The world's most famous holiday decorations

Meet cities taking "tree lighting" at the next level.


The holiday season is many things, but above all, it's a period of dazzling decorations.And it's not just your living roomwhole communities come into action. Some cities take this seriously and furrows of city squares with dazzling and similar string lights. Some cities go all kinds and launch festivals and trees and tree lighting. And a selection of some cities will so far to dothose Cities look like half effort.

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The result: tree lights with lists of guests A-Lister, Christmas markets that seem to be out of a literal fairy (like the one above, in Dresden, Germany) and to light displays Interactive so ethéal that cross them as you temporarily mounted to the next plane. If you thought the gigantic tree of your city was a show to see, you will want to scroll, because we gathered the most magnificent and amazing holiday decorations of the planet. Happy Holidays.

1
Luminarie Lights Festival; Kobe, Japan

Luminaire Lights Festival Kobe, Japan famous holiday decorations

ThisFestival des Lumières Is held every year in the first two weeks of December to commemorate the great earthquake Hanshin from 1995, where nearly 4,600 Kobe citizens lost their lives. The bulbs used to create this masterpiece have been offered by the Italian government because lighting symbolizes the hope of the future of Kobe, Japan. The opening ceremony is launched by a silent prayer for the victims, while a memorial naming those who were killed are displayed during nocturnal activities. In total, more than four million people visit this festival every year.

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Madrid Christmas display; Madrid, Spain

Madrid, Spain famous holiday decorations

From last Friday last November, the streets of Madrid are strong with millions of lights scattered in the city center. ThoseEcological lights Are created by Spanish designers, architects and graphic designers known for paying tribute to the conscious streets of Madrid's fashion. Large Christmas trees and dazzling lights cover almost every inches in the city, including popular tourist destinations such as Puerta del Sol, Plaza San Juan de la Cruz and Plaza España, Red de San Luis (Gran Vía-Montera) , Calle Fuencarral, Plaza de Callao and Plaza de Colón (Calle Genova).

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Tivoli Gardens; Copenhagen, Denmark

Tivoli Gardens Copenhagen Denmark famous holiday decorations

TheTivoli Gardens Amusement Park In Copenhagen becomes an oasis of Christmas decor and lights throughout the holiday season. Thanks to a collection of charming attractions - train walks to holiday parade sakes - this Winter Wonderland attracts thousands of visitors each year.

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Winter illuminations; Tokyo, Japan

shiodome christmas lights in tokyo

In Tokyo, Japan,Two festive winter lights display Have place in the city-one of Cartleta's shiodoma, and the other in the city center of Tokyo. The Shodé-Shoodome (Photo) houses an annual lighting event with an amazing range of LED lights, often creating awesome patterns in phase with the holiday season, resulting in a transcenendallal space, unlike something. Other on the planet. Located behind the main Tower of Tokyo's Midtown is the "Starlight Garden", where different LED displays are manufactured by artists and engineers each year. This year, the lighting will be called "the universe" and will have about 190,000 LED lights and more than 100 ball lights to capture the essence of space.

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Artista Luci; Salerno, Italy

Luci d'Artista Italy Famous Holiday Decorations

The town of Salerno, Italy rings the holiday season every year with a unique display of lights and facilities around the city center calledArtista Luci. This year's theme is marine life, with bright shows (like the one that is displayed above) featuring waves with fish, shellfish and other creatures of the ocean. In parallel with these impressive screens, visitors can also expect sandwich nativity scenes on the ferris wheel and traditional Christmas markets line each public place.

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Christmas boat Newport Beach; Newport Beach, California

Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade Famous Holiday Decorations
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This year, the 110th annualNewport Beach Christmas Boat BoatWill go through the port of Newport every night of December 19 through the 23rd. Everyone is invited to participate or to look like a parade of decorated yachts, boats, kayaks and even canoes navigate. For those who wish to look stronger, you can do it in designated areas "Dine & Watch" along the seafront.

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Christmas village; Nice, France

Nice France Village de Noël Famous Holiday Decorations

To really find the spirit of Christmas apart fromYour local mall Santa, head towardNice Christmas Village, where gifts made by hand, rose on the wheel of the dominant ferris and incredibly unique screens of light fill the air with a kind of special joy. Better still, tourist destinations like the Fountain of the Sun, which is transformed into a giant snow globe, become marvelous Christmas tags during this magical period in France.

