Walking route through Christmas markets. New Year's Bolshoi Theater
Every year Moscow is transformed before the New Year - central squares filled with New Year paraphernalia, Christmas markets and other entertainment appear. This year, the annual Journey to Christmas festival will last from December 16 to January 19, 2017. We decided to walk through the main sites on the opening day and note the most interesting ones. We share our feedback without delay.
If earlier we looked with interest at photographs of European Christmas markets and dreamed of seeing it with our own eyes, now Muscovites and guests of the city do not need to go anywhere, because every year in Moscow there are many New Year's fairs, sites with giant New Year's decorations and installations, and how many winter entertainment! Winter 2017 was no exception, the Journey to Christmas festival, parks, shopping centers and the skating rinks have prepared so many surprises that choosing what to see in New Year’s Moscow, where to take a walk, where to have a photo shoot, where to go with children is not easy. We have chosen the most interesting places and New Year's events in Moscow, we went out into the street with a camera and prepared for you a guide to the New Year's center of the capital.
Perhaps the most anticipated New Year's surprises are these.
1. Designer Christmas trees: Kuznetsky Most street, property 6-3 (near the Bolshoi restaurant)
2. 3D Christmas tree decorations and magical animation on Pushkinskaya Square
3. Tverskoy Boulevard: light tunnel on
4. Hundred-meter ice slide: Revolution Square (transition to Manezhnaya Square)
5. Ice skating rink and Christmas market on Red Square
6. Magic Theater on Revolution Square: free ice shows
7. Fairs
8. Christmas tree-carousel, 160-meter light tunnel and starry sky at VDNH
The long-awaited illumination in Moscow was lit on Friday evening, December 16. We, having forgotten about the frost, set off on a journey through the center of Moscow. In order to spend the time most efficiently, we first drew up a route: we decided to start from the Teatralnaya metro station (from the Bolshoi Theater), then walk to the Central Department Store, walk along Stoleshnikov to the fair, which is located opposite the Moscow City Hall. From there we planned to walk to Pushkin Square. Well, it was decided to end our first New Year's walk on Revolution Square. Although it is best to start the journey with the latter - but first things first.
New Year's Bolshoi Theater
At about 19-30 we met near the Teatralnaya metro station and went to the big theater. The first thing we saw was a light composition similar to the crown from the Nutcracker performance. Imagine our surprise that the Bolshoi Theater did not have any fair this year, but in previous years there was. Well, let's move on.
View from the Bolshoi Theater.
The Central Department Store (TSUM) shimmers like a precious diamond before the New Year.
As always, the TSUM windows are surprising - the fruit of the designers’ fevered imagination, but looking at them is very funny.
Fair on Kuznetsky Most
We quickly reached the first fair on our way - the fair on Kuznetsky Most. This year, the shape of the houses that housed the fair surprised me a little. Retail outlets are glass pavilions decorated with LEDs. Modern, but does not create a holiday feeling.
We went into one of these houses and bought mulled wine - the frost was seriously raging.
According to my companion, the most beautiful Christmas trees in Moscow are located near the Cartier store on Kuznetsky Most. I think I agree.
Very nicely decorated Shopping complex Petrovsky Passage - we also dropped in there to warm up - silence, beauty, no one.
Next we went to Stoleshnikov Lane towards the City Hall. Almost all pedestrian streets are decorated in the same way - with the ubiquitous LED trees. Beautiful, but since they are in Moscow all year round, then they didn’t cause us much surprise.
There were indeed such interesting compositions - a symbol of the holiday. Either a watch or a carriage.
Fair near the monument to Yuri Dolgoruky (Moscow City Hall)
Near the City Hall there was a fair, oriented to be shown on television - everything was very beautiful, in a European way.
Along the perimeter of the square there are retail outlets where you can purchase Christmas goods from different countries Europe.
Next, we go out onto Tverskaya Street. The main feature of Tverskaya is the special design of the lighting poles - if you look closely, you can recognize glasses of champagne in these lights.
In short dashes we reached Pushkinskaya Square. It’s impossible to get lost here: near the monument to Pushkin there is a composition called the Musical Forest, and on Tersky Boulevard there is a light tunnel. What to do? We decided to look at everything in order and started with the fun, oh, musical forest.
Musical forest on Pushkinskaya Square
Every 10 minutes music sounds and this entire white composition is filled with different bright colors. The spectacle is very beautiful! In addition, you can penetrate into the very heart of this composition.
