Dresden Pastry Market
Dresden is known as the "Florence on the Elbe". The city that emerged from the ashes of World War II is now quietly portraying those peaceful days.
Dresden's Christmas market is known as the "Striezelmarkt," from the middle German name for "Stollen," or preserved fruit cake. This famous cake has always been an essential delicacy at every Christmas market in Germany. How can you visit Dresden, the birthplace of Stollen, without tasting its most traditional and authentic flavor?
The raw dough is mixed with wine, milk and cinnamon. Filled with raisins, cranberries, marzipan and nut crumbs. Coated in powdered sugar. Only when the vendor cut off a piece of dough did Nono silently swallow it a million times.
The most prominent feature of the Christmas market is a 14-meter-high stepped pyramid, which symbolizes the "roof" of the region, Mount Elsinore, and the regional folklore of the May Chimney Workers, which stands alongside the golden statue of Augustus II, adding to the dusty history of the region. The chimney workers of May, with their regional folklore, stand side by side with the statue of Augustus II on a golden horse, adding a little warmth to the dust of history.
Nuremberg Baby Market
Nuremberg Baby Market is one of the oldest and most famous Christmas markets in Germany. It dates back to the 14th century. As the name suggests, every year in Nuremberg, a "little angel" is chosen from among the young girls to open the market.
The fact that Nuremberg dares to call itself the "capital of Christmas" is proof that history and tradition are in the city's blood; when the old meets the young in the hustle and bustle of the world of the living, the strange sparks collide more like stars.
Walking under the iconic red-and-white-striped roofs, looking at steaming barrels of wine, mouth-watering chocolate apples, and golden Christmas hangings, you'll be filled with a sense of happiness.
One thing you must do is try Nuremberg's most distinctive sausage.
Frankfurt Christmas Market
The Frankfurt Christmas Market is a "foodie's paradise". In addition to mulled wine, sausages, etc. are essential to every Christmas market. In addition to mulled wine, sausages, etc., which are essential for every Christmas market, as well as Hesse's local specialties such as apple cider and almond cookies, there are many more delicacies from all over the world.
Fried fish and mashed potatoes from Scandinavia, spicy bean soup from Mexico, cheese fondue from Switzerland, Kori cake from France, and schnitzel from Vienna are all on offer. Looking around, everyone had drinks and snacks. Not only did Novo hate that he wasn't a natural gastronome, but he also tried to resist the urge to grab a booth and sell pancakes and dumplings.
After eating and drinking, the evening was dark. The Goddess of Justice stood in the Roman Forum, smiling and gazing at the feast on earth.
Munich Baby Market
Like the world-famous Munich Oktoberfest, the Munich Christmas Market is filled with unique Bavarian ethnic flavors. Although the cold winter temperatures make us nostalgic for traditional Bavarian clothing, - of men's leather pants and women's Dirdl dresses - the red and white checkered fabrics and smiling faces of the stallholders still convey the simplicity and warmth of the Munich style.
It's been said that Munich, a cosmopolitan city, is more like a "village of over a million people". This is a tribute to the simplicity of the Munich people.
Munich's most iconic baby market is located in front of the city hall on Marienplatz, stretching all the way to the end of the shopping street. This is the heart of Munich's Old Town. If you're tired of strolling through the Christmas market, take a break at the famous hofbruhaus (HB) nearby and try the famous Munich roast pork knuckle.
Hamburg St. Pauli Christmas Market
Unlike the classicism of East Germany and the simplicity of South Germany. In Hamburg, a port city densely populated by river and sea, the Christmas market also seems to be permeated by sea breezes and an open North German flavor.
As a cosmopolitan city, Hamburg has more than a dozen Christmas markets of various sizes, the most notable of which is the St. Pauli Christmas Market in the famous red-light district of Sohnstrasse. St. Pauli is the center of counterculture in Hamburg and Germany, where the Beatles used to play before they became famous.
