The European Destinations website, which works in collaboration with the European Commission, has ranked Novi Sad Winterfest among the best Christmas markets in the Old Continent.
Winterfest in Novi Sad, the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of Vojvodina, is the first and oldest Christmas market in this country. Since 2016, Winterfest has attracted a large number of visitors from other parts of Serbia as well as countries in the region.
The biggest attraction is the big” Singing Christmas Tree, featuring choirs of children and adults from all over Vojvodina every day. As a multicultural province, the choirs are sung in 10 different languages (Serbian, Hungarian, Slovak, Ruthenian, Croatian, Ladino, Yiddish, English, German and Russian),
publishes the site www.europeanbestdestinations.com.
“About 50 wooden houses are located in the historic center of Novi Sad, on Freedom Square. There is also a “Straw Play Room” in which city children who are looking for natural materials play carelessly. After 30 years, the organizers of Winterfest have returned to Novi Sad streets the feachers, ”the site concludes.
In addition, the site recommends hotel accommodation in Novi Sad as well as tours around Vojvodina and Belgrade. Advent in Zagreb has been the best European Christmas market for several years by the choice of this site, which has brought a major tourist boom to the Croatian capital this part of the year.
Voting for the title of “Best European Christmas Market” on this one www.europeanbestdestinations.com/christmas-markets is started on November 29th.
