Mittsommer - HahnAirport Magazin
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<strong>Mittsommer</strong>feste 2007<br />
Midsummer night festivals 2007<br />
Tallin<br />
Freilichtmuseum Rocca al Mare<br />
Open air museum Rocca al Mare<br />
www.evm.ee<br />
Kernave<br />
Archäologisches Reservat<br />
Archaeological reserve<br />
www.kernave.org<br />
Kaunas<br />
Freilichtmuseum Rumsiskes<br />
Open air museum Rumsiskes<br />
www.muziejai.lt<br />
ring and walks towards the bandstand near<br />
the entrance of the museum. Freshly brewed<br />
beer is served here – and cheese with cumin,<br />
another Baltic speciality.<br />
All around people are singing and making<br />
music, the young and the old celebrate<br />
cheerfully together. Occasionally young couples<br />
jump across the fire holding hands. This<br />
is supposed to strengthen their love for each<br />
other.<br />
Others went to the sea of the museum village<br />
to let little lights float on the water. This<br />
is supposed to remind of John the Baptist,<br />
the “Light of Humanity”. Religion and superstition<br />
mix to create a festival of traditions.<br />
In the meantime the young couple came<br />
back from collecting ferns. They seem to be<br />
satisfied. Slowly but surely the cold arrives,<br />
dew appears on the herb. In former times<br />
people thought that taking a bath in the<br />
Pärnu<br />
Strand<br />
Beach<br />
www.parnu.ee<br />
Jurmala<br />
Strand<br />
Beach<br />
www.jurmala.lv<br />
Vilnius<br />
Neris-Ufer<br />
Banks of the Neris<br />
www.turizmas.vilnius.lt<br />
dew would purify the body and restore<br />
health. But most of the visitors start thinking<br />
about a warm bed.<br />
The next day we arrive in the Curonian<br />
Spit. Here each year at St. Johns Eve a whole<br />
festival takes place. Picking herbs, weaving<br />
garlands, fortune telling and singing is on<br />
the programme. And also a dance of the witches<br />
and the St. John Bonfire. “Cheerful” is<br />
the word of the day when singers and<br />
dancers from several nations perform on the<br />
big stage in the port of Nidas. Local television<br />
is present and the Eve of St. John has<br />
already become a huge media event. The<br />
only birthday of a saint celebrated by the<br />
church has become an important day in the<br />
formerly socialist regions of the Baltic. For<br />
most it’s the most important day in summer.<br />
The hotels and pensions are often booked<br />
out. And not only in the Curonian Spit.<br />
<strong>HahnAirport</strong> <strong>Magazin</strong> · Frühjahr/Sommer 2007<br />
Travel<br />
Riga<br />
Johannismarkt am Domplatz<br />
St. Johns Market on cathedral place<br />
www.riga.lv<br />
Klaipeda<br />
Johanneshügel<br />
Mount St. John<br />
www.klaipedainfo.lt<br />
Trakai<br />
Galve-See<br />
Lake Galve<br />
www.trakai.lt<br />
Very popular are the beach and the banks<br />
of the river for celebrating the event. But<br />
even more famous are the mystical places<br />
like the mount of St. John near Klaipeda (Lithuania),<br />
the bishops castle in Saaremaa<br />
(Estonia) or the Renka Garden in Ventspils<br />
(Latvia). This are places to feel good and try<br />
to divine the future, places where reality and<br />
fantasy mix and become one for a couple of<br />
hours. The grey routine of everyday live<br />
makes way for the colourful atmosphere of<br />
the festival.<br />
How to get there<br />
Ryanair offers flights to Lithuania every<br />
Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday<br />
(Kaunas). Latvia can be reached daily via<br />
Riga. Flights to Gdansk are available<br />
each Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and<br />
Friday.<br />
| Beliebte Festkulissse, die Inselburg Trakai | "Kräuterfrau" Vida<br />
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