Europe Christmas Markets

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Christmas Markets

Germany is the home of the biggest and oldest markets. The history of the traditional Weihnachtsmarkt goes back to the late middle ages.

Start with this rare one, 2hours from Frankfart.

Erfurt - the only one not destroyed in WWII

 

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To buy authentic things, try to get wooden gifts, watch out for this logo.

Frankfurt

Dresden
One of the oldest is the Dresden Christmas market, which dates back to 1434.

 

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Berlin

 

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Austria is another country that is worth visiting for their Christmas markets. Vienna and Innsbruck are two must visit places. Innsbruck has always been one of my must visit city in Europe together with Roevanemi in Finland.

 

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The Christmas markets generally starts around 15 November in most most countries.

This is an article I found that I think is really great. Beautiful pictures and good writeup about the places.

http://www.europeanbestdestinations.org/christmas-markets/

 

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Austria is another country that is worth visiting ...

pretty boring place ... :o

 

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pretty boring place ... :o

Little tigress and myself love those quiet quiet, slow slow places. Maybe the hectic life in Singapore and Vietnam took its toll on us. Thats why when planning our Lijiang trip, we decided to stay in SHUHE instead of LIJIANG