I have a few days to see some Christmas markets in Germany during the week before Christmas. What are the best markets to visit?
Posted by
San Diego, California
6298 posts
Where will be be located? There are great markets all over Germany.
Posted by
OP
Stoneham ma
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We are not sure. I am thinking of flying into Munich. From Germany we are headed to Paris but thought we would see some German Christmas markets first. I thought Munich would be good but then I read that it would be crowded and that the best ones were in the smaller towns.
Posted by
Narberth, PA
1307 posts
Must they be in Germany? If your goal is Paris, how about markets in Strasbourg and Colmar?
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How do you plan to get to Paris?
Posted by
Uppsala, Sweden
7353 posts
There are as mentioned Christmas markets all over Germany. If you don't want to visit the ones in Munich, you can consider Stuttgart, Augsburg or Ulm, they are all along the train route from Munich to Paris.
Posted by
Germany
693 posts
My personal favourites are Bremen and Strasbourg, but they are different. Flying into Frankfurt allows you to visit Frankfurt and Mainz easily, then travel on to Strasbourg. I preferred Mainz over Frankfurt.
Posted by
Schwerin
3742 posts
Your definition of "best" or expectations would help because just the headine "Christmas markets" is a huge field from ...
+ permanently to only week(end)ly
+ huge to small
+ partyish to more religious oriented
+ different specials and amount of craftsmanship