Where to go to "Sylvester", or New Year in Poland

The New Year is a holiday that adults and children are waiting for. But the traditional family feast is already pretty boring. Because you want to somehow diversify the winter holidays and celebrate the holiday in a slightly different setting. Those who are not ready for radical changes and do not want to change the traditional tree on a palm tree, it is possible to offer to celebrate the New Year in Poland. Holidays in this country begin on December 24 (on the eve of Catholic Christmas), and end on January 2. Christmas for the Poles is a family holiday, everyone gathers at a table where there are always 12 dishes (as many as the apostles). And all of them are lean, and everyone should try it. In addition, this night on the tables there is no alcohol, it replaces compote. At midnight, the faithful go to the temple. When Christmas is celebrated, the Poles try to leave the city, the streets are empty, and during this period Poland becomes the most attractive. Tours for the New Year in these days are good because you can safely inspect all the sights, because the people are very few in the cities, and do not have to wade through the crowd.

Returned by the townspeople by the evening of December 31. Unlike Christmas, the New Year in Poland is celebrated mostly not in a narrow family circle, but in gay companies. Get into any restaurant that night is very problematic, so you need to book a place in advance. By the way, if we are talking about restaurants, we should say about traditional New Year's dishes, which must be tried. This chocolate cake, strudel, dumplings, porridge with prunes. New Year's table is also possible without fish dishes.

But the meeting of the New Year in this country is not only a holiday of the stomach. The main action is transferred to the streets and squares. And each city has its own program. An inexpressible experience will give Krakow. All the main fun takes place at the Market Square. There they put so-called Christmas cottages, where events of Holy Scripture are depicted. Fans of all unusual can meet the coming year underground - in salt mines. There not only excursions are organized, but also merry parties are organized. No less exciting is the New Year in Poland, if you go to one of the ski resorts: Zakopane, Shirk, Krynica ... The most famous place is Zakopane. There is something to see and without skiing. And for those who decided to celebrate the New Year 2014 in Poland, who really wants to visit this European country, it is worth paying attention to the mountains. The best time for this is the first half of the first month of the year. Those who celebrated here the holidays have already left, and the winter holidays for schoolchildren and students have not yet begun. And this means that the people here will be small. In general, the New Year in Poland is a noisy, cheerful and bright holiday. But do not be surprised if they ask you: "Where will you go to Sylvester?" That's what the locals call the New Year, to be exact December 31 - St. Sylvester's Day. This was the name of the Pope, who died on December 31, 335. He was very revered by the people, and therefore his favorite holiday is called his name. And according to tradition "Sylvester" is celebrated cheerfully: with splashes of champagne, dances and fireworks.