Check the cities’ websites for more information on their Christmas events.
AustriaBregenz: Through Dec. 23; advent-austria.at (German only).Graz: City Hall, Through Dec. 23; graztourismus.at/cms/beitrag/10147415/3283727.Innsbruck: Various locations, through Jan. 6; christkindlmarkt.cc/1-1-Home.html.Linz: Main Square, through Dec. 23; linz.at/english/tourism/519.asp.Rattenberg: Medieval town by candlelight, from 2 p.m. Dec. 8, 10 and 17; admission 5 euros; rattenberg.at/en/rattenberg-advent.html.Salzburg: Cathedral Square, through Dec. 26; christkindlmarkt.co.at/index.html.Vienna: City Hall Square, through Dec. 24; christkindlmarkt.at/Vienna-s-Christmas-Market.6.0.html?&L=1.Vienna: Schönbrunn Palace, through Dec. 26; weihnachtsmarkt.co.at/en.php.Vienna: Spittelberg, through Dec. 23; spittelberg.at/index.php?en_wm_weihnachtsmarkt.
BelgiumAntwerp: Through Jan. 15.Brugge: Through Jan. 3; http://foto.brugge.be/events_brugge/meerdaags.html#KM.Brussels: Through Jan. 1; http://visitbrussels.be/bitc/BE_en/culture/15866/winter-wonders.do.Charleroi: Through Dec. 24; labaladeprovencale.fr/marche_noel.html (French only).Dinant: Dec. 16-Jan. 1.Durbuy: Village de Noël,Through Jan. 8. Weekends only through Dec. 18; open daily Dec. 24-Jan. 8.Eupen: Dec. 9-11; eupen.be/Tourimus---Freizeit/Weihnachtsmarkt.aspx.Ghent: Dec. 9-30.Leuven: Dec. 9-Jan. 15.Liège: Christmas Village, through Dec. 30; villagedenoel.be/EN/index.asp.Mons: Through Dec. 31; visithainaut.be/informations/events_mons__christmas_market___snow_heart_in_mons/en/E/22789.html.Namur: Christmas village and ice rink, Dec. 2-30; villages-de-noel.be.Ypres: Through Jan. 2; kerstmarkt-ieper.be.Czech RepublicPrague:Through Jan. 8; pragueexperience.com/events/christmas_markets.asp.
DenmarkAarhus: Den Gamle By, through Dec. 30; adults 100 Danish kroner weekdays,125 weekends; children free; dengamleby.dk/eng/den-gamle-by.Copenhagen: Tivoli Gardens, through Dec. 30; tivoli.dk/composite-4983.htm.
EnglandBath: Through Dec. 11; bathchristmasmarket.co.uk.Birmingham: Through Dec. 23; birmingham.gov.uk/frankfurtmarket.Bristol: Through Dec. 22; travelbristol.org/events/german-christmas-market-nov-22nd-december.Leeds: Through Dec. 18; leeds.gov.uk/Leisure_and_culture/ Arts_and_entertainment/Christkindelmarkt_German_Christmas_Market.aspx.London: Hyde Park, through Jan. 3; hydeparkwinterwonderland.com.Manchester: Through Dec. 21; manchestermarkets.com/Specialist-Markets/Christmas-Market/Christmas-Markets_15_p1.asp.Oxford: Through Dec. 18; oxfordchristmasmarket.co.uk.Rochester Castle: Dickens Christmas Market, through Dec. 18; dickenschristmasmarket.com.Sheffield: Dec. 18-23; sheffieldchristmasmarket.co.uk/index.html.Winchester: Through Dec. 21, http://winchester-cathedral.org.uk/christmas/christmas-market.
EstoniaTallinn: Through Jan. 9; http://christmasmarket.ee/christmasmarket/eng.html.
