Where to celebrate a beautiful New Year. Beautiful cities where you can celebrate the New Year
Avid travelers prefer to spend New Year Abroad. Foreign countries charge you with positive energy and give you a lot of emotions and impressions. Below are the most beautiful cities in which to celebrate the New Year 2020.
Tbilisi
In Tbilisi, it is worth celebrating the New Year near the Narikala fortress, from which tourists admire a wonderful view. Then you can visit Freedom Square, where everyone admires the New Year tree. Georgia shines with mouth-watering dishes, so no one will go hungry here. 100 kilometers from Tbilisi is the village of Gudauri, where you can go skiing or snowboarding.
Istanbul
The most beautiful city of Istanbul will give its guests an unforgettable New Year's holiday. You should definitely take a walk along Çakmakçılar Street and then get to the Valide Khan building, which offers a wonderful view of the city. The centers of festive festivities are the Kadikoy district, the Pera quarter, Sultanahmet and Taksim squares.
Riga
In different areas of Riga on the eve of the New Year, many fairs are open selling amazing gifts, souvenirs, and handicrafts. Tourists are advised to book holiday tables in cafes and restaurants in advance, as Riga's dishes attract many people. The New Year 2020 in the Latvian capital is worth celebrating with a festive fireworks display; joy and fun reign on the city streets until the morning.
Zagreb
A significant part of the festive events takes place on the main square of the most beautiful city of Zagreb (Croatia), on Ban Jelacic Square. On New Year's Eve, popular Croatian singers perform here, and at midnight a stunning fireworks display is displayed over the city. Near the capital of Croatia there are many ski resorts where you can have a great time. The most famous resorts are Slem, Platak and Belolasitsa.
Budapest
Budapest is the most beautiful city with a rich history and amazing architecture. Experienced tourists advise celebrating the New Year 2020 in the city park, located near Heroes Square. The park has a large hourglass that turns over at 12 o'clock at night. The city has a lot of luxurious bridges from which travelers can observe the grandiose atmosphere of Budapest.
Bratislava
In the capital of Slovakia, from mid-November they begin to organize holiday fairs, where you can enjoy delicious cabbage soup, potato pancakes, and also buy souvenirs. On December 31st, folk music concerts and Christmas choirs perform. Tourists should definitely visit the most famous castle country - Bratislava Castle and find many city sculptures.
Prague
The most beautiful city of Prague acquires sophistication and sophistication on New Year's Eve. Vacationers should visit what takes place annually on Old Town Square. Here travelers can buy souvenirs and try Czech delicacies and delicacies. There is a tradition of making a wish on the Charles Bridge, as it always comes true. In Prague, you should try the world's juiciest bagels, sold at the Bohemia Bagel cafe.
Warsaw
Poland is considered one of the most beautiful and inexpensive places to celebrate New Year 2020. You can start a fascinating walk around Warsaw from Krakowskie Przedmieście and Castle Square, where the country's most important Christmas tree is erected.
Original entertainment programs and public festivities take place on Constitution Square and near the Palace of Science and Culture. Tourists can stroll through the Old Town, where there are restaurants, cafes and souvenir shops. The Polish capital is famous for its pedestrian street, the Royal Route, where there are a lot of magnificent cathedrals, palaces and churches.
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There is very little time left until the New Year, but you are still not in the festive mood? We've put together a guide for you on 20 the best sites cities where you can find that magical feeling of the approaching holiday.
Take part in the carnival, buy gifts, make your own New Year's toy, see the most beautiful Christmas trees, drink hot mulled wine, watch ice ballet or listen to jazz - everyone will find something to their liking.
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During the Journey to Christmas festival, Novopushkinsky Square will turn into Royal Square.
It will be decorated with two-meter figures of queens from different eras and cultures, with which guests will be able to take a “royal” selfie. An art object in the form of the famous “Moscow” cake, a dessert symbol of the Russian capital, will be placed here. Here you can also see an upside-down Christmas tree and become the conductor of a cat choir: laser interactive installations of cats perform a concert to classical music and react to movements and touches, changing color and sound. Wooden rocking horses were installed for children.
For those who have not yet found gifts, there will be a fair where they will sell woolen socks, knitted mittens, hats, scarves and snoods, as well as felt Christmas tree decorations.
Where: Novopushkinsky Square
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Novopushkinsky Square, Moscow
Ice Rink, Gift Shop, Theater
On Pushkinskaya Square you can admire the magical forest that will “grow” around the fountain. Street theater actors will perform several performances and perform performances, in which spectators will also be invited to participate. On weekends and holidays there will be a special Christmas program from circus and dance groups.
You can also rent skates here for free. Experienced instructors will help children who are just mastering the skill of skating.
In the fair houses you will be offered to try traditional Russian cuisine and choose New Year's decorations.
