Holidazzle, A Little Holiday Town in Minneapolis
Holidazzle, “A Little North Country…In The Heart Of The City”
The catchphrase as in the Holidazzle website is about right. This year is my first time visiting the Holidazzle, a festive event in Loring Park, Minneapolis (USA). I had an expectation the event to be a bit similar to the Christmas markets as in Germany or Maastricht (the Netherlands), but it was not. It has its own characteristic and it shows the America’s melting pot. Fascinating!
Holidazzle
Dutchie and I had a blast trying out the food at the Holidazzle. There were numerous food stands at Holidazzle but we tried just two of them and loved the food! We had Dutch mini pancake called “poffertjes” (which is a popular snack in the Netherlands) and Polish dumpling or “pierogi” (which was my favorite food when visiting Poznan, Poland). The Dutch usually eat poffertjes with butter and sugar powder but the stand also offers maple, chocolate or strawberry topping. American’s style poffertjes 😉 The Polish dumpling tastes reminded me of the ones I had in Poznan. The stand, Pierogi Place at Holidazzle, also offers potato and cheese pierogi with sour cream which is typical dish for Christmas in Poland. Truly recommended (I took two portions of pierogi because they were so good!).
Besides of Kids Zone, ice skating range, and numerous local shops and breweries tents; Interactive Illuminated Art Installations, The Wolf and Moose, are captivating to see. They were made from recycled plastic materials. I took tens pictures of them. Many visitors seemed like these installations too – quite a long line to try out The Wolf and Moose.
And of course, there were stages for Christmas Carols, open-air Cinema and Photos with Santa.
All activities are outdoor. It sounds insane to spend hours outside as we know how cold the winter temperature could be in Minneapolis. But with so much fun offered in Holidazzle, we did not even feel the cold!
Holidazzle opens for free every Thursday to Sunday, from November 25 to December 23. More about the Holidazzle and schedules please visit: Holidazzle Schedule.
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Beautiful holiday..like the led lamp on tree-..
Pancake kayaknua enak mbk indah..
Iya..enak..kyknya ada yg jual poffertjes di Indonesia ya. Di Puncak kalau gak salah..
I just love this time of the year and all the Christmas lights and decoration 🙂 you had such great time at Holidazzle, Indah 🙂
Despite the cold, I do love the festive in December! Thank you so much Alexandra!
Holidazzle is quite a name for a Christmas festive event. Very catchy 😀 Those Dutch pancakes and pierogi sound delicious. I’ve had the small pancakes before from a food truck here in Melbourne, and they too came with quite a few sauces like the ones you mentioned, chocolate, strawberry and jam. Lol, who doesn’t love pancakes. It is summer here in Australia and we get to enjoy Christmas festivities in warm weather – well, it is still quite cold here in Melbourne but warm weather should be here shortly 🙂
Hi Mabel, I wouldn’t mind to have summer for Christmas! The winter is sometimes too cold here..not really looking forward to it..hahaha..Have a wonderful December!
Bonjour Indah, un grand merci pour ces merveilleuses décorations. J’aime les belles couleurs et les lumières, c’est chaleureux 🙂
Noël approche à grands pas.
Mes amitiés
Love the different coloured lights on the trees. It makes it look like a magical land lol 😀
Indeed! They make the festive looks magical! 🙂
Oh, it looks awesome! I’ll have to let my sister know about if, in case she doesn’t already. I bet my nephew would love it!
I hope they visited it already! I just take a look at the temperature in Minneapolis and it is freezing now..I am now in the Netherlands and here feels like a sub-tropical compared to the Minneapolis’ temperature!
It’s definitely very winter-like now – be glad you’re missing this cold snap! I’ll have to ask if she visited.
Such colorful and vibrant decorations. Enjoy your year-end and have a good New Year too ☺️
Thank you so much Alok, wishing you the same! 🙂
Wow! That is so fabulous! Great captures, Indah. 🙂
Thank you so much, Amy!