The words "lights, booze, life and death" flashed through Novo's mind when he first stood on the neon-lit street amid the near-intoxicated, dancing crowd. A superficial degradation and confusion in daily life condoned another form, another way of revelry, another possibility of life.
Dortmund Christmas Market
In an industrial city known for its soccer, the Christmas Market seems to be tinged with a bit of frenzy. Just as Dortmund is home to mountains and tsunamis all year round, the Christmas market here is magnificent.
While the freshly fried chestnuts, mushrooms and caramelized almonds are tempting, and the North Rhine-Westphalia stallholders are bold and enthusiastic, it is the world's largest Christmas tree that really "holds up" the Dortmund Christmas market. It is 45 meters high, weighs 40 tons and covers an area of 400 square meters. It consists of 1,700 fir trees decorated with 48,000 colored lights!
If you make a wish for next year under a Christmas tree like this, will your dreams be more likely to come true?
Royal Christmas Market
Hohenzollern Castle is one of the grandest castle buildings in Germany, alongside Neuschwanstein Castle. It is the birthplace of the Hohenzollern family, the main ruling family of Prussia and Germany. As you climb up to the castle, you can see the wonders for 100 kilometers.
When winter comes, the Royal Christmas Fair is held at Hohenzollern Castle. The unique location and picturesque landscape create a unique atmosphere and make it one of the most beautiful Christmas markets in Germany.
Inside and outside the castle there are various Christmas decorations and specialty food stalls. One can sample game burgers. The patties are not ordinary beef but local game, wild boar or venison, as well as rosemary pancakes, white mulled wine and hot cocoa.
Since part of the Christmas market is held inside the castle, tours of the castle will be suspended during the Christmas market, and the treasure house, the castle's two churches and the underground fortress will remain open.
Berlin Christmas Market
The most spectacular Christmas market in Berlin is the Christmas market at the Gendarmenmarkt. It's an art-filled fair and one of the few in Berlin that requires a ticket to enter. And the money spent has its value.
The concert halls, French cathedrals and German cathedrals surrounding the market sparkle under searchlights. Vendors sell rare, handmade art in the square. If you're looking for a hand-carved nativity statue, a mouth-blown glass ornament, or a realistic replica of a historic steam engine, you won't leave empty-handed.
Of course, it's great to watch the artisans make it live, with a steaming glass of pint in one hand.
The Alexanderplatz Christmas market in midtown Berlin has been going on for hundreds of years. Interestingly, the Alexanderplatz Christmas market is actually a combination of two Christmas markets. The Christmas market near the subway station has a modern Christmas theme, and the Christmas market near the Spree River has a medieval theme.
Christmas market in Zwickau
Zwickau, a city at the foot of the Erzgebirge, hosts a Christmas market every year in the picturesque old town center.
With the glow of the Christmas pyramid and the bright lights of the giant Christmas tree, Saxony's most beautiful Christmas market warmly awaits you. The Christmas market is surrounded by beautiful old mountain walls. Santa Claus and his entourage open the Christmas market with the traditional Christmas pyramid music.
The highlight of the festivities is the traditional miners' band parade consisting of more than 300 miners. This typical Ayrshire folklore event can only be passed on here.
Here you can buy authentic handicrafts that originated as ELL Christmas ornaments. Whether you receive them or give them to your friends and family, they are a great choice. Nutcrackers, Christmas angels, cigarette dolls, octaves, Christmas candlesticks, Christmas windmills to name a few~
The bustling Christmas market is one dreamy scene after another. Inside the huts, the Germanic uncle is concentrating on baking gingerbread cookies; on the roadside stalls, the vendors are introducing colorful Christmas decorations; children are running around with fireworks or balloons; the smell of mulled wine wafts into every corner along with the Christmas carolsDo you like such a winter fairy tale?
Be sure to bookmark these recommendations! When you come to Germany this Christmas, you are sure to have a very lively Christmas!