Oogsttijd, maand voor maand over de hele wereld

1. 🏙️ Sylhet 🇧🇩 BangladeshTea garden touring season · 1 okt – 31 mrt (meestal)At Malnicherra, one of the world's oldest tea estates and inside the city itself, pickers work the bushes for two leaves and a bud through the cool, dry months from October to March, when clear skies make for easy walking between the rows.93
2. 🏙️ Đà Lạt 🇻🇳 VietnamCoffee harvest on the plateau · 1 nov – 15 jan (meestal)Picking season across the Lam Dong smallholdings, with beans drying on tarps in every farmyard and the cafés in town selling this year's crop by December.92
3. 🏙️ Madikeri 🇮🇳 IndiaCoffee harvest · 15 nov – 31 jan (meestal)Arabica comes off first and robusta into January, and the estates run on migrant labour and drying yards for three months.91
4. 🏙️ Baguio 🇵🇭 FilipijnenStrawberry season in La Trinidad · 1 nov – 15 mei (meestal)The pick-your-own fields in the valley below town run through the cool months and peak around February.88
5. 🏙️ Haiderabad 🇮🇳 IndiaSankranti · 13–16 janThe harvest holiday empties the city as Telugu families go back to their villages for three days.87
6. 🏙️ Pakse 🇱🇦 LaosBolaven coffee harvest · 1 nov – 28 feb (meestal)Picking on the plateau above town, with cherries drying on tarps outside every village and the roadside places selling this year's crop before it leaves the country.86
7. 🏖️ Kailua 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenKona coffee harvest · 1 sep – 15 jan (meestal)The cherry ripens unevenly on the slopes above town, so pickers go through the same trees several times between September and January.83
8. 🏙️ Stellenbosch 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaWine harvest · 20 jan – 10 apr (meestal)The early whites come off the vines from late January and the reds run into April.83
9. 🏖️ Djerba 🇹🇳 TunesiëOlive harvest · 1 nov – 15 jan (meestal)The groves that cover most of the island's interior are picked and the small presses run through the night.82
10. 🥾 Boquete 🇵🇦 PanamaCoffee harvest · 1 okt – 28 feb (meestal)Pickers come down from the comarca and the fincas run mill and cupping tours through the harvest.82
11. 🏙️ Battambang 🇰🇭 CambodjaRice harvest on the plain · 15 nov – 31 jan (meestal)Cambodia's rice province at work — cut paddy, drying mats on the shoulder of every road, and smoke from the stubble in the late afternoon.81
12. 🥾 Minca 🇨🇴 ColombiaCoffee harvest · 1 okt – 28 feb (meestal)Unlike the coffee region further south, the Sierra Nevada picks a single crop, and the old farms such as La Victoria are at their busiest while it lasts.81
13. 🏝️ Iraklion 🇬🇷 GriekenlandOlive harvest · 1 nov – 31 jan (meestal)Nets under the trees across the whole prefecture from November, and the presses running late into the night.79
14. 🏙️ Tunis 🇹🇳 TunesiëOlive harvest · 1 nov – 15 jan (meestal)The country's biggest crop comes in from November and the presses in the Sahel run day and night.78
15. 🏙️ Kampot 🇰🇭 CambodjaSalt harvest on the flats · 15 dec – 15 mei (meestal)The pans between town and Kep are worked through the dry months, with the rakes out at first light and cones of salt along the road.78
16. 🏙️ Gramado 🇧🇷 BraziliëGrape harvest in the Serra · 15 jan – 15 mrt (meestal)The Serra Gaucha picks its grapes in late summer.78
17. 🏙️ Catania 🇮🇹 ItaliëBlood orange harvest · 15 dec – 15 apr (meestal)Tarocco and moro oranges come off the volcanic plain north of the city through winter, which is the argument for eating here between January and March.78
18. 🏙️ Chennai 🇮🇳 IndiaPongal · 13–17 jan (meestal)Four days of harvest holiday.77
19. 🏖️ Puducherry 🇮🇳 IndiaPongal · 14–17 janThe Tamil harvest festival is four days of closed shops, kolam on every doorstep and sugarcane stacked outside the temples.77
20. 🥾 Nuwara Eliya 🇱🇰 Sri LankaWestern quality season · 1 jan – 15 mrtCold nights and dry days on the western slopes give the year's most prized picking, and the factories run it separately.76
21. 🏝️ Miyako-jima 🇯🇵 JapanSugarcane harvest · 1 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)The three sugar mills on Miyako and Irabu start crushing in December, and harvesters and loaded cane trucks work the farm roads until about the end of March.75
22. 🏙️ Chefchaouen 🇲🇦 MarokkoOlive harvest in the Rif · 1 nov – 15 jan (meestal)The terraces below the town are picked by hand and the presses in the valley run day and night; the new oil turns up on breakfast tables within the week.74
23. 🏙️ Granada 🇪🇸 SpanjeOlive harvest · 15 nov – 10 feb (meestal)The vega and the road east to Jaen are picked through the winter and the mills sell the first pressing straight off.73
24. 🏝️ Rhodos 🇬🇷 GriekenlandOlive harvest · 1 nov – 15 jan (meestal)Nets go down under the trees across the interior once the resorts have shut, and the village presses run into January.72
25. 🏙️ Nauplion 🇬🇷 GriekenlandArgolid orange harvest · 15 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)The plain between here and Argos is one long orange grove and it is picked through the winter, with fruit stacked at the roadside and the smell of it on the road to Mycenae.72

…en nog 10 in januari.

Wat er in januari wereldwijd speelt →

1. 🏖️ La Serena 🇨🇱 ChiliGrape harvest in the Elqui · 15 feb – 30 apr (meestal)The pisco grapes come off between late February and April and the valley smells of them; the distilleries at Pisco Elqui and Vicuna run tastings through it and the light on the terraces is the year's best.96
2. 🏙️ Launceston 🇦🇺 AustraliëTamar Valley vintage · 20 feb – 10 mei (meestal)Pinot and sparkling base come off the vineyards up the Tamar and over at Pipers River from late February into April.95
3. 🏖️ Margaret River 🇦🇺 AustraliëVintage · 1 feb – 15 apr (meestal)The crush runs from February into April and the whole valley smells of it.94
4. 🏖️ Hermanus 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaHemel-en-Aarde grape harvest · 15 feb – 15 apr (meestal)The cool Hemel-en-Aarde valley just behind town picks later than most Cape wine areas, usually from late February into April, so cellar doors are busy with fresh crush and the pinot noir and chardonnay estates are at their liveliest.92
5. 🏙️ Baguio 🇵🇭 FilipijnenStrawberry season in La Trinidad · 1 nov – 15 mei (meestal)The pick-your-own fields in the valley below town run through the cool months and peak around February.91
6. 🏙️ Nelson 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandApple and hop harvest · 15 feb – 30 apr (meestal)Nelson grows most of New Zealand's hops and a large share of its apples, and both come off between late February and April.90
7. 🏙️ Napier 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandHawke's Bay vintage · 20 feb – 30 apr (meestal)Chardonnay first, then the Gimblett Gravels reds well into April.90
8. 🏙️ Cafayate 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëTorrontés harvest · 1 feb – 15 apr (meestal)The high-altitude Torrontés comes off the vines from February and the bodegas ringing the town open their cellars and run tastings while the picking is on.89
9. 🏙️ Kaapstad 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaCape wine harvest · 1 feb – 10 apr (meestal)The valleys inland pick through February and March into early April, and the estates run harvest festivals and grape stomping alongside it.88
10. 🏙️ Auckland 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandWaiheke grape harvest · 15 feb – 10 apr (meestal)The island vineyards pick from late February, a forty-minute ferry from the downtown terminal.87
11. 🏙️ Sylhet 🇧🇩 BangladeshTea garden touring season · 1 okt – 31 mrt (meestal)At Malnicherra, one of the world's oldest tea estates and inside the city itself, pickers work the bushes for two leaves and a bud through the cool, dry months from October to March, when clear skies make for easy walking between the rows.87
12. 🥾 Boquete 🇵🇦 PanamaCoffee harvest · 1 okt – 28 feb (meestal)Pickers come down from the comarca and the fincas run mill and cupping tours through the harvest.85
13. 🏙️ Mendoza 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëGrape harvest · 15 feb – 15 apr (meestal)Picking runs from mid-February into April, earliest in the warm east and latest up in the Uco Valley.84
14. 🏙️ Gramado 🇧🇷 BraziliëGrape harvest in the Serra · 15 jan – 15 mrt (meestal)The Serra Gaucha picks its grapes in late summer.84
15. 🏙️ Stellenbosch 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaWine harvest · 20 jan – 10 apr (meestal)The early whites come off the vines from late January and the reds run into April.84
16. 🥾 Nuwara Eliya 🇱🇰 Sri LankaWestern quality season · 1 jan – 15 mrtCold nights and dry days on the western slopes give the year's most prized picking, and the factories run it separately.83
17. 🥾 Minca 🇨🇴 ColombiaCoffee harvest · 1 okt – 28 feb (meestal)Unlike the coffee region further south, the Sierra Nevada picks a single crop, and the old farms such as La Victoria are at their busiest while it lasts.82
18. 🏙️ Pakse 🇱🇦 LaosBolaven coffee harvest · 1 nov – 28 feb (meestal)Picking on the plateau above town, with cherries drying on tarps outside every village and the roadside places selling this year's crop before it leaves the country.81
19. 🏝️ Miyako-jima 🇯🇵 JapanSugarcane harvest · 1 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)The three sugar mills on Miyako and Irabu start crushing in December, and harvesters and loaded cane trucks work the farm roads until about the end of March.81
20. 🏙️ Córdoba 🇪🇸 SpanjeOlive harvest · 15 nov – 10 feb (meestal)The countryside from here to Jaen is nothing but olive trees and it is all picked between late November and February.81
21. 🏙️ Granada 🇪🇸 SpanjeOlive harvest · 15 nov – 10 feb (meestal)The vega and the road east to Jaen are picked through the winter and the mills sell the first pressing straight off.80
22. 🏙️ Catania 🇮🇹 ItaliëBlood orange harvest · 15 dec – 15 apr (meestal)Tarocco and moro oranges come off the volcanic plain north of the city through winter, which is the argument for eating here between January and March.80
23. 🏙️ Ezulwini Valley 🇸🇿 SwazilandBuganu, the Marula Festival · 10 feb – 15 mrt (meestal)Women brew marula beer and bring it to the King and Queen Mother, first at the Buhleni royal residence in February, then at Hlane in the east in March.80
24. 🏙️ Ica 🇵🇪 PeruGrape harvest · 1 feb – 15 apr (meestal)Picking runs from February into April and the bodegas around the valley open their presses and stills while it is on — the only weeks you can watch pisco actually being made.79
25. 🏙️ Nauplion 🇬🇷 GriekenlandArgolid orange harvest · 15 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)The plain between here and Argos is one long orange grove and it is picked through the winter, with fruit stacked at the roadside and the smell of it on the road to Mycenae.77

