Here is a sampling of Christmas markets planned for locations throughout Europe. For an interactive map of Christmas markets in Germany, go to www.cometogermany.com, and click on “Christmas Markets dates and more” in the middle column. To learn about a city market, click on the dot by the city.
For a good directory on markets in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, see www.usagschinnen.eur.army.mil/sites/local, and click on “Holiday Market Guides.”
AustriaMore listings at www.austria.info/de.
Bregenz: through Dec. 23
Innsbruck: Altstadt, near the Golden Roof, through Dec. 23; Maria-Theresien-Strasse, through Jan. 6 (closed Dec. 25).
Graz: through Dec. 24.
Klagenfurt: through Dec. 24.
Linz: Hauptplatz and Volksgarten, through Dec. 24; Middle Ages market at the Bergschlössl, Dec. 10-12; Finnish Christmas Village, Old Market, Old Town, through Dec. 22.
Salzburg: Dom and Residenzplatz, through Dec. 26; Mirabellplatz, through Dec. 24.
Vienna: town hall, through Dec. 24, Schönbrunn Palace, through Dec. 26.
BelgiumMore listings at www.opt.be/contenus/ marches_de_noel/fr/1200.html or “Holiday Market Guides” at www. usagschinnen.eur.army.mil/sites/local.
Anderlecht: Dec. 17-19.
Ath: Dec. 19.
Brussels: through Jan. 2.
Cherleroi: through Dec. 26.
Dinant: Dec. 17-26.
Durbuy: through Jan. 9.
Eupen: Dec. 10-12.
La Roche-en-Ardenne: through Dec. 19.
Liège: Christmas Village, through Dec. 30.
Malmedy: Dec. 10-19.
Mons: Dec. 10-Jan. 2.
Namur: through Dec. 31.
Nivelles: through Dec. 12.
Spa: Dec. 17-19.
Stavelot: Dec. 12.
Tournai: Dec. 10-31.
Verviers: Dec. 12.
Waterloo: Dec. 12-13.
Ypres: through Dec. 26.
Czech Republic
Prague: through Jan. 2.
Denmark
More listings at www.visitdenmark.com.
Århus: Den Gamle By, through Jan. 2; admission 125 kroner.
Copenhagen: Tivoli Gardens, through Dec. 30; admission 95 kroner.
Tønder: through Christmas.
EnglandMore listings at www.enjoyengland.com.
Bath: through Dec. 12.
Birmingham: through Dec. 23.
Bristol: through Dec. 19.
Canterbury: through Dec. 23.
London: Hyde Park, through Jan. 4.
Manchester: through Dec. 21.
Norwich: Historic Christmas Fayre, Dec. 10-12; adult admission 3 pounds.
Oxford: through Dec. 12.
Rochester Castle: Dickens Christmas Market, through Dec. 10.
Sheffield: Dec. 18-23.
Winchester: through Dec. 19.
EstoniaTallinn: through Jan. 9.
FranceMore listings at http://us.franceguide.com and http://noel.tourisme-alsace.com/en.
Amiens: through Jan. 3.
Avignon: through Jan. 2.
Colmar: through Jan. 2.
Eguisheim: through Dec. 23.
Haguenau: through Dec. 31.
Kaysersberg: Dec. 10-12, 17-23.
Lille: through Dec. 30.
Mulhouse: through Dec. 29.
Munster: Bredlamarik, Dec. 1-12 and 17-24; Estonian market, through Dec. 16.
Nancy: through Dec. 24.
Paris: Various locations, most continue until end of December or Jan. 2
Reims: Village de Noel, through Dec. 24.
RibeauvillÉ: Medieval market, Dec. 11-12.
Riquewihr: through Dec. 19.
Selestat: Dec. 10-12 and 17-24.
Strasbourg: through Dec. 31.
Thann: through Dec. 24.
Wissembourg: through Dec. 18. Weekends only.
GermanyMore listings at www.germany-tourism.de.
BADEN-WÜRTTEMBURG
Aalen: through Dec. 23.
Achern: through Dec. 12.
Albstadt: Dec. 10-12.
Bad Mergentheim: Dec. 16-19.
Bad Wimpfen: through Dec. 12.
Baden-Baden: through Dec. 26, Christkindelsmarkt.
Badenweiler: Dec. 11-12 and 18-19.
Bruchsal: through Dec. 20.
Esslingen am Neckar: Medieval market, through Dec. 22.
Freiburg: through Dec. 24.
Heidelberg: through Dec. 22.
Heilbronn: through Dec. 22.
Karlsruhe: through Dec. 23.
Konstanz: through Dec. 23.
Lahr: through Jan. 6.
Lörrach: through Dec. 12.
Ludwigsburg: through Dec. 22.
Neu Ulm: Medieval market, through Jan. 9.
Oberkirch: Dec. 10-12.
Offenburg: through Dec. 23.
Pforzheim: through Dec. 22.
Ravensburg: through Dec. 19.
Schwäbisch Hall: through Dec. 23.
Stuttgart: through Dec. 23.
Tauberbischofsheim: through Dec. 19.
Ulm: through Dec. 22.
Weil am Rhein: Dec. 26-28.
Weinheim: Dec. 11-12.
BAVARIA
Altötting: through Dec. 19.
Ansbach: through Dec. 23.
Augsburg: through Dec. 24.
Berchtesgaden: Dec. 10-12, 17-19 and Dec. 24.
Bad Tölz: through Dec. 24.
Bamberg: through Dec. 23.
Bayreuth: through Dec. 23.
Coburg: through Dec. 23.
Deggendorf: through Dec. 23.
