It’s nearly Christmas so everything goes festive, from city centre’s to shops. Where to go and what to expect? BR is on hand to help you navigate the festive maze through the top cities of Romania. You just have to be prepared for chestnuts roasting on an open fire.
Sibiu
Open November 18-January 3
Event organized by an NGO and City Hall
EUR 100,000 invested in 2016 (source: Hotnews.ro)
RON 4,000-9,900 participation tax for vendors in 2016
Vendors selected by the organizer
Considered the most beautiful Christmas fair in Romania
Christmas tree is 20 meters high
Over 100 exhibitors
28 projectors used for lighting design in Sibiu’s Main Square
RON 154,700 for maintenance of Christmas lights
RON 73,543 for Christmas light figures
Over RON 800,000 collected in 2016 for hotel taxes
Bucharest
Open December 1-27 in Piata Constitutiei
Event organized by City Hall in partnership with Creart, its own cultural institution
RON 7.2 million invested in 2016 (source: Hotnews.ro)
RON 1.5 million spent on Christmas decorations – little houses,
ice rink, nativity scene (source: Stirile ProTV)
RON 2,500-6,000 participation tax for vendors in 2016
Vendors selected through contest
Over 100 exhibitors
Christmas tree is 30 meters high
Free entrance to the ice rink
Over 3 million Christmas lights to decorate the city in 2016
Cluj-Napoca
Open November 24-January 1
Event organized by City Hall in partnership with a dozen communication & events coordination specialists
RON 5 million investment (source: Stirile ProTV)
One of the streets will be decorated by a local resident who won
a Christmas design contest organized by City Hall
Matei Corvin statue will stand in the middle of the ice rink
Brasov
Open December 7-January 14
Event organized by City Hall
Vendors selected through highest bid
Only 40 Christmas houses available
RON 235,000 for the investment in 2016 (source: Hotnews.ro)
Linz (Austria) and Nurnberg (Germany) city halls, will exhibit typical local products and will participate as twin towns of Brasov.