Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Jekaterinenburg, Rusland

Druk — New Year holidays, schoolvakanties in 6 van de markten die de plek vullen

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Ice sculpture season (20 dec – 25 feb (meestal)), New Year holidays (31 dec – 8 jan)

Druk — Maslenitsa, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Maslenitsa

  16–22 febCarnavalDruk

  Pancake week before Orthodox Lent: blini at cafes and street stalls, and open-air fairs with folk music and games in the main square and city parks. It peaks on the Sunday, when a straw effigy of winter is usually burned. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Ice sculpture season (20 dec – 25 feb (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

In maart begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Maslenitsa (16–22 feb)

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

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Topdrukte — Victory Day, Night of Museums

• Feestdag

  Victory Day

  9 meiNationale feestdagSluitingenDruk

  9 May is a public holiday marked in every city with a morning parade or wreath-laying in the centre, and usually fireworks after dark. Central streets close for hours and public transport is rerouted; security measures have scaled some events back in recent years. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Night of Museums

  14–21 mei · meestalKunstenfestivalDruk

  On a Saturday in mid-May around a hundred museums, galleries and art spaces stay open after dark with performances and tours. Some venues are free; queues form at the popular ones. Bron ↗

Druk — Ural Music Night, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Ural Music Night

  20 jun – 5 jul · meestalMuziekfestivalDruk

  One night in late June when a few hundred stages appear across the city — courtyards, church steps, the tram depot — and everything is free until sunrise. The shortest night of the year is the excuse. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Ural Music Night, Tsar's Days procession

• Festival

  Tsar's Days procession

  15–19 julReligieus feestDrukSluitingen

  On the night of 16–17 July, the anniversary of the Romanov killings, tens of thousands walk the twenty-one kilometres from the church built over the cellar out to the mine at Ganina Yama. Central roads close for it. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Ural Music Night (20 jun – 5 jul (meestal))

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

• Seizoen

  Mushroom and berry season

  1 aug – 25 sep · meestalPlukseizoen

  The pine forest starts where the tram lines stop, and after the August rains half the city is out in it with buckets for boletes, chanterelles and lingonberries. Roadside sellers on the way in are the giveaway that it is on.

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

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Mushroom and berry season (1 aug – 25 sep (meestal))

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

In oktober begint er niets nieuws.

Rustig — een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

• Festival

  Night of Arts

  3–4 novKunstenfestival

  Museums, theatres, concert halls and libraries run evening programmes on the eve of National Unity Day, a lively reason to be in town in an otherwise dark month. Bron ↗

Druk — New Year holidays, schoolvakanties in 5 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Seizoen

  Ice sculpture season

  20 dec – 25 feb · meestalIJsseizoen

  Blocks cut from the ponds go up as a temporary town in the centre and stay solid until the thaw takes them, which is usually late February. It is lit at night, which is when most of the city is out anyway.

• Feestdag

  New Year holidays

  31 dec – 8 janNationale feestdagSluitingenDruk

  The country takes the first week of January off, and here it is spent at the ice town built on the square by the dam — carved slides, a snow maze and a queue for hot food. A lot of ordinary places are shut all week. Bron ↗