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Champs Elysees; Paris, France

Paris France champs elysees

This year, the 400 trees alongside Champs-Élysées, in Paris,are light red bright, Lending the famous Legendary Street Holiday Holiday. To make the opportunity even more glamorous, a local celebrity is often the designated one to light the lights at the end of November. This year, this honor went to the legend of fashion Karl Lagerfeld.

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Dyker heights; Brooklyn, New York

Dyker Heights Brooklyn Famous Holiday Decorations

If you visit New York City this year, after the required Rockefeller trek, be sure to get toDyker height in Brooklyn for a display of loving lights just as dazzling. From the 83rd Street at the 86th Street in this Brooklyn district, walking visitors can see the unique screens set up by various owners until New Year's Day, when they are usually supported. You can scream planning guided tours in the area that allows you to explore the display of on-foot and bus lights.

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Somerset House; London, United Kingdom

Somerset House London Famous Holiday Decorations

Even outside the holiday season, theSomerset house In London is an impressive display of architectural prowess and historical significance. Visitors to this historic monument can wait with impatience skating, Christmas and aenchanting tree This high towers above the festivities. For those who are really obliged to welcome the most extravagant holidays, you now have the opportunity to party at night in one of the many designated spaces of Somerset House.

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Monument of freedom; Tbilisi, Georgia

This center of celebrations of the European Capital around the emblematic statue of Saint George kills the dragon. For the month of December, the monument is hooked with hundreds of hanging lights to look like magic spider canvases - a truly delighted vision for any lucky person to visit this Georgian city during the holiday season.

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Christmas market; Dresden, Germany

dresden christmas market at night

Known asFirst Strievermarkt of GermanyOr Christmas market, this collection of shops, cuisine and Christmas news brings to visitors from around the world to explore its hidden treasures. And, faithful to the German tradition of the Christmas market, this one in Dresden has a bold collection of holiday and decor have, as well as hot wine and traditional treats to last throughout December.

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Rockefeller Center; New York, New York

rockefeller center christmas tree covered in snow Famous Holiday Decorations

Perhaps the most famous Christmas display in America, if not the world,ROCKEFELLER CENTER In Midtown Manhattan, practically comes to life during the holiday season. There is ice skating, aawesome Christmas tree And accompanying lighting ceremony, spectacular Christmas of the music of the radio city, and many other events take place during the month of December. Not only that, but every bar and surrounding restaurant often works to capture this same Christmas joy, with places like the tavern on the green decoration of all the inch of the establishment so that the festive feelings become strong.

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Place of the cathedral; Vilnius, Lithuania

Cathedral Square Vilnius Lithuania Famous Holiday Decorations

Quickly becoming one of the most impressive Christmas screens in the world, this one inThe place of the Cathedral of LithuaniaEncompasses thousands of lights and many unique purchasing opportunities. In fact, visitors are even encouraged to venture apart from the Cathedral Square and at different corners of the city where Christmas markets dominate the landscape during the winter season. The inhabitants encourage this branch because tourists will then have a sense of the artistic scene and culture in Vilnius, which will be exhibited in Christmas markets like the Etmony Christmas market, where local and creative designers are articles. unique for an engaging shopping experience.

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Fiesta of Christmas lights; Medellin, Colombia

Christmas Lights Fiesta Medellin Colombia Famous Holiday Decorations

Known as Alumbrados Navideños or El Alumbrado,Medellin, display of the annual lights of Colombia Transforms the city into a vacation joy. This year, however, the light display will not be along the Medellin River because it is normally instead, the majority of the impressive display will be inside the Parque Norte amusement park. In a dynamic exploit of ingenuity, the city of Medellin brings together about 26 million LED lights, 35,000 hand woven figures and 11 tons of metallic paper to create Christmas art facilities a nature.

