The Russian vacation rental booking service Tvil.ru has revealed the most popular cities in Russia to celebrate the New Year
According to Tvil.ru, tourists book trips during the New Year holidays for a period of 2 to 5 nights and will spend from 1.6 to 16.3 thousand rubles per day on rental housing in Russian cities.
The cheapest New Year's holiday 2019-2020 will cost in Kaliningrad (on average 1.6 thousand rubles), the most expensive in Petrozavodsk (on average 16.3 thousand rubles).
Below we will talk about the 10 most popular cities in Russia for New Year's holidays. 1. St. Petersburg - 3310 rubles/5 nights
St. Petersburg is an important economic, scientific and cultural center of Russia, a major transport hub. The historical center of the city and its associated monument complexes are included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
It is one of the most important tourism centers in the country. Among the most significant cultural and tourist sites are the Hermitage, the Kunstkamera, the Mariinsky Theater, the Russian National Library, the Russian Museum, the Peter and Paul Fortress, St. Isaac's Cathedral, and Nevsky Prospekt. 2. Moscow - 6410 rubles / 3.3 nights
Moscow is the most popular tourist center in Russia. The Kremlin, Red Square, Novodevichy Convent and Church of the Ascension in Kolomenskoye are included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Moscow is a major cultural and tourist center of Europe and the world; the Moscow region has one of the richest historical and cultural potentials in Russia.
There are many interesting places in Moscow - both various historical, cultural and architectural monuments, and modern entertainment infrastructure. 3. Kazan - 3817 rubles / 3.4 nights
Kazan is one of the largest cultural centers in Russia, preserving classical achievements, as well as promoting the development of modern, avant-garde trends in many areas of culture.
The capital of Tatarstan is traditionally called multicultural, implying the mutually beneficial enrichment of peacefully coexisting Russian and Tatar cultures.
With the support of UNESCO, the world's first Institute for the Culture of Peace was created in Kazan. 4. Petrozavodsk - 16262.6 rubles/5 nights
Petrozavodsk is an ancient city in northwestern Russia. In the city and its surroundings you can see many historical and cultural monuments; this region of lakes and forests has always attracted travelers.
Over the past decades, Petrozavodsk has gained fame as the largest tourist center in Karelia, claiming a worthy place among the centers of international tourism.
From Petrozavodsk, trips begin to the numerous islands of Onega and Ladoga, to the famous ancient Karelian monasteries and hermitages, and tours to national reserves. 5. Suzdal - 12,300 rubles/3.3 nights
Suzdal is a city-reserve in the Vladimir region of Russia. Suzdal has preserved a large number of architectural monuments.
The village has preserved a monument of pre-Mongol architecture - the Boris and Gleb Church.
On the territory of Suzdal there are museum objects of the Vladimir-Suzdal Historical, Artistic and Architectural Museum-Reserve. 6. Yaroslavl - 8500 rubles/3 nights
Yaroslavl is one of the oldest Russian cities, founded in the 11th century. and reached its heyday in the 17th century, in 2010 the city celebrated its millennium.
The historic city center, located at the confluence of the Volga and Kotorosl rivers, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Tourism is an important sector of the city's economy. Yaroslavl is traditionally included in the famous tourist route "Golden Ring of Russia".
A serious impetus to the development of tourism in the city was given by the inclusion in 2005 of the historical city center in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. 7. Veliky Ustyug - 6000 rubles/4 nights
The city has a tourism project "Veliky Ustyug - the birthplace of Father Frost."
Tourist trains go to Veliky Ustyug from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Vologda, Kazan, and specialized bus trips have been developed.
The city has a Veliky Ustyug cultural and leisure center, which includes a House of Culture, a city park of culture and recreation and the Lad Center for Traditional Folk Culture. 8. Ekaterinburg - 2132 rubles/3 nights
Yekaterinburg is a major tourist center.
In recent years, a lot of work has been done to create a positive image of Yekaterinburg as a center of international congress tourism.
Most tourists associate the trip with the history of the last Russian emperor and his family.
In addition, new tourist destinations are being developed: Bazhov theme, geological and mineralogical theme, industrial tourism, event calendar. 9. Tver - 10,030 rubles/2 nights
Tver is a major cultural center; According to the city administration, the city has 3 professional theaters, an academic philharmonic, 5 museums, 24 houses and palaces of culture, 4 cinemas.
