Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Sotsji, Rusland

Topdrukte — Ski season up the valley, New Year holidays

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Ski season up the valley (15 dec – 30 apr (meestal)), New Year holidays (31 dec – 8 jan)

Topdrukte — Maslenitsa, Ski season up the valley

• Festival

  Maslenitsa

  16–22 febCarnavalDruk

  Pancake week before Orthodox Lent: blini at cafes and street stalls, and open-air fairs with folk music and games in the main square and city parks. It peaks on the Sunday, when a straw effigy of winter is usually burned. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Ski season up the valley (15 dec – 30 apr (meestal))

Druk — Ski season up the valley, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In maart begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Maslenitsa (16–22 feb), Ski season up the valley (15 dec – 30 apr (meestal))

Topdrukte — The May holidays, Ski season up the valley

• Feestdag

  The May holidays

  29 apr – 11 meiSchoolvakantiesDrukBoek vroeg

  Two public holidays run into one break at the start of May and the coast takes its first full weekend of the year. The sea is still too cold to swim; the promenades are not. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Ski season up the valley (15 dec – 30 apr (meestal))

Topdrukte — The May holidays, Victory Day

• Feestdag

  Victory Day

  9 meiNationale feestdagSluitingenDruk

  9 May is a public holiday marked in every city with a morning parade or wreath-laying in the centre, and usually fireworks after dark. Central streets close for hours and public transport is rerouted; security measures have scaled some events back in recent years. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: The May holidays (29 apr – 11 mei)

Druk — The domestic summer season, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Seizoen

  Black Sea swimming season

  1 jun – 5 okt · meestalZee op temperatuur

  The sea is comfortable from June and stays that way through September, when the beaches empty and the pebbles are finally yours. October is a gamble on the first autumn storms.

• Seizoen

  The domestic summer season

  20 jun – 31 augSchoolvakantiesDrukBoek vroeg

  This is where Russia goes on holiday now, and the whole strip from Adler to Loo is full for ten weeks. Flights and rooms cost what August dictates, and the beaches are shoulder to shoulder by ten.

Druk — The domestic summer season, schoolvakanties in 5 van de markten die de plek vullen

In juli begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Black Sea swimming season (1 jun – 5 okt (meestal)), The domestic summer season (20 jun – 31 aug)

Druk — The domestic summer season, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Black Sea swimming season (1 jun – 5 okt (meestal)), The domestic summer season (20 jun – 31 aug)

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

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Black Sea swimming season (1 jun – 5 okt (meestal))

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

In oktober begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Black Sea swimming season (1 jun – 5 okt (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In november begint er niets nieuws.

Topdrukte — Ski season up the valley, New Year holidays

• Seizoen

  Ski season up the valley

  15 dec – 30 apr · meestalDruk

  The resorts above Krasnaya Polyana are forty minutes inland and turn their lifts from the second half of December. It is the one place you can be on snow at midday and on the seafront by four.

• Feestdag

  New Year holidays

  31 dec – 8 janKerst & nieuwjaarDrukBoek vroeg

  The first eight days of January are one national holiday, and the coast fills with people using it as a base for the mountains. Rates peak and the airport runs at capacity. Bron ↗