Where: Pushkinskaya Square
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A big fair will take place at Muzeon. Here you can choose a fluffy Christmas tree and gifts: holiday decorations, designer clothes, warm felt boots, mittens, sweaters from Scandinavia and much more. In addition, you can make a unique gift with your own hands at numerous master classes: for example, you can come up with and make your own snowman or Christmas tree toy.
Every day during the fair, everyone will be taught how to play unusual games: gigantoball, broomball, felt shooting range, slingshot with plush toys, box hockey, frisbee golf and ogosport.
Musicians and DJs are responsible for the festive atmosphere. The food court, which will delight you with gingerbread cookies, hot tea, burgers and pancakes, will also help create a festive mood.
Where: Muzeon Park
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Towards the end of the Year of Literature, an exhibition dedicated to Nikolai Gogol’s story “The Night Before Christmas” will open at the Battle of Borodino Panorama Museum.
Editions from different years will be presented here: from the very first, published back in 1832, to modern editions with colorful illustrations. Costumes of that era, combined with household items and views of St. Petersburg at the beginning of the 19th century, will allow visitors to plunge into the time when Nikolai Vasilyevich created his story.
Cinema of the 20th century could not ignore Gogol’s colorful, picturesque and adventure-filled work. Both cartoons and film adaptations appeared. Visitors will get acquainted with preparatory materials for filming in the 1960s, and will also see fragments of the film and the cartoon of the same name on the screen of a reconstructed Soviet cinema.
Where: Panorama Museum “Battle of Borodino”
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The Soviet era is in no way inferior to the era of Imperial Russia in terms of the variety of Christmas tree decorations. The State Darwin Museum will tell you what themes and images in the design of Christmas tree decorations were popular in Soviet time. The exhibition features more than a hundred Christmas tree decorations from the 1930s to 1960s, New Year cards and carnival masks.
You will be able to see traditional five-pointed stars and space-themed toys, which became popular after Gagarin’s flight. Also presented here is a collection of toys based on Pushkin’s fairy tales, released in 1955 for the 120th anniversary of Alexander Sergeevich. Remember the song about the five minutes left until the New Year? The clock counting down this time from the movie “Carnival Night” can also be seen in the exhibition. And, of course, a variety of products made from cotton wool, glass and foam.
Where: State Darwin Museum
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The V Moscow International Festival Christmas Fest will be held at the Moscow International House of Music from December 17 to January 10. One of the most popular festivals every year delights its guests with the best musical groups.
The program opens with the Moscow Russian Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Dmitry Yurovsky. This evening they will perform two versions of the famous ode “To Joy” by Friedrich Schiller: Symphony No. 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven with a final chorus on the ode and a cantata by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky on the words of the same ode for four soloists, choir and orchestra.
On January 8, you will be able to hear a concert by one of the most famous jazz pianists, Daniil Kramer. He will play with his jazz trio.
And on December 22 they will show the children's ballet “12 months” to the music of P.I. Tchaikovsky staged by the State Classical Ballet Ensemble “Russian Seasons”
Where: Moscow International House of Music
Gift shop
The festive fair on Manezhnaya Square will be divided into 11 time zones, and each fair house will present products from the best manufacturers one of the regions of the country.
There will also be an interactive exhibition where you can take a trip into history and compare your New Year's gifts with those that Moscow residents received at the beginning of the 20th century. Or receive New Year greetings, for example, from Catherine the Great or the head of state of the Soviet era.
If you don’t know what to cook for the New Year’s table, come to the fair for recipes for festive dishes from the 19th or early 20th centuries.
Where: Manezhnaya Square
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"Island of the Enchanted Forest" - big skating rink on Revolution Square - one of the main venues of the Journey to Christmas festival. From December 18 to January 10, an ice ballet choreographed by figure skater Pyotr Chernyshev will be shown here twice a day.
The atmosphere of the holiday is perfectly conveyed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s ballets “The Nutcracker” and “Swan Lake”. The first one can be seen during the day, and the second one in the evening. Russian and foreign figure skating stars take part in the performances, and the stands can accommodate up to 3,000 spectators.
Festival guests will be able to skate on the ice in the morning and between performances. They will also organize warm locker room and skate rental.
In the Enchanted Forest, street theater actors will also stage interactive performances with the participation of everyone. Like many other venues, you will be able to purchase New Year’s decorations and souvenirs at Revolution Square.
Where: Revolution Square
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Revolution Square, Moscow
Twelve houses will be erected at the Island of Mastery festival. In each of them you can see the work of a master. A blacksmith will forge a horseshoe for good luck, a potter will fashion a pot or plate in front of you. All these amazing handmade things can be purchased here.
If you have long wanted to try to create something with your own hands, then come to themed “alphabet” master classes. Each letter of the alphabet is a master class in a specific craft. Every day, masters conduct classes whose names begin with a certain letter: A - applique, B - beading, C - knitting, G - pottery, and so on.