FranceALSACE: Region: marche-de-noel-alsace.com/marchenoel2.htm.Amiens: Through Dec. 31; somme-tourisme.com/cdt80/somme_tourisme/suivez/novembre/le_marche_de_noel_d_amiens_priorite_1.Avignon: Through Jan. 1; avignon-et-provence.com/provence/marche-de-noel/index.html.Bergheim: Dec. 16-18; ribeauville-riquewihr.com/calendrier-des-manifestations-de-noel-pays-de-ribeauville-et-riquewihr-2011-fr.pdf.Colmar: Through Dec. 31; noel-colmar.com/index.php?lang=en.Haguenau: Through Dec. 30; tourisme-haguenau.eu (French only).Lille: Through Dec. 30; http://lilletourism.com/document/noel%202011%20lille.pdf.Metz: Through Dec. 28; noel-a-metz.com.Mulhouse: Through Dec. 24: mulhouse.fr/fr/Marche-Noel-Mulhouse-Alsace (French only).Nancy: Through Dec. 24; vitrinesdenancy.com/2888-le-village-de-noel-des-vitrines.htm.Obernai: Through Dec. 31; obernai.fr/fr/Christmas-in-Obernai-761.html.Reims: Village de Noel, through Dec. 31; vitrinesdereims.com/Le-Village-de-Noel.Ribeauville: Medieval market, Dec. 10-11.Riquewihr: Through Dec. 22; ribeauville-riquewihr.com/calendrier-des-manifestations-de-noel-pays-de-ribeauville-et-riquewihr-2011-fr.pdf.Sélestat: Dec. 9-11 and 16-24; selestat.fr/spip_noel/rubrique.php?id_rubrique=425.Strasbourg: Through Dec. 31; noel.strasbourg.eu.Thann: Through Dec. 24.Wissembourg: Dec. 10-11, and 17-18.
GermanyBADEN-WÜRTTEMBURG AALEN: Through Dec. 23.Achern: Through Dec. 11.Albstadt: Dec. 10-11.Bad Mergentheim: Dec. 10-11 in the Wildpark.Bad Wimpfen: Dec. 9-11: badwimpfen.de/showpage.php?SiteID=84&lang=2&sn=1&teaser=306.Baden-Baden: Through Dec. 26, tourismus-bw.de/Themen/Die-Weihnachtsmaerkte-in-Baden-Wuerttemberg/Der-Christkindlesmarkt-in-Baden-Baden.Bruchsal: Through Dec. 21.Esslingen am Neckar: Medieval market, through Dec. 22; tourist.esslingen.de/servlet/PB/menu/1290650_l1/index.html.Freiburg: Through Dec. 23.Gengenbach: Through Dec. 23, claims to have world’s largest Advent calendar, stadt-gengenbach.de/en/tourism/adventcalendar.Heidelberg: Through Dec. 22; heidelberg-marketing.de/content/culture__events/events/christmas_market/index_eng.html.Heilbronn: Through Dec. 22; heilbronn-marketing.de/hn_content.asp?hmg=2xx359xx0xx0xx0&lang=01.Karlsruhe: Through Dec. 23; tourismus-bw.de/Themen/Die-Weihnachtsmaerkte-in-Baden-Wuerttemberg/Karlsruhe-die-magische-Weihnachtstadt.Konstanz: Through Dec. 22.Ladenburg: Dec. 9-11, Dec. 16-18; ladenburg.de/feststehende-veranstaltungen-2011-in-ladenburg.html.Lörrach: Through Dec. 11.Ludwigsburg: Through Dec. 22; ludwigsburg.de/servlet/PB/menu/1246852_l2/index.html.Mannheim: Through Dec. 23.Meßstetten-Hartheim: Dec. 10-11; tourismus-bw.de/Attraktionen/Weihnachtsmarkt-auf-der-Huelb-Messstetten-Hartheim.Neu-Ulm: Medieval market, through Jan. 8; free entry weekdays and 3.50 euros weekends).Offenburg: Through Dec. 23; offenburg.de/html/veranst/detail.html?