The New Year is an opportunity to make plans and set new challenges. If you’re missing ideas below, you’ll find some hints in the spirit of #KRKtravelchallenge.
Athens
- together with the Greeks, celebrate the full moon in August and have fun at city parties until the morning
- go underground to discover what works of art metro stations hides in Athens
- admire the sunset from Lycabettus hill
Brussels
- go to the viewing platform inside the Atomium – an enlarged model of the iron cell
- go to the Salon du Chocolat and see how many different flavours chocolate can have (February 2020)
- spend a nice afternoon drinking coffee in the Saint-Hubert Royal Galleries
Bucharest
- feel as small as an ant standing in front of the Palace of Parliament – the second largest building in the world
- try covrigi – pretzels with filling that are baked in front of the client
- immerse yourself in a book at the Cărturești Carusem bookshop located in a historic tenement house
Chicago
- watch a baseball game at Wrigley Field
- take a selfie with the Cloud Gate sculpture, i.e. the famous “bean”
- try the so-called deep dish – Chicago style pizza
Hamburg
- listen to the concert in the impressive building of the Elbphilharmonie
- go to the tower of the church of St. Michael and admire the view over the city from a height of 106 meters
- take a walk through the tunnel built under the river in 1907
Copenhagen
- take a photo with the Little Mermaid statue
- take part in the summer Kulturhavn festival at the bay (23-25 August)
- feel the adrenaline rush on the roller coaster at Bakken Amusement Park
Leeds
- see film sneak previews at the Leeds International Film Festival (November 6-21)
- indulge in a shopping spree at the former Corn Exchange
- travel out to the historic Harewood House, where scenes from the TV series “Downtown Abbey” were shot
Odessa
- go to the top of the Potemkin Stairs, which “starred” in the famous “Battleship Potemkin” by Eisenstein
- sit on a monument of a chair commemorating the book entitled “The Twelve Chairs”
- enjoy the Art Nouveau architecture at Passage Hotel
Rimini
- try local wine at the P.assagi di Vino festival in June
- see the most important Italian monuments in a miniature park
- immerse yourself in the history of cinema at the Federico Fellini Museum
Stockholm
- learn about the history of the 17th-century Vasa ship by visiting Vasamuseet
- follow in the footsteps of the heroes of the book saga “Millennium” by Stieg Larsson
- discover all the feline traces on the famous Kattgränd – Cat’s Street
Tenerife
- feel the dance rhythms during the carnival in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (February 2020)
- try gofio – roasted and ground grain, which is a popular addition to local dishes
- try sliding down a 28 meter high water slide at Siam Park
Turku
- complete 250 km of the Archipelago Trail cycling route
- meet the Moomintroll, Snufkin and Little My in Naantali
- feast at the VIrgin Potato Festival (Neitsytperunafestivaali) in June
