Best Christmas Markets?
Discussion
My wife makes an annual pilgrimage to York and always seems to enjoy it. Haven’t been myself but have been to York loads of times and can imagine it being a great location for a Christmas market.
Use the excellent park & ride service. Driving and parking in York is not good fun, especially at night, in winter and when you don’t really know where you’re going.
Use the excellent park & ride service. Driving and parking in York is not good fun, especially at night, in winter and when you don’t really know where you’re going.
I've done Berlin and Vienna pre-covid, both good.
Berlin was great as a mini break and timed with Xmas, obviously lots of history re: - WW2
From a market perspective Vienna was better though, plenty of choice (but spread out), some small, some huge, some at royal palaces and some in some obscure trendy cobbled street shops.
Berlin was great as a mini break and timed with Xmas, obviously lots of history re: - WW2
From a market perspective Vienna was better though, plenty of choice (but spread out), some small, some huge, some at royal palaces and some in some obscure trendy cobbled street shops.
shih tzu faced said:
My wife makes an annual pilgrimage to York and always seems to enjoy it. Haven’t been myself but have been to York loads of times and can imagine it being a great location for a Christmas market.
Use the excellent park & ride service. Driving and parking in York is not good fun, especially at night, in winter and when you don’t really know where you’re going.
I went York Christmas Market pre covid and hated it, victim of its own success, just couldn’t move, was like a mosh pit! Use the excellent park & ride service. Driving and parking in York is not good fun, especially at night, in winter and when you don’t really know where you’re going.
shih tzu faced said:
ReallyReallyGood said:
I went York Christmas Market pre covid and hated it, victim of its own success, just couldn’t move, was like a mosh pit!
Fair enough, strike York from the list OP.Won’t tell the wife though, I look forward to her going and spending a bit of quality me time
I went to York one year and it was amazing, went back the following year and it was crap.
Lincoln is or was good but by christ does it get rammed and again, P&R is your friend there
Frankfurt is supposed to be good but i can't tell you because the one year i was meant to go there it snowed, so that was that out of the equation.
I believe Salzburg is meant to be good too.
Lincoln is or was good but by christ does it get rammed and again, P&R is your friend there
Frankfurt is supposed to be good but i can't tell you because the one year i was meant to go there it snowed, so that was that out of the equation.
I believe Salzburg is meant to be good too.
They’re all rubbish selling nothing you need. But with crowds. The booze is overpriced and when you see some lovely hand crafted wood thing Thing you’d actually like for your Christmas display: the actual price of it is eye watering.
But yes I’ll still probably go to Leeds and York again I’m sure. Bah humbug.
But yes I’ll still probably go to Leeds and York again I’m sure. Bah humbug.
Düsseldorf and Cologne - The former is massive, feels like it goes on forever… the large skating rink is great.
Cologne was much more ‘old’ and atmospheric in terms
of feel and was centred around the Catherdral and surrounds. Both worth a visit. Our closest is Birmingham…. which barely comes close to the experience we had in Germany
Cologne was much more ‘old’ and atmospheric in terms
of feel and was centred around the Catherdral and surrounds. Both worth a visit. Our closest is Birmingham…. which barely comes close to the experience we had in Germany
I'd like to do one of the big German markets but not had the chance as yet.
In the UK I've done Bath & York. Both used to be OK but now are just so rammed it's nigh on impossible to move. That and the fact every other stall seems to be selling exactly the same thing bar the odd one that has something unique/bespoke albeit at a very inflated price.
TBH the one I enjoyed most was Chatsworth, not huge but certainly enough and you can also take a wander round the house (their Xmas theme set ups are normally pretty good) and gardens afterwards,
In the UK I've done Bath & York. Both used to be OK but now are just so rammed it's nigh on impossible to move. That and the fact every other stall seems to be selling exactly the same thing bar the odd one that has something unique/bespoke albeit at a very inflated price.
TBH the one I enjoyed most was Chatsworth, not huge but certainly enough and you can also take a wander round the house (their Xmas theme set ups are normally pretty good) and gardens afterwards,
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