For those who believe in omens, the main art object of the fair will be erected - a huge horseshoe, with which you can take a photo.
Where: st. Nikolskaya
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Nikolskaya, Moscow
Gift shop
A real Italian courtyard will be set up on the site in front of the Bolshoi Theater, where you can not only watch performances, but also become actors in musical productions of fairy tales. Museum named after M.I. Glinka will also open its branch on the square. This exhibition will show visitors how musical instruments from China, Africa and many other countries work.
The fair on this “island” is also themed. Here you can purchase a variety of sheet music or even choose a musical instrument to suit your taste. If you prefer to enjoy music performed by musicians rather than play it yourself, then be sure to purchase vinyl records. Books on the history of music or unusual music boxes would be an excellent gift.
Where: Theater Square
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The carnival fair and master classes on making masks will be held on Kamergersky Lane. Here you can also buy theatrical and National costumes, masks and other carnival attributes.
At the author's master classes, guests will be taught how to operate puppets, make theatrical puppets and masks, and will also reveal the secrets of creating the most unusual holiday outfits and makeup. Original and spectacular photographs can be taken with tantamaresques from famous theater performances - at photo booths with a hole for the face.
Where: Kamergersky Lane
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This site is dedicated to the main symbol of the New Year and Christmas - the Christmas tree. There are seven of them on the “Island of the Festive Tree,” and on them the capital’s designers compete in the art of decoration.
Embassies will present their vision of the ideal holiday tree different countries and fashion brands. Festival guests will be told how to decorate a homemade holiday tree in an unusual and tasteful way.
Here you will also be able to choose Christmas tree decorations and holiday decor items, original gifts for the whole family, which you can immediately pack: there is a packaging center on site.
In addition, everyone will be able to make a gift for themselves and their loved ones; master classes on making New Year's toys and souvenirs will help them with this.
Where: Kuznetsky Most, 6/3, square in front of TsUM
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Kuznetsky Most, 6/3, Moscow
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On the “Island of Sweet Tooths” you will be able to try sweets from all over the world.
Visitors can expect real Russian chocolate, Italian cannoli, Japanese seaweed sweets, and oriental baklava. The aroma of homemade baking will reign on the site: every day pies and homemade bread will be baked in a real Russian oven, and master classes from bakers and confectioners will be held.
And on the “Island of Oriental Sweets” oriental delicacies, exotic spices, pastries and souvenirs will be sold. There you can watch a fire show and even ride a camel. In addition, there will be a Christmas tree market, a Baklava photo booth and an exhibition of paintings on the island.
Where: “Island of the Sweet Tooth” on Klimentovsky Lane, “Island of Oriental Sweets” on Semenovskaya Square
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Semenovskaya Square, Moscow
Sweet Tooth Island
Klimentovsky Lane, Moscow
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During the New Year holidays, street actors will present more than 10 unique programs. Theater groups will entertain guests at the Journey to Christmas festival venues. On the opening day they will gather on Pushkin Square.
The main participants of the festival will be the street theaters “Svetlitsa”, Paranorma and Pololo, and the headliner will be “Fire People”. The artists of this group will try on the images of fjoks - the inhabitants of the snowy New Year's islands.
Fjoki swirl among the audience, glow mysteriously and look like huge living brushes. They unexpectedly explode firecrackers and create a hurricane of confetti,” says Gera Spichkin, co-founder of the Fire People theater.
The Paranorma group will perform the play “Snowy Blizzard”. Its participants combine choreography, acrobatics and vocals using designer images into the show. Artists from the Pololo Theater together with the Santa Claus orchestra will march in a parade from Novopushkinsky Square to Pushkinskaya Square.
Where: Pushkinskaya Square, Novopushkinsky Square
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The Nativity scene is a small theater made of three-dimensional figures dedicated to the theme of Christmas. The festival will bring together many of the most unusual incarnations of the same scene.
It will also be possible to watch such performances live; all shows will be free.
Where: Vadkovsky lane, 3
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Vadkovsky Lane, 3, Moscow
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All over the world, people celebrate the arrival of the New Year in much the same way - with spectacular fireworks, street celebrations, music and dancing, as well as luxurious feasts and drinks. However, every country has something special and different from others. Of all the locations featured, from Times Square in New York to an amazing dance party in South Africa, you are sure to find the city that is right for you for an unforgettable New Year's celebration.
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Paris, France
There is nothing more romantic than looking at New Year's Eve incredible light show and fireworks on the famous Eiffel Tower in Paris or use one of river cruises along the Seine if a more intimate location with more privacy suits your needs.
