Edinburgh, Birleşik Krallık: yıl boyunca neler var

Çok kalabalık — Christmas market, Hogmanay

• Kural

  Castle and attraction timed tickets

  1 Oca – 31 AraErken rezervasyon

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Christmas market (15 Kas – 4 Oca (genelde)), Hogmanay (30 Ara – 1 Oca)

Çok kalabalık — Six Nations at Murrayfield, Birleşik Krallık genelinde February half-term

• Festival

  Six Nations at Murrayfield

  1 Şub – 20 Mar · geneldeSpor etkinliğiKalabalıkErken rezervasyon

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 Oca – 31 Ara)

Kalabalık — Six Nations at Murrayfield, burayı dolduran pazarların 4 tanesinde okul tatili

• Tatil

  Easter bank holidays

  3–6 NisPaskalya ve Kutsal HaftaKalabalıkKapanışlar

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 Oca – 31 Ara), Six Nations at Murrayfield (1 Şub – 20 Mar (genelde))

Çok kalabalık — Easter bank holidays, Birleşik Krallık genelinde Easter / spring holiday

• Sezon

  Haar season

  1 Nis – 31 Ağu · geneldeSis sezonuRisk

  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.

• Doğa

  Blossom in the Meadows

  5 Nis – 5 May · geneldeKiraz çiçeği mevsimi

  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. Kaynak ↗

• Doğa

  Seabird season on the Forth

  10 Nis – 25 Tem · geneldeKuş gözlem sezonu

  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. Kaynak ↗

• Festival

  Beltane Fire Festival

  30 NisIşık ve ateş

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 Oca – 31 Ara), Easter bank holidays (3–6 Nis)

Çok kalabalık — Edinburgh Marathon Festival, Birleşik Krallık genelinde Late-May half-term

• Festival

  Edinburgh Marathon Festival

  22–31 May · geneldeSpor etkinliğiKalabalıkKapanışlar

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 Oca – 31 Ara), Haar season (1 Nis – 31 Ağu (genelde)), Blossom in the Meadows (5 Nis – 5 May (genelde)), Seabird season on the Forth (10 Nis – 25 Tem (genelde))

Çok kalabalık — Royal Highland Show, Birleşik Krallık genelinde Late-May half-term

• Festival

  Royal Highland Show

  18–25 Haz · geneldeBüyük festivalKalabalıkErken rezervasyon

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 Oca – 31 Ara), Haar season (1 Nis – 31 Ağu (genelde)), Seabird season on the Forth (10 Nis – 25 Tem (genelde))

Kalabalık — Birleşik Krallık genelinde Summer holidays, burayı dolduran pazarların 6 tanesinde okul tatili

Temmuz ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 Oca – 31 Ara), Haar season (1 Nis – 31 Ağu (genelde)), Seabird season on the Forth (10 Nis – 25 Tem (genelde))

Çok kalabalık — Fringe and International Festival, Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

• Festival

  Fringe and International Festival

  7–31 AğuSanat festivaliKalabalıkErken rezervasyon

  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. Kaynak ↗

• Festival

  Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

  7–29 AğuMüzik festivaliKalabalıkErken rezervasyon

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 Oca – 31 Ara), Haar season (1 Nis – 31 Ağu (genelde))

Ara sezon — burayı dolduran pazarların 3 tanesinde okul tatili, sıradan bir ay

• Açılış

  Doors Open Days

  20–30 Eyl · geneldeBüyük 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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 Oca – 31 Ara)

Kalabalık — Birleşik Krallık genelinde October half-term, burayı dolduran pazarların 3 tanesinde okul tatili

Ekim ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 Oca – 31 Ara)

Kalabalık — Christmas market, burayı dolduran pazarların 2 tanesinde okul tatili

• Festival

  Christmas market

  15 Kas – 4 Oca · geneldeNoel ve yılbaşıKalabalık

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 Oca – 31 Ara)

Çok kalabalık — Christmas market, Hogmanay

• Festival

  Hogmanay

  30 Ara – 1 OcaNoel ve yılbaşıKalabalıkErken rezervasyon

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 Oca – 31 Ara), Christmas market (15 Kas – 4 Oca (genelde))