På gång i Bologna, Italy under året

Mest folk — Christmas markets, Christmas holidays i Italy

• Festival

  Arte Fiera

  6–8 febKulturfestivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  Italy's oldest contemporary art fair, and the week the whole city opens studios and late galleries around it. Hotel prices behave like a trade fair because it is one. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Po valley fog (1 nov – 15 feb (vanligtvis)), Christmas markets (25 nov – 6 jan)

Mycket folk — Arte Fiera, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Arte Fiera (6–8 feb), Po valley fog (1 nov – 15 feb (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

• Helg

  Easter and Pasquetta

  4–6 aprPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtStängningar

  Easter Sunday and Easter Monday (Pasquetta) are public holidays, and Italians use the long weekend for short breaks and day trips: trains and hotels fill, old towns and sights are busier than the weeks around, and many shops and some restaurants close on Easter Sunday. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Easter and Pasquetta, Spring bank-holiday bridges

• Helg

  Spring bank-holiday bridges

  25 apr – 2 junNationell helgdagTrångtBoka tidigt

  Liberation Day (25 April), Labour Day (1 May) and Republic Day (2 June) are public holidays, and when one falls near a weekend Italians bridge it into a long break, the ponte. Those weekends bring domestic crowds, fuller trains and higher room rates, and some shops close on the day. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Easter and Pasquetta (4–6 apr)

Mycket folk — Spring bank-holiday bridges, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Spring bank-holiday bridges (25 apr – 2 jun)

Mest folk — Spring bank-holiday bridges, Il Cinema Ritrovato

• Öppning

  Bologna Estate

  1 jun – 15 sepSommarsäsongen öppnar

  The council's summer programme moves concerts, open-air cinema and bars into the courtyards and the parks on the hill, which is how the city stays usable once the students leave. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Il Cinema Ritrovato

  20–28 junFilmfestivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  Nine days of restored film, ending with free screenings on a big screen in Piazza Maggiore after dark. Passes and central rooms both go weeks ahead. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Spring bank-holiday bridges (25 apr – 2 jun)

Mycket folk — Summer holidays i Italy, skollov i 6 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Bologna Estate (1 jun – 15 sep), Il Cinema Ritrovato (20–28 jun)

Mest folk — Ferragosto shutdown, Summer holidays i Italy

• Helg

  Ferragosto shutdown

  5–25 augSkollovStängningar

  The trattorias that make the city worth eating in shut for two or three weeks around 15 August and the students are gone. Check opening days before you build a trip around a restaurant. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Bologna Estate (1 jun – 15 sep)

Mycket folk — Summer holidays i Italy, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Bologna Estate (1 jun – 15 sep)

Mellansäsong — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

• Natur

  Porcini, truffle and new oil

  1 okt – 30 nov · vanligtvisPlocksäsong

  Autumn puts porcini from the Apennines and white truffle from the hills onto every menu in the Quadrilatero, and it is the strongest argument for coming here in the fog months.

Mycket folk — Christmas markets, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  Po valley fog

  1 nov – 15 feb · vanligtvisDimsäsongRisk

  The nebbia settles on the plain for days at a time and takes the hills, the airport slots and the view from the Asinelli tower with it. The porticoes are the reason the city still works in it.

• Festival

  Christmas markets

  25 nov – 6 janJul & nyårTrångt

  The nativity-figure stalls under the portico of Santa Maria dei Servi and the Santa Lucia market have run for centuries; the centre is busiest on the weekends before 8 December. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Porcini, truffle and new oil (1 okt – 30 nov (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Christmas markets, Christmas holidays i Italy

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: Po valley fog (1 nov – 15 feb (vanligtvis)), Christmas markets (25 nov – 6 jan)