På gång i Leipzig, Germany under året

Mycket folk — Christmas holidays i Germany, skollov i 6 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Lugnt — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Mest folk — Leipzig Book Fair, Easter holidays i Germany

• Festival

  Leipzig Book Fair

  15 mar – 1 apr · vanligtvisKulturfestivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  Four days when the fairground fills with readers rather than trade, the Manga-Comic-Con puts several thousand people in costume on the tram, and the Leipzig liest readings spill into bars across the city. Rooms go early. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Easter holidays

  3–6 aprPåsk & stilla veckanStängningarTrångt

  Good Friday and Easter Monday are public holidays everywhere, and shops close on Friday, Sunday and Monday. Good Friday is a quiet day with dance and loud-event bans in most states, and Germans use the four-day weekend to travel, so trains, motorways and holiday towns are busy. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Leipzig Book Fair, Easter holidays

• Helg

  Ascension and Whitsun

  14–25 majNationell helgdagStängningarTrångt

  Ascension Day, a Thursday 39 days after Easter, and Whit Monday 11 days later are public holidays nationwide. Shops close on both, many people bridge them into long weekends, and trains, motorways and hotels in holiday areas get busy. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Leipzig Book Fair (15 mar – 1 apr (vanligtvis)), Easter holidays (3–6 apr)

Mest folk — Ascension and Whitsun, Wave-Gotik-Treffen

• Festival

  Wave-Gotik-Treffen

  5 maj – 15 jun · vanligtvisMusikfestivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  Whitsun weekend, when tens of thousands of goths take over venues, parks and the trams in full Victorian black — the largest gathering of its kind anywhere. The city is entirely relaxed about it; hotels are not cheap. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Ascension and Whitsun (14–25 maj)

Mycket folk — Wave-Gotik-Treffen, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  Lake season south of the city

  1 jun – 10 sep · vanligtvisSommarsäsongen öppnar

  The flooded lignite pits ringing the city — Cospudener, Markkleeberger, Zwenkauer — are the summer weekend, reachable by tram and bike path. Beach bars and boat hire run for the season only.

• Festival

  Bachfest

  5–25 jun · vanligtvisMusikfestivalBoka tidigt

  Ten days of Bach in the two churches he worked in, with the Thomanerchor singing the motets where he is buried. Free open-air concerts on the market square carry the rest of it. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Ascension and Whitsun (14–25 maj), Wave-Gotik-Treffen (5 maj – 15 jun (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Lake season south of the city (1 jun – 10 sep (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Lake season south of the city (1 jun – 10 sep (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Lake season south of the city (1 jun – 10 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Lichtfest, Autumn holidays i Germany

• Festival

  Lichtfest

  8–10 oktLjus & eldTrångt

  On 9 October the ring road is lit with installations to mark the 1989 Monday demonstration that broke the regime's nerve without a shot. It is a commemoration the city takes seriously, not a light show. Källa ↗

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

• Festival

  Leipzig Christmas market

  24 nov – 23 dec · vanligtvisJul & nyårTrångt

  One of the oldest in Germany, documented from 1458, filling the market square and running up into the arcades so there is somewhere warm to stand. The Thomanerchor sings from the old town hall balcony to open it. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Leipzig Christmas market, Christmas holidays i Germany

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: Leipzig Christmas market (24 nov – 23 dec (vanligtvis))