…en nog 10 in februari.

Wat er in februari wereldwijd speelt →

1. 🏖️ La Serena 🇨🇱 ChiliGrape harvest in the Elqui · 15 feb – 30 apr (meestal)The pisco grapes come off between late February and April and the valley smells of them; the distilleries at Pisco Elqui and Vicuna run tastings through it and the light on the terraces is the year's best.95
2. 🏖️ Hermanus 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaHemel-en-Aarde grape harvest · 15 feb – 15 apr (meestal)The cool Hemel-en-Aarde valley just behind town picks later than most Cape wine areas, usually from late February into April, so cellar doors are busy with fresh crush and the pinot noir and chardonnay estates are at their liveliest.93
3. 🏙️ Launceston 🇦🇺 AustraliëTamar Valley vintage · 20 feb – 10 mei (meestal)Pinot and sparkling base come off the vineyards up the Tamar and over at Pipers River from late February into April.92
4. 🏙️ Baguio 🇵🇭 FilipijnenStrawberry season in La Trinidad · 1 nov – 15 mei (meestal)The pick-your-own fields in the valley below town run through the cool months and peak around February.92
5. 🏖️ Margaret River 🇦🇺 AustraliëVintage · 1 feb – 15 apr (meestal)The crush runs from February into April and the whole valley smells of it.92
6. 🏙️ Cafayate 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëTorrontés harvest · 1 feb – 15 apr (meestal)The high-altitude Torrontés comes off the vines from February and the bodegas ringing the town open their cellars and run tastings while the picking is on.92
7. 🏙️ Auckland 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandWaiheke grape harvest · 15 feb – 10 apr (meestal)The island vineyards pick from late February, a forty-minute ferry from the downtown terminal.91
8. 🏙️ Kaapstad 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaCape wine harvest · 1 feb – 10 apr (meestal)The valleys inland pick through February and March into early April, and the estates run harvest festivals and grape stomping alongside it.90
9. 🏙️ Taif 🇸🇦 Saoedi-ArabiëTaif rose harvest · 25 mrt – 10 mei (meestal)Around six weeks from late March the farms on Al Hada and Al Shafa pick before dawn, when the oil is still in the flower, and the distilleries run the same day.90
10. 🏙️ Mendoza 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëGrape harvest · 15 feb – 15 apr (meestal)Picking runs from mid-February into April, earliest in the warm east and latest up in the Uco Valley.89
11. 🏙️ Santiago 🇨🇱 ChiliVendimia, the grape harvest · 1 mrt – 15 apr (meestal)The valleys either side of the city bring in the harvest through March and hold their own festivals for it; hot days and cold nights all month.88
12. 🏙️ Nelson 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandApple and hop harvest · 15 feb – 30 apr (meestal)Nelson grows most of New Zealand's hops and a large share of its apples, and both come off between late February and April.87
13. 🏙️ Napier 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandHawke's Bay vintage · 20 feb – 30 apr (meestal)Chardonnay first, then the Gimblett Gravels reds well into April.87
14. 🏙️ Stellenbosch 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaWine harvest · 20 jan – 10 apr (meestal)The early whites come off the vines from late January and the reds run into April.87
15. 🏙️ Ezulwini Valley 🇸🇿 SwazilandBuganu, the Marula Festival · 10 feb – 15 mrt (meestal)Women brew marula beer and bring it to the King and Queen Mother, first at the Buhleni royal residence in February, then at Hlane in the east in March.87
16. 🏙️ Catania 🇮🇹 ItaliëBlood orange harvest · 15 dec – 15 apr (meestal)Tarocco and moro oranges come off the volcanic plain north of the city through winter, which is the argument for eating here between January and March.86
17. 🏙️ Nauplion 🇬🇷 GriekenlandArgolid orange harvest · 15 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)The plain between here and Argos is one long orange grove and it is picked through the winter, with fruit stacked at the roadside and the smell of it on the road to Mycenae.85
18. 🏙️ Córdoba 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëVendimia in Colonia Caroya · 1–20 mrt (meestal)Colonia Caroya, north of the city, celebrates its grape harvest and Friulian roots with a harvest queen, a grape-treading Sagra de la Uva on the main avenue and open wineries and salami makers.82
19. 🏙️ Gramado 🇧🇷 BraziliëGrape harvest in the Serra · 15 jan – 15 mrt (meestal)The Serra Gaucha picks its grapes in late summer.82
20. 🥾 Nuwara Eliya 🇱🇰 Sri LankaWestern quality season · 1 jan – 15 mrtCold nights and dry days on the western slopes give the year's most prized picking, and the factories run it separately.82
21. 🏙️ Ica 🇵🇪 PeruGrape harvest · 1 feb – 15 apr (meestal)Picking runs from February into April and the bodegas around the valley open their presses and stills while it is on — the only weeks you can watch pisco actually being made.80
22. 🏝️ Miyako-jima 🇯🇵 JapanSugarcane harvest · 1 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)The three sugar mills on Miyako and Irabu start crushing in December, and harvesters and loaded cane trucks work the farm roads until about the end of March.80
23. 🏙️ Rome 🇮🇹 ItaliëArtichoke season · 1 jan – 15 apr (meestal)The romanesco comes into the markets after Christmas and stays until spring; it is the one thing every trattoria in the ghetto and Testaccio is judged on.79
24. 🏖️ Sorrento 🇮🇹 ItaliëLemon harvest · 15 feb – 31 mei (meestal)The terraced groves under their black netting are picked hardest through the spring.79
25. 🏙️ Nizwa 🇴🇲 OmanRose harvest on Jebel Akhdar · 25 mrt – 5 mei (meestal)Damask roses are picked at dawn on the terraces above Nizwa through most of April, then distilled in village stills.79

…en nog 14 in maart.

