19 German Christmas Markets to Plan a Trip Around

Even though other nations around the world have unique holiday traditions (like piñata-bashing in Mexico and lantern festivals in the Philippines), it’s nicely-known that no place does Xmas really like Germany (no make a difference how quite a few iterations of German Christmas markets you may well see in the U.S. these days) in which the festive holiday period kicks off at the stop of November and operates up till the commencing of January. It incorporates standard cookies and cakes like lebkuchen and pfeffernüsse, decorative trees and wreaths trimming community spaces, and picturesque medieval cities given the fairy-tale treatment method with twinkling lights and glowing candles put in the windows of shops and residences—and glühwein that adds to the cheer. 

One particular of the ideal means to working experience the holidays in Germany is a Christkindlmarkt (or Xmas market—or, if you are hanging around Berlin, a Weihnachtsmarkt), with hundreds of stalls selling neighborhood snacks and items, live audio by local choirs and orchestras, and carnival-deserving entertainment like ferris wheels and even Nutcracker performances on stilts. Here, in no specific order, are 19 German Christmas markets you really should have on your record.

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