![]() ![]() If you want to stay up to date on the latest travel news make sure to regularly check the Paliparan website. The Czech capital of Prague is another city famous for its annual Christmas market, as are the French towns in the eastern region of Alsace-Lorraine (Elsass-Lothringen) such as Strassbourg, Metz and Colmar – all towns with historic German influences.Ī personal favourite of mine can be found in the Transylvanian city of Sibiu in Romania, which hosts the country’s most beautiful Christmas market. In Austria, Vienna has a popular Christmas market with an absolutely huge ice rink. If most of the German Christmas markets would indeed remain closed, there might be alternatives found in other countries. ©Paliparan The Christmas market in Rothenburg ob der Tauber ©Paliparan Due to the large crowds which gather in evenings and at weekends, Christmas markets are deemed a corona risk. They are popular among both locals and tourists for their small handicraft and candy stalls, as well as for traditional beverages and meals such as gluhwein (mulled wine), roasted chestnuts and sausages. Most German Christmas markets traditionally open in the first week of December and remain open until Christmas or even New Year’s Day. Other cities which are often visited by foreign tourists for their Christmas markets such as Cologne, Dusseldorf, Aachen, Frankfurt, Dresden and Leipzig, still have to decide as well whether their markets will open this year. It is not known if other Christmas markets in the wider Franconia region in which Nuremberg is located, such as the famous market in the picturesque town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, will open this year. Santa Claus playing some songs at the Christmas market in Rothenburg ob der Tauber. When I visited the market last year, I was surprised by the amount of people speaking in English, Spanish and Italian, as there seemed to be a large number of tourists making special weekend trips to Germany in the weeks prior to Christmas.Īccording to local media, the German Christmas markets draw 160 million visitors each year and bring in up to five billion euro in revenue. ©PaliparanĪlthough there are well over 2,000 annual Christmas markets in almost any city or town of size in Germany, the one in Nuremberg attracts thousands of tourists from all over the world each year. A handicraft stall at the Nuremberg Christmas market. ![]() It is a major blow for those who had the slightest hopes to seek out some of the traditional Christmas atmosphere and some festive vibes on a trip through Germany.Ĭalled the ‘Christkindlesmarkt’ in German (literally: Christ child market), the Christmas market in Nuremberg, Bavaria’s second largest city, is arguably the most famous of all German Christmas markets and certainly is one of its largest. The Nuremberg Christmas market is held annually, with stalls spread out over a few old town squares and streets. With there being no end in sight of the pandemic, the authorities in the city of Nuremberg (Nürnberg in German) have just decided that the local Christmas market will not take place this year. ![]() The world famous Christmas market in the Bavarian city of Nuremberg has been cancelled this year due to a rise in corona virus cases.Įven though Germany has so far faired quite well with the second wave of the corona virus compared to other European countries, the country nonetheless is dealing as well with a recent surge in COVID-19 infections.
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