Wat er in maart wereldwijd speelt →

1. 🏙️ Mendoza 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëGrape harvest · 15 feb – 15 apr (meestal)Picking runs from mid-February into April, earliest in the warm east and latest up in the Uco Valley.94
2. 🏙️ Kaapstad 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaCape wine harvest · 1 feb – 10 apr (meestal)The valleys inland pick through February and March into early April, and the estates run harvest festivals and grape stomping alongside it.93
3. 🏙️ Marrakesh 🇲🇦 MarokkoRose harvest in the Dades valley · 20 apr – 31 mei (meestal)The Damask roses south of the Atlas are picked at dawn through late April and May, and Kelaat M'Gouna holds its rose festival at the height of it.92
4. 🏙️ Catania 🇮🇹 ItaliëBlood orange harvest · 15 dec – 15 apr (meestal)Tarocco and moro oranges come off the volcanic plain north of the city through winter, which is the argument for eating here between January and March.92
5. 🏖️ Hermanus 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaHemel-en-Aarde grape harvest · 15 feb – 15 apr (meestal)The cool Hemel-en-Aarde valley just behind town picks later than most Cape wine areas, usually from late February into April, so cellar doors are busy with fresh crush and the pinot noir and chardonnay estates are at their liveliest.92
6. 🏙️ Cafayate 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëTorrontés harvest · 1 feb – 15 apr (meestal)The high-altitude Torrontés comes off the vines from February and the bodegas ringing the town open their cellars and run tastings while the picking is on.92
7. 🏖️ La Serena 🇨🇱 ChiliGrape harvest in the Elqui · 15 feb – 30 apr (meestal)The pisco grapes come off between late February and April and the valley smells of them; the distilleries at Pisco Elqui and Vicuna run tastings through it and the light on the terraces is the year's best.92
8. 🏙️ Stellenbosch 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaWine harvest · 20 jan – 10 apr (meestal)The early whites come off the vines from late January and the reds run into April.90
9. 🏖️ Sorrento 🇮🇹 ItaliëLemon harvest · 15 feb – 31 mei (meestal)The terraced groves under their black netting are picked hardest through the spring.89
10. 🏙️ Ouarzazate 🇲🇦 MarokkoRose festival at Kelaat M'Gouna · 25 apr – 20 mei (meestal)The Dades valley picks its damask roses through late April and May and marks the end of it with three or four days of parades and market stalls an hour up the road.89
11. 🏙️ Rome 🇮🇹 ItaliëArtichoke season · 1 jan – 15 apr (meestal)The romanesco comes into the markets after Christmas and stays until spring; it is the one thing every trattoria in the ghetto and Testaccio is judged on.88
12. 🏙️ Santiago 🇨🇱 ChiliVendimia, the grape harvest · 1 mrt – 15 apr (meestal)The valleys either side of the city bring in the harvest through March and hold their own festivals for it; hot days and cold nights all month.86
13. 🏙️ Baguio 🇵🇭 FilipijnenStrawberry season in La Trinidad · 1 nov – 15 mei (meestal)The pick-your-own fields in the valley below town run through the cool months and peak around February.86
14. 🏙️ Ica 🇵🇪 PeruGrape harvest · 1 feb – 15 apr (meestal)Picking runs from February into April and the bodegas around the valley open their presses and stills while it is on — the only weeks you can watch pisco actually being made.85
15. 🏖️ Margaret River 🇦🇺 AustraliëVintage · 1 feb – 15 apr (meestal)The crush runs from February into April and the whole valley smells of it.85
16. 🏖️ Piran 🇸🇮 SloveniëSecovlje salt harvest · 23 apr – 15 sep (meestal)The salt pans south of town are still worked by hand from St George's Day through the summer, raked into white ridges on the same beds used for six hundred years.85
17. 🏙️ Hangzhou 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaLongjing tea picking · 20 mrt – 20 apr (meestal)The leaf picked before Qingming is the one that costs a fortune, and the hills at Meijiawu are full of pickers for a fortnight.84
18. 🏙️ Auckland 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandWaiheke grape harvest · 15 feb – 10 apr (meestal)The island vineyards pick from late February, a forty-minute ferry from the downtown terminal.83
19. 🏙️ Napier 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandHawke's Bay vintage · 20 feb – 30 apr (meestal)Chardonnay first, then the Gimblett Gravels reds well into April.83
20. 🏙️ Taif 🇸🇦 Saoedi-ArabiëTaif rose harvest · 25 mrt – 10 mei (meestal)Around six weeks from late March the farms on Al Hada and Al Shafa pick before dawn, when the oil is still in the flower, and the distilleries run the same day.83
21. 🏙️ Launceston 🇦🇺 AustraliëTamar Valley vintage · 20 feb – 10 mei (meestal)Pinot and sparkling base come off the vineyards up the Tamar and over at Pipers River from late February into April.82
22. 🏙️ San Sebastián 🇪🇸 SpanjeCider house season · 15 jan – 30 aprFrom mid-January the sagardotegis in Astigarraga open the barrels: you eat cod omelette and chop standing up and catch cider off the barrel yourself.80
23. 🏙️ Saint Helier JerseyJersey Royal potato harvest · 1 apr – 15 jul (meestal)The first outdoor Jersey Royals are dug on the steep south-facing cotils in April and peak in May; honesty boxes by the roadside and restaurant menus make a point of them.79
24. 🏙️ Keulen 🇩🇪 DuitslandWhite asparagus season · 10 apr – 24 jun (meestal)From mid-April farms around the city sell white asparagus and restaurants add Spargel menus with hollandaise and ham.78
25. 🏙️ Nelson 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandApple and hop harvest · 15 feb – 30 apr (meestal)Nelson grows most of New Zealand's hops and a large share of its apples, and both come off between late February and April.77

…en nog 13 in april.

Wat er in april wereldwijd speelt →

1. 🏝️ Naxos 🇬🇷 GriekenlandPotato harvest · 15 mei – 10 jul (meestal)Naxos exports potatoes the way other islands export marble, and from late spring they are sold by the sack at the roadside on the Chora to Sangri road.93
2. 🏙️ Évora 🇵🇹 PortugalCork stripping · 15 mei – 31 aug (meestal)Bark comes off the montado by hand through the hot months and the stripped trunks go raw orange, with the year painted on each one.93
3. 🏖️ Tropea 🇮🇹 ItaliëRed onion harvest · 1 mei – 31 jul (meestal)The sweet red onion that carries the town's name comes out of the sandy coastal fields through early summer, and gets plaited into ropes and hung outside every shop on the corso.90
4. 🏖️ Sorrento 🇮🇹 ItaliëLemon harvest · 15 feb – 31 mei (meestal)The terraced groves under their black netting are picked hardest through the spring.89
5. 🏖️ Piran 🇸🇮 SloveniëSecovlje salt harvest · 23 apr – 15 sep (meestal)The salt pans south of town are still worked by hand from St George's Day through the summer, raked into white ridges on the same beds used for six hundred years.86
6. 🏙️ Saint Helier JerseyJersey Royal potato harvest · 1 apr – 15 jul (meestal)The first outdoor Jersey Royals are dug on the steep south-facing cotils in April and peak in May; honesty boxes by the roadside and restaurant menus make a point of them.85
7. 🏙️ Keulen 🇩🇪 DuitslandWhite asparagus season · 10 apr – 24 jun (meestal)From mid-April farms around the city sell white asparagus and restaurants add Spargel menus with hollandaise and ham.84
8. 🏖️ Cinque Terre 🇮🇹 ItaliëMonterosso lemon festival · 15–25 mei (meestal)A Saturday in May given over to the local lemons — stalls, cakes and limoncello along the old town front, before the season's crowds properly arrive.84
9. 🏙️ Marrakesh 🇲🇦 MarokkoRose harvest in the Dades valley · 20 apr – 31 mei (meestal)The Damask roses south of the Atlas are picked at dawn through late April and May, and Kelaat M'Gouna holds its rose festival at the height of it.82
10. 🏙️ Rize 🇹🇷 TurkijeTea harvest season · 1 mei – 31 okt (meestal)The prized first flush, Mayis cayi, is picked in May from the youngest leaves after winter; a bigger, milder-flavoured summer flush follows through July, and a final autumn pass finishes by October.82
11. 🏙️ Ouarzazate 🇲🇦 MarokkoRose festival at Kelaat M'Gouna · 25 apr – 20 mei (meestal)The Dades valley picks its damask roses through late April and May and marks the end of it with three or four days of parades and market stalls an hour up the road.81
12. 🏙️ Taif 🇸🇦 Saoedi-ArabiëTaif rose harvest · 25 mrt – 10 mei (meestal)Around six weeks from late March the farms on Al Hada and Al Shafa pick before dawn, when the oil is still in the flower, and the distilleries run the same day.78
13. 🏙️ Launceston 🇦🇺 AustraliëTamar Valley vintage · 20 feb – 10 mei (meestal)Pinot and sparkling base come off the vineyards up the Tamar and over at Pipers River from late February into April.73
14. 🏙️ Baguio 🇵🇭 FilipijnenStrawberry season in La Trinidad · 1 nov – 15 mei (meestal)The pick-your-own fields in the valley below town run through the cool months and peak around February.72
15. 🥾 Sa Pa 🇻🇳 VietnamWater-pouring season · 15 mei – 30 jun (meestal)The terraces are flooded for transplanting and the whole valley below Ta Van turns to mirrors.71
16. 🏖️ Salalah 🇴🇲 OmanFrankincense tapping · 1 apr – 15 jun (meestal)The boswellia trees on the dry side of the mountains are scored and the resin left to harden before collection.63
17. 🥾 Darjeeling 🇮🇳 IndiaSecond flush tea · 1 mei – 20 jun (meestal)The muscatel picking, and the one the auction houses actually pay for.62
18. 🏖️ Mũi Né 🇻🇳 VietnamDragon fruit season · 1 mei – 30 sep (meestal)Binh Thuan grows most of Vietnam's dragon fruit, and out of season the growers string lights over the fields at night to force the flowers — visible for kilometres from the highway.62
19. 🏙️ Ninh Bình 🇻🇳 VietnamRipe rice at Tam Cốc · 20 mei – 15 jun (meestal)The fortnight the paddy between the karst turns gold, which is the picture everyone comes for and the only time the Tam Coc boats are properly queued.55
20. 🏙️ Kampot 🇰🇭 CambodjaKampot pepper harvest · 1 feb – 15 mei (meestal)Picking season on the trellises inland from town, which is when the farms are worth visiting and when the green pepper actually turns up fresh on a plate.55
21. 🏙️ Shenzhen 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaLychee season · 25 mei – 10 jul (meestal)Shenzhen grew lychees before it grew towers and the old orchards in Nanshan still crop.54
22. 🏙️ Guilin 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaLongji terraces under water · 20 apr – 15 jun (meestal)The terraces above Longsheng are flooded for rice planting and hold the sky for about six weeks.53
23. 🏙️ Cần Thơ 🇻🇳 VietnamOrchard season in the delta · 1 mei – 31 aug (meestal)Mangosteen, rambutan and durian come in across the garden islands, and the orchard-and-lunch trips that only half work the rest of the year are worth doing.51
24. 🏙️ Guangzhou 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaLychee season · 20 mei – 20 jul (meestal)The Pearl River delta is the lychee heartland and the fruit is sold by the branch on every corner from late May, cheapest at the end of June when the main varieties come in together.48
25. 🏙️ Chiang Rai 🇹🇭 ThailandLychee Fair · 10–25 mei (meestal)Held by the Kok River in mid-May when the province's lychee harvest comes in, with float parades, orchard displays, local food contests and stalls selling fruit by the basket.46

