In Belovezhskaya Forest plan to build a new residence of Santa Claus

In the Belovezhskaya Forest plan to create a new modern residence of the Belarusian Santa Claus. It should be bigger and bigger than the current one. About such plans told the Chairman of the Brest regional Executive Committee Peter Parkhomchik during the first environmental festival “Zubr-fest”, writes sb.by.

- We are going to create a new modern residence for Santa Claus. We are facing a very serious task: we want him to meet his guests at a new venue – more spacious, modern and large-scale – by next New Year. This is part of the great work on the development of the Belovezhskaya Forest. It is important for us to attract as many tourists as possible here and make the national park a place where people will come at any time of the year, said Pyotr Parkhomchik.

The current residence of the Belarusian Santa Claus was opened in Belovezhskaya Forest in 2003. It is located in the depths of a protected forest, more than ten kilometers from the central entrance to the national park in the village of Kamenyuki. Earlier on this place there was a bison, where bison came to feed in winter. The total area of the estate is 15 hectares.

Today, the complex includes the house of Santa Claus with a throne room and an office on the first floor, a bedroom and a balcony on the second. Nearby there is a separate house of the Snow Maiden and "Skarbnitsa", where gifts, letters, drawings, photographs and crafts sent by children are stored. There is also a museum of Santa Claus.

On the territory of the estate there is a windmill, a magic well, a pond with the Princess Frog, as well as numerous wooden sculptures and compositions based on famous fairy tales. The residence receives visitors all year round, and it can be reached by transport of the national park as part of the excursion group.

The creation of a new, more spacious complex should become the next stage in the development of the tourist infrastructure of the Belovezhskaya Forest and expand the opportunities for receiving guests throughout the year. Parkhomchik: “Zubr-fest” will become annual and its popularity will grow