The city is home to several memorials and obelisks, as well as numerous monuments, most of which are concentrated in the central part of the city. 10. Kaliningrad - 1610 rubles/3 nights
In Kaliningrad there are museums (Amber Museum, Historical and Artistic Museum, World Ocean Museum, Art Gallery, Fortification Museum, etc.), theaters, large libraries (in particular, fragments of a medieval book collection - the Wallenrodt Library), a zoo, and a botanical garden.
In the city center there is a cathedral in the brick Gothic style.
December has arrived, which means the New Year is just around the corner. I’m sure that in your city they have already begun to decorate shop windows, trees, and windows in apartments and houses with glowing lights. Decorated streets are one of the main guarantees of the New Year's mood. And with it - fluffy snow sparkling under the lanterns, the smell of spruce and tangerine extravaganzas.
I invite you to take a break from work for a couple of minutes, relax and plunge into the atmosphere of the Holiday of other equally magical cities on Earth.
1. Giant Christmas ball in Nice, France
2. Christmas installations on Castle Square in Warsaw, Poland
3. Floating Balls in New York
4. Rockefeller Center in New York
5. Winter lighting at Nabano No Sato Botanical Garden in Japan
6. December Festival of Lights in Lyon, France
7. Eguisheim, a commune in northeastern France in the Alsace region
8. Christmas car in the yard of a house in Los Angeles
9. New Year's Rothenburg, Bavaria
10. Stunning sunset in Rovaniemi, Finland
11. German village in Tokyo
12. Christmas lights in Medellin, Colombia
13. Christmas on a street in Seville, Spain
14. Christmas tree next to the Colosseum, Rome
15. Main square of Riga, Latvia
16. Here's how a hotel in London was decorated
17. Warm Christmas in Dubai, UAE
18. Glowing street in Quebec, Canada
19. The day before the New Year, Red Square, Moscow
20. And how could it be without the New Year’s mood in the mountains! With. Yaremche, Carpathians
New Year holidays continue! A fabulous atmosphere reigns everywhere, and, of course, cannot be ignored. A club member prepared a series of photographs of New Year's Moscow. What does your city look like on holiday? Share your photos on album in our group« VKontakte» . We accept until January 20!
“This winter is pleasing because it is similar to the winter from my childhood, when there has been snow since November,” says Natalya. - Largely thanks to this, I was in a pre-New Year mood and wanted to enjoy the beauty of pre-holiday Moscow: the Christmas Light festival and elegant Christmas markets.
The most concentrated New Year's atmosphere was at the fair on Red Square. A two-story carousel with lights, fair houses, an outdoor grill, the smell of sausages, mulled wine, coffee and live Christmas trees, cheerful performances by artists. There were a lot of people there until late in the evening, everyone was positive and open.
I went on a photo hunt at night, when there were almost no people. I thought it would be scary to be alone. But, as you know, Moscow never sleeps, and there were people on the streets, and the lights around calmed us down and set us up for good things. In general, I love Moscow at night, and Moscow at night with New Year’s decor in winter is indescribable. I included the “perception of a tourist” - I tried to look at the city with an uncluttered gaze, notice details, enjoy the beauty. Judging by the response to my photos, the tactic worked.”
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You can celebrate the New Year with your family, but a trip abroad and a glass of champagne in a beautiful city will help make this holiday truly unforgettable. together with present a selection of the best cities for celebration, created based on rankings from CNN Travel, Conde Nast Traveler and Travel Triangle.
In these cities you can see the most spectacular New Year's fireworks, take part in a torchlight procession with tens of thousands of people, or celebrate the New Year to the fiery rhythms of samba, and also see Santa Claus on a surfboard. It all depends on your personal preferences.
Sydney. Australians are among the first in the world to celebrate the New Year. In December, summer begins in the southern hemisphere, and Santa Claus does not arrive in a fur coat and on a cart pulled by reindeer, but swims out of the ocean in swimming trunks and on a surfboard. Christmas trees also don’t grow in Australia, but this doesn’t upset the Australians much. They dress up a plant called metrosideros, which they grow in a pot especially for the New Year. In Sydney, the main celebration takes place near the Opera House and the Harbor Bridge. One of the grandest fireworks displays in the world is organized there. It lasts for three whole hours with short breaks, during which you can watch a parade of ships with a light show and music.