…en nog 2 in mei.

Wat er in mei wereldwijd speelt →

1. 🏙️ Aveiro 🇵🇹 PortugalSalt pans working · 15 jun – 20 sep (meestal)The marinhas on the lagoon are only raked through the dry months, and the few families still working them sell flor de sal at the pan edge.94
2. 🏙️ Keulen 🇩🇪 DuitslandWhite asparagus season · 10 apr – 24 jun (meestal)From mid-April farms around the city sell white asparagus and restaurants add Spargel menus with hollandaise and ham.93
3. 🏖️ Tavira 🇵🇹 PortugalSalt harvest in the pans · 15 jun – 20 sep (meestal)The salinas either side of the river are raked through the summer, flor de sal skimmed off the surface in the mornings and white pyramids left along the banks until autumn.92
4. 🏙️ Évora 🇵🇹 PortugalCork stripping · 15 mei – 31 aug (meestal)Bark comes off the montado by hand through the hot months and the stripped trunks go raw orange, with the year painted on each one.91
5. 🏖️ Taghazout 🇲🇦 MarokkoArgan harvest · 1 jun – 31 aug (meestal)The groves behind the coast are picked through summer and the co-operatives run flat out, which is the only time of year you can watch the whole process rather than the shop end of it.90
6. 🏖️ Tropea 🇮🇹 ItaliëRed onion harvest · 1 mei – 31 jul (meestal)The sweet red onion that carries the town's name comes out of the sandy coastal fields through early summer, and gets plaited into ropes and hung outside every shop on the corso.88
7. 🏙️ Saint Helier JerseyJersey Royal potato harvest · 1 apr – 15 jul (meestal)The first outdoor Jersey Royals are dug on the steep south-facing cotils in April and peak in May; honesty boxes by the roadside and restaurant menus make a point of them.88
8. 🏖️ Agadir 🇲🇦 MarokkoArgan harvest in the Souss · 15 jun – 31 aug (meestal)The fruit drops in the groves inland and the women's cooperatives on the Taroudant road are at full tilt cracking nuts by hand.87
9. 🏖️ Boergas 🇧🇬 BulgarijeAtanasovsko salt harvest · 15 jun – 15 sep (meestal)The salt pans on the north edge of town work through the summer, turning the water pink, and people wade in for the lye and black mud that comes with it.86
10. 🏝️ Naxos 🇬🇷 GriekenlandPotato harvest · 15 mei – 10 jul (meestal)Naxos exports potatoes the way other islands export marble, and from late spring they are sold by the sack at the roadside on the Chora to Sangri road.86
11. 🏝️ Thera 🇬🇷 GriekenlandTomato and fava harvest · 20 jun – 5 aug (meestal)The unirrigated cherry tomatoes and the split peas that everything on the menu is made from come in through high summer, dried on the roofs of the inland villages rather than the caldera side.85
12. 🏖️ Piran 🇸🇮 SloveniëSecovlje salt harvest · 23 apr – 15 sep (meestal)The salt pans south of town are still worked by hand from St George's Day through the summer, raked into white ridges on the same beds used for six hundred years.84
13. 🏝️ Nadi 🇫🇯 FijiCane crushing season · 1 jun – 30 nov (meestal)The mills at Lautoka and Ba run from about June to November, and the narrow-gauge cane trains hold up the Queens Road crossings all day.80
14. 🏙️ Querétaro 🇲🇽 MexicoWine harvest season · 15 jun – 15 sep (meestal)Mexico's second wine region, around Tequisquiapan and Ezequiel Montes, runs its vendimias through the summer with a different estate hosting most weekends.80
15. 🏞️ Capitol Reef National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenU-pick orchard harvest · 20 jun – 15 okt (meestal)Apricots from late June, peaches and pears through August, apples until mid-October — you pick your own and pay at an honesty box.79
16. 🏙️ Rize 🇹🇷 TurkijeTea harvest season · 1 mei – 31 okt (meestal)The prized first flush, Mayis cayi, is picked in May from the youngest leaves after winter; a bigger, milder-flavoured summer flush follows through July, and a final autumn pass finishes by October.79
17. 🏙️ Hilo 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenMango and tropical fruit harvest · 1 jun – 30 sep (meestal)Mango, lychee, rambutan and mountain apple come in through the summer and the Hilo farmers market on Wednesday and Saturday is where they land.74
18. 🏖️ Salalah 🇴🇲 OmanFrankincense tapping · 1 apr – 15 jun (meestal)The boswellia trees on the dry side of the mountains are scored and the resin left to harden before collection.66
19. 🏙️ Ipoh 🇲🇾 MaleisiëDurian season · 15 jun – 31 aug (meestal)Perak is the country's biggest grower of village durians, and roadside stalls around Ipoh fill from late June; a smaller second crop comes around the turn of the year.66
20. 🏖️ Mũi Né 🇻🇳 VietnamDragon fruit season · 1 mei – 30 sep (meestal)Binh Thuan grows most of Vietnam's dragon fruit, and out of season the growers string lights over the fields at night to force the flowers — visible for kilometres from the highway.63
21. 🥾 Darjeeling 🇮🇳 IndiaSecond flush tea · 1 mei – 20 jun (meestal)The muscatel picking, and the one the auction houses actually pay for.61
22. 🥾 Sa Pa 🇻🇳 VietnamWater-pouring season · 15 mei – 30 jun (meestal)The terraces are flooded for transplanting and the whole valley below Ta Van turns to mirrors.57
23. 🏙️ Kuala Lumpur 🇲🇾 MaleisiëDurian season · 1 jun – 31 aug (meestal)The main crop reaches the city from June, when the durian stalls in SS2 and around Jalan Alor stay busy late and Musang King is at its cheapest; a smaller second crop arrives around the turn of the year.56
24. 🏙️ Cần Thơ 🇻🇳 VietnamOrchard season in the delta · 1 mei – 31 aug (meestal)Mangosteen, rambutan and durian come in across the garden islands, and the orchard-and-lunch trips that only half work the rest of the year are worth doing.54
25. 🏙️ Ninh Bình 🇻🇳 VietnamRipe rice at Tam Cốc · 20 mei – 15 jun (meestal)The fortnight the paddy between the karst turns gold, which is the picture everyone comes for and the only time the Tam Coc boats are properly queued.50

…en nog 4 in juni.