&vt=1&anc=a132496&tid=132496.Ravennaschlucht (Breitnau): Dec. 9-11 and 16-18; hochschwarzwald.de/Entdecken/Kultur/Weihnachtsmaerkte/Weihnachtsmarkt-in-der-Ravennaschlucht.Ravensburg: Through Dec. 18; ravensburg.de/rv/christkindlesmarkt/index.php.Schwetzingen: Dec. 8-11,15-18.Schwäbisch Hall: Through Dec. 18.Stuttgart: Through Dec. 23; stuttgart-tourist.de/DEU/events_freizeit_kultur/top-events.htm.Tübingen: Dec. 9-11: tuebingen.de/25_16682.html.Ulm: Through Dec. 22; http://tourismus.ulm.de/tourismus/en/erlebenswert/veranstaltungen/ulmer_weihnachtsmarkt/ulmer_weihnachtsmarkt.php.Weinheim: Dec. 10-11.BAVARIA Altötting: Through Dec. 18; bavaria.by/christmas-market-in-altoetting-germany.Ansbach: Through Dec. 23.Augsburg: Through Dec. 24; bavaria.by/christmas-market-in-augsburg-bavaria.Berchtesgaden: Dec.8-11, 15-24; http://en.berchtesgadener-land.com/en/live/ennavi/parser,id,94,nodeid,.html.Bad Tölz: Through Dec. 23; bavaria.by/christmas-market-in-bad-toelz-bavaria.Bamberg: Through Dec. 23; bavaria.by/christmas-market-in-bamberg.Bayreuth: Through Dec. 23; bavaria.by/christmas-market-in-bayreuth.Coburg: Through Dec. 23; bavaria.by/christmas-market-in-coburg.Dinkelsbühl: Through Dec. 21; dinkelsbuehl.de/ISY/index.php?get=776.Füssen: Dec. 9-11; bavaria.by/christmas-market-in-fuessen.Garmisch-Partenkirchen: Through Dec. 24; bavaria.by/christmas-market-in-garmisch-partenkirchen.Ingolstadt: Through Dec. 23; ingolstadt-tourismus.de.Kempten: Through Dec. 21.Marktredwitz: Through Dec. 24.Miltenberg: Through Dec. 18. Fridays-Sundays only.Munich: Through Dec. 24; bavaria.by/christmas-market-in-munich-bavaria.Nördlingen: Through Dec. 23; noerdlingen.de/Veranstaltungen.Nuremberg: Through Dec. 24; bavaria.by/christmas-market-in-nuremberg-bavaria.Oberammergau: Dec. 10-11 and 16-18; bavaria.by/christmas-market-in-oberammergau-germany.Passau: Through Dec. 23; bavaria.by/christmas-market-passau-germany.Regensburg: Through Dec. 23; bavaria.by/christmas-market-in-regensburg.Rothenburg ob der Tauber: Through Dec. 23; bavaria.by/christmas-market-in-rothenburg.Schweinfurt: Through Dec. 24.Straubing: Through Dec. 23; ausstellungsgmbh.de/?lang=de&site_id=232.Traunstein: Through Dec. 24.Würzburg: Through Dec. 23; wuerzburg.de/en/tourismandconventions/m_47455.BERLINBerlin: Gendarmenmarkt square, through Dec. 31. Others throughout city; visitberlin.de/en/keyword/christmas-markets?parent=60.BREMENBremen: Through Dec. 23.HESSENhessen-tourismus.deAlsfeld: Through Dec. 11; alsfeld.de/?Weihnachtsmarkt=&cmd=03_06_08.Bad Hersfeld: Through Dec. 23.Bad Homburg v.d. Höhe: Through Dec. 23.Bad Nauheim: Christkindlmarkt, Dec. 16-18.Bensheim: Through Dec. 22.Darmstadt: Through Dec. 23; http://darmstadt-marketing.de/fileadmin/Download/Infobroschueren/weihnachten_2011_kurzinfos.pdf.Dreieich: Dec. 10-11.Erbach im Odenwald: Dec. 9-11 and 16-18; erbach.de/veranstaltungen/erbacher-schlossweihnacht.html.Frankfurt am Main: Through Dec. 22; frankfurt-tourismus.de/cms/tourismussuite/de/messen_frankfurt_veranstaltungen/weihnachtsmarkt_weihnachten_frankfurt.html.Fulda: Through