Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Nantes, Frankrijk

Rustig — reizigers noemen het rustig, Le Voyage en hiver

• Festival

  La Folle Journee

  25 jan – 2 feb · meestalMuziekfestivalBoek vroeg

  Five days of short classical concerts stacked from morning to midnight in the Cite des Congres, cheap and deliberately unstuffy. It is the one reason to be here in January and the halls sell out. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Le Voyage en hiver (28 nov – 3 jan (meestal))

Druk — Winter (February) holidays in Frankrijk, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Natuur

  Camellias at the Jardin des Plantes

  15 feb – 25 mrt · meestalWilde bloemen & bloei

  The garden next to the station holds one of France's largest camellia collections, around six hundred varieties, usually at its best in the first half of March after a mild winter. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: La Folle Journee (25 jan – 2 feb (meestal))

Topdrukte — Carnaval de Nantes, Winter (February) holidays in Frankrijk

• Festival

  Carnaval de Nantes

  20 mrt – 20 apr · meestalCarnavalDruk

  Giant floats built by volunteers over the winter parade through the city centre from Place Foch on a spring Sunday afternoon, with a separate night parade a couple of weeks later. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Camellias at the Jardin des Plantes (15 feb – 25 mrt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Carnaval de Nantes, Spring holidays in Frankrijk

• Festival

  Marathon de Nantes

  15–30 apr · meestalSportevenement

  A late-April running weekend: a 10 km night race from the Machines de l'Ile on the Saturday, then the marathon and half on Sunday, with road closures along the Loire. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Carnaval de Nantes (20 mrt – 20 apr (meestal))

Topdrukte — May holidays and ponts, Spring holidays in Frankrijk

• Feestdag

  May holidays and ponts

  1–25 meiNationale feestdagDrukBoek vroegSluitingen

  1 May, 8 May, Ascension Thursday and Whit Monday are public holidays, and the French bridge the gaps with a day off, the pont. Expect four-day weekends of busy trains, jammed roads and full rooms in towns that draw visitors, and near-total closures on 1 May. Bron ↗

Druk — Hellfest weekend, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Hellfest weekend

  17–22 jun · meestalMuziekfestivalDrukBoek vroeg

  The metal festival is at Clisson, forty minutes south, but the rooms it fills are in Nantes and the trains out are standing room. Book anywhere in the city early for the third weekend of June. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: May holidays and ponts (1–25 mei)

Topdrukte — Bastille Day (14 juillet), Summer holidays in Frankrijk

• Festival

  Le Voyage a Nantes

  4 jul – 6 sepZomerseizoen opent

  A green line painted on the pavement links a couple of dozen commissioned works across the city for the summer, most of them free and outdoors. The art changes every year; the line does not. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Bastille Day (14 juillet)

  13–14 julNationale feestdagDrukSluitingen

  14 July is the national holiday: towns hold fireworks on the evening of the 13th or 14th, often with a firemen's ball, a parade or a concert, and banks, offices and many shops close for the day. Bron ↗

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

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Le Voyage a Nantes (4 jul – 6 sep)

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

• Seizoen

  Muscadet harvest

  1 sep – 10 okt · meestal

  The vineyards start where the tram ends, and picking runs through September in the villages around Clisson and Vallet. Growers pour in the cellar rather than the tasting room while it lasts.

Nog steeds bezig: Le Voyage a Nantes (4 jul – 6 sep)

Druk — All Saints (autumn) holidays in Frankrijk, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

In oktober begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Muscadet harvest (1 sep – 10 okt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Le Voyage en hiver, All Saints (autumn) holidays in Frankrijk

• Festival

  Le Voyage en hiver

  28 nov – 3 jan · meestalKerst & nieuwjaarDruk

  The summer art trail gets a winter version: light works through the centre, a market on the Place Royale and the machines on the island running in the dark. The wet cold here is the real one. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Le Voyage en hiver, Christmas holidays in Frankrijk

In december begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Le Voyage en hiver (28 nov – 3 jan (meestal))