Wat er in juni wereldwijd speelt →

1. 🏙️ Saint Helier JerseyJersey Royal potato harvest · 1 apr – 15 jul (meestal)The first outdoor Jersey Royals are dug on the steep south-facing cotils in April and peak in May; honesty boxes by the roadside and restaurant menus make a point of them.92
2. 🏙️ Aveiro 🇵🇹 PortugalSalt pans working · 15 jun – 20 sep (meestal)The marinhas on the lagoon are only raked through the dry months, and the few families still working them sell flor de sal at the pan edge.88
3. 🏖️ Tavira 🇵🇹 PortugalSalt harvest in the pans · 15 jun – 20 sep (meestal)The salinas either side of the river are raked through the summer, flor de sal skimmed off the surface in the mornings and white pyramids left along the banks until autumn.87
4. 🏝️ Lanzarote 🇪🇸 SpanjeLa Geria grape harvest · 5 jul – 25 aug (meestal)Europe's earliest vintage, picked by hand from single vines sunk in ash pits behind semicircular stone walls.86
5. 🥾 Hunza 🇵🇰 PakistanApricot harvest · 1 jul – 15 aug (meestal)Every flat roof in Karimabad and Ganish is covered in halved apricots drying in the sun for a few weeks.85
6. 🏝️ Nadi 🇫🇯 FijiCane crushing season · 1 jun – 30 nov (meestal)The mills at Lautoka and Ba run from about June to November, and the narrow-gauge cane trains hold up the Queens Road crossings all day.84
7. 🏙️ Évora 🇵🇹 PortugalCork stripping · 15 mei – 31 aug (meestal)Bark comes off the montado by hand through the hot months and the stripped trunks go raw orange, with the year painted on each one.84
8. 🏙️ Kelowna 🇨🇦 CanadaCherry and stone fruit harvest · 1 jul – 10 sep (meestal)Cherries first in July, then peaches and apricots through August at the roadside stands on the way out to Kelowna's east bench.83
9. 🏙️ Traverse City 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenCherry harvest & u-pick · 1 jul – 10 aug (meestal)Sweet cherries come off the trees in the first weeks of July and the tart cherries that built the region's name follow through late July into August, with orchards across both peninsulas opening u-pick rows and roadside stands.83
10. 🏙️ Querétaro 🇲🇽 MexicoWine harvest season · 15 jun – 15 sep (meestal)Mexico's second wine region, around Tequisquiapan and Ezequiel Montes, runs its vendimias through the summer with a different estate hosting most weekends.82
11. 🏖️ Boergas 🇧🇬 BulgarijeAtanasovsko salt harvest · 15 jun – 15 sep (meestal)The salt pans on the north edge of town work through the summer, turning the water pink, and people wade in for the lye and black mud that comes with it.82
12. 🏖️ Taghazout 🇲🇦 MarokkoArgan harvest · 1 jun – 31 aug (meestal)The groves behind the coast are picked through summer and the co-operatives run flat out, which is the only time of year you can watch the whole process rather than the shop end of it.82
13. 🏖️ Tropea 🇮🇹 ItaliëRed onion harvest · 1 mei – 31 jul (meestal)The sweet red onion that carries the town's name comes out of the sandy coastal fields through early summer, and gets plaited into ropes and hung outside every shop on the corso.80
14. 🏝️ Naxos 🇬🇷 GriekenlandPotato harvest · 15 mei – 10 jul (meestal)Naxos exports potatoes the way other islands export marble, and from late spring they are sold by the sack at the roadside on the Chora to Sangri road.80
15. 🏖️ Piran 🇸🇮 SloveniëSecovlje salt harvest · 23 apr – 15 sep (meestal)The salt pans south of town are still worked by hand from St George's Day through the summer, raked into white ridges on the same beds used for six hundred years.80
16. 🏝️ Thera 🇬🇷 GriekenlandTomato and fava harvest · 20 jun – 5 aug (meestal)The unirrigated cherry tomatoes and the split peas that everything on the menu is made from come in through high summer, dried on the roofs of the inland villages rather than the caldera side.79
17. 🏖️ Agadir 🇲🇦 MarokkoArgan harvest in the Souss · 15 jun – 31 aug (meestal)The fruit drops in the groves inland and the women's cooperatives on the Taroudant road are at full tilt cracking nuts by hand.79
18. 🏙️ Nouakchott 🇲🇷 MauritaniëThe guetna exodus · 15 jul – 31 aug (meestal)The date harvest in the Adrar and Tagant palm groves draws city families away for weeks of reunions and weddings, and Nouakchott thins out.73
19. 🏞️ Capitol Reef National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenU-pick orchard harvest · 20 jun – 15 okt (meestal)Apricots from late June, peaches and pears through August, apples until mid-October — you pick your own and pay at an honesty box.72
20. 🏙️ Rize 🇹🇷 TurkijeTea harvest season · 1 mei – 31 okt (meestal)The prized first flush, Mayis cayi, is picked in May from the youngest leaves after winter; a bigger, milder-flavoured summer flush follows through July, and a final autumn pass finishes by October.71
21. 🏙️ Hilo 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenMango and tropical fruit harvest · 1 jun – 30 sep (meestal)Mango, lychee, rambutan and mountain apple come in through the summer and the Hilo farmers market on Wednesday and Saturday is where they land.69
22. 🏙️ Ipoh 🇲🇾 MaleisiëDurian season · 15 jun – 31 aug (meestal)Perak is the country's biggest grower of village durians, and roadside stalls around Ipoh fill from late June; a smaller second crop comes around the turn of the year.67
23. 🏖️ Mũi Né 🇻🇳 VietnamDragon fruit season · 1 mei – 30 sep (meestal)Binh Thuan grows most of Vietnam's dragon fruit, and out of season the growers string lights over the fields at night to force the flowers — visible for kilometres from the highway.64
24. 🏙️ Kuala Lumpur 🇲🇾 MaleisiëDurian season · 1 jun – 31 aug (meestal)The main crop reaches the city from June, when the durian stalls in SS2 and around Jalan Alor stay busy late and Musang King is at its cheapest; a smaller second crop arrives around the turn of the year.60
25. 🏙️ Davao City 🇵🇭 FilipijnenDurian season · 15 jul – 31 okt (meestal)The reason people plan a Davao trip around a month.57

…en nog 7 in juli.

Wat er in juli wereldwijd speelt →

1. 🏙️ Stuttgart 🇩🇪 DuitslandStuttgarter Weindorf · 24 aug – 10 sep (meestal)Twelve days when the squares around the old palace fill with wooden booths pouring Württemberg wine — Trollinger and Lemberger, which barely leave the region — with maultaschen to go with it.92
2. 🏙️ Napa 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenCrush · 1 aug – 31 oktPicking starts in early August with sparkling and whites and finishes with cabernet into late October.90
3. 🏝️ Funchal 🇵🇹 PortugalMadeira Wine Festival · 25 aug – 15 sep (meestal)The harvest is marked in the city and, better, up at Estreito de Camara de Lobos, where the grapes are still trodden in public and the year's wine is sold in the street.89
4. 🏙️ Lublin 🇵🇱 PolenJagiellonian Fair · 10–25 aug (meestal)A traditional-crafts market in the old town in August: potters, weavers and blacksmiths from across eastern Poland, with folk bands on a stage at the end of the street.89
5. 🥾 Moshi 🇹🇿 TanzaniaChagga coffee harvest · 1 aug – 30 nov (meestal)The smallholdings on the lower slopes above Moshi pick from about August, and the co-operative walks around Machame and Marangu are worth doing then rather than the rest of the year.89
6. 🏙️ Santa Fe 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenGreen chile roasting · 15 aug – 30 sep (meestal)Drum roasters appear in supermarket car parks and the whole town smells of burnt chile skin for six weeks.88
7. 🏙️ Aveiro 🇵🇹 PortugalSalt pans working · 15 jun – 20 sep (meestal)The marinhas on the lagoon are only raked through the dry months, and the few families still working them sell flor de sal at the pan edge.87
8. 🏙️ Traverse City 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenCherry harvest & u-pick · 1 jul – 10 aug (meestal)Sweet cherries come off the trees in the first weeks of July and the tart cherries that built the region's name follow through late July into August, with orchards across both peninsulas opening u-pick rows and roadside stands.86
9. 🏙️ Kelowna 🇨🇦 CanadaCherry and stone fruit harvest · 1 jul – 10 sep (meestal)Cherries first in July, then peaches and apricots through August at the roadside stands on the way out to Kelowna's east bench.85
10. 🏖️ Tavira 🇵🇹 PortugalSalt harvest in the pans · 15 jun – 20 sep (meestal)The salinas either side of the river are raked through the summer, flor de sal skimmed off the surface in the mornings and white pyramids left along the banks until autumn.85
11. 🏙️ Samarkand 🇺🇿 OezbekistanMelon and grape season · 1 aug – 30 sep (meestal)The Siyob bazaar next to Bibi-Khanym fills with melons, grapes and the year's new dried fruit, sold off the back of trucks parked outside.84
12. 🏝️ Lanzarote 🇪🇸 SpanjeLa Geria grape harvest · 5 jul – 25 aug (meestal)Europe's earliest vintage, picked by hand from single vines sunk in ash pits behind semicircular stone walls.84
13. 🏙️ Şəki 🇦🇿 AzerbeidzjanHazelnut harvest · 15 aug – 30 sep (meestal)The northwest's orchards around Sheki, Gakh and Zagatala are shaken and gathered by hand from mid-August, and you will see nuts drying in the shade in village yards along the road.84
14. 🥾 Hunza 🇵🇰 PakistanApricot harvest · 1 jul – 15 aug (meestal)Every flat roof in Karimabad and Ganish is covered in halved apricots drying in the sun for a few weeks.83
15. 🏙️ Querétaro 🇲🇽 MexicoWine harvest season · 15 jun – 15 sep (meestal)Mexico's second wine region, around Tequisquiapan and Ezequiel Montes, runs its vendimias through the summer with a different estate hosting most weekends.83
16. 🏙️ Ronda 🇪🇸 SpanjeGrape harvest in the Serrania · 25 aug – 10 okt (meestal)The bodegas scattered round the plateau bring in their fruit through September, and most of them will let you walk in and taste at that point in the year.83
17. 🏙️ Évora 🇵🇹 PortugalCork stripping · 15 mei – 31 aug (meestal)Bark comes off the montado by hand through the hot months and the stripped trunks go raw orange, with the year painted on each one.83
18. 🏙️ Montpellier 🇫🇷 FrankrijkLanguedoc vendanges · 20 aug – 5 okt (meestal)Picking starts in the hot coastal plots in late August and works uphill into the Pic Saint-Loup through September.82
19. 🏙️ Aix-en-Provence 🇫🇷 FrankrijkVendanges in the Coteaux d'Aix · 25 aug – 10 okt (meestal)Picking runs from the end of August into early October across the hills either side of the town.82
20. 🏝️ Nadi 🇫🇯 FijiCane crushing season · 1 jun – 30 nov (meestal)The mills at Lautoka and Ba run from about June to November, and the narrow-gauge cane trains hold up the Queens Road crossings all day.81
21. 🏙️ Ürümqi 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaMelon and grape season · 1 aug – 30 sep (meestal)The bazaars fill with what the oases send in — Hami melons, Turpan grapes, figs and mulberries.81
22. 🏖️ Boergas 🇧🇬 BulgarijeAtanasovsko salt harvest · 15 jun – 15 sep (meestal)The salt pans on the north edge of town work through the summer, turning the water pink, and people wade in for the lye and black mud that comes with it.81
23. 🏖️ Taghazout 🇲🇦 MarokkoArgan harvest · 1 jun – 31 aug (meestal)The groves behind the coast are picked through summer and the co-operatives run flat out, which is the only time of year you can watch the whole process rather than the shop end of it.81
24. 🏙️ Kasjgar 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaMelon and grape season · 1 aug – 30 sep (meestal)Late summer is what the irrigation is for: melons stacked on handcarts, figs, pomegranates and grapes drying in the ventilated brick sheds outside town.80
25. 🏙️ Girona 🇪🇸 SpanjeEmporda grape harvest · 25 aug – 5 okt (meestal)The vineyards between here and the Alberes are picked from late August, early because the tramuntana dries the fruit.80