No matter what your idea of a perfect New Year's Eve is, the streets of the City of Light really come alive on this night with thousands of people ringing in the New Year with lots of champagne and dancing the night away. In addition to the big show, small fireworks can be legally sold in Paris, which means an abundance of sound and color on the streets all New Year's Eve until the morning.
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London, Great Britain
London's big New Year's Eve celebrations include an elaborate light show accompanied by the chimes of Big Ben, which attracts more than 250,000 visitors lining the banks of the River Thames, along with a range of parties and clubs to choose from.
The city's three-hour show extravaganza features around 10,000 performers who will sing you the New Year's song "Auld Lang Syne". The party continues throughout the night and segues into January 1st, when a parade of marching bands parade through the city, colorful carnival floats carry costumed dancers and the Queen's horses prance. The best places on earth to watch New Year's Eve shows are at Victoria Embankment, Waterloo or Westminster Bridge - and on the water you can enjoy a cruise on the Thames.
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Sydney, Australia
Sydney is one of the first cities on the planet to welcome the New Year, so it's no surprise that the city has such a wide variety of options for celebrating.
In Sydney Harbour, you can join boats filled with revelers to watch the fireworks extravaganza overhead at midnight. Or book a table at one of the many restaurants on the waterfront side of the Sydney Harbor Bridge. You can also try smoking ceremonies, air flights, mini light shows and lighted boat parades. There is also a big dance party on Bondi Beach.
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New York, New York
For more than a century, a huge sparkling ball has been lowered into Times Square on New Year's Eve. At 11:59 pm on December 31st, the time ball begins its descent from a 23-meter height, before thousands of confetti explode into the city sky for one of the largest New Year's parties on the planet. As a rule, more than a million people come here to watch great music shows, as well as leave their wishes and write down plans for the coming year on a special wall.
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More than half a million people come to Melbourne for an exciting New Year's celebration. There are two official fireworks displays, including the one that opens the evening ceremonies at Yarra Park. At midnight, a stunning light show illuminates the entire city with colorful rockets launched from the rooftops around central square, and also from Victoria Harbour.
Throughout the city there are numerous live performances by local folk musicians, a procession of Brazilian samba dancers in Federation Square, and performances by street performers and celebrities along the coastline. Visitors can enjoy carnival rides and all types of sporting events.
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New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
New Orleans is a very popular place to celebrate New Year's Eve. Chic parties are held here, and here you can see one of the best
New Year's fireworks displays across the US with an incredible kaleidoscope of colors cascading across the Mississippi. The 15-minute show is the highlight of the gala evening, which includes the famous Fleur-de-Lys drop, which is reminiscent of the Times Square ball drop. The festivities continue until dawn, with live music in all the bars and clubs of the French Quarter.
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Bangkok is an amazing international city that is well known for its celebrations and parties. And this is one of the best places in Asia to celebrate the New Year. December 31st is a holiday everywhere in Bangkok, every bar and nightclub is filled with holidaymakers. But the biggest event takes place at Central World Square, where several hundred thousand people gather to watch the spectacular light show and live concert.
A number of restaurants hold their gala dinners on the rooftop, you can sip champagne and watch the magnificent fireworks display, or you can stay in one of the endless beer gardens outside. Those traveling to Bangkok with family can also find a great place for New Year's Eve - Asiatique. night market for all ages, which is considered one of the most popular places to count down to the New Year.
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City of Valparaiso, cultural capital Chile, located in the hills along the Pacific Ocean. Here you can spend an extravagant New Year's Eve. Valparaiso hosts a three-day festival that attracts about a million visitors. People come here to see with their own eyes the famous fireworks display - the largest in Latin America.
To ensure that the coming year brings good luck, locals wear yellow underwear, eat a dozen grapes at midnight, and put a 1,000-peso bill in their shoes. Fireworks are launched from 17 different points along the coast between Valparaiso and Viña del Mar. New Year's Eve also begins a dance party that lasts until dawn, and sometimes continues throughout the next day.
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The beautiful Scottish city of Edinburgh is famous for its annual Hoganay Hoopla, which means "celebration on the last day of the year." It lasts for four days and includes a torchlight procession throughout the city, concerts, and a huge street party on Princess Street. It is difficult to find a city where the New Year is celebrated with the same enthusiasm.
The words of Robert Burns in the song "The Good Old Days" take on special meaning when they are sung on the streets of Edinburgh. At midnight, one of the world's largest fireworks displays takes place here with a magnificent Edinburgh Castle as a background. New Year's parties continue even after dawn. Activities on January 1 include a running competition " Royal Mile", diving into ice water river Fors, dog sled competitions and others.
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Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona is the party capital of Spain and on the last day of the year you can see the best of it. A few hours before midnight, massive street celebrations begin in Plaza Catalunya, Las Ramblas and Plaza Reyal, with huge crowds singing and sipping champagne as they count down the minutes and seconds until the New Year.
