Wat er het hele jaar speelt in St. John's, Canada

Druk — Winter / Christmas break in Canada, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Risico

  Winter storm season

  1 jan – 31 mrt · meestalWinterstormen & zware windSluitingen

  This is among the snowiest and windiest cities in the country, and a single storm shut it entirely for a week in 2020. Flights are the first thing to go and the airport is the only way out. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — reizigers noemen het hoogseizoen

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Winter storm season (1 jan – 31 mrt (meestal))

Druk — March break / semaine de relâche in Canada

In maart begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Winter storm season (1 jan – 31 mrt (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

• Natuur

  Iceberg season

  1 mei – 10 jul · meestal

  Bergs calved off Greenland drift down the coast and ground in the shallows, usually most numerous from late May to mid-June. Some years bring dozens past Cape Spear and some bring almost none. Bron ↗

• Natuur

  Puffins at Witless Bay

  15 mei – 15 aug · meestalVogelseizoen

  Hundreds of thousands of puffins and murres nest on the islands half an hour south of town, reachable on a two-hour boat that usually finds whales on the same trip.

• Seizoen

  Fog season

  15 mei – 31 jul · meestalRisico

  Warm air over the cold Labrador current makes this one of the foggiest places anywhere, worst in late spring and early summer. Signal Hill vanishes for days and the icebergs are somewhere in it.

Druk — Summer break in Canada, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Natuur

  Humpbacks and the capelin roll

  1 jun – 31 aug · meestalWalvisseizoen

  Humpbacks follow the capelin inshore in June and stay through the summer. The capelin themselves spawn onto the beaches in a few days somewhere around the turn of July, and people fill buckets.

Nog steeds bezig: Iceberg season (1 mei – 10 jul (meestal)), Puffins at Witless Bay (15 mei – 15 aug (meestal)), Fog season (15 mei – 31 jul (meestal))

Topdrukte — Memorial Day and Canada Day, George Street Festival

• Feestdag

  Memorial Day and Canada Day

  1 julNationale feestdagSluitingen

  In this province 1 July is Memorial Day before it is Canada Day. The morning ceremony at the National War Memorial marks the regiment cut down at Beaumont-Hamel in 1916; the celebrating starts afterwards. Bron ↗

• Festival

  George Street Festival

  29 jul – 5 aug · meestalMuziekfestivalDruk

  A week of outdoor concerts on a two-block street that is nothing but bars, ending the night before the Regatta. The two are planned as one long week here. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Iceberg season (1 mei – 10 jul (meestal)), Puffins at Witless Bay (15 mei – 15 aug (meestal)), Fog season (15 mei – 31 jul (meestal)), Humpbacks and the capelin roll (1 jun – 31 aug (meestal))

Topdrukte — George Street Festival, Royal St John's Regatta

• Festival

  Royal St John's Regatta

  3–9 aug · meestalSportevenementSluitingenDruk

  Fixed-seat rowing on Quidi Vidi Lake on the first Wednesday of August, and the only civic holiday in the country decided by a wind call at six in the morning. If it blows, everyone goes to work. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Puffins at Witless Bay (15 mei – 15 aug (meestal)), Humpbacks and the capelin roll (1 jun – 31 aug (meestal)), George Street Festival (29 jul – 5 aug (meestal))

Druk — Summer break in Canada

• Risico

  Post-tropical storm season

  1 sep – 31 okt · meestalOrkaanseizoen

  In some years the remains of an Atlantic hurricane cross the Avalon Peninsula: Igor in 2010 washed out roads across eastern Newfoundland and Larry came ashore near the city in 2021. Flights and ferries stop while one passes. Bron ↗

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

• Festival

  International Women's Film Festival

  15–28 okt · meestal

  One of the longest-running festivals of films by women, now in its late thirties, with five days of screenings downtown in the third or fourth week of October. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Post-tropical storm season (1 sep – 31 okt (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

• Festival

  Bonfire Night

  5 novLicht & vuur

  Newfoundland still keeps Guy Fawkes Night. The city itself bans open fires, so the community bonfires and fireworks are in neighbouring towns such as Paradise and Torbay, a short drive away. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Mummers Festival

  25 nov – 15 dec · meestalKerst & nieuwjaar

  Workshops on making hobby horses and ugly sticks lead up to the Mummers Parade in December, when hundreds march in disguise in the old Christmas visiting tradition. Bron ↗

Druk — Winter / Christmas break in Canada, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In december begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Mummers Festival (25 nov – 15 dec (meestal))