…en nog 32 in augustus.

Wat er in augustus wereldwijd speelt →

1. 🏙️ Kelowna 🇨🇦 CanadaCherry and stone fruit harvest · 1 jul – 10 sep (meestal)Cherries first in July, then peaches and apricots through August at the roadside stands on the way out to Kelowna's east bench.94
2. 🏙️ Şəki 🇦🇿 AzerbeidzjanHazelnut harvest · 15 aug – 30 sep (meestal)The northwest's orchards around Sheki, Gakh and Zagatala are shaken and gathered by hand from mid-August, and you will see nuts drying in the shade in village yards along the road.94
3. 🏙️ Boedapest 🇭🇺 HongarijeBudapest Wine Festival · 3–15 sep (meestal)Growers from every Hungarian region fill the Buda Castle courtyards for a long weekend in early September, with the best view in the city included in the ticket.93
4. 🏙️ Alma-Ata 🇰🇿 KazachstanApple harvest in the foothills · 1 sep – 15 okt (meestal)The city is named for its apples and the local Aport comes off the orchards below the mountains through September, sold by the crate at the Green Bazaar before the imports take over again.93
5. 🏙️ Straatsburg 🇫🇷 FrankrijkAlsace vendanges · 1 sep – 20 okt (meestal)The wine villages start half an hour south-west and pick through September into October, late harvest last.93
6. 🏙️ Novi Sad 🇷🇸 ServiëFruška Gora vintage · 1 sep – 15 okt (meestal)The hills across the Danube are picked through September and the cellars at Sremski Karlovci open for it, bermet and all.93
7. 🏖️ Boergas 🇧🇬 BulgarijeAtanasovsko salt harvest · 15 jun – 15 sep (meestal)The salt pans on the north edge of town work through the summer, turning the water pink, and people wade in for the lye and black mud that comes with it.93
8. 🏙️ Samarkand 🇺🇿 OezbekistanMelon and grape season · 1 aug – 30 sep (meestal)The Siyob bazaar next to Bibi-Khanym fills with melons, grapes and the year's new dried fruit, sold off the back of trucks parked outside.92
9. 🏙️ Bordeaux 🇫🇷 FrankrijkVendanges in the vineyards · 5 sep – 15 okt (meestal)Picking runs through September and into October across the Medoc and the right bank.92
10. 🏙️ Santa Fe 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenGreen chile roasting · 15 aug – 30 sep (meestal)Drum roasters appear in supermarket car parks and the whole town smells of burnt chile skin for six weeks.92
11. 🏙️ Tasjkent 🇺🇿 OezbekistanMelon and grape season · 15 jul – 30 sep (meestal)Melons and grapes arrive at Chorsu by the truckload and are sold off the pavement outside the dome.92
12. 🏙️ Ürümqi 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaMelon and grape season · 1 aug – 30 sep (meestal)The bazaars fill with what the oases send in — Hami melons, Turpan grapes, figs and mulberries.92
13. 🏙️ Braga 🇵🇹 PortugalVinho Verde harvest · 1 sep – 10 okt (meestal)The vines trained overhead on granite posts around the city are picked through September, and the quintas in the Cavado and Ave valleys open for it.92
14. 🏙️ Porto 🇵🇹 PortugalDouro vintage · 1 sep – 15 okt (meestal)The picking happens up the valley rather than in the city, but this is when the quintas take visitors into the lagares and the train up the Douro is worth the whole trip.91
15. 🏙️ Kasjgar 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaMelon and grape season · 1 aug – 30 sep (meestal)Late summer is what the irrigation is for: melons stacked on handcarts, figs, pomegranates and grapes drying in the ventilated brick sheds outside town.91
16. 🏖️ Balatonmeer 🇭🇺 HongarijeNorth shore vintage · 1 sep – 15 okt (meestal)The volcanic hills on the north shore — Badacsony, Szent György, Somló over the way — pick through September, and the cellar doors and harvest fairs are the reason to be here after the beaches empty.91
17. 🏙️ Aix-en-Provence 🇫🇷 FrankrijkVendanges in the Coteaux d'Aix · 25 aug – 10 okt (meestal)Picking runs from the end of August into early October across the hills either side of the town.91
18. 🏙️ Colmar 🇫🇷 FrankrijkVendanges on the wine route · 1 sep – 20 okt (meestal)Picking runs through September and into October in the villages either side of town, and the late-harvest grapes hang on longest.91
19. 🏙️ Wenen 🇦🇹 OostenrijkSturm and the wine harvest · 1 sep – 31 okt (meestal)Vienna grows wine inside the city limits.90
20. 🏝️ Funchal 🇵🇹 PortugalMadeira Wine Festival · 25 aug – 15 sep (meestal)The harvest is marked in the city and, better, up at Estreito de Camara de Lobos, where the grapes are still trodden in public and the year's wine is sold in the street.90
21. 🏙️ Montpellier 🇫🇷 FrankrijkLanguedoc vendanges · 20 aug – 5 okt (meestal)Picking starts in the hot coastal plots in late August and works uphill into the Pic Saint-Loup through September.90
22. 🏙️ Bolzano 🇮🇹 ItaliëApple harvest · 25 aug – 25 okt (meestal)South Tyrol picks a large share of Europe's apples and the whole valley floor is at work for two months, crates stacked at the ends of the rows.90
23. 🏙️ Siena 🇮🇹 ItaliëChianti and Brunello harvest · 5 sep – 15 okt (meestal)The picking runs through September in the hills either side of the city, and it is the one time of year the estates are working rather than pouring for visitors.90
24. 🏙️ Ronda 🇪🇸 SpanjeGrape harvest in the Serrania · 25 aug – 10 okt (meestal)The bodegas scattered round the plateau bring in their fruit through September, and most of them will let you walk in and taste at that point in the year.90
25. 🏙️ Freiburg im Breisgau 🇩🇪 DuitslandKaiserstuhl wine harvest · 5 sep – 15 okt (meestal)The vineyards on the volcanic hills west of the city are picked from early September, and the Neuer Wein appears in the taverns while it is still cloudy and half-fermented.90

…en nog 85 in september.