Restaurants, bars and nightclubs hold special events to celebrate the New Year, and fireworks light up the sky at the far end of Barceloneta Beach. You just need to find a place near the harbor for better review and stay here for the entire first week of the New Year to see the Three Kings Parade with its brightly colored chariots and torchlight procession.
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Reykjavik, Iceland
Reykjavik may be one of the coldest places to celebrate New Year's, but Iceland's capital will give you the hottest New Year's celebration on the planet. Locals leave the citywide celebration, which begins at 6pm, to attend Mass in Reykjavik Cathedral or listen to it on the radio, and then share New Year's Eve dinner with family and friends. Then they go outside to stand near the lit bonfires, which are intended to symbolize the burning of the problems of the past year.
Thousands of fireworks light up the sky from all corners of the city. For gatherings around the fires, a lot of food and drinks are prepared, folk songs are played here, and people are dressed up in elf and troll costumes. Sometimes northern lights complements the effects of pyrotechnics. At 5 o'clock in the morning, locals line up for hot dogs and strong drinks and then continue to have fun.
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The cultural capital of Brazil is best known for its colorful and noisy Carnival, but New Year's celebrations are also celebrated on a grand scale. The city's famous Copacabana Beach hosts a number of events. For parties along the coastline, giant stages are set up, music is played, and people dress up in extravagant carnival-style costumes.
It features traditional dance performances and attractions that keep visitors entertained throughout the evening. More than two million people fill the beach dressed in white. This color is believed to bring good luck in the coming year. They drink champagne, dance samba and send handfuls of flowers into the ocean as a gift to the goddess of the seas. During the countdown to New Year's Eve, the ocean is illuminated by thousands of dazzling fireworks launched from boats.
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Hong Kong boasts one of the best fireworks displays on earth, an amazing pyrotechnics show that lasts eight minutes, bathing Victoria Harbor in light and music, and a Times Square-style countdown with the replica ball dropping at midnight.
If you want to borrow a good place To see this show, be sure to arrive at least eight hours before New Year's Eve for the official opening. The best views will delight spectators in a boat on the water, but if you are on land, then choose the Avenue of Stars in Tsim Sha Tsui in Kowloon or the bars in Lan Kwai Fong, this is also wonderful places to celebrate the New Year.
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Bratislava, Slovakia
In the capital of Slovakia - Bratislava, in the medieval Old Town on New Year's Eve more than 10,000 people gather for concerts under open air, dance parties and fireworks shows on the Danube River. Several stages are located throughout the area, featuring the best local bands, dance troupes and various performers.
The entertainment continues all night long. Old city divided into a “concert” zone - for those who want to enjoy music and a “party zone” - for those people who want to socialize. New Year's celebrations in other capital cities around the world are being broadcast on huge screens.
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Dubai, UAE
The 2014 New Year's Eve celebrations in Dubai earned a Guinness World Record for having the largest fireworks display of all time, with 479,651 fireworks fired in six minutes from 400 locations along the Dubai coastline.
On New Year's Eve you can receive unforgettable experience from the performances of world superstars and noisy and crowded, but amazing parties, which, as we know, are very different from all the parties in the world in terms of luxury and grandeur. Best place with the best views is the luxury Burj Al Arab hotel.
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Vienna, Austria
If you're looking for a cultural celebration on New Year's Day, Vienna New Year's Eve offers classical music concerts featuring performances of the world's best symphonies. Although, in this city you can find more entertainment than just concerts. The center organizes festivities that start at 2 pm and last long after midnight. Lots of hot mulled wine, caramel and apples delight holiday guests. And when the bells of the tower of St. Stephen's Cathedral ring, a fireworks show begins over the Prater Park.
You can take a cruise along the Danube, so you can see a beautiful panorama of New Year's Vienna. This a good option holiday if you want to save energy on January 1st, when a gigantic crowd gathers in front of City Hall to watch the famous Vienna Philharmonic New Year's concert on a huge television screen.
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Saint-Petersburg, Russia
The magnificent boulevards and bridges of St. Petersburg are even more stunning when they are covered in white snow and illuminated with holiday lights. The Hermitage is especially beautiful on New Year's Eve, when it is surrounded by crowds waiting for the fireworks show over the Neva. During the countdown, people send hundreds of paper lanterns into the night sky while enjoying a glass of New Year's champagne.
As you know, in Russia they celebrate Catholic Christmas on December 25, then the New Year itself, and later Orthodox Christmas on January 7, which means that this time is considered the tourist “high” season. Pay attention also to the streets of the city, Nevsky Prospekt is decorated with dazzling lights and all kinds of Santa Clauses.
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Hawaii, USA
If you want to celebrate the New Year later than everyone else on Earth, then Hawaiian Islands are great place where you should wait for him. Enjoy tropical climate and dazzling beach fireworks displays.