New York. In December, New York has a fabulous atmosphere. It is considered one of the main Christmas cities in the world. The city streets are lit up as Americans compete with each other to decorate their homes for Christmas. And to look at the country’s main Christmas tree, which is being installed at the Rockefeller Center, people come not only from all states, but also from other countries and continents.
Times Square hosts the biggest show of the year. More than a million people gather in this square to see how at midnight, one second before the New Year, a huge ball descends 23 meters. Since 1907, this event has taken place annually. After the ball drops, the date of the new year lights up on the main screens of Times Square, and billions of colorful confetti rain down from the sky with holiday wishes from New Yorkers.
Edinburgh. The Scots know a lot about entertainment and have fun uncontrollably for three days, showing the whole world how to celebrate the arrival of the New Year. The main celebrations of Hogmanay, as the Scots call the New Year, take place in Edinburgh. From December 30 to January 1, the city turns into one huge party. It all starts with an incredibly spectacular torchlight procession, when more than 50 thousand people with torches walk through the medieval streets of Edinburgh to the sounds of bagpipes and drumming. Then numerous concerts, discos, parades, and street performances begin, which take place throughout the city all three days non-stop. On December 31, after the fireworks, it is customary to sing the traditional Scottish song “The Good Old Time” based on the poems of Robert Burns.
Rio de Janeiro. Do you want to celebrate the New Year on fire? Go to hot Brazil. Rio de Janeiro becomes the country's main New Year's venue. People from all over the country flock to this city, or rather to the famous Copacabana beach. Before the start of the New Year, Brazilians dress in all white and come to the ocean. They bring with them gifts to the patroness of all sailors and travelers, the goddess of the sea, Iemanja. People place rice and sweets on small boats with candles and flowers and send them deep into the ocean - this is how they try to appease the stern goddess, so that for the next year everyone who goes to sea will return safe and sound.
In addition to this ritual action, a colorful carnival takes place on the beach. To the rhythmic drums, more than two million people (that’s exactly how many people gather on the beach on New Year’s Eve) dance samba and party until the morning. The main fireworks display takes place right there. In Brazil, there is a New Year's tradition - standing, counting out loud the last seconds of the passing year, wishing each other Feliz Ano Novo! - "Happy New Year!" and drink champagne during the festive fireworks.
Hong Kong. The New Year holiday season in Hong Kong begins with Christmas in late December and ends in February with the arrival of Chinese New Year. Of course, the European New Year in Hong Kong is celebrated more modestly than the Chinese New Year, but due to the fact that many tourists come to the city at this time, the local authorities organize full-scale celebrations.
Preparations begin in November: Christmas trees are installed in the squares, cannons with artificial snow are placed on the roofs of the houses in the central squares, and the streets are decorated with festive illumination. Concerts are held in Times Square on December 31, and at exactly midnight everyone will be treated to fireworks and a laser show. The best views of the festive fireworks are from Victoria Bay, where fireworks are launched from there, which many consider to be some of the most beautiful on the planet.
Cape Town. The New Year in South Africa is celebrated with gunfire and the ringing of thousands of bells. Local residents celebrate the New Year with songs and dances and colorful carnivals. On January 1, the large-scale annual Minstrel music festival begins in Cape Town. People dressed in the most incredible, bright costumes, dancing to fiery African music performed by an orchestra, walk through the streets of the city. The New Year's parade moves around the city and is filled with residents of different areas. In addition to festive events, guests of the country can expect luxury resorts and delicious wines, as well as exciting safaris through the country’s majestic national parks.
London. Since 1841, the country's main Christmas tree has been installed in Trafalgar Square and the main festivities take place there. Tourists and locals flock there to watch the annual London New Year's parade, which is considered one of the largest New Year's public processions. Over ten thousand people take part in it, most of whom are musicians, dancers, clowns and acrobats.
