Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Zakopane, Polen

Topdrukte — Ski jumping World Cup, Polish winter school holidays

• Festival

  Ski jumping World Cup

  12–28 jan · meestalSportevenementDrukBoek vroeg

  The Wielka Krokiew fills with tens of thousands of Poles for a January weekend, flares and all. It has been the town's biggest event since 1980 and the dates are set late. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Polish winter school holidays

  15 jan – 28 feb · meestalDruk

  The regions take their two weeks in rotation from mid-January to the end of February, so six weeks of school holidays land here back to back. It is the busiest stretch of the winter. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Halny wind (1 okt – 30 apr (meestal)), Winter smog (15 nov – 15 mrt (meestal)), Ski season (15 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)), Christmas and New Year crush (22 dec – 4 jan (meestal))

Topdrukte — reizigers noemen het hoogseizoen, Polish winter school holidays

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Polish winter school holidays (15 jan – 28 feb (meestal)), Halny wind (1 okt – 30 apr (meestal)), Winter smog (15 nov – 15 mrt (meestal)), Ski season (15 dec – 31 mrt (meestal))

Druk — Easter break in Polen, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Feestdag

  Easter

  4–6 aprSluitingenDruk

  Easter Sunday and Easter Monday are public holidays and nearly all shops close on both, with early closing on Holy Saturday, when families carry baskets of eggs and bread to church to be blessed. Many Poles travel home or to the mountains for the long weekend. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Halny wind (1 okt – 30 apr (meestal)), Winter smog (15 nov – 15 mrt (meestal)), Ski season (15 dec – 31 mrt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Easter, Majówka, the May long weekend

• Feestdag

  Majówka, the May long weekend

  29 apr – 5 mei · meestalNationale feestdagDrukSluitingenBoek vroeg

  1 May and 3 May are public holidays, and many Poles take the days between to make a week-long break. Shops close on both holidays, trains and coaches fill, and hotels in the mountains, on the coast and in the most visited cities book up early. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Easter (4–6 apr), Halny wind (1 okt – 30 apr (meestal))

Druk — Majówka, the May long weekend, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

In mei begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Majówka, the May long weekend (29 apr – 5 mei (meestal))

Druk — Summer holidays in Polen, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Seizoen

  Tatra trail season

  15 jun – 15 okt · meestal

  The high routes and the chained sections of the Orla Perc clear from about the middle of June to mid-October. Morskie Oko is walkable most of the year and queued for all of it.

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

In juli begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Tatra trail season (15 jun – 15 okt (meestal))

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

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Tatra trail season (15 jun – 15 okt (meestal))

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

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Tatra trail season (15 jun – 15 okt (meestal))

Druk — All Saints' Day, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Seizoen

  Halny wind

  1 okt – 30 apr · meestalWindseizoenRisico

  The Tatra foehn comes over the ridge warm and violent, takes roofs and whole stands of spruce with it, and closes the cable car. Locals blame it for their headaches and are probably right.

• Feestdag

  All Saints' Day

  31 okt – 2 novNationale feestdagSluitingen

  1 November is a public holiday when shops close and families travel to their home towns to visit graves. Cemeteries glow with thousands of candles after dark, roads are jammed on the days around it and flower and candle stalls line the approaches to every cemetery. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Tatra trail season (15 jun – 15 okt (meestal))

Druk — All Saints' Day, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Risico

  Winter smog

  15 nov – 15 mrt · meestal

  A resort at the foot of a national park with some of the worst winter air in Poland: coal stoves in the valley and no wind to move it. The Tatra ridges above it are clear. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Halny wind (1 okt – 30 apr (meestal)), All Saints' Day (31 okt – 2 nov)

Topdrukte — Christmas and New Year crush, Christmas break in Polen

• Seizoen

  Ski season

  15 dec – 31 mrt · meestal

  Kasprowy Wierch is the serious end and it is a cable car with a queue, not a lift system; Nosal and the local hills are the rest. Snow is reliable at the top, patchy in the town.

• Feestdag

  Christmas and New Year crush

  22 dec – 4 jan · meestalKerst & nieuwjaarDrukBoek vroeg

  Half of Poland comes to the mountains for the holidays and Krupowka is a slow-moving crowd from morning to midnight. Beds triple in price and the road from Krakow can take five hours. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Halny wind (1 okt – 30 apr (meestal)), Winter smog (15 nov – 15 mrt (meestal))