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Berlin Christmas markets

Christmas balls. Author and copyright Marco Ramerini

With the start of the Christmas season, Berlin is full of Christmas markets (Berliner Weihnachtsmärkte), with more than 60 markets, the city offers everything for Christmas shopping. In addition to complete the Berlin Christmas there are numerous organized events, concerts, cultural events, lights and Christmas trees, the winter landscape of Potsdamer Platz, carriage rides through the streets of the city ...

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Nuremberg Christmas Markets

Christmas balls. Author and copyright Marco Ramerini

The city of Nuremberg is famous for its Christmas market, the Nürnberger Christkindlesmarkt. Alongside the traditional Christmas Market, Nuremberg offers one of the largest pedestrian zones in Europe, with the streets lit for the celebration and the Christmas Market of the Child. The wonderful “Nativity trail” linking the two markets. The Town Hall Square (Rathausplatz), nearby to the Christmas market (Christkindlesmarkt), ...

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Dresden Christmas Markets

Christmas balls. Author and copyright Marco Ramerini

The oldest Christmas market in Europe is taking place in Dresden, it is the famous Dresdner Striezelmarkt. The first document in the world that attests to a Christmas Market is dated 1434 and mentions a Striezelmarkt (market of the ‘Striezel’, a German sweet) that was held in Dresden. The Christmas market in Dresden includes a path, over a kilometer, between Prager ...

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Cologne Christmas Markets

Christmas balls. Author and copyright Marco Ramerini

Cologne (Köln), is a historic city in Germany, an ancient Roman colony known since 50 AD with the name of Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, from which it derives its current name. The city developed in the Middle Ages when it became one of the most important cities in the Holy Roman Empire. Due to its strategic position at the center of ...

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Munich Christmas Market

Christmas balls. Author and copyright Marco Ramerini

The main Christmas market in the city of Munich is the “Market of the Child Jesus” (Christkindlmarkt) held in Marienplatz, the central square in Munich. It has a very old tradition, its origins date back to the Markets of St. Nicholas of the fourteenth century, even though the first written evidence of the 1642.  Daily live music resounds from the ...

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Stuttgart Christmas Markets

Christmas balls. Author and copyright Marco Ramerini

Stuttgart is the largest city and the capital of the German state of Baden-Württemberg, the city now has a modern look because of the destruction during the Second World War, but in its historic center, several buildings were rebuilt after the war as such as they were. The center of Stuttgart is famous for its many parks and gardens and ...

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Freiburg Christmas Market

Christmas balls. Author and copyright Marco Ramerini

Freiburg (Freiburg im Breisgau) is a beautiful historic town in southwest Germany, located near the French border and not far from the Swiss one, almost halfway between Strasbourg and Basel. Freiburg is close to the Black Forest and in the middle of one of the most important wine areas of Germany. The city is full of greenery and its historic ...

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Frankfurt Christmas Markets

Christmas balls. Author and copyright Marco Ramerini

Frankfurt (Frankfurt am Main) is one of the most important German cities, German road center and first-class financial center of Europe, full of museums and attractions. The city was founded in the Middle Ages and in the thirteenth century it became a Free Imperial City. Frankfurt from the sixteenth century was the place of election of the emperors of the Holy Roman ...

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Bremen Christmas Markets

Christmas balls. Author and copyright Marco Ramerini

The Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, which in the past was the most important port in the country, is nestled along the river Weser. The historic center of Bremen (Altstadt) is really impressive, and has its most beautiful building in the town hall (Bremer Rathaus) richly decorated. This building along with the statue of Roland on the marketplace of Bremen was ...

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The most beautiful Christmas markets in Germany

Christmas balls. Author and copyright Marco Ramerini

Germany is home to the Christmas markets, here in fact were born as far back as the fifteenth century the first Christmas Markets, so a trip to Germany during Advent allows you to see and enjoy their real taste and tradition. The oldest Germany Christmas market (and of course the oldest in the world) can be found in Dresden in Saxony: Christmas ...

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Send us by e-mail ( info@xmas-markets.org ) information such as that the date, opening hours, a detailed description of the market, information for the exhibitors …. and we will put them (for free) on our site. A poster (without drawings) of your market is appreciated.