På gång i Coimbra, Portugal under året

Mest folk — Carnival in Ovar, Christmas holidays i Portugal

• Festival

  Carnival in Ovar

  25 jan – 10 mar · vanligtvisTrångt

  Coimbra itself keeps carnival low-key; the big parades of the Centro region are in Ovar, about an hour north, with weeks of events building to the Sunday and Tuesday corsos. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Mondego river floods (15 dec – 15 mar (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Carnival in Ovar, Carnival holidays i Portugal

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Carnival in Ovar (25 jan – 10 mar (vanligtvis)), Mondego river floods (15 dec – 15 mar (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Carnival in Ovar, Easter week

• Helg

  Easter week

  29 mar – 5 aprPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtStängningar

  Good Friday is a national holiday and Easter Sunday a day for family lunches. Many Portuguese take the week around it off, so hotels fill and rates rise for the first busy spell of the year, and some shops and museums close on Friday and Sunday. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Carnival in Ovar (25 jan – 10 mar (vanligtvis)), Mondego river floods (15 dec – 15 mar (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Easter week, Easter holidays i Portugal

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Easter week (29 mar – 5 apr)

Mycket folk — Queima das Fitas, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

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  Queima das Fitas

  22–30 majStor festivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  The oldest of the Portuguese student weeks: it opens with the midnight serenade on the Se Velha steps, in silence, and ends with the faculties parading in their colours through the Baixa. Rooms go months ahead. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Santos Populares, Summer holidays i Portugal

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  Santos Populares

  1–30 jun · vanligtvisReligiös högtidTrångt

  June brings neighbourhood arraiais with grilled sardines, basil pots and dancing, centred on Santo António dos Olivais for the 13th and the marchas of Norton de Matos. Smaller and more local than Lisbon's or Porto's. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Festas da Rainha Santa Isabel, Summer holidays i Portugal

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  Festas da Rainha Santa Isabel

  1–15 jul · vanligtvisReligiös högtidTrångt

  The city's own fortnight in early July. In even years the queen's silver statue is carried across the Mondego and back by torchlight, which is the version worth planning around. Källa ↗

• Risk

  Mondego valley heat

  1 jul – 31 augExtrem värme

  The valley sits far enough from the sea to lose the Atlantic breeze, and the university hill is all stone stairs in full sun. Sightseeing here is a morning job in high summer. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Summer holidays i Portugal, skollov i 7 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Mondego valley heat (1 jul – 31 aug)

Mycket folk — Summer holidays i Portugal, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Mycket folk — Festa das Latas, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

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  Festa das Latas

  1–4 oktStor festivalTrångt

  The freshers' week that opens the academic year, with the tin-can parade down to the river and a baptism in the Mondego. The town is loud and young for a week and quiet again after it. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Christmas market and lights, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

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  Caminhos do Cinema Português

  8–25 nov · vanligtvisFilmfestival

  Running since 1988, this week of Portuguese film screens features, documentaries and film-school work at the Teatro Académico de Gil Vicente and the Casa do Cinema. A good reason to be in town in a quiet month. Källa ↗

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  Christmas market and lights

  25 nov – 23 dec · vanligtvisJul & nyårTrångt

  Wooden stalls of crafts, smoked sausage and sweets fill the Praça do Comércio in the Baixa, with lights strung along the shopping streets and concerts on weekends. Modest, but it brings the lower town to life in the evenings. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Christmas market and lights, Christmas holidays i Portugal

• Risk

  Mondego river floods

  15 dec – 15 mar · vanligtvisÖversvämningssäsongStängningar

  In wet winters the Mondego tops its banks: the riverside cafes of Parque Verde and the grounds of Santa Clara-a-Velha go under, and in the worst storms low-lying Baixa streets and schools close. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Christmas market and lights (25 nov – 23 dec (vanligtvis))