In the center there is a kind of fabulous white tree, decorated with balls and icicles. There are so many people that it is very difficult to even take a photo. Everyone wants to plunge into a fairy tale!
On Pushkinskaya Square there are also glass pavilions where they sell balls, Christmas trees and all sorts of New Year's rubbish.
Having pretty much frozen by this point, we decided to go to the famous self-service restaurant with the letter “M” on Pushkinskaya Square to warm up. I was a little surprised that at all these fairs there were practically no places to eat. And I really wanted to eat a hot sausage in the cold!
Light tunnel on Tverskoy Boulevard
The main attraction of Tverskoy Boulevard is, of course, the light tunnel, which this year was moved closer to the people, closer to the metro.
We walked right through the tunnel and expected to see fairground houses, but we saw only one, and in it... a guard lives. A little further along Tverskoy Boulevard we spotted an ice town, apparently intended for playing snowballs.
The second part of Tverskoy Boulevard seemed somewhat dark and uncomfortable to us - so we decided to turn around and finally head towards Okhotny Ryad and Manezhnaya Square.
On Tverskaya Street, in addition to the above-mentioned “glasses of champagne,” opposite Kamergersky Lane, one can note a chess composition, where the royal throne is located in the center.
We stayed here a little to admire Kamergersky Lane.
Okhotny Ryad is ready for the New Year
The end of the evening - and we are just approaching the “Heart” of the Christmas festivities. On Okhotny Ryad we see a New Year's carousel and numerous glass box stalls. By 10 o'clock they were all already closed.
Traditional carousel.
Large postcards based on Soviet motifs.
Opposite the Historical Museum is an unusual ice town.
After visiting the fair on Okhotny Ryad, we head to Revolution Square.
Revolution Square before Christmas
The Ice Theater is located not far from the metro. He looks quite impressive and beautiful from all sides. To get to the show here, you need to carefully study the program. I even wondered how it would accommodate everyone? Ice ballet starts at 19-00.
To finish off our visit to the first day of the festival with dignity, we decided to look at Nikolskaya Street. Nikolskaya is decorated in the same way as last year - with Italian LED arches.
This is how our almost four-hour walk around New Year's Moscow flew by unnoticed.
So, the most interesting platforms in my opinion are:
1. Ice theater on Revolution Square
2. Ice slide on Revolution Square
3. Musical forest on Pushkinskaya Square
4. Light tunnel on Tverskoy Boulevard
In general, when walking around Moscow before the New Year, you get a strong feeling that you have already seen all this last year. Glass pavilion houses are probably more comfortable for sellers, but they do not create a New Year’s mood.
Traditional light tunnel on Tverskoy Boulevard. This year it was located at the very beginning of the boulevard, next to the metro. It is so long that you can’t even see the end of it! There's plenty of room for photos for everyone. #Tverskoy Boulevard #travelChristmas #Christmaslight #MoscowNewyear #newyear2017 #newyear2017 #earlyyear #merrychristmas #travelofRussia
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Addresses of Christmas markets in the center:
1. European Christmas market on Tverskaya Square
2. Manezhnaya Square, possession 1
3. Pushkinskaya Square5. Novopushkinsky Square - gingerbread, pastries, kurabye
6. Sweet Christmas trees and mulled wine: Arbat Street, building 19
7. Handmade decorative items on Kutuzovsky Prospekt
8. Tea and coffee traditions on Stoleshnikov Lane
9. New Year's toys and masks at Rozhdestvenka
10. New Year's book fair "Book-Market" on Novy Arbat
11. Square in front of Sokolniki Park
12. There will be a Sweet Fair on Leningradsky Prospekt, 62
13. Fair near the Raikin Plaza shopping center on Sheremetyevskaya street
14. VDNHAll this is my subjective opinion, but otherwise everything is fine, happy upcoming everyone!
The next post will be about the festival sites on Novy Arbat.
This year Moscow will go to Russia for the 4th time Journey to Christmas! The festival will take place at 33 venues from December 16, 2016 to January 15, 2017. Guests can enjoy concerts under open air, street theater shows and master classes.
The venues will be decorated with sparkling garlands, real Christmas trees, and huge glowing balls. On Poklonnaya Hill And VDNH Large balls of light will appear. A Musical Forest (a panel of LEDs, where each pixel is a note) will be created on Pushkinskaya Square. The LEDs synchronize with the music, and it seems that the light will begin to sing.