Light shows are held here to illuminate coastline on almost all islands. Bars and clubs host themed parties and open-air music concerts. A wide range of river cruises will allow you to find your own fun way to celebrate the New Year.
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Cape Town, South Africa
In Cape Town, you have the chance to ring in the New Year at the top of one of the most impressive natural wonders in the world. You can celebrate at the top of Table Mountain until 12:30 the next day, enjoying panoramic views of the fireworks display on the V&A Waterfront. Or join those who preferred a music concert.
A carnival train, live music and plenty of other entertainment, including DJs in the Cape, await you on New Year's Eve in this city. On New Year's Day and the day after there is a parade with 10,000 participants singing and dancing in the streets.
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Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Las Vegas is one big party all the time, but on New Year's Eve it attracts over 300,000 visitors. From 6 pm on December 31 famous street The Strip is closed to traffic and open to those who would like to celebrate the New Year here, walking, drinking champagne and watching the many fireworks that are launched from nearby rooftops.
Live performances by musical groups, pyrotechnic and laser shows, the transformation of the main square into a giant street festival - this set of events will not let you get bored. Most hotels, clubs and bars also prepare their own special shows and special New Year's events.
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Berlin, Germany
The German capital deservedly has a reputation as a party town, having celebrated non-stop since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. On New Year's Eve, more than one million people attend the "Miele Party", which extends into the distance from the Brandenburg Gate. It is not surprising that Berlin is one of the best cities where you can celebrate the New Year.
There are plenty of music venues, food and drink stalls where you can sip mulled wine or beer and try local German specialties such as Currywurst - pork sausage with curry and ketchup. At midnight, revelers can enjoy fireworks before heading to any of the dance clubs where parties can last over 12 hours.
New Year is one of the most anticipated holidays of the year on the entire planet; it brings with it new opportunities, plans and achievements. Many of us celebrate the New Year in a traditional home atmosphere among family and friends, but it is increasingly happening that people decide to spend this holiday in a new original place, where unusual scenarios are born by themselves. We present to your attention 10 interesting places, where you can go for the New Year.
1. Sydney, Australia
The first and one of the most major cities on our list is Sydney, Australia. The city's main harbor (Sydney Harbor) will be lit up with fireworks on New Year's Eve, and one of the original advantages of the celebration here will be the summer weather. Wonderful architectural location Opera House and the Harbors provide a very picturesque backdrop to the night lights in the warm skies. If you're not a fan of street partying, an alternative way to admire the night sky extravaganza is by boat.
2. Tokyo, Japan
If you are planning to celebrate the New Year in Tokyo, keep in mind that the celebrations there last much longer than is customary here, and will last for a week (from December 29 to January 4). Wherein most of the city will also celebrate and relax, but many restaurants and bars, of course, will work to the delight of vacationers. Fireworks, dancing and singing, and traditional New Year's noodles (Toshikoshi Soba), whose long strings symbolize a long and healthy life - this is the recipe for a successful New Year in Tokyo. In addition, only on January 1 (one of two days during the year) you have the opportunity to look at imperial palace, whose doors will be open to everyone.
3. Koh Phangan, Thailand
If you are a party lover, then the best place to celebrate the New Year will be the bustling island of Koh Phangan. Known throughout the world for its endless dancing and festive atmosphere, this Thai island traditionally brings the heat on New Year's Eve. Every year more than 50,000 people come here to plunge headlong into the rhythms of the dance floors. The secret to the popularity of this resort for partygoers is its light and relaxed atmosphere, which permeates every inch here. Do not forget to take care of tickets for all types of local transport in advance, at this time of year many Thais take their vacations, and it will be much more difficult to do this on the spot.
4. Edinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh can rightfully boast of the uniqueness of its New Year's traditions; here even the New Year is called by an ancient word - Hogmanay. Hogmanay celebrations last three to four nights, starting with a grand torchlight procession on December 30th through the streets of Edinburgh, which has its roots in pagan times. Many Scots still adhere to the ancient tradition of “first in”, according to which the first person to enter your home should certainly be a man with dark hair (this tradition originated in Viking times, when a blond guest could bring problems with him).
5. Paris, France
Paris is a city where there is always the perfect option for everyone. Looking for adventure? Means, V am - on the Champs Elysees and Montmartre: it is always crowded, fun and, at the same time, there are excellent fireworks. Not enough bright impressions? A huge number of chic cabarets are at your service. For gourmets, Paris will offer a huge variety of places where exquisite professional chefs will satisfy any request. The epicenter of Parisian street celebrations will traditionally be Champs-Elysees. Paris is dotted with bars, clubs, restaurants, where you can drink and dance the night away.