Wat er in september wereldwijd speelt →

1. 🏝️ Iraklion 🇬🇷 GriekenlandPeza wine harvest · 20 aug – 10 okt (meestal)The vineyards at Peza and Archanes, twenty minutes uphill, bring in vidiano and kotsifali from late August, and the estates open their doors while they do.92
2. 🏙️ Bethlehem 🇵🇸 PalestinaOlive harvest · 1 okt – 20 nov (meestal)Families take a fortnight off to pick the terraces around Beit Jala and Battir and the presses run late into the night.92
3. 🏙️ Ramallah 🇵🇸 PalestinaOlive harvest · 1 okt – 20 nov (meestal)Families take a fortnight off to pick the terraces and the presses in the surrounding villages run day and night.92
4. 🏙️ Buchara 🇺🇿 OezbekistanMelon and pomegranate season · 1 sep – 20 okt (meestal)Melons, figs, grapes, pomegranates, walnuts and persimmons pile up in the bazaar from early September, and the courtyard restaurants move their tables back outside once the worst of the heat has gone out of the evenings.91
5. 🏙️ Choedzjand 🇹🇯 TadzjikistanMehrgon harvest festival · 10–25 okt (meestal)Tajikistan's autumn harvest festival, on UNESCO's heritage list since 2024.91
6. 🏙️ Matera 🇮🇹 ItaliëGrape then olive harvest · 10 sep – 20 nov (meestal)Grapes come in across the Murgia through September, olives from late October, and the new oil reaches the shops in November.91
7. 🏖️ Alghero 🇮🇹 ItaliëVermentino harvest · 20 aug – 5 okt (meestal)The vineyards on the plain behind the town bring in vermentino and cannonau from late August, and the cellars at Santa Maria La Palma open for it.90
8. 🏙️ Évora 🇵🇹 PortugalAlentejo grape harvest · 15 aug – 5 okt (meestal)The vintage starts early down here, often in the second half of August, and the estates around the city open for it.90
9. 🏙️ Bursa 🇹🇷 TurkijeChestnut harvest · 1 okt – 30 nov (meestal)The chestnut woods on the lower slopes of Uludağ are picked out and the confectioners in the old town start turning them into kestane şekeri.89
10. 🏙️ Ronda 🇪🇸 SpanjeGrape harvest in the Serrania · 25 aug – 10 okt (meestal)The bodegas scattered round the plateau bring in their fruit through September, and most of them will let you walk in and taste at that point in the year.89
11. 🏙️ Girona 🇪🇸 SpanjeEmporda grape harvest · 25 aug – 5 okt (meestal)The vineyards between here and the Alberes are picked from late August, early because the tramuntana dries the fruit.89
12. 🏙️ Lissabon 🇵🇹 PortugalGrape harvest · 1 sep – 15 okt (meestal)The vintage runs in the estates up the Tagus and out towards Setubal, close enough to Lisbon to be a day out rather than a trip.88
13. 🏙️ Valencia 🇪🇸 SpanjeRice harvest in the Albufera · 1 sep – 10 okt (meestal)The paddies south of the city are cut through September, and the lagoon is drained and reflooded around it.88
14. 🏙️ Ouarzazate 🇲🇦 MarokkoDate harvest in the Draa · 15 sep – 31 okt (meestal)The oases south and east of town, around Skoura and down the Draa, bring in the crop as the heat goes out of the day.88
15. 🏙️ Srinagar 🇮🇳 IndiaSaffron harvest at Pampore · 20 okt – 15 nov (meestal)The fields fifteen kilometres out flower purple for two or three weeks and whole families pick them before the sun is up.88
16. 🏙️ Yazd 🇮🇷 IranPomegranate harvest · 20 sep – 10 nov (meestal)The gardens around Yazd and up towards Taft come in through the autumn, and the markets fill with fruit, syrup and the dried herbs that go with it.88
17. 🏙️ Madrid 🇪🇸 SpanjeFiesta de la Trashumancia · 12–31 okt (meestal)On a Sunday in the second half of October, shepherds walk well over a thousand merino sheep and goats from Casa de Campo up Calle Mayor to Sol and Cibeles, defending an old droving right through the city.87
18. 🏖️ Limassol 🇨🇾 CyprusLimassol Wine Festival · 25 aug – 10 okt (meestal)Nine evenings in the Municipal Gardens where the wine is free and unlimited, courtesy of the town, and the Commandaria producers pour alongside the big houses.87
19. 🏙️ Rome 🇮🇹 ItaliëGrape harvest in the Castelli · 1 sep – 10 okt (meestal)The hill towns south of the city bring in the harvest through September and the frascati towns hold their wine feasts around it.86
20. 🏙️ Busan 🇰🇷 Zuid-KoreaChuseok · 5 sep – 10 okt (meestal)The harvest holiday empties the city for three days; markets and family restaurants close and the roads and trains out are solid in both directions.86
21. 🏙️ Jerevan 🇦🇲 ArmeniëAreni wine festival · 1–20 okt (meestal)The wine villages an hour and a half south hold their harvest festival in October and half of Yerevan drives down for it.86
22. 🏙️ Napa 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenCrush · 1 aug – 31 oktPicking starts in early August with sparkling and whites and finishes with cabernet into late October.86
23. 🏙️ Andizan 🇺🇿 OezbekistanCotton harvest · 10 sep – 31 okt (meestal)Andijan's fields go white from mid-September; by late October the region's harvest is mostly in, with trailers stacked high with cotton on the valley roads.86
24. 🏝️ Hvar 🇭🇷 KroatiëWine harvest · 1 sep – 5 okt (meestal)Plavac mali comes off the south-facing terraces above Sveta Nedjelja in September, some of it from slopes too steep to work with anything but hands.86
25. 🏖️ Chalkidiki 🇬🇷 GriekenlandOlive harvest · 15 okt – 31 dec (meestal)The big green Halkidiki table olives come off first in early autumn, then the oil trees.86

…en nog 79 in oktober.

