The lake outside Iulius Mall offers yet another choice. Afterward, there are several cafes and teashops nearby to warm up in. You can also find in the main square of Cluj an ice skating rink, which is erected every winter, like the market, this also opens on the first of December, and remains open until the ice melts! This rink is very popular, and for around 5 euros you can hire a pair of skates and be skating to a mix of modern and classic dance music! There are alternatives for skating within the city another popular location is the lake in the central park, which freezes over to provide a natural skating rink. Just wander the city for a while and you’re sure to find something to take your fancy! Aside from the main market, the streets of Cluj house many other smaller market stalls, often filled with products hand made in the nearby villages. The scene is frequently accompanied by live music, including Christmas carol choirs. The main Christmas market in Cluj Napoca, located directly in the town square consists of a great many wooden huts, built especially for the occasion, filled with a variety of handmade souvenirs, dolls, traditional decorations, local snacks, homemade chocolate and candy, hot drinks and hearty meals. This paired with the frosting of ice and snow makes the city look even more beautiful than usual, which is saying something! The whole city of Cluj Napoca is decorated to celebrate Craciun (Christmas), and seems to sparkle, especially when viewed from atop of Citadel hill. Winter and Christmas go hand in hand, and Transylvania is a great place to spend it. It seems like the entire city comes out to enjoy this day, and the atmosphere is buzzing, and certainly a great experience for anyone traveling to the city at this time. This is a day of remembrance and celebration and Cluj Napoca (among many other cities and towns) plays host to a day of festivities, with the official opening of the Christmas market in the town square, military parades, live open air concerts, all topped off with a fantastic firework display and torchlit procession. It officially begins on the first of December, which coincidentally is Romania’s national day.
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Winter in Transylvania is a magical time of year, and the locals know how to make the most of it. Then we have winter, temperatures are known to plummet fairly rapidly and all of a sudden we are swept into a chilly winter wonderland, complete with frosty mornings and snowy winter days, spent quaffing mulled wine by the fire! From hot summer days complemented with vibrant thunderstorms, to cool spring mornings and pleasantly warm Autumnal evenings spent barbequing amongst the bare trees. Transylvania is an area of drastic changes throughout the year.
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