På gång i Zakopane, Poland under året

Mest folk — Ski jumping World Cup, Polish winter school holidays

• Festival

  Ski jumping World Cup

  12–28 jan · vanligtvisSportevenemangTrångtBoka tidigt

  The Wielka Krokiew fills with tens of thousands of Poles for a January weekend, flares and all. It has been the town's biggest event since 1980 and the dates are set late. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Polish winter school holidays

  15 jan – 28 feb · vanligtvisTrångt

  The regions take their two weeks in rotation from mid-January to the end of February, so six weeks of school holidays land here back to back. It is the busiest stretch of the winter. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Halny wind (1 okt – 30 apr (vanligtvis)), Winter smog (15 nov – 15 mar (vanligtvis)), Ski season (15 dec – 31 mar (vanligtvis)), Christmas and New Year crush (22 dec – 4 jan (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — resenärer beskriver det som högsäsong, Polish winter school holidays

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Polish winter school holidays (15 jan – 28 feb (vanligtvis)), Halny wind (1 okt – 30 apr (vanligtvis)), Winter smog (15 nov – 15 mar (vanligtvis)), Ski season (15 dec – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Easter break i Poland, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Helg

  Easter

  4–6 aprStängningarTrångt

  Easter Sunday and Easter Monday are public holidays and nearly all shops close on both, with early closing on Holy Saturday, when families carry baskets of eggs and bread to church to be blessed. Many Poles travel home or to the mountains for the long weekend. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Halny wind (1 okt – 30 apr (vanligtvis)), Winter smog (15 nov – 15 mar (vanligtvis)), Ski season (15 dec – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Easter, Majówka, the May long weekend

• Helg

  Majówka, the May long weekend

  29 apr – 5 maj · vanligtvisNationell helgdagTrångtStängningarBoka tidigt

  1 May and 3 May are public holidays, and many Poles take the days between to make a week-long break. Shops close on both holidays, trains and coaches fill, and hotels in the mountains, on the coast and in the most visited cities book up early. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Easter (4–6 apr), Halny wind (1 okt – 30 apr (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Majówka, the May long weekend, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Majówka, the May long weekend (29 apr – 5 maj (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Summer holidays i Poland, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  Tatra trail season

  15 jun – 15 okt · vanligtvis

  The high routes and the chained sections of the Orla Perc clear from about the middle of June to mid-October. Morskie Oko is walkable most of the year and queued for all of it.

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

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Tatra trail season (15 jun – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Tatra trail season (15 jun – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Tatra trail season (15 jun – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — All Saints' Day, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  Halny wind

  1 okt – 30 apr · vanligtvisVindsäsongRisk

  The Tatra foehn comes over the ridge warm and violent, takes roofs and whole stands of spruce with it, and closes the cable car. Locals blame it for their headaches and are probably right.

• Helg

  All Saints' Day

  31 okt – 2 novNationell helgdagStängningar

  1 November is a public holiday when shops close and families travel to their home towns to visit graves. Cemeteries glow with thousands of candles after dark, roads are jammed on the days around it and flower and candle stalls line the approaches to every cemetery. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Tatra trail season (15 jun – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — All Saints' Day, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Risk

  Winter smog

  15 nov – 15 mar · vanligtvis

  A resort at the foot of a national park with some of the worst winter air in Poland: coal stoves in the valley and no wind to move it. The Tatra ridges above it are clear. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Halny wind (1 okt – 30 apr (vanligtvis)), All Saints' Day (31 okt – 2 nov)

Mest folk — Christmas and New Year crush, Christmas break i Poland

• Säsong

  Ski season

  15 dec – 31 mar · vanligtvis

  Kasprowy Wierch is the serious end and it is a cable car with a queue, not a lift system; Nosal and the local hills are the rest. Snow is reliable at the top, patchy in the town.

• Helg

  Christmas and New Year crush

  22 dec – 4 jan · vanligtvisJul & nyårTrångtBoka tidigt

  Half of Poland comes to the mountains for the holidays and Krupowka is a slow-moving crowd from morning to midnight. Beds triple in price and the road from Krakow can take five hours. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Halny wind (1 okt – 30 apr (vanligtvis)), Winter smog (15 nov – 15 mar (vanligtvis))