Carousels will be installed at 6 sites, and between Manezhnaya Square and Revolution Square will create the largest ice slide, 7 meters high and 100 meters long. The large-scale structure will be assembled from ice blocks and decorated with a clock made from ice. And besides skating, winter fun and games await children.
On Revolution Square There will be a free skating rink open every day. Guests will see the performances of The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Cipollino and Snow White. 50 famous figure skaters will take to the ice. And on January 7, Christmas skating will be held here with athletes of the Russian national team, Olympic and world champions.
At the skating rink Red Square will hold events dedicated to winter sports and national holidays, as well as theatrical performances. Here you can take a photo with Father Frost and the Snow Maiden and, of course, make a wish. Folklore ensembles will create a festive atmosphere.
200 shopping chalets will be installed at the festival sites. On the shelves there will be Christmas tree decorations from the 1950s–1960s, porcelain and glass decorations filled with dried flowers, lace tablecloths and napkins, wooden souvenirs with designer paintings, felt boots, cozy knitted sweaters, mittens and scarves made of natural sheepskin, figured chocolate, gingerbread houses, caramel apples and much more. On Kuznetsky Most visitors will find items from the collections of both already famous and emerging Russian designers.
Products will be brought to the festival from 40 regions of Russia, including Tver, Astrakhan, Ryazan, Orenburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Vladimir, Tula, Ivanovo regions, Republic North Ossetia, Republic of Karelia, Krasnoyarsk Territory and others. There will also be products from 15 foreign countries, including from Belgium, Italy, Latvia, Czech Republic, Greece, Serbia, Armenia, China, Mexico, Peru, Morocco and others.
On Manezhnaya Square A large cheese market will open, bringing together 60 producers from all over the country. There you will find rocle in the Swiss style, cheese balls with cranberry jam, bruschetta with cheese, as well as cheese pies, ricotta with blueberry jelly, chocolate cheese, cheesecakes and many varieties of mulled wine and punch.
60 Moscow restaurant chalets will create a festive menu for the festival. Famous chefs will teach you how to prepare Christmas and New Year's dishes: a sweet Christmas tree and non-alcoholic mulled wine, Olivier salad and kulebyaka with apple filling, warming honey whipped with spices and an uzvar made from dried fruits: cherries, apples, pears, apricots and hawthorn fruits. Sweets lovers will learn recipes for New Year's desserts from southern countries, such as Sweet Corn Cinnamon Raisin Pancakes, Chili Hot Chocolate, and Fried Bananas with Creamy Caramel Sauce.
The festival will host about three thousand master classes, entertainment and educational events for children and adults. At culinary master classes, children and their parents will learn how to prepare dishes from their favorite fairy tales and cartoons: cheesecakes according to Freken Bok’s recipe, cookies with chocolate chips or semolina porridge with fruits from the fairy tale The Fox and the Crane. IN Kuzminki they will tell you how to prepare Italian dessert pizza with bananas and kiwi, spicy Icelandic tea latte, a Scandinavian Christmas drink made from blackcurrant, orange, grape juice, raisins and almonds.
On Kosygina street The children will enjoy a disco, sports relay races based on the cartoon “Winter in Prostokvashino” and dance classes. On Sheremetyevskaya street guests will be taught caroling, playing the xylophone, rattles and spoons. On New Arbat, where the longest book fair is located, free writing school classes will open, lectures, master classes, meetings with writers and presentations of fresh books will be held. IN Novopushkinsky square They will conduct entertaining lessons in English and robotics.
The Happy Time quest will be held at 17 festival sites. Its participants will compete in their knowledge of the traditions of celebrating the New Year and Christmas. After answering the treacherous questions of grandfather Tik-Tak and his granddaughter Minutka, they will receive gold coins that can be exchanged for surprises. In total, more than 50 thousand prizes were prepared for festival guests.
A year ago, the festival became the largest in Europe: more than 10 million people visited it. And this time the city is expecting even more guests. Don't miss the chance to visit one of the most beautiful and large-scale fairy tales that takes place during the winter season in Moscow!
