På gång i Istanbul, Turkey under året

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Semester (winter) break i Turkey

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Hamsi season (1 nov – 28 feb (vanligtvis)), Lodos and poyraz storm season (15 nov – 15 mar (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Ramadan

• Helg

  Ramadan

  17 feb – 19 marTrångt

  Sultanahmet fills at sunset for iftar and the mosque courtyards are laid with tables. Museums keep normal hours; the atmosphere is the reason to come, not an obstacle. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Hamsi season (1 nov – 28 feb (vanligtvis)), Lodos and poyraz storm season (15 nov – 15 mar (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Ramadan

• Helg

  Ramazan Bayrami

  20–22 marRamadan & eidTrångtStängningar

  Three public holidays that empty the offices and fill the coach stations. The historic peninsula gets busier, not quieter, because the rest of Turkey comes to it. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Ramadan (17 feb – 19 mar), Lodos and poyraz storm season (15 nov – 15 mar (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — mellan topparna, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Tulip Festival

  1–30 aprVildblommor & blomning

  The municipality plants millions of bulbs across Emirgan, Gulhane and the Asian-side parks. The flower was Ottoman long before it was Dutch, and the city is not shy about saying so. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Kurban Bayrami

• Helg

  Kurban Bayrami

  27–30 majRamadan & eidStängningarTrångt

  The longer of the two religious holidays. Residents leave for the coast, shops shut for several days and the ferries to the islands run full. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Istanbul Music Festival

  30 maj – 30 jun · vanligtvis

  Classical concerts through June in Hagia Eirene inside the Topkapi walls and in churches and cisterns around the old city, run by the foundation behind the jazz and film festivals. Tickets are cheap by European standards. Källa ↗

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Summer holidays i Turkey

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: Kurban Bayrami (27–30 maj), Istanbul Music Festival (30 maj – 30 jun (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Summer holidays i Turkey

• Säsong

  Sea warm enough to swim

  15 jul – 30 sep · vanligtvis

  The Marmara and the Black Sea beaches hold their heat into late September, which is when the islands and the Sile coast are worth the trip out.

• Festival

  Bosphorus cross-continental swim

  15 jul – 31 aug · vanligtvisSportevenemangStängningar

  One morning in high summer the strait is closed to all shipping and a few thousand swimmers cross from Kanlica down to Kurucesme. Watching from the Asian shore is free; entry places go the day they open. Källa ↗

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Victory Day

• Helg

  Victory Day

  30 augNationell helgdagStängningar

  A public holiday on 30 August, with a parade and the bridges lit. It lands at the end of the school holidays, so the coach stations and the domestic flights out of the city are full for several days around it. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Sea warm enough to swim (15 jul – 30 sep (vanligtvis)), Bosphorus cross-continental swim (15 jul – 31 aug (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Summer holidays i Turkey

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Sea warm enough to swim (15 jul – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Republic Day

• Helg

  Republic Day

  28–29 oktNationell helgdagTrångtStängningar

  The holiday starts at one o'clock on 28 October. Streets close for parades and there are fireworks over the Bosphorus, and moving across the city those two days is hopeless. Källa ↗

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Istanbul Marathon

• Natur

  Hamsi season

  1 nov – 28 feb · vanligtvisPlocksäsong

  The Black Sea anchovy run reaches the city and the small fish turn up grilled and fried at every quayside counter. It is the one thing Istanbul cooks by the calendar. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Istanbul Marathon

  1–15 nov · vanligtvisSportevenemangStängningarTrångt

  The only marathon that crosses between two continents: the course runs over the Bosphorus bridge, shut to traffic from the night before. Most of the field is there for the eight-kilometre walk over it. Källa ↗

• Säsong

  Lodos and poyraz storm season

  15 nov – 15 mar · vanligtvisVindsäsongStängningarRisk

  The two winter winds take turns, and when either blows hard the Bosphorus ferries and the island boats are cancelled at short notice. Have a bridge route in reserve. Källa ↗

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: Hamsi season (1 nov – 28 feb (vanligtvis)), Lodos and poyraz storm season (15 nov – 15 mar (vanligtvis))