Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Thessaloniki, Griekenland

Topdrukte — Christmas and New Year, Christmas holidays in Griekenland

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: The vardaris (15 nov – 15 mrt (meestal)), Christmas and New Year (5 dec – 6 jan)

Druk — Clean Monday, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Feestdag

  Clean Monday

  23 febCarnavalSluitingenDruk

  Clean Monday, the first day of Orthodox Lent and 48 days before Easter, is a public holiday. Offices and most shops close, families head outdoors to picnic and fly kites, and tavernas serve Lenten food such as seafood, bean dishes and flat lagana bread. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: The vardaris (15 nov – 15 mrt (meestal))

Rustig — reizigers noemen het rustig, Independence Day

• Festival

  Documentary Festival

  1–20 mrt · meestalFilmfestival

  Ten days of documentary screened in the converted warehouses on the port in early March, the city's other film festival and the one that fills its cafes with argument. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Independence Day

  25 mrtNationale feestdagSluitingen

  25 March, also the feast of the Annunciation, is a national holiday. Schoolchildren and bands parade through town centres under blue-and-white flags, banks, offices and most shops close, and fried salt cod with garlic sauce is the traditional lunch. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Clean Monday (23 feb), The vardaris (15 nov – 15 mrt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Orthodox Easter, Easter holidays (Orthodox) in Griekenland

• Feestdag

  Orthodox Easter

  10–13 aprPasen & Goede WeekSluitingen

  The city empties towards the villages and Halkidiki for the week and much of the centre closes. The Friday epitaphios processions from the Byzantine churches are the thing to stay for. Bron ↗

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

In mei begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Orthodox Easter (10–13 apr)

Topdrukte — Thessaloniki Pride, Summer holidays in Griekenland

• Festival

  Thessaloniki Pride

  15–20 jun · meestalDruk

  A week of talks, film screenings and parties along the waterfront builds to a Saturday parade at the White Tower, the country's second-largest Pride after Athens. Bron ↗

Druk — Summer holidays in Griekenland, schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Risico

  Heat over the gulf

  1 jul – 25 augExtreme hitte

  A closed gulf and a city of concrete make July and August heavy rather than merely hot, and the still nights are the hard part. The waterfront and Ano Poli are where any breeze is. Bron ↗

Druk — Summer holidays in Griekenland, schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Seizoen

  The city leaves for Halkidiki

  1–25 augSchoolvakantiesSluitingen

  Thessalonikis have a coast an hour away and they use it. Half the good tavernas and bars shut for a fortnight around 15 August and the roads out on Friday afternoons are solid.

Nog steeds bezig: Heat over the gulf (1 jul – 25 aug)

Topdrukte — Thessaloniki International Fair, Summer holidays in Griekenland

• Festival

  Thessaloniki International Fair

  5–13 sepBeursweekDrukBoek vroeg

  The country's biggest trade exhibition takes over the fairgrounds for over a week and has traditionally closed with the Prime Minister's economic policy speech; hotels fill and traffic around the site gets heavy even for visitors with no reason to attend. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Thessaloniki Film Festival, Ohi Day

• Festival

  Dimitria and the city's saint

  1–31 oktKunstenfestival

  A month of concerts and theatre across the city, closing on the feast of Agios Dimitrios on 26 October. Two days later the Ochi Day military parade shuts the waterfront. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Thessaloniki Film Festival

  28 okt – 15 nov · meestalDrukBoek vroeg

  The biggest film festival in south-east Europe, ten days at the start of November in the port warehouses and the old cinemas on Aristotelous. Hotel rooms tighten around it. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Ohi Day

  28 oktNationale feestdagSluitingen

  28 October marks Greece's refusal of the 1940 Italian ultimatum. School and military parades fill town centres in the morning, flags hang from balconies, and banks, offices and many shops close for the day. Bron ↗

Druk — Thessaloniki Film Festival, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Seizoen

  The vardaris

  15 nov – 15 mrt · meestalWindseizoenRisico

  A cold north wind funnels down the Axios valley into the gulf in winter, clears the air and takes several degrees off whatever the thermometer says on the waterfront.

Nog steeds bezig: Thessaloniki Film Festival (28 okt – 15 nov (meestal))

Topdrukte — Christmas and New Year, Christmas holidays in Griekenland

• Feestdag

  Christmas and New Year

  5 dec – 6 janKerst & nieuwjaarDruk

  Lights and a market along Aristotelous down to the sea, and a city that treats the holidays as an excuse to be out. Nearly everything closes on the 25th, 26th and 1st. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: The vardaris (15 nov – 15 mrt (meestal))