  Fireworks on and around 5 November, run by the boroughs rather than the city, so the good ones are in the parks out from the centre and often ticketed. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Autumn colour in the royal parks (15 okt – 15 nov (meestal))

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie, Christmas week

• Feestdag

  Christmas week

  24 dec – 1 janKerst & nieuwjaarSluitingen

  No trains at all on Christmas Day and a skeleton service after it. The centre is lit and crowded up to the 24th, then the city empties completely for a week. Bron ↗