Festival Venues:
1. Red Square, possession 3
2. Manezhnaya Square, possession 1
3. Revolution Square
4. Revolution Square (transition to Manezhnaya Square)
5. Kuznetsky Most Street, property 7 (the area in front of the Central Department Store)
6. Kuznetsky Most Street, property 6–3 (near the Bolshoi restaurant)
7. Pushkinskaya Square
8. Novopushkinsky Square
9. Rozhdestvenka Street
10. Tverskoy Boulevard
11. Tverskoy Boulevard, possession 2 (near the monument to Timiryazev)
12. Tverskoy Boulevard, property 19 (near the Yesenin monument)
13. Kamergersky lane, property 2
14. Arbat street, building 19
15. Arbat Street, property 6/2
16. Klimentovsky lane, building 8
17. Gogolevsky Boulevard
18. New Arbat Street, building 13
19. New Arbat Street, building 15
20. New Arbat Street, building 19
21. New Arbat Street, building 21
22. Tverskaya Square
23. Stoleshnikov lane, building 10–14
24. Leningradsky Prospekt, building 62
25. Sheremetyevskaya street, house 6, building 1
26. Sokolnicheskaya Square
27. Orekhovy Boulevard, property 14
28. Marshal Chuikov Street, property 3
29. Kosygina Street, property 17
30. Europe Square
31. Skhodnenskaya Street, property 56 (near the Kaleidoscope shopping center)
32. Troitsk, Sirenevy Boulevard, possession 1
33. City of Zelenograd, Yunost Square, possession 2
34. Usacheva Street, building 26 (Usachevsky Market)
35. Kirovogradskaya street, building 15 (near the Electronic Paradise shopping center)
36. Mytnaya Street, building 74 (Danilovsky Market)
37. Leninsky Prospekt, building 109 (near the Rio shopping center)
38. Bolshaya Cheryomushkinskaya street, building 1 (near the Rio shopping center)
39. Garibaldi Street, building 23 (near the Panorama shopping center)
40. Profsoyuznaya Street, building 61a (near the Kaluzhsky shopping center)
41. Vernadsky Avenue, property 86a (near the Avenue Southwest shopping center)
42. Kutuzov Avenue, building 57 (near the Oceania shopping center)
In Moscow, from December 16, 2016 to January 15, 2017, the IV festival “Journey to Christmas” is taking place. 42 colorfully decorated festival venues opened throughout the city. Guests from 15 countries and 40 regions of Russia participate in their work. Let's take a walk through the central festival grounds and start with Manezhnaya Square.
This year new shopping chalets are presented, they are no longer wooden, but completely glass
You can purchase New Year and Christmas souvenirs, sweets and other gifts
Large New Year cards were installed on the square
“Journey to Christmas” opens the next cycle of “Moscow Seasons” - public street events for citizens and tourists. They include City Day, nine major city festivals and several dozen other events. In 2016, the sites were visited by over 50 million people.
An ice plastic slide was installed for children
On the façade of the slide there are carved ice figures, and she is also decorated with a huge ice clock
Alley of New Year trees along the ice slide
A free skating rink will be open daily on Revolution Square.
And at certain times there will be performances of “The Nutcracker”, “Swan Lake”, “Cipollino” and “Snow White”.
Poster for the ice theater on Revolution Square
Let's take a look at Nikolskaya Street. There are simply luminous arches installed here; last year they looked more beautiful. There are no shopping chalets on the street this year
There are also luminous arches installed near the Vitali fountain on Revolution Square.
There are no shopping chalets here either this year, except for luminous arches and trees there is nothing here
Arch near the Bolshoi Theater
No shopping chalets, master classes...just a light arch and that’s it
A fairytale forest appeared in Kamergersky Lane
There is a fair dedicated to Christmas and New Year traditions from different countries. Guests will be taught how to prepare dishes at culinary master classes national cuisines. You can also buy authentic souvenirs here.
Very beautiful lanterns "glasses of champagne"
New Year trees and lantern glasses decorate the Moscow City Hall building
All new lighting poles on both sides of Tverskaya from Manezhnaya to Pushkinskaya Square are decorated with luminous structures. The height of the glasses is up to seven meters.
Shopping chalets and houses with master classes were located behind the monument to Yuri Dolgoruky
Can be done beautiful photo with Santa Claus
Children can ride the carousel
Christmas living room, where master classes for children are held
You can snack on sausages, price 250-300 rubles
Shopping chalets
Light arches are installed at all festival sites
Walking along Tverskaya Street we came to Pushkinskaya
The dynamic light installation “Musical Forest” is located on Pushkinskaya Square
On it, sound - with the help of an equalizer - will form alternating light patterns. The duration of each performance is eight to 10 minutes.
“Musical Forest” consists of 50 trees and 50 thousand LED pixels. They are programmed so that the backlight changes depending on the music. Each pixel responds to a specific note.