6. Barcelona, Spain
Unlike most countries, parties in Barcelona don't start until midnight, and during the New Year's chimes it is customary to try grapes from twelve different bunches. Unlike many others major cities, in Barcelona there are no specific places where it is customary to celebrate the New Year. This is due to the long-standing tradition of gathering for family dinner on this night. Also great option- go to a restaurant. Be prepared to be offered a special New Year's or set menu for more high price. After the festive dinner, most of the city, especially young people, go to clubs and bars to continue the celebration, which will last until the next morning.
7. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Like many things in Rio de Janeiro, New Year's celebrations begin on Copacabana Beach. Unbridled parties at the top and bottom of it famous beach, a mix of different genres of music will make anyone party all night long. This year, in addition to the traditional 11 barges with 1,200 fireworks, there will be four installations on the beach part, each of which will have its own mini-fireworks. This decade is very important for Brazil; by fate, two large-scale sporting events will be held here in the new decade - the World Cup (2014) and the Olympic Games (2016). So this New Year's Rio will be fantastic, noisy and fun.8. Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
The uniqueness of the celebration is this Canadian town lies in its magnificent landscapes against the backdrop of the famous Niagara Falls. Most people (about 30,000 thousand) go to Queen Victoria Park on New Year's Eve, one of the busiest places. There's live music and two rounds of fireworks (at 9pm for the kids and a repeat at midnight for the adults). The headliner of the New Year's concert will be the living rock legend Styx. If you don't feel like freezing outside, there are plenty of options and cozy settings to choose from. The Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort offers entertainment for those who like a more secluded atmosphere of relaxation, and for families, in addition to the noisy festivities in Queen Victoria Park, there is a great option to spend time in Clifton Hill.
9. Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
For a while New Year's holidays The main road will be closed to traffic, and at midnight the sky will be lit up with gorgeous fireworks from the roofs of seven hotels and casinos. In addition to a large-scale celebration on the main street of the city, many clubs and casinos will offer a large number of own parties. Each club and bar will traditionally prepare for its guests a special show program for the whole night (including one of the biggest concerts of this year by Jay-Z and Coldplay in the new building of the Cosmopolitan casino (Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas casino and resort). But the biggest party in Las Vegas happens right on the city's main streets. Immediately after midnight and the end of the fireworks, all casinos will close their doors to non-guests, and it will be difficult to get into the nearest bar or club due to the lack of empty seats. As with all things New Year's in this busy city, plan your route ahead of time.
10. New York, USA
And of course, this list would not be complete without magnificent city NY. For more than 100 years, people have gathered in Times Square to watch the giant ball drop show. More than 1 million people attend this free event, with twice as many watching on TV around the world. To get a good place to contemplate this truly fantastic spectacle, people arrive much earlier. Passage with backpacks and alcohol is prohibited, so you can replenish your supplies if necessary only in the nearest restaurants, bars and hotels. If you're staying in Manhattan for the celebration, there are also several restaurants and hotels in the area where you can also see the famous ball drop. New York boldly offers entertainment for everyone for every taste, and New Year's Eve should be especially spectacular.
New Year is a special evening for each of us. Something magical always happens on New Year's Eve; every continent, every country and city has its own peculiarities of celebrating this wonderful celebration. If you have a chance to join the New Year celebration in an unusual and new place, be sure to take this opportunity, and you definitely won’t regret it!
We don't have long to wait for the New Year to arrive and we are all prepared to celebrate it in different ways - some at home with their family, some with friends somewhere far from home... From this collection you will learn about the most unusual places to celebrate the New Year!
So, we will start from a place where celebrating the New Year is not only unusual, but also completely illogical, although there are people who are interested in celebrating the New Year this way) We are talking about celebrating the New Year in a caravan crossing the Sahara Desert! What is needed for this? Just book a budget desert tour in Morocco (10 days - about $400) and rent a camel, and the desert itself will take care of the rest. Spend some time reflecting on the past year, and then ring in the New Year as loudly as you can, without fear of disturbing anyone, because there is only sand around...
If celebrating the New Year in a noisy company is not for you, you can clean up the house... This is what residents of Edinburgh, Scotland do every Christmas Eve. For what? It turns out that such a “celebration” is dictated by the long-standing Scottish tradition of entering the New Year “fresh”, freed from everything unnecessary that bothered us last year, with the hope that the coming year will be better than the outgoing one
That's why the Scots first thoroughly clean the house, and then send boys into town with sheep skins. They go from house to house, chanting traditional Gaelic tunes and beating the sheepskin with a stick. Fortunately, if all this traditional beating gets boring, there are many parties held on the streets of Scotland, connected, first of all, with the annual lifting of the public ban on drinking alcoholic beverages only for this night) Thus, you can “celebrate” the New Year until 6 o’clock in the morning
Even more strangely, the New Year is celebrated in Venezuela... How do you usually prepare for the New Year? Stock up on food and drinks, buy gifts, maybe take a shower, etc. At this time, Venezuelans wear their best yellow underwear - this is due to the fact that in Venezuela yellow is considered the color of wealth and local residents sincerely believe that such a “tradition” will certainly bring them good luck in the coming year)
I would like to celebrate the New Year in some magical place? In this case, Goa, the smallest state of India, washed by the waters of the Arabian Sea, may be suitable for you. The climate here is humid, dirty and generally disgusting for six months, but around October everything calms down and the plants very quickly grow to incredible sizes, which makes Goa look like some kind of fairy garden until April, when the next “rainy” period begins. It is not surprising that at this time hippies and just tourists flock here from all over the world in search of a “New Year’s” fairy tale.