Dec. 23; fulda.de/leben-in-fulda/kultur/weihnachtsmarkt.html.Giessen: Through Dec. 22.Hanau: Through Dec. 22.Kassel: Through Dec. 23; kassel-marketing.de/cms03/veranstaltungen.en/highlights/04075/index.php.Limburg: Through Dec. 23.Marburg: Through Dec. 30.Michelstadt: Through Dec. 18, Wednesdays through Sundays only..Mosbach: Through Dec. 21.Offenbach am Main: Through Dec. 23.Osterburken: Middle Ages Christmas village at Histotainment Park Adventon, Dec. 11-12.Ronneburg: Dec. 10-11, Middle Ages market at the castle, adults 5 euros, family card 15 euros.Rotenburg an der Fulda:Through Dec. 18.Rüdesheim: Through Dec. 23; ruedesheim.de/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2068&Itemid=283.Schlitz: Dec. 10-11 and 17-18.Seligenstadt: Through Dec. 16.Viernheim: Dec. 10-11 and 16-18.Weilburg: Middle Ages Advent market in Weilburger Schloss, through Dec. 20; free weekdays, 5 euros adults and 3 euros children weekends.Wiesbaden: Through Dec. 23; wiesbaden.de/en/living-in-wiesbaden/festivities-markets/markets/twinkling-star-christmas-market.php.Wetzlar: Through Dec. 19.LOWER SAXONYGoslar: Through Dec. 29; weihnachtswald.de/ (German only).Hamelin: Through Dec. 23; hameln.de/tourismus/sehenswuerdigkeiten/weihnachtsmarkt.htm.Hannover: Through Dec. 22; hannover.de/weihnachten/data/meldungen/2011/weihnachtsmaerkte/20111123_hannover.html.MECKLENBURG-WESTERN POMERANIANeubrandenburg: Through Dec. 20; weberglockenmarkt.de/Weberglockenmarkt.Rostock: Through Dec. 22; rostocker-weihnachtsmarkt.de/englisch/index.php.Schwerin: Through Dec. 30; closed Dec. 24 and 25; schweriner-weihnachtsmarkt.de (German only).Stralsund: Through Dec. 23; weihnachtsmarkt-stralsund.de.Wismar: Through Dec. 21.NORDRHEIN-WESTPHALIAAachen: Through Dec. 23; http://aachenweihnachtsmarkt.de.Bonn: Through Dec. 23.Cologne: Through Dec. 23; http://koeln.de/cologne_tourist_information/events/christmas_markets.Dortmund: Through Dec. 23; http://media.dortmunderweihnachtsmarkt.de/2011-GB-Flyer.pdf.Duisburg: Through Dec. 23.Düsseldorf: Through Dec. 23; http://duesseldorf-tourismus.de/en/our-top-events/duesseldorf-christmas-market.Xanten: Through Dec. 22.RHEINLAND-PFALZMore listings at http://rlp-info.de/Weihnachtsmaerkte-in-Rheinland-P.4647.0.html.Alzey: Through Dec. 22. Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler: Dec. 9-11 and 16-18; http://werbegemeinschaft-ahrweiler.de/Veranstaltungen/Weihnachtsmarkt.Bernkastel-Kues: Through Dec. 18; http://bernkastel.de/english/festival---culture/the-christmas-market-in-bernkastel-kues/christmas-market.html.Cochem: Through Dec. 18; http://cochem.de/tourismus/veranstaltungen_alletermine.php?zeigeab=2011-11-24&ort=Cochem.Deidesheim: Through Dec. 18; Friday evenings and weekends only.Freinsheim: Through Dec. 18; weekends only.Hassloch: Through Dec. 9.Kaiserslautern: Edith-Stein-Haus, through Dec. 22; pedestrian zone, through Dec. 30; http://kaiserslautern.de/service/veranstaltungen/04304/index.html?lang=en.Koblenz: