New Year in Warsaw

Hello 2019!
The new year started rainy and sombre, but the Christmas illuminations which adorn the Royal Route and other popular places light up the night!

"Stolica wolności 1918-2018" - "the capital  of independence" reminds us that the last year was an anniversary of the Polish rebirth as a state.

On the Old Square an ice rink surrounds the mermaid. After a skating ride you can stop at one of the Christmas market stalls and recharge your batteries with

• a piece of "grilowana kiełbasa" - grilled sausage, 
• "chleb ze smalcem" - a slice of bread with lard,  
• "oscypek" - salty cheese from the Polish mountains,
• "grzane wino" - mulled wine...

Anyway... no matter the festive illuminations, many buildings present their better self at night...

Here - Zachęta, the National Gallery of Art.