Dinkelsbühl: through Dec. 21.
Füssen: through Dec. 12.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen: through Dec. 27.
Ingolstadt: through Dec. 23.
Kaufbeuren: through Dec. 19.
Kempten: through Dec. 23.
Landshut: through Dec. 23.
Marktredwitz: through Dec. 24.
Miltenberg: through Dec. 19. Fridays-Sundays only.
Munich: through Dec. 24.
Murnau am Staffelsee: through Dec. 23.
Nördlingen: through Dec. 23.
Nuremberg: through Dec. 24.
Passau: through Dec. 23.
Regensburg: through Dec. 23.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber: through Dec. 23.
Schweinfurt: through Dec. 24.
Straubing: through Dec. 23.
Traunstein: through Dec. 24.
Würzburg: through Dec. 23.
BERLIN
Berlin: Gendarmenmarkt square, through Dec. 31.
BREMEN
Bremen: through Dec. 23.
HESSEN
Bad Hersfeld: through Dec. 30.
Bad Nauheim: Christkindlmarkt, Dec. 17-19.
Bad Vilbel: Dec. 10-12.
Darmstadt: through Dec. 23.
Erbach: Dec. 10-12 and 17-19.
Eschwege: Dec. 10-12.
Frankfurt am Main: through Dec. 22.
Fulda: through Dec. 23.
Giessen: through Dec. 22.
Hanau: through Dec. 22.
Kassel: through Dec. 23.
Limburg: through Dec. 23.
Marburg: through Dec. 30.
Michelstadt: through Dec. 19.
Rotenburg an der Fulda: through Dec. 19.
Rüdesheim: through Dec. 23.
Schlitz: Dec. 11-12 and 18-19.
Seligenstadt: through Dec. 12; in monastery Dec. 11-12.
Weilburg: Middle Ages Advent market in Weilburger Schloss, through Dec. 20; free entry weekdays, 5 euros adults and 3 euros children Sat. and Sun.
Wiesbaden: through Dec. 23.
RHEINLAND-PFALZ
Alzey: through Dec. 19.
Bernkastel-Kues: through Dec. 19.
Cochem: through Dec. 19.
Deidesheim: through Dec. 19; Friday evenings and weekends only.
Freinsheim: through Dec. 19; weekends only.
Grünstadt: Dec. 10-12.
Hassloch: through Dec. 19. Fri.-Sun. only.
Kaiserslautern: through Dec. 23.
Koblenz: through Dec. 22.
Landau in der Pfalz: through Dec. 19.
Mainz: through Dec. 23.
Monschau: through Dec. 19; weekends only.
Neustadt: through Dec. 21.
Oppenheim: Dec. 11-12.
Trier: through Dec. 22.
Worms: through Dec. 23.
SAARLAND
Saarbrücken: through Dec. 23.
Saarlouis: through Dec. 23.
Neunkirchen: through Dec. 24.
St. Wendel: through Dec. 12.
NORDRHEIN-WESTPHALIA
Aachen: through Dec. 23.
Bonn: through Dec. 23.
Brühl: through Dec. 24.
Cologne: through Dec. 23.
Dortmund: through Dec. 23.
Duisburg: through Dec. 23.
Düsseldorf: through Dec. 23.
Krefeld: through Dec. 23.
Xanten: through Dec. 22.
SAXONY
Dresden: through Dec. 24.
Leipzig: through Dec. 22.
LOWER SAXONY
Goslar: through Dec. 29.
Hamelin: through Dec. 23.
Hannover: through Dec. 22.
HungaryBUDAPEST: Vörösmarty Square, through Dec. 29.
IrelandDUBLIN: Docklands, through Dec. 22.
ItalyBologna: Fiera di Santa Lucia, through Jan. 1.
Bolzano: through Dec. 23.
Bressanone/Brixen: through Jan. 6.
Brunico/Bruneck: Jan. 6.
Livigno: through Dec. 19.
Merano: through Jan. 6.
Rome: through Jan. 6.
Trento: through Dec. 24.
Vipiteno/Sterzing: through Jan. 6.
LuxembourgMore listings at “Holiday Market Guides” at www.usagschinnen.eur.army.mil/sites/local.
Luxembourg city: through Dec. 24.
Vianden: Dec. 11-12.
NorwayOslo: Rådhusplassen (City Hall Square), through Dec. 22.
NetherlandsMore listings at “Holiday Market Guides” on www.usagschinnen.eur.army.mil/sites/local.
Deventer: Dickens Fest, Dec. 18-19.
Eindhoven: Medieval market, Dec. 19
Maastricht: through Jan. 2.
Nijmegen: through Jan. 2.
Valkenburg: town caves, through Dec. 23.
PolandKraków: through Dec. 24.
SlovakiaBratislava: through Dec. 26.
SwedenGothenburg: Liseberg Park, through Dec. 23.
Stockholm: Skansen, Dec. 11-12 and 18-19.
SwitzerlandMore listings at www.myswitzerland.com.
Basel: through Dec. 23.
Bern: through Dec. 24.
Bienne: through Dec. 24.
Bulle: through Dec. 24;. Thu. to Sun only.
Geneva: through Dec. 24.
Lausanne: through Dec. 24.
Locarno: Dec. 9-10.
Lucerne: through Dec. 19.
Lugano: Dec. 17-24.
Montreux: through Dec. 24.
Morges: through Dec. 12.
Neuchâtel: through Dec. 12.
St. Gallen: through Dec. 24.
Vaduz: Dec. 11-12.
Winterthur: through Dec. 23.
Zürich: through Dec. 31; Old Town market through Dec. 23.