Where there was a fountain in the summer, now there is a pedestrian area and everyone can come here and take pictures of luminous animals
There is not enough space here and therefore there is a complete crowd... everyone must take a photo with the hare in the background :):):):):)
Fairy-tale characters walk around here and delight visitors.
Novopushkinsky Square is also decorated with a light arch
A fantastic installation was installed on Tverskoy Boulevard - a hundred-meter light tunnel
Perhaps one of the best installations of this festival is the Light Tunnel
Everyone goes into the tunnel and takes pictures :)
It’s true that there are quite a lot of people here who want it
And in front of the light tunnels there are numbers 2017
Here is the festival “Journey to Christmas 2016-2017”. It seemed to me that last year there were more installations, figures and somehow it was better, but it’s definitely worth a walk
A Magical Journey to Christmas again awaits Muscovites in new year holidays: on Christmas and New Year In 2016, the capital will once again host the “Journey to Christmas” festival - this time the colorful holiday will turn Moscow into a fabulous ocean with “dream islands” - fairs.
This year the festival will be several days shorter than, but will cover a larger number of venues: at 38 festival venues located in different districts of the capital (mainly in the center), visitors will see unusual art objects, exciting street shows and concerts, and will be able to attend participation in cooking and decorating master classes, as well as purchase Tasty food and souvenirs. In addition, Muscovites can expect exciting quests and competitions, the winners of which will receive a reward: special Christmas coins that can be exchanged for gifts.
The festival sites will become dream islands in a fabulous ocean. This year, the organizers have prepared 3 thematic routes along which you can travel to Christmas: the Main Christmas Route, the Main Art Route and the Main Children's Route.
. Main Christmas route will pass through Manezhnaya Square And Revolution square, where 5 islands will be located: the Island where dreams come true, the Island of winter fun, the Island of the enchanted forest, the Island of the magic ball and the Island of science - the city of geniuses.
Here you will be able to ride down the largest ice slide in Russia: the slide, 7 meters high and 100 meters long, will be built using ancient technology used in the construction of “skating slides”. Waiting for lovers of winter fun and ice rink- during the day it will work completely free of charge, and in the evening it will become the stage for the ice ballet “Swan Lake” staged by Pyotr Chernyshev.
The main highlight of the route will be historical labyrinth in the form of a map of Russia, which will be erected on Manezhnaya Square. In the center of the labyrinth there is a 17-meter natural spruce and huge garlands.
. Main Children's Route will pass through Stoleshnikov Lane And Tverskaya Square, where the Christmas Gnome Labyrinth, the Alley of Christmas Tales and the Christmas Children's Town will be located.
Here for children there are master classes on sewing dolls and making candy, children's animation, carousel rides and a “magic house” with gifts.
. Main Art Route will pass through Pushkinskaya Square And Novopushkinsky Square, and Tverskoy Boulevard: it will house the Magic Island, Royal Square, the City of Little Storytellers and a number of other sites.
On Pushkin Square An ice skating rink and a figure skating school will open; in addition, here Muscovites will be taught the basics of hockey, snowboarding and curling.
The route feature will be a large number of art objects created specifically for the Journey to Christmas festival: a 4-meter installation "Magic Forest", a 2-meter "Queens of the Looking Glass", a 1.5-meter "Cakes" and many others.
Venues that are not included in the 3 main routes will also delight Muscovites with the variety of leisure activities offered: Red Square, Nikolskaya Street, Bolshaya Dmitrovka, Kuznetsky Most, Trubnaya Square and other squares and streets of the capital, as well as on VDNH Visitors will be treated to an equally large number of master classes, games and unusual art objects.
This year the festival has living symbols - the fabulous creatures of Fjoki, residents of the snowy New Year's islands. Meeting Fjok on a Moscow street is good luck!
Familiarize yourself with the program and content of all holiday venues in more detail. festival "Journey to Christmas" You can familiarize yourself with announcements of events and see their detailed schedule on the official website of the festival:
A magical journey to Christmas awaits Muscovites again in winter holidays: on Christmas and New Year 2017, the New Year and Christmas festival, so beloved by the townspeople, will be held in the capital for the fourth time.
Festival "Journey to Christmas" 2016-2017 promises to be no less colorful than the previous ones, while remaining the same long: the holiday will take place from December 16, 2016 to January 15, 2017 - a whole month!
