New Year in Minsk
Russia's closest neighbor, Belarus, is a great option for winter holidays. Here there is magnificent nature, hospitable people, a relatively mild climate and wonderful opportunities for active recreation, which a modern city dweller needs so much. That is why celebrating the New Year in Minsk is becoming popular with many Russian tourists..
Acquaintance with the city
Minsk hotels offer accommodation in rooms of various categories, which have one thing in common: affordable prices and excellent service. Having chosen a hotel and settled, you can go on a walking tour of Minsk or order a bus tour. In any case, acquaintance with the festively decorated city will leave the most favorable impression..
Many museums, exhibitions and fairs are open in the capital of Belarus. For example, the Dudutki Museum of Ancient Crafts is famous for its working workshops, where tourists are willingly introduced to the secrets of pottery and blacksmithing, taught to bake bread and make furniture. The tasting of traditional Belarusian delicacies, which crowns the excursion, turns out to be most welcome on New Year's days. Moreover, when the feast is accompanied by a fire show and a performance from the participants of a real knight's club.
Excursion programs offered for the New Year in Minsk include acquaintance with the city's architectural sights. Among them are ancient cathedrals built in the 17th - 18th centuries, the Town Hall and Nemiga Street, the facades of which reproduce lost historical buildings..
Balls and outdoor fairs
A noisy fair unfolds on the site near the Sports Palace for citizens and guests of the city on New Year's days «Kalyadny kirmash», where the freshest products for the festive table are side by side with traditional Belarusian souvenirs and handicrafts.
In the sports complex «Chizhovka-Arena» during the winter holidays, Olympic balls are held, the main stars of which are famous Belarusian athletes. By tradition, they are honored for their well-deserved victories in the competitions of the year, and after the solemn part, the time comes for an exciting and varied concert program..
