Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Valletta (Malta), Malta

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

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  Valletta Baroque Festival

  8–25 janMuziekfestival

  Three weeks of baroque music in the buildings it was written for: St John's co-cathedral, the Manoel theatre, the auberges. The one good reason to be here in January. Bron ↗

Druk — Malta Carnival, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

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  Malta Carnival

  1 feb – 10 mrt · meestalDruk

  Five days of floats and grotesque masks in the streets below the city gate, a tradition the Knights already found in place. Nadur on Gozo runs the anarchic version the same week. Bron ↗

Druk — Malta Carnival, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

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  Good Friday processions

  20 mrt – 25 apr · meestalPasen & Goede WeekSluitingen

  Holy Week peaks on Good Friday, a public holiday when shops shut and costumed processions carry life-size statues of the Passion through town. Valletta has its own; Zebbug, Qormi and Zejtun are a short bus ride away. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Malta Carnival (1 feb – 10 mrt (meestal))

Druk — Malta International Fireworks Festival, schoolvakanties in 6 van de markten die de plek vullen

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  Malta International Fireworks Festival

  14 apr – 1 mei · meestalLicht & vuurDruk

  Maltese fireworks clubs and foreign teams compete over the Grand Harbour on several nights in late April. The Upper Barrakka and the Three Cities waterfront fill early, and plenty of people watch from boats. Bron ↗

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  Valletta Green Festival

  26 apr – 12 mei · meestalGroot festival

  For about ten days around the start of May, St George's Square is planted as a garden of trees, shrubs and flowers, with more installations at City Gate and outside Parliament. Free, and busiest at weekends. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Good Friday processions (20 mrt – 25 apr (meestal))

Druk — Malta International Fireworks Festival, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

In mei begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Malta International Fireworks Festival (14 apr – 1 mei (meestal)), Valletta Green Festival (26 apr – 12 mei (meestal))

Druk — Festa season, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Seizoen

  Sea warm enough to swim

  1 jun – 10 nov · meestal

  Valletta itself has no beach; swimming means the rocks at Sliema across the harbour or a bus to the north. The water stays in by early November, long after the crowds have gone.

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  Festa season

  1 jun – 15 sepReligieus feestDruk

  Every parish takes a weekend for its patron saint: banners across the streets, band marches and fireworks made in the village's own factory. Mid-August, for Santa Marija, is the loudest of them. Bron ↗

Druk — Festa season, schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen

In juli begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Sea warm enough to swim (1 jun – 10 nov (meestal)), Festa season (1 jun – 15 sep)

Druk — Festa season, schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Sea warm enough to swim (1 jun – 10 nov (meestal)), Festa season (1 jun – 15 sep)

Topdrukte — Festa season, Notte Bianca

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  Notte Bianca

  25 sep – 15 okt · meestalKunstenfestivalDruk

  One October night when the palaces, ministries and museums open free until dawn and the whole city walks around inside them. The ferry from Sliema runs late for it. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Sea warm enough to swim (1 jun – 10 nov (meestal)), Festa season (1 jun – 15 sep)

Topdrukte — Notte Bianca, Rolex Middle Sea Race

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  Rolex Middle Sea Race

  14–26 okt · meestalSportevenementDruk

  A 600-mile offshore race that starts and finishes in Grand Harbour, so the bastions become the grandstand for the cannon start. The fleet trickles back in over the following week. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Sea warm enough to swim (1 jun – 10 nov (meestal)), Notte Bianca (25 sep – 15 okt (meestal))

Druk — Christmas in the Capital, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

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  Christmas in the Capital

  25 nov – 31 decKerst & nieuwjaarDruk

  The city strings lights along its main streets and runs a month of choirs, a Baby Jesus procession, a craft Christmas village on Merchants Street and, to finish, Malta's biggest New Year's Eve party. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Sea warm enough to swim (1 jun – 10 nov (meestal))

Druk — Christmas in the Capital, schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen

In december begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Christmas in the Capital (25 nov – 31 dec)