Discover Germany this Christmas

We know you are already anxiously waiting for it - the new Germany Christmas markets brochure with comprehensive information on the upcoming season including special offers is out now.

On 40 pages, travellers will find all the information they need to plan their Christmas trip to Germany. The brochure has an easy-to-use format featuring four different regions (Northern, Eastern, Western and Southern Germany) and listing all the Christmas markets including opening times and other attractions. Each geographical section also features recommendations such as markets in castles and other unusual locations plus special tips on things to do during the festive season.

The opening of Christmas Markets all over the country on the last weekend in November officially initiates the Christmas season in Germany. From then on it is all about “Glühwein” (mulled wine), seasonal food specialities and socialising in enchanting settings. So, join the locals and pick your very own favourite destinations.

In the North, Bremen, for instance, features 150 festively decorated stalls around the brick Gothic town hall, Roland Statue and St Peter’s Cathedral. In Celle, superb half-timbered facades surround the Christmas market in the heart of the old quarter while in the East Frisian port town of Emden a market is being set up on a giant pontoon in the harbour. In Hamburg, there are seven markets in the city centre alone including a historical and a hanseatic market.

Heading further East you will find the famous “Stollen” Christmas cake the Dresden version of which gives its name to the city’s “Striezelmarkt”, Germany’s oldest Christmas market. The “Erzgebirge” (Ore Mountains) are home of the famous Christmas decorations with Seiffen as the cradle of tradition and handicrafts featuring the largest nutcracker in Germany and the toy-making village. In Erfurt, visitors can marvel at the 25 metre high Christmas tree, and Berlin can boast of 50 different Christmas markets.

For Germany’s biggest market, visitors should head west to Dortmund where they will also find the world’s tallest Christmas tree. Or try a small and exquisite market such as the one in the famous wine town of Deidesheim at the German Wine Road. Further south, there is, of course, the country’s most famous market in Nürnberg with the popular “Lebkuchen” (ginger bread). Try something different in Regensburg, UNESCO world heritage site, on the Danube and yet to be discovered by the British traveller with three markets in town. In Constance at the Lake Constance the markets stretches from the old quarter to the harbour and continues on board the “Christmas ship”.

Want more? Then get your own “Welcome to Germany’s Christmas markets” brochure – order online at Germany-tourism.co.uk.

For online information on German Christmas markets see also the GNTO’s dedicated website Germany-christmas-market.org.uk.