At 42 thematic venues located in different districts of the capital (mainly in the center), festival visitors will be able to see unusual art objects and light installations, exciting street performances and concerts, as well as take part in various master classes. The “Journey to Christmas” festival sites will be located on the streets and squares of the city and will be decorated in the spirit of the New Year and Christmas: this year 144 live Christmas trees will be placed on them.
In addition, quests and competitions await townspeople: by taking part in the “Happy Time” quest, festival visitors will be able to test their knowledge about the traditions of New Year and Christmas celebrations and receive special festival coins that can be exchanged for gifts.
Festival venues
The Journey to Christmas festival will be held at 42 venues, b O Most of which - and the most interesting - will be located in the city center.
. Manezhnaya Square:"Magic time" The festival’s tallest living New Year tree (17 meters), brought from the forests of the Tver region, will be installed on the site. Here, master classes on journalism, cartooning and making New Year's gifts will be held for children, and adults will be able to visit a themed fair where Christmas tree decorations (including antique ones), exclusive souvenir watches, carnival masks and gifts will be sold.
. Revolution square:"Magic Ice Theater" On Revolution Square, festival visitors can enjoy daily shows: ice ballets “The Nutcracker”, “Swan Lake”, “Snow White” and “Cipollino”. More than 50 professional figure skaters are involved in theatrical productions; When there are no performances, the Ice Theater works like a skating rink, on the ice of which anyone can ride.
. Revolution square:"Milky Way". In addition to the “Magic Ice Theater”, on Revolution Square, festival visitors will find a 100-meter ice slide, which will be located near Manezhnaya Square.
. Pushkinskaya Square:"Cozy time." The fountain, turned off for the winter, will turn into the “Musical Forest” installation, which will combine the public’s favorite New Year’s and Christmas melodies with a light show. For children, master classes will be held on animation and drawing fairy-tale characters in Adobe Photoshop, as well as creating Christmas tree decorations using 3D printing.
. Novopushkinsky Square:"Gingerbread Village" In Novopushkinsky Park, visitors will be drawn into the world of fairy tales; Here you will be able to try traditional Russian gingerbread cookies, shaped gingerbread cookies, pumpkin donuts and other sweets. Lessons will also be held on site. in English and master classes on robotics.
. Kuznetsky Most:"Time of Magic" and "Gallery of Magic Trees". Kuznetsky Most Street will become a home of high fashion and style, where you can purchase items from the collections of Russian designers. Theater and acting workshops will be held for children. In addition, an exhibition of magical New Year trees will open outside.
. Gogolevsky Boulevard:"Star of Bethlehem" The site not far from the Cathedral of Christ the Savior will be dedicated to the Nativity of Christ. Here you can buy monastic goods.
. Tverskaya Square:"European Christmas Market". On Tverskaya Square near the monument to Yuri Dolgoruky, as part of the Journey to Christmas festival, a real Christmas village with houses, restaurants and an elegantly decorated Christmas tree will spread out. Here you will be able to purchase gifts, sweets, Christmas tree decorations and dishes from France, Spain, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Switzerland, Germany and other European countries. There will also be children's Christmas trees in the traditions of different countries (Finland, Austria, Czech Republic, Spain and others), as well as Christmas trees in Russian traditions, handicraft master classes, poetry readings and concerts.
. Stoleshnikov Lane:"Warm time". Festival visitors will be able to take part in coffee and tea ceremonies, as well as master classes on handicrafts, New Year's table decor, latte art and making New Year's drinks.
This year, the Journey to Christmas festival will take on a truly international format: 15 countries will take part in it, whose representatives will introduce Muscovites to their New Year traditions, and the festival sites are preparing to receive (according to the organizers’ plans) as many as 12 million guests from Moscow and other cities of Russia and the world.
Trade fairs
As before, bright fairgrounds and shopping chalets will open their doors to festival visitors. This time, Muscovites were allowed to take part in the formation of the assortment of fair chalets: a vote was held on the Active Citizen portal about what citizens would like to see for sale at the festival sites.
In beautiful chalets decorated in the style of New Year and Christmas, festival guests will be able to purchase candies and sweet gift sets, New Year and Christmas souvenirs, home decorations and toys, as well as holiday accessories and paraphernalia.
Visitors who want to grab a bite to eat or warm up will be able to buy baked goods and hot drinks.
Familiarize yourself with the program and content of all holiday venues in more detail. festival "Journey to Christmas" You can also find announcements and a detailed schedule of events on the official website of the festival: