Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Willemstad (Curacao), Curaçao

Topdrukte — Carnival, Cruise season

• Festival

  Carnival

  10 jan – 5 mrt · meestalDrukBoek vroeg

  One of the longest carnival seasons in the Caribbean: tumba competitions from early January, then the Gran Marcha through Willemstad on Carnival Sunday and the farewell parade on the eve of Ash Wednesday. Carnival Monday is a public holiday. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Cruise season (1 nov – 30 apr (meestal)), Christmas and New Year (18 dec – 2 jan)

Topdrukte — Carnival, Cruise season

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Carnival (10 jan – 5 mrt (meestal)), Cruise season (1 nov – 30 apr (meestal))

Topdrukte — Carnival, Cruise season

In maart begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Carnival (10 jan – 5 mrt (meestal)), Cruise season (1 nov – 30 apr (meestal))

Druk — Cruise season

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Cruise season (1 nov – 30 apr (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In mei begint er niets nieuws.

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

In juni begint er niets nieuws.

Druk — Flag and Anthem Day, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Feestdag

  Flag and Anthem Day

  2 julNationale feestdag

  Dia di Bandera on 2 July: blue flags on houses and car bonnets, a formal ceremony in the morning and a day off that empties the offices in Punda and fills the beaches on the west end. Bron ↗

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

• Festival

  Curaçao North Sea Jazz Festival

  3–5 sepMuziekfestivalDrukBoek vroeg

  Three nights of Latin, Caribbean and American acts at the turn of September, and the island's biggest ticketed event by a distance. Flights from Amsterdam and rooms anywhere near Willemstad go early for it. Bron ↗

Druk — Curaçao North Sea Jazz Festival, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Curaçao North Sea Jazz Festival (3–5 sep)

Druk — Curaçao Day

• Feestdag

  Curaçao Day

  10 oktNationale feestdagDruk

  Dia di Pais Kòrsou marks the island becoming a country in its own right within the Kingdom in 2010. It is a public holiday given over to concerts and street parties rather than to parades. Bron ↗

Druk — Cruise season

• Seizoen

  Cruise season

  1 nov – 30 apr · meestalDruk

  Around 600,000 passengers a year come ashore at the Mega Pier or the Otrobanda wharves, most of them in the northern winter. The island sits on the southern fringe of the storm belt, so the ships keep calling when others go quiet. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Cruise season, Christmas and New Year

• Feestdag

  Christmas and New Year

  18 dec – 2 janKerst & nieuwjaarDrukBoek vroeg

  Dutch families come over for the fortnight and rates go with them. New Year's Eve is set off by the streets themselves rather than by the government, from dusk until well past midnight, and 31 December is a half-day holiday. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Cruise season (1 nov – 30 apr (meestal))