- Sky, plane, new year
- Holiday preparation
- How New Year is celebrated in Sweden
- Gift chief
The Scandinavian countries are a great place to celebrate Christmas and New Years. For example, thousands of tourists from all over the world flock to Sweden every year to see with their own eyes a real winter fairy tale with pure white snow, frost, luxuriously decorated streets and squares, generous fairs and other attributes of winter holidays, which the Swedes love and know how to celebrate.
As arguments "for" meeting the winter holidays in Sweden, not too expensive tickets, and not a long flight will act. You will not notice the two-hour winter time difference between Stockholm and Moscow, and therefore you will be able to join the planned schedule of festive events quickly and comfortably for the body.
Sky, plane, new year
There are excellent flights between Moscow and Stockholm, and therefore you can fly to celebrate Christmas and New Year in Sweden both with direct flights and with transfers in other European capitals. If you plan your trip well in advance, tickets can be bought very inexpensively. For example, in April, the picture with transfer prices for the coming New Year holidays looks like this:
- The cheapest flights are offered by Latvian and Polish air carriers. Tickets on board Air Baltic and LOT Polish Airlines planes with connections in Riga and Warsaw, respectively, will cost a maximum of 200 euros. The trip will take from 3 to 3, 5 hours, excluding transfers. Both companies are raising their boards from Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport.
- Direct flights with a ticket price only slightly more expensive than connecting flights are organized by the Russian flagship of passenger air transportation. Aeroflot sells tickets from Moscow to Stockholm and back, subject to early booking, for 215 euros. Departure from Sheremetyevo, the flight takes just over two hours.
- Residents of St. Petersburg can fly to the capital of Sweden on the planes of SAS Scandinavian Airlines, which makes daily direct regular flights from Pulkovo. The flight takes 1.5 hours and costs 260 euros round trip.
- With connections in Riga and Helsinki, tourists from the northern capital of Russia can get to Stockholm on the wings of Air Baltic and Finnair. Ticket prices are 160 and 180 euros, respectively.
If your destination is not the capital of Sweden, but the city of Gothenburg, you can take the opportunity to get there by Brussels Airlines (with a connection in the capital of Belgium), Lufthansa (via Frankfurt) or Finnish air carriers (via Helsinki).
Malmö also has its own airport, but it is easier and cheaper to get there through the capital of Denmark. A ticket for a direct flight from Moscow to Copenhagen will cost about 230 euros from Aeroflot, and from 210 euros for a connecting flight from Air Baltic. From Copenhagen to Malmö you can take the train over the famous Øresund Bridge. A transfer between countries will cost a little more than 10 euros and will take about half an hour.
Useful information for air passengers:
- Planning your trip ahead of time and booking your flights early can help you cut costs by 10% -30%.
- You will not miss special offers on ticket discounts if you subscribe to your e-subscription on the websites of the airline companies. The necessary links for those wishing to go to celebrate the New Year in Sweden - www.aeroflot.ru, www.airbaltic.com, www.finnair.com, www.sas.com.
Holiday preparation
The bulk of the holiday season during the winter break falls on Christmas Day. Preparation for it begins at the end of November. The waiting time for the coming of the Savior is called Advent. Long before December 25, Swedes decorate their houses, streets and city squares, shops, cafes and museums. Festive decor is sold at fairs where you can enjoy Christmas souvenirs for acquaintances, family and friends.
The Christmas sales season is another good reason to travel to Sweden in winter. Discounts on most goods in shopping centers reach 80% and you can profitably buy not only the famous Swedish and Finnish down jackets and winter shoes, but also alpine skis, snowboards, skates and other equipment and accessories for sports.
How New Year is celebrated in Sweden
Unlike Christmas, which is considered to be a quiet family holiday throughout the Christian world, Swedes celebrate New Year noisily, widely and with friends. The main festive events in the capital of the country are held in Skansen, an open-air folklore museum. A stage is being built on the territory of the park, where concerts of local stars take place. The festive program ends with a dazzling fireworks display, which Stockholm residents of all ages come to Skansen to admire.
If you've been invited to Sweden to celebrate the New Year with friends, get ready for a festive dinner after the outdoor activities. Swedish housewives usually serve cutlets with lingonberry jam sauce, pickled herring, crispy rye bread, shrimp sandwiches and Princess cake decorated with sugar roses.
Gift chief
Despite the fact that Santa Claus is known and revered in Sweden, the residents of Stockholm and other cities have considered Yultomten to be the main responsible for New Year and Christmas gifts from time immemorial. The Christmas gnome lives in his own residence, which is called Tomteland and is located near the town of Moore. Wonderful children's parties take place in Tomteland all year round, but a particularly festive atmosphere reigns in the wonderful village during the winter holidays. Every hour during the holidays, an exciting event begins in the park, whether it be a lesson at a troll school or a witch school, a musical theater performance or a parade of Christmas heroes.
- You can find out the details of Tomteland's opening hours, book a hotel room and find information on ticket prices and visiting the residence of the gift chief in Sweden on the website - www.tomteland.se.
- The exact address of the fairytale village is Tomteland AB, Gesundabergsvägen 80, 792 90 Sollerön, Sweden.
The capital of Sweden is only 100 km away from Mora, where the Christmas park is located. You can get there by train directly from Stockholm Airport. Tickets and timetables are available at www.accesrail.com.
