Great Beer Festival in London
The Big Beer Festival also takes place at the Olympia Exhibition Center in London. Every year, here you can taste more than 350 varieties of real English ale, almost 60 varieties of cider and enjoy first-class beer from Belgium and Germany.
German Christmas market in Hyde Park
Tradition of Christmas markets spread all over the world from the now French Alsace, and The first to accept it was Germany. Now the German Christmas markets are famous for the whole world much more French.
New Year in London
There is an opinion that the English are reserved, stiff and even boring people. However, New Year's London is able to spread this stereotype to the nines. Stormy preparations for the winter celebration are being held by the British at the end of November
In the middle of February London becomes a meeting point for famous designers and designers: it is at this time that the London Fashion Week is held here. In the garden of the Natural History Museum there is a separate pavilion where a large-scale exhibition of fashionable clothes and fashion shows takes place, during which the talented couturiers of the world present their magnificent dresses of the spring-summer collection
One of the most grandiose and prestigious championships in the world of sports, the history of which lasts almost two hundred years. For two weeks at the Wimbledon stadium there are no empty seats: thousands of fans from all over the world come to London to see live on their grassy courts their favorite tennis players. Even members of the royal family traditionally attend the Wimbledon tournament every year
One of the most famous British holidays is the Night of Guy Fawkes or the night of bonfires (Bonfire Night). It falls on November 5, and for four centuries now it reminds how in 1605 that night an explosion of the Parliament was prevented, at which important political figures and King James I were to perish. But the plot was uncovered, and one of the his key figures, Guy Fox - was captured and arrested.
On the last Sunday and Monday of August, a bright and noisy carnival carnival takes place in Notting Hill . Every year the carnival gathers around a million of the streets of this prestigious London area man, thanks to which this magnificent festival is on the second place in number and color after the famous Brazilian carnival . A huge crowd of people is walking along the streets in indescribably bright and stunningly beautiful costumes, the national sounds all dance and sing . The sounds of reggae of funk and hip-hop are spread all over the district . During the carnival it is customary to get smudged in paint, clay or even chocolate, than its participants show their detachment from everyday life . Here all forget about their problems, important matters, sorrows and sorrows, illnesses and fears - for two days each carnival participant in Notting Hill has a chance to close his eyes and break away from all worldly .
And to be imbued with the atmosphere of Great Britain, Visit the Buckingham Palace guard change ceremony The Changing of the Guard is a costumed military parade that can be seen every day in the summer or every other day of the year . Theatrical performance, during which the members of the royal guard are exchanging places, is a charming and majestic spectacle . Guardsmen are dressed in a beautiful red uniform and bear hats, and all their actions occur to music performed by the Guards orchestra . Music themes are very diverse, from traditional marches to popular melodies .