Regardless of how old we are, in the New Year everyone wants to be in a fairy tale. Well, for this, of course, an old European woman is best suited. Indeed, from childhood, reading the works of Andersen, Charles Perrault or the Brothers Grim, a fairy tale seems to us in the form of medieval castles with turrets and a red tiled roof, a city hall and a cobblestone area, etc.D. If you can’t be sent to dip in a fabulous atmosphere, then one of the most economical options for this is the New Year holidays into the capital of one of the smallest countries in Europe -Estonia -the city of Tallinn.
What awaits us in Tallinn?
Since Christmas Tallinn is becoming more and more popular every year, this trip needs to be planned in advance. Even if you want to do without buying a tour and going to the Estonian capital yourself, then take care of railway, bus or air tickets at least in a month. But the best option in this case is a trip by your own car. By the way, if you have not forgotten, Estonia is a Catholic country and here the main holiday of the year is not the New Year itself, but Christmas, which is celebrated on the night of December 24 to 25. It was at this time that truly fabulous events take place here.
So, somewhere in the middle of December, Tallinn turns into one large fabulous arena: with the onset of dusk, thousands of multi-colored lights are lit in the city; Brought giant spruce flaunts everywhere, around which funny festive events occur -performances, games, draws, etc.D.
Particularly impressive is the Christmas fair on Town Hall Square. According to the British magazine “The Time”, it is the best throughout Europe. What can you see here? On holidays, in the squares, trade is carried out almost everything that has an attitude to the holiday. So, for example, at the fair you can buy traditional Christmas jewelry, and various goodies, and crafts of people’s craftsmen, and much more. The most interesting thing is that each of the merchants tries to decorate his shop in a special way. As a result, the whole fair plunges into a fabulous atmosphere.
There are many interesting places for connoisseurs of art in Tallinn: museums, exhibitions and simply beautiful architectural monuments and sculptural compositions, and lovers of organ music can be present at concerts or enjoy church music during the Christmas service. Especially solemn are the traditional evenings of organ music in the home cathedral, but on a temporarily built stage on the town hall, performances of folklore artists, minstrels and bards are performed.
For all lovers of skating by the Cathedral. Nikolai is organized a giant ice rink, and skiers can go to the singing field and ride on a snowy slope.
In the first week of 2016, Tallinn’s exhibition was also planned in Tallinn – the main Estonian treat, as well as the music festival for them. Bach.
New Year’s Eve in the Estonian capital will definitely like both kids and adults.