At midnight, the solemn chime of Big Ben announces the arrival of the New Year, after which thousands of fireworks begin to explode in the sky over the Thames. Great views of the fireworks can be seen from Primrose Hill, Parliament Hill, Hampstead Heath, Greenwich Park and Alexandra Palace. You can also take a river cruise on the Thames and watch the enchanting spectacle from the water. Traditionally, at midnight, the British open the back door of the house so that the old year can leave, and then throw open the front door to quickly let in the new year.
Dubai. If you want to see the most grandiose New Year's fireworks in the world, feel free to go to Dubai. The local New Year's fireworks have been included in the Guinness Book of Records as the most spectacular and large-scale three times already. The Burj Khalifa skyscraper becomes the center of the New Year's celebrations. To see the great action, it is better to come here in advance - this way you will have a better chance of getting good seats and avoiding traffic jams.
You can also have a festive New Year's dinner overlooking the New Year's fireworks on board a yacht with your closest loved ones or join a group cruise in the Persian Gulf. The most luxurious parties take place at the famous sail-shaped Burj Al Arab and Atlantis The Palm hotels. In addition, on January 1, the Dubai Shopping Festival begins, which continues throughout the month. During this period, prices for goods are reduced by up to 70 percent.
Reykjavik. Iceland often ranks at the top of winter travel destinations. The New Year's Eve was no exception. Residents of this fabulous, harsh country celebrate the first holiday of the year cheerfully and very noisily. Local residents believe: the more noise, the more luck there will be in the new year. A huge bonfire is lit in the main square of Reykjavik, around which mass celebrations take place. The best views of the fireworks display, which is organized by the residents themselves, are from the square of the Hallgrímskirkja church, as well as from the Skolavörðuholt hill.
Bangkok. The main festive events take place on the Asian embankment and on the Central World Plaza. A stage is being built on the embankment near the Ferris wheel where local stars perform. At midnight, a ceremonial countdown of seconds takes place, after which the festive fireworks begin. At the Central World Plaza in front of the Central World and Siam Paragon shopping centers there is one of the best sites where you can admire the colorful fireworks. After this, tourists and locals celebrate the holiday in clubs, bars and restaurants in the city.
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. With all the locations featured, from Times Square in New York to a stunning dance party in South Africa, you're sure to find the city that's right for you for an unforgettable New Year's celebration.
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Paris, France
There's nothing more romantic than watching the incredible light show and fireworks display at the famous Eiffel Tower in Paris on New Year's Eve, or taking one of the river cruises along the Seine if a more intimate setting with more privacy suits your tastes.
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, UK
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 in 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 big 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 the central square, as well as 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 the family can also find a great place for New Year's Eve at Asiatique, an all-ages night market that is considered one of the most popular places to count down to the New Year.
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The city of Valparaiso, the cultural capital of Chile, is 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 the magnificent Edinburgh Castle as the backdrop. New Year's parties continue even after dawn. Events on January 1 include the Royal Mile running competition, diving into the icy waters of the River Fors, sled dog competition and more.
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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 spot near the harbor for the best view 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 the capital of Iceland will give you the hottest New Year's celebration on the planet. Locals leave the city-wide celebration, which begins at 6 p.m., 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 the northern lights complement 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. As the countdown to New Year's Eve begins, the ocean lights up with 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 a good seat to see this show, be sure to arrive at least eight hours before New Year's Day for the official opening. The best views are for those on a boat on the water, but if you're on land, the Avenue of Stars at Tsim Sha Tsui in Kowloon or the bars in Lan Kwai Fong are also great places to ring in the New Year.
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Bratislava, Slovakia
In the capital of Slovakia, Bratislava, more than 10,000 people gather in the medieval Old Town on New Year's Eve for open-air concerts, 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. The old town is 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 get an 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. The best place with the best views is the luxurious 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 the best symphonies in the world. Although, in this city you can find more entertainment than just concerts. The center organizes festivities that start at 2 pm and last until well 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 is a good holiday option 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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St. 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 anyone else on Earth, then the Hawaiian Islands are a great place to wait. Enjoy the tropical climate and dazzling beach fireworks displays.
There are light shows here that illuminate the coastline on almost all the 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 on top of one of the world's most spectacular natural wonders. 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 6pm on December 31, the famous Strip is closed to traffic and is open to those who would like to ring in 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's no surprise that Berlin is one of the best cities to 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, a 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.
