Bucharest Christmas Market,  Bucharest Romania  Dec.2023

Christmas markets are a traditional event held every December for 1 month. I had the opportunity to visit and photograph the Christmas market opened by the Bucharest Municipality on November 30th in Constitution Square in 2023. Constitution Square is the area in front of the Palace of Parliament, which used to be the symbol of the socialist order in Romania. The area was colorful with a 30-meter-high decorated Christmas tree and a Ferris wheel with variable colored lights. My wife and I experienced the Ferris wheel. The amusement park entertainments set up in different places in the area took me back to my childhood. It was possible to find everything from traditional handicrafts to Christmas decorations, local producers and small restaurants in the small wooden huts prepared in the market. I visited and photographed the Christmas market almost every evening during my stay in Bucharest. The photo I liked the most was the Ferris wheel in the area covered in lights and the Parliament Palace in the dark behind it.