Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Vilnius, Litouwen

Druk — Christmas tree and market, schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Christmas tree and market (25 nov – 7 jan (meestal))

Rustig — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

• Festival

  Uzgavenes

  5 feb – 10 mrt · meestalCarnaval

  Masks, devils, pancakes and the burning of a straw figure to see winter off, on the Tuesday before Lent. The old town does it publicly and the villages do it better. Bron ↗

Druk — Kaziukas Fair, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Kaziukas Fair

  6–8 mrtGroot festivalDruk

  The city's oldest fair takes over Gedimino and the old town for a weekend in early March — palm bundles, black bread, ironwork and forty thousand people in the streets. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Uzgavenes (5 feb – 10 mrt (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 6 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

• Festival

  Uzupis Independence Day

  1 aprNationale feestdag

  The self-declared republic across the river opens its borders on 1 April, stamps passports and runs its constitution as a street party. It is a joke that has been kept up for thirty years. Bron ↗

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

• Festival

  Street Music Day

  15–21 mei · meestalMuziekfestival

  On the third Saturday of May anyone with an instrument plays in the streets, squares and even on buses. It began in Vilnius in 2007, and the Old Town turns into one long free concert until evening. Bron ↗

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

• Feestdag

  Jonines

  23–24 junSchoolvakantiesSluitingen

  Bonfires and wreaths on the Neris banks on the shortest night, and a public holiday the next day. Much of the city leaves for a lake instead. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — reizigers noemen het hoogseizoen, Statehood Day

• Festival

  Christopher Summer Festival

  1 jul – 31 aug · meestalMuziekfestival

  The city's main summer music series: two months of concerts from classical to jazz and world music in Old Town courtyards, churches and other historic spaces, with a few evenings in towns beyond. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Statehood Day

  6 julNationale feestdagSluitingen

  A public holiday for King Mindaugas's coronation. There is a picnic on the Neris embankment by the Mindaugas bridge, and at nine in the evening crowds sing the national anthem together at his monument, as Lithuanians do around the world. Bron ↗

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

• Festival

  Capital Days

  28 aug – 10 sep · meestalGroot festivalDruk

  Sostines dienos closes the old town streets for a long weekend of stages, markets and street theatre at the turn of August and September, when the evenings are still warm. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Christopher Summer Festival (1 jul – 31 aug (meestal))

Druk — Capital Days, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Capital Days (28 aug – 10 sep (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

• Festival

  Vilnius Jazz Festival

  14–19 oktMuziekfestival

  A long-running October festival at the Vilnius Old Theatre that leans to the adventurous end of jazz, with improvisers and new-music names from Europe alongside the Lithuanian scene. Bron ↗

Druk — Christmas tree and market, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Christmas tree and market

  25 nov – 7 jan · meestalKerst & nieuwjaarDruk

  Cathedral Square builds a different tree every year and the city treats the design as a competitive sport. The market around it runs from late November into January. Bron ↗

Druk — Christmas tree and market, schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen

In december begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Christmas tree and market (25 nov – 7 jan (meestal))