{"id":4735,"date":"2016-12-21T09:45:17","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T09:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/?p=4735"},"modified":"2016-12-21T09:45:17","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T09:45:17","slug":"christmas-in-bournemouth-places-to-go-and-things-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2016\/12\/21\/christmas-in-bournemouth-places-to-go-and-things-to-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas in Bournemouth: places to go and things to do"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"\"<\/a>Despite Bournemouth being\u00a0quieter at the moment\u00a0than during the term, there are still lots of things to do as you prepare for\u00a0Christmas. The city seems less crowded due to the fact that many students are going back home, not only uni students, but also students from language schools too. If you’re staying\u00a0in the town for Christmas \u2026 good news: Bournemouth has a lot to offer!<\/p>\n

In Bournemouth Square (town centre) you will\u00a0find the Christmas Market, which is open\u00a0from the 17th<\/sup> of November until New Year\u2019s Eve (31st<\/sup> of December). This is a unique opportunity to eat something different that you’ve never tried before or to buy handicrafts; you definitely don\u2019t see\u00a0a place like this every day.<\/p>\n

Bournemouth Square is always ready to entertain\u00a0it’s visitors and you can clearly see that every single part has been carefully decorated for Christmas and, of course, you can also meet Santa! He\u2019ll appear in the town centre\u00a0every evening from 5pm until 6pm \u2013between the 1st<\/sup>\u00a0and the 24th<\/sup> of December. Moreover, you can also find people singing carols – why not consider joining them for a song?<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

If you are more adventurous and want to try something different you should consider trying ice-skating. Don’t\u00a0worry, the sea doesn\u2019t freeze here at Bournemouth – it’s not that cold! There is an artificial ice rink in the Lower Gardens. Go for a visit\u00a0and try your best on the ice! After a slippery time on\u00a0your skates it\u2019s time to enjoy a hot chocolate or even have dinner there. Likewise, if you like heights and want to see Bournemouth from a different view it\u2019s highly advisable to go on the Big Wheel, which is just in front of the sea.<\/p>\n

These are just a few things you can do in Bournemouth over Christmas, but wait: there are still more! Bournemouth Council has placed 20 Nutcracker Kings in different places around\u00a0the town. Will you be able to find all of them? 20 may seem to be a big number but it\u00a0can be a fun way\u00a0to make your shopping trip a little bit different.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Bournemouth is not in the North Pole so unfortunately snow is not common here, but if you want to experience something similar you should visit\u00a0the giant Snow Globe; every day it’s in a different place so you\u2019ll find it easily. If you want\u00a0to send your Christmas\u00a0list to Santa you can\u00a0go through the Enchanted Christmas Tree Walkway and find your way to Santa\u2019s Post Box.<\/p>\n

As you can see there is no time to get bored on these dates in Bournemouth, so go and enjoy every single thing the town has to offer for Christmas. I\u2019ll leave you with some websites where you may find other events for your Christmas diary:<\/p>\n

www.bournemouth.co.uk\/event\/christmas\/<\/p>\n

www.letsgoout-bournemouthandpoole.co.uk\/whats-on\/category\/christmas-events\/<\/p>\n

Merry Christmas everyone!\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Despite Bournemouth being\u00a0quieter at the moment\u00a0than during the term, there are still lots of things to do as you prepare for\u00a0Christmas. The city seems less crowded due to the fact that many students are going back home, not only uni students, but also students from language schools too. If you’re staying\u00a0in the town for Christmas… Read more » about Christmas in Bournemouth: places to go and things to do<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1801,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1658,1663],"tags":[130,270,271],"class_list":["post-4735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-archive","category-postgraduate","tag-bournemouth-university","tag-christmas-in-bournemouth","tag-things-to-do-in-bournemouth"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1801"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4735\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}