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Route de Verger; Singapore

Orchard Road Singapore Famous Holiday Decorations

CalledChristmas in a big streetThis Singapore Christmas tradition brings thousands of lights, holiday decorations, shopping and festivities of the famous Orchard Street of the city. This year, this magic street captures Disney's essence with different characters like Mickey Mouse and Disney princesses making an appearance along the crowded street. As you walk the impressive line of shops and vacation experiences, make sure to watch the eyes, because the light screens are handmade every year to fill the space with a special Christmas atmosphere.

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Niagara Parkway; Niagara Falls, Ontario

Niagara Falls Ontario Famous Holiday Decorations

When they do not take the natural beauty of one of the seven wonders of the world, visitors to Ontario, Canada, on the side of Niagara Falls can expect breathtaking dispatches of Christmas grandeur. longNiagara Parkway. During the holiday season, nearly five miles along the center of Niagara Falls is lit with more than three million sparkling lights. With several surveillance parades, walking visits and ice skating events, let's just say that Ontario knows how to get the most out of the holiday season.

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Christmas markets in Gogo; Vienna, Austria

Vienna Austria Famous Holiday Decorations

It is not surprising that Vienna experiences the biggest rush to tourists during the holiday season, because almost every centimeters of the city are decorated in an abundance of lights and an acclamation. For reallyDiscover the spirit of Christmas in ViennaMake sure to go to the lake in front of the Superior Belvedere Palace, where the lights of the decorations molded fascinating reflections on the water for the ideal instagram moment. After this walk on the water, head towards one of the many Christmas markets of Vienna to buy seasonal gifts for the special people of your shopping list.

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Natal Luz; Gramado, Brazil

Natal Luz Gramado Brazil Famous Holiday Decorations

Translate to "Christmas Lights", Natal Luz, the Christmas tradition in Brazil, is only for truly hard fans, because the events light each of this comfortable mountain in October. To get an idea of ​​the season as in Gramado, simply imagine a christmas of the pointing card that lasts a total of 81 days - with the festivities of nearly three months never seeming to disturb the inhabitants, who are all happily chip to do Each visitor feels welcome to their Christmas oasis. Whether you attend a show, admire the displayed dazzling lights, or that you participate in one of the many parades or ceremonies, Natal Luz can make the worst case of Bah Humbug disappearing in a large hot chocolate tank and tunsel.

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The Christmas market of the Liseberg Amusement Park; Gothenburg, Sweden

Gothenburg Sweden Famous Holiday Decorations

Considered thethe best of the best Scandinavian Christmas experiences, theThe Christmas market of Liseberg Amusement Parkbrings a certain amount of holiday warm to the city of Gothenburg, Sweden. By using more than 5 million glittering lights, carousels, ice ballet and many other magic displays to entry visitors during entry. The pleasure of treasure hunting turns out to be the ideal Christmas expedition for children, because people of all ages wandal in the medieval village to find their Christmas gifts. In brief: In Gothenburg, magic is waiting for every corner corner.

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Winter pleasures; Brussels, Belgium

Brussels Belgium Famous Holiday Decorations

ThisCelebration of the end of the year has become one of the most popular in the world, with more than 2 million visitors streaming during the month of December to participate in the different lights, the Christmas markets stored full of unique gifts, Christmas cuisine and festivities. last 5 weeks in winter. For the 18th edition of the festival that takes place this year, visitors can hope for the high-tech dome designed for spectacular holiday festivals, shows and new technologies.

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Callaway Gardens; Pine Mountain, Georgia

Callaway Gardens Georgia Famous Holiday Decorations

The fantasy in the lights showsGardens Callaway In Pine Mountain, Georgia, has become a basic celebration in the southern United States, with 2,500 acres of beautiful landscape decorated with lights and holiday decorations. To really experience the station in all its glory of holidays, make sure to book a room, because the day of the night will allow you to feast of the delicious southern cuisine and to prove fully in other experiences of the station as well as The spa and the golf course on site.

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All the city; Hong Kong, China

Hong Kong China Famous Holiday Decorations

Hong Kong, China, is unique in the way its sprawling perimeters seem to beoverflowing with Christmas joy during the holiday season. In fact, almost all the sizes of town and park in the city are full of decoration and Christmas tree, with all national ballets, orchestras, restaurants and shops between exhibiting a separate amount of holidays. And for more ways to help those who will not have the chance to escape this year, see these 23 ways to help someone who is alone for holidays.

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