Ice Castles, Nutcrackers

and Pancake Runs

Snow and Ice Sculpture

If you are traveling to Belgium in December do not miss a stroll through a realm of wonder carved in 300,000 kg of crystal-clear ice and 400 tons of pure snow. For the Snow and Ice Sculpture Festival in Bruges, 40 professional sculptors are working for 40 days to accomplish one of the most wondrous display of light and translucent form. This year’s attraction is the Polar pavilion built in cooperation with the International Polar Foundation

MOMIX in Moscow

“MOMIX is a company of dancer-illusionists known internationally for presenting work of exceptional inventiveness and physical beauty. For 25 years, MOMIX has been celebrated for its ability to conjure up a world of surrealistic images using props, light, shadow, humor and the human body”

The show Best of Momix is running in Moscow on December, 17-18, in the International House of Music in Moscow.

Christmas Markets all through Europe

In cheerful anticipation of Christmas time, picturesque winter cabins, carousels and skate rings are built overnight in all the European city centers. Christmas decoration, spices, hot chestnuts and hot wine are just a few delights offered to get us in the mood for celebration. Some of Europe’s most beautiful Christmas markets are in Tivoli Gardens Copenhagen, Denmark; Cardiff, England and Nuremberg, Germany.

Dinner with Mozart

If you travel in Austria why don’t you spend a sophisticated evening dining by candlelight in the Baroque Hall of St Peter’s Abbey in Salzburg, hometown of Mozart, with exquisite dishes of 17 and 18 centuries while musicians in traditional dress perform music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

The Nutcracker in London

The perennial Christmas favorite Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Nutcracker is running although December in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. One of the greatest classical ballets will take you on magical trip into a world of dance and music.

Pancake Run in Berlin

For the sporty ones, here’s a great way to spend the New Year’s Eve: take part to the traditional Pancake Run in Berlin. You can choose between the two, four, six, ten and 15 kilometers races in the event, which begins in Waldschulallee. At the end of the race each of the participants receives a pancake, the filling if which varying from mustard to apple sauce provides always a food opportunity for fun and laughter.