Experience the magic of Christmas markets in Europe!
Featuring the best Christmas markets in Germany, Dresden and Berlin
When the lights go on at Christmas markets all over Europe, it’s time for the magic of the season to warm toes and hearts even as a wintery chill settles in. The holiday season officially kicks off with twinkling good cheer, a place to meet friends, and shopping for homemade gifts and goodies.
The opening of the markets signals a very merry time of year, and wandering through them, even if you aren’t a shopper, is a delight – especially with your hands cupped around a steaming mulled drink. In Christmas markets, you are enveloped by wonderful sights, sounds and smells, which ensures a visit to just about any Christmas market, big or small, becomes an enchanting experience you’ll want to do over and over again. Depending on what country you are in, the markets go by all kinds of names from our favorites in Germany called the likes of Christkindlmarkt, Weihnachtsmarkt, or Winterzauber (Christmas magic), to others called Marche de Noel, Christkindlesmarkt, mercadillos navideno, or mercati…
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