The hottest place to celebrate the New Year is, of course, the small island of Guam in Pacific Ocean. January temperatures in this remote corner our planet reaches 80 degrees Celsius, so the main “New Year’s” activities here are diving and swimming, and swimming trunks/shorts or a swimsuit are quite suitable as a holiday costume)
Do you like to celebrate the New Year loudly? Then you have a direct route to Japan! If you immediately imagined crowds of Japanese counting down the last seconds of the passing year with champagne in hand, then you were a little mistaken) In fact, in Japan there is a tradition of celebrating the New Year by ringing bells, and not small bells, but huge temple bells. On New Year's Day, every Japanese temple rings its bells 108 times! Imagine the ringing that arises when, in an instant, thousands of temples scattered across the islands begin to ring their bells...
Don't have enough time to fully celebrate the New Year? Go to China) Although it is worth remembering that New Year's celebrations in China begin only on February 14 (and not on December 31, as we are used to) and last 15 days! During this period of time, all of China is illuminated with red lanterns, and colorful demonstrations roll through the streets in waves. The day before the celebration begins, Chinese families gather for a massive food feast, after which everyone chooses any red item to wear for the entire 15 days of the celebration...
One more Asian country, popular among tourists at the end of December, is Thailand, in the capital of which, Bangkok, you can celebrate the New Year according to three traditions at once - Western, Chinese and Thai!
The world's largest New Year's party is held in Brazil, on the 4-kilometer Copacabana beach (Rio de Janeiro) and is second in size only to the Brazilian annual Carnival) Last year, the main guest of the New Year's festivities in Brazil was Madonna - this event gathered more than 2 million people dressed in all white and that's not the limit!
Imagine a real living white sea with burning lighters and screens moving to the beat of the music mobile phones, which has no end and edge, add to this a lot of fireworks, continuous dancing and a carnival atmosphere - the result is the most spectacular New Year's party in the world!
One more famous place to celebrate the New Year is New York's Times Square, which has gained worldwide fame for the massiveness and entertainment of festive events
More than a million people come to watch the traditional descent of the crystal ball, accompanied by fireworks, heralding the beginning of the new year!
If you like fireworks (and few people don't), celebrating the New Year in Australia is just for you! After all, Australians are the first on our planet to welcome the coming year, and in order not to lose face, Sydneysiders put on a fireworks show against the backdrop of the Sydney Opera House, which has no equal in scale and beauty anywhere else in the world! More beautiful photos You will find festive fireworks in the photo post New Year's fireworks
It all begins on December 31 at 13.00 with a shot from a cannon installed in the bay, and does not subside until the morning of January 1
Last year, Sydney authorities spent more than $5 million on the New Year's fireworks show, and almost a million took part in the New Year's celebrations local residents and tourists - let's see what happens this year)
The best place to celebrate the New Year in the UK is, of course, the Thames embankment in the London Eye, where last year about a million people also gathered for a fascinating fireworks show
Some fireworks are launched directly from Ferris wheel capsules
In fact, there are still many places in the world that gather such huge crowds of people for the New Year, for example Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, or rather the 17th of June street right behind them, where cheerful celebrations with fireworks do not subside all night from December 31st to January 1st, light shows, dancing and beer)
Fireworks against the backdrop of a sculptural group crowning Brandenburg Gate
The most romantic place to celebrate the New Year is the Parisian Champs Elysees with a view of the Eiffel Tower dressed in a festive “garb” (during the holiday, the lighting of the tower changes dramatically, which is facilitated by the modern luminescence installed on it) and thousands of fireworks flying above it...
Well, the wildest New Year’s parties are held, of course, in Las Vegas on the seven-kilometer Strip, where hundreds of thousands of people gather on the evening of December 31 with the goal of spending the Old Year and celebrating the New Year as unforgettably as possible!
In addition to the above, there are still plenty of interesting places to celebrate the New Year - no one forbids you to celebrate it, for example, in a secluded house somewhere deep in the mountains, or somewhere else in nature. Where to celebrate the end of 2010 and the beginning of 2011 is up to you, but we want this event to be remembered for something good, unforgettable, and for the next year to make your deepest dreams come true! Happy New Year!
