På gång i Nantes, France under året

Lugnt — resenärer beskriver det som lugnt, Le Voyage en hiver

• Festival

  La Folle Journee

  25 jan – 2 feb · vanligtvisMusikfestivalBoka tidigt

  Five days of short classical concerts stacked from morning to midnight in the Cite des Congres, cheap and deliberately unstuffy. It is the one reason to be here in January and the halls sell out. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Le Voyage en hiver (28 nov – 3 jan (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Winter (February) holidays i France, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Natur

  Camellias at the Jardin des Plantes

  15 feb – 25 mar · vanligtvisVildblommor & blomning

  The garden next to the station holds one of France's largest camellia collections, around six hundred varieties, usually at its best in the first half of March after a mild winter. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: La Folle Journee (25 jan – 2 feb (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Carnaval de Nantes, Winter (February) holidays i France

• Festival

  Carnaval de Nantes

  20 mar – 20 apr · vanligtvisKarnevalTrångt

  Giant floats built by volunteers over the winter parade through the city centre from Place Foch on a spring Sunday afternoon, with a separate night parade a couple of weeks later. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Camellias at the Jardin des Plantes (15 feb – 25 mar (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Carnaval de Nantes, Spring holidays i France

• Festival

  Marathon de Nantes

  15–30 apr · vanligtvisSportevenemang

  A late-April running weekend: a 10 km night race from the Machines de l'Ile on the Saturday, then the marathon and half on Sunday, with road closures along the Loire. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Carnaval de Nantes (20 mar – 20 apr (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — May holidays and ponts, Spring holidays i France

• Helg

  May holidays and ponts

  1–25 majNationell helgdagTrångtBoka tidigtStängningar

  1 May, 8 May, Ascension Thursday and Whit Monday are public holidays, and the French bridge the gaps with a day off, the pont. Expect four-day weekends of busy trains, jammed roads and full rooms in towns that draw visitors, and near-total closures on 1 May. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Hellfest weekend, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Hellfest weekend

  17–22 jun · vanligtvisMusikfestivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  The metal festival is at Clisson, forty minutes south, but the rooms it fills are in Nantes and the trains out are standing room. Book anywhere in the city early for the third weekend of June. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: May holidays and ponts (1–25 maj)

Mest folk — Bastille Day (14 juillet), Summer holidays i France

• Festival

  Le Voyage a Nantes

  4 jul – 6 sepSommarsäsongen öppnar

  A green line painted on the pavement links a couple of dozen commissioned works across the city for the summer, most of them free and outdoors. The art changes every year; the line does not. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Bastille Day (14 juillet)

  13–14 julNationell helgdagTrångtStängningar

  14 July is the national holiday: towns hold fireworks on the evening of the 13th or 14th, often with a firemen's ball, a parade or a concert, and banks, offices and many shops close for the day. Källa ↗

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

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Le Voyage a Nantes (4 jul – 6 sep)

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

• Säsong

  Muscadet harvest

  1 sep – 10 okt · vanligtvis

  The vineyards start where the tram ends, and picking runs through September in the villages around Clisson and Vallet. Growers pour in the cellar rather than the tasting room while it lasts.

Pågår fortfarande: Le Voyage a Nantes (4 jul – 6 sep)

Mycket folk — All Saints (autumn) holidays i France, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Muscadet harvest (1 sep – 10 okt (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Le Voyage en hiver, All Saints (autumn) holidays i France

• Festival

  Le Voyage en hiver

  28 nov – 3 jan · vanligtvisJul & nyårTrångt

  The summer art trail gets a winter version: light works through the centre, a market on the Place Royale and the machines on the island running in the dark. The wet cold here is the real one. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Le Voyage en hiver, Christmas holidays i France

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: Le Voyage en hiver (28 nov – 3 jan (vanligtvis))