Wat er in oktober wereldwijd speelt →

1. 🏙️ Siwa 🇪🇬 EgypteDate harvest · 20 sep – 15 nov (meestal)Siwa's own crop, and the oasis smells of it for six weeks: palms stripped by hand, dates spread on roofs, lorries loading for Cairo on every track out of town.96
2. 🏙️ Tozeur 🇹🇳 TunesiëDeglet Nour harvest · 1 okt – 20 dec (meestal)The palm groves are picked through the autumn, climbers going up the trunks with ropes, and the sorting sheds run into the night.92
3. 🏖️ Djerba 🇹🇳 TunesiëOlive harvest · 1 nov – 15 jan (meestal)The groves that cover most of the island's interior are picked and the small presses run through the night.91
4. 🏙️ Marrakesh 🇲🇦 MarokkoOlive harvest · 1 nov – 31 dec (meestal)The presses in the villages below the Atlas run the new olives from November, and the first oil of the year turns up on every breakfast table in the city.90
5. 🏝️ Iraklion 🇬🇷 GriekenlandOlive harvest · 1 nov – 31 jan (meestal)Nets under the trees across the whole prefecture from November, and the presses running late into the night.89
6. 🏙️ Bagdad 🇮🇶 IrakDate harvest · 25 aug – 15 nov (meestal)Iraq's date palms are cut from late August into November, depending on the variety, and the fresh crop of zahdi, khastawi and barhi dates fills the city's markets through the autumn.89
7. 🏙️ Bethlehem 🇵🇸 PalestinaOlive harvest · 1 okt – 20 nov (meestal)Families take a fortnight off to pick the terraces around Beit Jala and Battir and the presses run late into the night.89
8. 🏙️ Tunis 🇹🇳 TunesiëOlive harvest · 1 nov – 15 jan (meestal)The country's biggest crop comes in from November and the presses in the Sahel run day and night.88
9. 🏙️ Fez 🇲🇦 MarokkoOlive harvest and new oil · 1 nov – 31 dec (meestal)The presses in the hills around the city run from November, and the first oil of the year turns up in the medina at breakfast.88
10. 🏙️ Yazd 🇮🇷 IranPomegranate harvest · 20 sep – 10 nov (meestal)The gardens around Yazd and up towards Taft come in through the autumn, and the markets fill with fruit, syrup and the dried herbs that go with it.86
11. 🏙️ Ramallah 🇵🇸 PalestinaOlive harvest · 1 okt – 20 nov (meestal)Families take a fortnight off to pick the terraces and the presses in the surrounding villages run day and night.85
12. 🏝️ Rhodos 🇬🇷 GriekenlandOlive harvest · 1 nov – 15 jan (meestal)Nets go down under the trees across the interior once the resorts have shut, and the village presses run into January.84
13. 🏙️ Nauplion 🇬🇷 GriekenlandArgolid orange harvest · 15 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)The plain between here and Argos is one long orange grove and it is picked through the winter, with fruit stacked at the roadside and the smell of it on the road to Mycenae.84
14. 🏙️ Madikeri 🇮🇳 IndiaCoffee harvest · 15 nov – 31 jan (meestal)Arabica comes off first and robusta into January, and the estates run on migrant labour and drying yards for three months.84
15. 🏙️ Kobe 🇯🇵 JapanNada sake brewing season · 1 okt – 31 mrt (meestal)The Nada breweries press through the cold half of the year, which is when the tasting rooms east of the centre pour the unpasteurised new sake they cannot ship.83
16. 🏝️ Chania 🇬🇷 GriekenlandOlive harvest · 1 nov – 31 jan (meestal)Nets go down under the trees across the whole prefecture from November and the presses run through the winter.80
17. 🏙️ Chefchaouen 🇲🇦 MarokkoOlive harvest in the Rif · 1 nov – 15 jan (meestal)The terraces below the town are picked by hand and the presses in the valley run day and night; the new oil turns up on breakfast tables within the week.80
18. 🏙️ Sylhet 🇧🇩 BangladeshTea garden touring season · 1 okt – 31 mrt (meestal)At Malnicherra, one of the world's oldest tea estates and inside the city itself, pickers work the bushes for two leaves and a bud through the cool, dry months from October to March, when clear skies make for easy walking between the rows.80
19. 🏙️ Évora 🇵🇹 PortugalOlive harvest · 1 nov – 31 jan (meestal)Alentejo produces most of Portugal's olive oil, and from late October the mills around Evora run day and night.79
20. 🏙️ Bangalore 🇮🇳 IndiaKadalekai Parishe · 15 nov – 15 dec (meestal)The groundnut fair around the Bull Temple in Basavanagudi, where farmers bring the season's first crop to be blessed and sold.78
21. 🏙️ İzmir 🇹🇷 TurkijeAegean olive harvest · 1 nov – 20 dec (meestal)The groves around Urla and Seferihisar are picked and pressed through November, and the new oil turns up green and peppery in the markets.78
22. 🏙️ Granada 🇪🇸 SpanjeOlive harvest · 15 nov – 10 feb (meestal)The vega and the road east to Jaen are picked through the winter and the mills sell the first pressing straight off.78
23. 🏙️ Baguio 🇵🇭 FilipijnenStrawberry season in La Trinidad · 1 nov – 15 mei (meestal)The pick-your-own fields in the valley below town run through the cool months and peak around February.78
24. 🥾 Moshi 🇹🇿 TanzaniaChagga coffee harvest · 1 aug – 30 nov (meestal)The smallholdings on the lower slopes above Moshi pick from about August, and the co-operative walks around Machame and Marangu are worth doing then rather than the rest of the year.78
25. 🏙️ Pakse 🇱🇦 LaosBolaven coffee harvest · 1 nov – 28 feb (meestal)Picking on the plateau above town, with cherries drying on tarps outside every village and the roadside places selling this year's crop before it leaves the country.77

…en nog 29 in november.

Wat er in november wereldwijd speelt →

1. 🏙️ Sylhet 🇧🇩 BangladeshTea garden touring season · 1 okt – 31 mrt (meestal)At Malnicherra, one of the world's oldest tea estates and inside the city itself, pickers work the bushes for two leaves and a bud through the cool, dry months from October to March, when clear skies make for easy walking between the rows.90
2. 🏙️ Madikeri 🇮🇳 IndiaCoffee harvest · 15 nov – 31 jan (meestal)Arabica comes off first and robusta into January, and the estates run on migrant labour and drying yards for three months.88
3. 🏙️ Marrakesh 🇲🇦 MarokkoOlive harvest · 1 nov – 31 dec (meestal)The presses in the villages below the Atlas run the new olives from November, and the first oil of the year turns up on every breakfast table in the city.85
4. 🏙️ Bangalore 🇮🇳 IndiaKadalekai Parishe · 15 nov – 15 dec (meestal)The groundnut fair around the Bull Temple in Basavanagudi, where farmers bring the season's first crop to be blessed and sold.85
5. 🏙️ Pakse 🇱🇦 LaosBolaven coffee harvest · 1 nov – 28 feb (meestal)Picking on the plateau above town, with cherries drying on tarps outside every village and the roadside places selling this year's crop before it leaves the country.85
6. 🏙️ Siwa 🇪🇬 EgypteOlive harvest · 1 nov – 31 dec (meestal)The presses run from November and the year's oil turns up on every table.85
7. 🏖️ Djerba 🇹🇳 TunesiëOlive harvest · 1 nov – 15 jan (meestal)The groves that cover most of the island's interior are picked and the small presses run through the night.84
8. 🏙️ Đà Lạt 🇻🇳 VietnamCoffee harvest on the plateau · 1 nov – 15 jan (meestal)Picking season across the Lam Dong smallholdings, with beans drying on tarps in every farmyard and the cafés in town selling this year's crop by December.84
9. 🏙️ Battambang 🇰🇭 CambodjaRice harvest on the plain · 15 nov – 31 jan (meestal)Cambodia's rice province at work — cut paddy, drying mats on the shoulder of every road, and smoke from the stubble in the late afternoon.82
10. 🏙️ Baguio 🇵🇭 FilipijnenStrawberry season in La Trinidad · 1 nov – 15 mei (meestal)The pick-your-own fields in the valley below town run through the cool months and peak around February.82
11. 🏙️ Catania 🇮🇹 ItaliëBlood orange harvest · 15 dec – 15 apr (meestal)Tarocco and moro oranges come off the volcanic plain north of the city through winter, which is the argument for eating here between January and March.82
12. 🏝️ Iraklion 🇬🇷 GriekenlandOlive harvest · 1 nov – 31 jan (meestal)Nets under the trees across the whole prefecture from November, and the presses running late into the night.81
13. 🏙️ Tozeur 🇹🇳 TunesiëDeglet Nour harvest · 1 okt – 20 dec (meestal)The palm groves are picked through the autumn, climbers going up the trunks with ropes, and the sorting sheds run into the night.80
14. 🏙️ Tunis 🇹🇳 TunesiëOlive harvest · 1 nov – 15 jan (meestal)The country's biggest crop comes in from November and the presses in the Sahel run day and night.79
15. 🏖️ Kailua 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenKona coffee harvest · 1 sep – 15 jan (meestal)The cherry ripens unevenly on the slopes above town, so pickers go through the same trees several times between September and January.78
16. 🏙️ Fez 🇲🇦 MarokkoOlive harvest and new oil · 1 nov – 31 dec (meestal)The presses in the hills around the city run from November, and the first oil of the year turns up in the medina at breakfast.77
17. 🥾 Minca 🇨🇴 ColombiaCoffee harvest · 1 okt – 28 feb (meestal)Unlike the coffee region further south, the Sierra Nevada picks a single crop, and the old farms such as La Victoria are at their busiest while it lasts.77
18. 🏙️ Kampot 🇰🇭 CambodjaSalt harvest on the flats · 15 dec – 15 mei (meestal)The pans between town and Kep are worked through the dry months, with the rakes out at first light and cones of salt along the road.76
19. 🏙️ Nauplion 🇬🇷 GriekenlandArgolid orange harvest · 15 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)The plain between here and Argos is one long orange grove and it is picked through the winter, with fruit stacked at the roadside and the smell of it on the road to Mycenae.74
20. 🏝️ Rhodos 🇬🇷 GriekenlandOlive harvest · 1 nov – 15 jan (meestal)Nets go down under the trees across the interior once the resorts have shut, and the village presses run into January.73
21. 🏙️ Bari 🇮🇹 ItaliëOlive harvest and new oil · 1 nov – 31 dec (meestal)Groves across the Terra di Bari are picked and the mills run late into the evening.73
22. 🏙️ Chefchaouen 🇲🇦 MarokkoOlive harvest in the Rif · 1 nov – 15 jan (meestal)The terraces below the town are picked by hand and the presses in the valley run day and night; the new oil turns up on breakfast tables within the week.73
23. 🏙️ Kobe 🇯🇵 JapanNada sake brewing season · 1 okt – 31 mrt (meestal)The Nada breweries press through the cold half of the year, which is when the tasting rooms east of the centre pour the unpasteurised new sake they cannot ship.73
24. 🏙️ Granada 🇪🇸 SpanjeOlive harvest · 15 nov – 10 feb (meestal)The vega and the road east to Jaen are picked through the winter and the mills sell the first pressing straight off.73
25. 🏙️ Évora 🇵🇹 PortugalOlive harvest · 1 nov – 31 jan (meestal)Alentejo produces most of Portugal's olive oil, and from late October the mills around Evora run day and night.73

…en nog 12 in december.

Wat er in december wereldwijd speelt →