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Christmas tree in Sofia to light up on December 1

Photo: BGNES - library

The lights of the Christmas tree, situated in front of the National Theater in Sofia will be switched on December 1. The tree will be 10-meters high and will be decorated with 200 champagne-colored balls of different sizes. There will be ten Christmas markets this winter on the territory of Sofia as eight of them are new.

On December 1st, an Ice Park will be opened in the Knyazheska Garden, which will have many branches and turns and will have similarities with the ice rink in front of the municipality in Vienna.


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