Metro, buses, cable car free in Tbilisi on New Year’s Eve
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Public transport will be free on New Year’s Eve in Tbilisi so that people attending outdoor celebrations can later get home more easily.
The metro system, buses and cable cars at Rike Park will be free of charge from 11am on December 31 through 4am on January 1, Tbilisi City Hall said.
160 buses will run every 30 minutes taking the passengers to the metro stations, central districts and festive events.
The holiday season is here and Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi has transformed into a festive city, with new shimmer and twinkling New Year illuminations. Photo by Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
The festive mood is in the air in Tbilisi as the Georgian capital is getting ready to celebrate New Year tonight.
Various festive events will be held in Tbilisi throughout the day at:
- Dedaena Christmas Town;
- New Tiflis at Aghmashenebeli Avenue;
- The suburbs of Gldani and Varketili;
- Old Tbilisi.
Tbilisi is welcoming 2018 with brand new illuminations, for which the city government has spent 3 million GEL (about $1.10m/€0.92m*). Photo by Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
Moreover, cycling Santa Clauses visited all of the 10 districts of the Georgian capital city bringing the New Year’s mood to the residents and guests.
The festive mood is in the air in Tbilisi as the Georgian capital is getting ready to celebrate New Year. Wishing everyone a Happy New Year, a new video has gone viral as photographer Giorgi Isakadze created a unique story about Tbilisi, featuring all of its gorgeous locations.
The New Year’s mood is in full swing in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, where Santa Clauses have appeared with bicycles. Cycling Santas is a new project launched yesterday by Tbilisi City Hall. They are greeting citizens and handing out candies.
If you are spending your holiday season in Tbilisi, you are welcome to Dedaena Park where the city’s central Christmas Town is hosting concerts, theatre shows and children’s activities over the next two weeks.
Today, a major part of Christians all over the world are celebrating one of the most important religious holidays of the faith - Christmas, which marks the birth of Jesus Christ. Georgian Orthodox Christians, who make up the majority of population, will celebrate Christmas on January 7.
A new blue bus decorated for New Year has been running around the Georgian capital of Tbilisi today with Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze sending his new year’s wishes to the people for 2018.
Catholicos Patriarch of Georgia Ilia II has expressed his warm wishes to the nation on the New Year and wished everyone happiness.
Members of the Georgian Orthodox Church, together with part of the Orthodox world, will celebrate Christmas tomorrow, on January 7, according to the Julian calendar. Public transport will be free on Christmas Eve in Tbilisi so that people attending the night liturgy and outdoor celebrations can later get home more easily.