På gång i Edinburgh, United Kingdom under året

Mest folk — Christmas market, Hogmanay

• Regel

  Castle and attraction timed tickets

  1 jan – 31 decBoka tidigt

  Edinburgh Castle sells dated, timed entry and sells out days ahead in August and over Hogmanay. The one o'clock gun is the slot everyone wants, so book around it rather than for it. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Christmas market (15 nov – 4 jan (vanligtvis)), Hogmanay (30 dec – 1 jan)

Mest folk — Six Nations at Murrayfield, February half-term i United Kingdom

• Festival

  Six Nations at Murrayfield

  1 feb – 20 mar · vanligtvisSportevenemangTrångtBoka tidigt

  Two or three Saturdays between February and mid-March. Sixty-odd thousand people arrive for the afternoon and the city's rooms price as if it were Hogmanay. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mycket folk — Six Nations at Murrayfield, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Helg

  Easter bank holidays

  3–6 aprPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtStängningar

  Good Friday is a bank holiday across the UK and Easter Monday everywhere but Scotland. The long weekend opens the domestic touring season: popular towns, coasts and parks get busy, rooms cost more, and rail engineering works often cut or replace train services. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Six Nations at Murrayfield (1 feb – 20 mar (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Easter bank holidays, Easter / spring holiday i United Kingdom

• Säsong

  Haar season

  1 apr – 31 aug · vanligtvisDimsäsongRisk

  An easterly off the North Sea rolls cold grey over the city while ten miles inland it stays clear. In early summer it can sit all day and take the castle and Arthur's Seat with it.

• Natur

  Blossom in the Meadows

  5 apr – 5 maj · vanligtvisKörsbärsblom

  The cherry avenue across the Meadows comes out for a fortnight in April and the students treat it as the first day of summer, whatever the temperature says. Källa ↗

• Natur

  Seabird season on the Forth

  10 apr – 25 jul · vanligtvisFågelsäsong

  Gannets pack the Bass Rock and puffins come ashore on Craigleith and the Isle of May from spring; the boats go from North Berwick, half an hour out of town. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Beltane Fire Festival

  30 aprLjus & eld

  A ticketed fire procession up Calton Hill on the night of 30 April, run by volunteers and cold enough that most of the audience regrets what they wore. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Easter bank holidays (3–6 apr)

Mest folk — Edinburgh Marathon Festival, Late-May half-term i United Kingdom

• Festival

  Edinburgh Marathon Festival

  22–31 maj · vanligtvisSportevenemangTrångtStängningar

  A weekend of road races at the end of May that shuts the coast road out to Musselburgh and fills the hotels a full three months before the Fringe does. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Haar season (1 apr – 31 aug (vanligtvis)), Blossom in the Meadows (5 apr – 5 maj (vanligtvis)), Seabird season on the Forth (10 apr – 25 jul (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Royal Highland Show, Late-May half-term i United Kingdom

• Festival

  Royal Highland Show

  18–25 jun · vanligtvisStor festivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  Four days of livestock, forestry and food at Ingliston next to the airport, with two hundred thousand through the gate and the tram out west running full both ways. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Haar season (1 apr – 31 aug (vanligtvis)), Seabird season on the Forth (10 apr – 25 jul (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Haar season (1 apr – 31 aug (vanligtvis)), Seabird season on the Forth (10 apr – 25 jul (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Fringe and International Festival, Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

• Festival

  Fringe and International Festival

  7–31 augKulturfestivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  The Fringe, the International Festival and the book festival run at once for most of August. The city's population roughly doubles, and accommodation is booked from the previous autumn at three or four times the rate. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

  7–29 augMusikfestivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  Stands go up on the castle esplanade for the month, which closes the approach in the evenings and changes how the whole Royal Mile moves after eight. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Haar season (1 apr – 31 aug (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

• Öppning

  Doors Open Days

  20–30 sep · vanligtvisStor festival

  One weekend in late September when buildings that are normally shut — the closes, the vaults, working churches and civic rooms — open free. Popular ones need booking a fortnight ahead. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mycket folk — October half-term i United Kingdom, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec)

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

• Festival

  Christmas market

  15 nov – 4 jan · vanligtvisJul & nyårTrångt

  The market and the big wheel fill East Princes Street Gardens from the middle of November, and the walk along Princes Street becomes a shuffle after four in the afternoon. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mest folk — Christmas market, Hogmanay

• Festival

  Hogmanay

  30 dec – 1 janJul & nyårTrångtBoka tidigt

  The street party in the centre is ticketed and fenced, so the choice is to buy in or stay out of the cordon. The Loony Dook in the Forth on New Year's Day is the other tradition. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Christmas market (15 nov – 4 jan (vanligtvis))