Saint Sylvestre dans les villes du monde enti

Nouvel An Chinois

Le Nouvel An chinois 农历新年 (nónglì xīnnián) aussi appelé Fête du printemps est sans nul doute la fête la plus importante pour les communautés chinoises à travers le monde entier. Le terme nónglì xīnnián signifie littéralement "nouvel an du calendrier agricole" car il se célèbre suivant le calendrier chinois qui est à la fois lunaire et solaire, à la différence du calendrier grégorien. Cette fête est un moment dont on profite en prenant des vacances, en se réunissant ...

New Year�s Eve In Norway

New Year's Eve in Norway Like any other country in Europe, Norway has its own distinctness when it comes to celebrating New Year's Eve. New Year's Eve in Norway is both a social and family occasion. The day is reserved for quality time spending with family members and close friends. Norwegians prefer a judicious mixture of time spent indoors and outdoors during the holiday season. However, some of the young Norwegians prefer spending the end of the year in other warmer climes of other seaside c...

New Year’s Eve by Po Tidholm The Swedish New Year often coincides with a bout of ice-cold weather. Temperatures, which tend to hover frustratingly around freezing point over Christmas, at least in the south, gradually drop, and by midnight you can see shivering Swedes, up to their knees in heavy snow, toasting one another in champagne and firing off rockets. New year is spent with friends It is quite an endearing sight, and it is also symptomatic of modern Sweden. In many respects, S...

Mayor of London - New Year

New Year's Eve London 31 December 2006 New Year's Eve fireworks - photograph © James O Jenkins New Year's Eve A spectacular fireworks display fired from the British Airways London Eye once again marked midnight on New Year's Eve. Over 150,000 people celebrated the start of 2007 in central London. Following the chimes of Big Ben at midnight, a ten-minute display, organised by the Mayor of London, was fired from the London Eye and from the river. A rolling programme of lighting and ...

New Year in Finland - Official Travel and Tourism Guide

New Year New Year celebrations are just as much fun in Finland as they are elsewhere. However, the Finnish scenery, the snow and the Arctic weather add local flavour to the celebrations. Firework displays mark the turn of the year, but with luck visitors to the north may also witness nature’s own spectacular fireworks in the form of the Northern Lights. With Christmas over, the wait for the New Year begins. The Finnish winter prevents any big New Year celebrations in the streets. But at ...

Festivals & Holidays

FESTIVALS & HOLIDAYS JAPAN'S THREE-DAY NEW YEAR HOLIDAY Celebration marked by rituals and greetings The three-day New Year holiday is a very special time in Japan, a time of solemn prayers and joyous greetings. While New Year's Day is a holiday in many parts of the world, the occasion has a unique significance to the Japanese, who take the opportunity to begin anew many aspects of their lives. New Year is regarded in Japan as an auspicious occasion. As such, it is filled with traditional...

Réveillon Paris > Sortir à Paris : Réveillon 2008 - reveillon Nouvel An - reveillons jour an, reveillon 2008, Saint S...

Réveillon Paris : nouvel an 2008 reveillon parisPréparez votre Saint Sylvestre ! Dimanche 31 décembre 2007 : Demandez le programme de la réveillon du Nouvel An à Paris ! Trouvez une soirée, un bon plan pour le réveillon... Ajoutez votre événement dans l'agenda

Edinburgh's Hogmanay - The World's Best New Year Celebrations | Edinburgh's Hogmanay

Edinburgh's Hogmanay - The World's Best New Year CelebrationsEdinburgh's Hogmanay 08 will be another fantastic four day festival. Once again expect bands playing all types of music and performers from all over the world, with the beautiful cityscape of Edinburgh as a backdrop.Details of the full Edinburgh's Hogmanay 07-08 programme will announced in November.Passes, packs and tickets for all events (apart from the Concert in the Gardens) will go on general release from Saturday 6 October at 10.0...

L'Angola abritera le 52e marathon de la Saint Sylvestre

Le 52e marathon de la Saint Sylvestre aura lieu le 31 décembre 2007 à Luanda, capitale angolaise, a indiqué le secrétaire général de la Fédération d'athlétisme angolaise (FAA) vendredi à Luanda. Le secrétaire général de ...

Nouvel an et nuit de la Saint Sylvestre à Namur avec

Pour passer la nuit de la Saint Sylvestre, le Nouvel an, la nouvelle année 2008, Namur Expo vous invite et vous accueille, dans plus de 5000 mètres carrés de décors magiques et féeriques, pour que vo...