Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Milaan, Italië

Topdrukte — Christmas to Epiphany, Christmas holidays in Italië

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Po valley smog season (15 nov – 28 feb (meestal)), Christmas to Epiphany (24 dec – 6 jan)

Druk — Fashion Week, autumn collections, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Carnevale Ambrosiano

  10 feb – 12 mrt · meestalCarnaval

  Milan keeps the Ambrosian rite, so its carnival ends on the Saturday after everyone else's Ash Wednesday. Children in costume around the Duomo and a parade that is entirely a local affair. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Fashion Week, autumn collections

  24 feb – 2 mrtKunstenfestivalDrukBoek vroeg

  Six days of shows split between the Montenapoleone streets and the Tortona sheds. Hotels in the centre reprice for it and a taxi at show times is not findable. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Po valley smog season (15 nov – 28 feb (meestal))

Topdrukte — Fashion Week, autumn collections, Milano Marathon

• Feestdag

  Easter and Pasquetta

  4–6 aprPasen & Goede WeekDrukSluitingen

  Easter Sunday and Easter Monday (Pasquetta) are public holidays, and Italians use the long weekend for short breaks and day trips: trains and hotels fill, old towns and sights are busier than the weeks around, and many shops and some restaurants close on Easter Sunday. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Milano Marathon

  28 mrt – 14 apr · meestalSportevenementSluitingenDruk

  A flat course through the centre and the western districts on a Sunday in early April, with a relay that puts thousands of teams on the road. The streets inside the ring close for the morning. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Carnevale Ambrosiano (10 feb – 12 mrt (meestal)), Fashion Week, autumn collections (24 feb – 2 mrt)

Topdrukte — Easter and Pasquetta, Milano Marathon

• Opening

  Lake ferries on full timetable

  1 apr – 15 okt · meestalZomerseizoen opent

  Como, Maggiore and Garda run the full public boat timetable from around Easter to mid-October, which is what makes the lakes a day out from Milan rather than a drive. Winter service is a skeleton. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Salone del Mobile and Fuorisalone

  21–26 aprKunstenfestivalDrukBoek vroeg

  The furniture fair itself is out at Rho, but the Fuorisalone takes over Brera, Tortona and Isola for the week. It is the single hardest week of the year to find a bed at a sane price. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Easter and Pasquetta (4–6 apr), Milano Marathon (28 mrt – 14 apr (meestal))

Druk — schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de beste maanden qua weer

• Festival

  Piano City Milano

  15–17 mei · meestalMuziekfestival

  A weekend in May when a few hundred free piano concerts appear in courtyards, stairwells and private gardens that are shut the rest of the year. Most need nothing but turning up. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Lake ferries on full timetable (1 apr – 15 okt (meestal))

Druk — Summer holidays in Italië, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Risico

  Tiger mosquito season

  1 jun – 30 sep · meestalInsecten & ziekten

  The Asian tiger mosquito is established across the city and bites through the day rather than at dusk. Courtyard dinners and the canal bars are where you notice it; the drain fogging makes little difference. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Lake ferries on full timetable (1 apr – 15 okt (meestal))

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

In juli begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Lake ferries on full timetable (1 apr – 15 okt (meestal)), Tiger mosquito season (1 jun – 30 sep (meestal))

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

• Seizoen

  Ferragosto shutdown

  1–25 augSchoolvakantiesSluitingen

  Milan empties around 15 August more completely than anywhere else in Italy. Neighbourhood kitchens and bars pull the shutters down for two or three weeks and the traffic simply stops.

Nog steeds bezig: Lake ferries on full timetable (1 apr – 15 okt (meestal)), Tiger mosquito season (1 jun – 30 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — Fashion Week, spring collections, Summer holidays in Italië

• Festival

  Fashion Week, spring collections

  22–28 sepKunstenfestivalDrukBoek vroeg

  The September round, and the pleasanter of the two to be in town for. Same street closures, same hotel arithmetic, better weather for standing outside a show you are not going into. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Lake ferries on full timetable (1 apr – 15 okt (meestal)), Tiger mosquito season (1 jun – 30 sep (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

In oktober begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Lake ferries on full timetable (1 apr – 15 okt (meestal))

Druk — EICMA and the autumn fairs, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  EICMA and the autumn fairs

  5–8 nov · meestalGroot festivalDruk

  The motorcycle show at Rho pulls several hundred thousand people over a November week and the city's rates move with it, the way they do for the design and furniture fairs in spring. Bron ↗

• Risico

  Po valley smog season

  15 nov – 28 feb · meestalWintersmog

  The valley sits under the Alps with nowhere for the air to go, so still cold weeks stack particulate up until the region bans the oldest cars. In midwinter it is the air, not the weather, that decides the day. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Sant'Ambrogio and Oh Bej! Oh Bej!, Christmas to Epiphany

• Festival

  Sant'Ambrogio and Oh Bej! Oh Bej!

  5–10 decReligieus feestDruk

  The patron saint's day on 7 December brings the old street market around the basilica and the opening night at La Scala, which the city treats as a civic occasion rather than a concert. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Christmas to Epiphany

  24 dec – 6 janKerst & nieuwjaarSluitingenDruk

  Christmas Day, Santo Stefano (26 December), New Year's Day and Epiphany (6 January) are public holidays. Many museums, shops and restaurants close on the 25th and some on the 26th and 1st, while the days between bring Italian families out to nativity scenes, lights and markets. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Po valley smog season (15 nov – 28 feb (meestal))