Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Straatsburg, Frankrijk

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

• Regel

  Parliament plenary weeks

  1 jan – 31 decBoek vroeg

  The European Parliament sits here for four days, twelve times a year. In those weeks the hotels are full at business rates and the restaurants near the Wacken take bookings only. Check the calendar before you pick dates. Bron ↗

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

• Natuur

  Storks on the nests

  15 feb – 31 aug · meestalVogelseizoen

  Storks are back on the chimneys and church roofs of the villages around the city from February, and the young are flying by August. Plenty no longer migrate at all, so a winter nest is not unusual.

Nog steeds bezig: Parliament plenary weeks (1 jan – 31 dec)

Druk — Winter (February) holidays in Frankrijk, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Feestdag

  Easter weekend

  4–6 aprPasen & Goede WeekDrukSluitingen

  Easter Monday is a public holiday and the long weekend is spring's first big getaway: motorways and TGVs fill, towns that draw holidaymakers get busy and some rooms are priced up, and many shops close on the Monday. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Parliament plenary weeks (1 jan – 31 dec), Storks on the nests (15 feb – 31 aug (meestal))

Topdrukte — Easter weekend, Spring holidays in Frankrijk

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Parliament plenary weeks (1 jan – 31 dec), Storks on the nests (15 feb – 31 aug (meestal)), Easter weekend (4–6 apr)

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 ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Parliament plenary weeks (1 jan – 31 dec), Storks on the nests (15 feb – 31 aug (meestal))

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

In juni begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Parliament plenary weeks (1 jan – 31 dec), Storks on the nests (15 feb – 31 aug (meestal)), May holidays and ponts (1–25 mei)

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

• Opening

  Cathedral summer light show

  1 jul – 5 sep · meestalZomerseizoen opent

  A projection on the cathedral front runs nightly through the summer, free, with the Petite France bridges lit alongside it. It starts late in July because the light does. 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 ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Parliament plenary weeks (1 jan – 31 dec), Storks on the nests (15 feb – 31 aug (meestal))

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

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Parliament plenary weeks (1 jan – 31 dec), Storks on the nests (15 feb – 31 aug (meestal)), Cathedral summer light show (1 jul – 5 sep (meestal))

Druk — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de beste maanden qua weer

• Seizoen

  Alsace vendanges

  1 sep – 20 okt · meestalOogsttijd

  The wine villages start half an hour south-west and pick through September into October, late harvest last. Weekend village fetes follow the crop rather than the calendar.

Nog steeds bezig: Parliament plenary weeks (1 jan – 31 dec), Cathedral summer light show (1 jul – 5 sep (meestal))

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: Parliament plenary weeks (1 jan – 31 dec), Alsace vendanges (1 sep – 20 okt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Christkindelsmarik, All Saints (autumn) holidays in Frankrijk

• Festival

  Christkindelsmarik

  27 nov – 27 dec · meestalKerst & nieuwjaarDrukBoek vroeg

  The oldest Christmas market in France, running since 1570: around three hundred chalets across eleven squares of the Grande Ile. Weekends are one-way pedestrian flow with bag checks at the bridges, and rooms are gone by September. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Parliament plenary weeks (1 jan – 31 dec)

Topdrukte — Christkindelsmarik, Christmas holidays in Frankrijk

In december begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Parliament plenary weeks (1 jan – 31 dec), Christkindelsmarik (27 nov – 27 dec (meestal))