Through Dec. 22; http://koblenz-touristik.de/en/events/highlights/christmas-market.html.Landau in der Pfalz: Through Dec. 18; http://landau-tourismus.de/crbst_14.html#anchor-top.Mainz: Through Dec. 23; mainz.de/WGAPublisher/online/html/default/HTHN-5V8JJ3.EN.0.Monschau: Through Dec. 18; Fridays through Sundays only; monschau-weihnachtsmarkt.de/en/home.html.Neustadt: Through Dec. 21.Oppenheim: Dec. 10-11.Trier: Through Dec. 22; trierer-weihnachtsmarkt.de/en.Worms: Through Dec. 23.SAARLANDSaarbrücken: Through Dec. 23; christkindlmarkt-sb.de/de/startseite.Saarlouis: Through Dec. 23.St. Wendel: Through Dec. 11; sankt-wendel.de/kultur/maerkte/weihnachtsmarkt.SAXONYDresden: Through Dec. 24; dresden.de/en/05/08/01-Dresdner_Striezelmarkt.php.Leipzig: Through Dec. 22.Seiffen: Through Dec. 18.SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEINKiel: Through Dec. 23.Lübeck: Through Dec. 30; luebecker-weihnachtsmarkt.de/en/christmas-markets.html.
HungaryBUDAPEST: through Dec. 30; Vorosmarty Square.
IrelandDUBLIN: Docklands, Dec. 2-22; ddda.ie.GALWAY: Through Dec 18.CORK: Dec. 9-11, Dec. 16-21.
ItalyBolzano/Bozen: Through Dec. 23.Bressanone/Brixen: Brunico/Bruneck, through Jan. 6; bruneck.com/deutsch/aktuelles-highlights/weihnachtsmarkt.html.Castelrotto/Kastelruth: Dec. 8-11, 16-18 and 27-29.Martell: Through Dec. 11.Merano: Through Jan. 6.Rome: Through Jan. 6; romatoday.it/eventi/fiere/mercatino-natale-piazza-navona-26-novembre-2010-6-gennaio-2011.html.Trento: Through Dec. 30; visittrentino.it/it/mercatini-di-natale-trentino.Vipiteno/Sterzing: Through Jan. 6.
LuxembourgLuxembourg city: Through Dec. 24; winterlights.lu/March%C3%A9s+de+No%C3%ABl.html.Vianden: Dec. 10-11; castle-vianden.lu/0331589e340ca7801/index.html.
NetherlandsGouda: Dec. 13, 7 p.m.; goudabijkunstlicht.nl/goudabijkaarslicht/algemeneinformatie (Dutch only).Deventer: Dickens Fest, Dec. 17-18; dickensfestijn.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=68&Itemid=113.Maastricht: Winter in Maastricht, Through Dec. Jan. 8.Valkenburg: Caves, through Dec. 23; valkenburgkerstmarkt.nl/en/index.php.
SpainMadrid: Through Dec. 31, Plaza Mayor. http://joobili.com/madrid_christmas_market_madrid_12202.
SwedenGothenburg: Liseberg Park, through Dec. 23; liseberg.com/en/home/Christmas-at-Liseberg.Stockholm: Skansen, Christmas market, Dec. 10-11 and 17-18; skansen.se/en/aktivitet/skansen-christmas-market.
SwitzerlandBasel: Through Dec. 23; basel.com/en.cfm/baslerweihnacht.Bern: Through Dec. 29; bern.com/en/city-of-bern/art-and-ebents/top-events/bern-christmas-markets.Lausanne: Through Dec. 24.Locarno: Dec. 8.Lucerne: Through Dec. 21; weihnachtsmarktluzern.com.Lugano: Through Dec. 24; lugano-tourism.ch/en/517/christmas-in-lugano.aspx?idActivity=1059&idMod=1438.Montreux: Through Dec. 24; montreuxnoel.com.Morges:Through Dec. 11; morges-tourisme.ch/en/events/top_events/christmas_market.Zürich: Through Dec. 31; Old Town market Dec. 8-23.
