This list has been compiled from information from tourist offices and Web sites. It is as accurate as possible given the information available, and will be updated throughout the holiday season. Please e-mail corrections or additions to travel@estripes.osd.mil.
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AustriaFrom www.austria.infoGraz, center of town, through Dec. 24.Innsbruck, old town, near the Golden Roof, through Dec. 27.Klagenfurt, through Dec. 24.Linz, through Dec. 24.Salzburg, Dom, Residenzplatz and Mirabellplatz, through Dec. 22.Schönbrunn Castle, Vienna, through Dec. 26.Steyr, through Jan. 6.Vienna, Rathausplatz, through Dec. 24.Vienna, Am Spittelberg, through Dec. 23; Freyung Square, through Dec. 23.Villach, Dec. 27-30.
BelgiumAnderlecht, Dec. 14-16.Antwerp, Dec. 7-Jan. 6.Antwerp, Groenplatz, Dec. 7-26.Bastogne, Dec. 14-16.Brugge, Market and Simon Stevin Squares, through Dec. 31; Museum voor Volkskunde, Dec. 16.Brussels, Nov. 30-Jan. 1.Chimay, Dec. 16.Etterbeek, Nov. 29-Dec. 2.Fauvillers, Les Frênes, Dec. 7-9.Geel, Dec. 8.Ghent, Dec. 7-24.Havre, Dec. 7-9.Ixelles, Place Flagey, Dec. 14-16.Liège, Dec. 1-30.Leuven, Dec. 7-16.Malmedy, Dec. 7-9.Mons, Dec. 7-24.Namur, Dec. 4-31.Nivelles, Dec. 7-9.Ostend, Nov. 30-Jan. 6.Sint-Truiden, town hall, Dec. 1-9.Stavelot, Dec. 16.Thuin, Dec. 8-23.Tongeren, Dec. 15-16.Tournai, Dec. 7-25.Uccle, Nov. 29-Dec. 2Villers-La Ville, Dec. 2.Waterloo, Dec. 15-16.Ypres, Nov. 30-Dec. 30.
Czech RepublicCesky Krumlov, through Jan. 6.Prague, Old Town and Wenceslas Squares, Dec. 1-Jan. 1.
DenmarkÅrhus, museum, through Dec. 29; Julebyen Ridehuset, Nov. 30-Dec. 12.Copenhagen, Tivoli Gardens, through Dec. 30 (admission charged).Den Gamle By, open-air museum, through Dec. 30. (admission charged).Lerchenborg Slot, Dec. 1-2 and 8-9.Odense, Hans Christian Andersen Christmas Fair, Dec. 1-2, 8-9.T∅nder, through Dec. 23.
EstoniaTalinn, Dec. 1-Jan. 6.
FranceFrom francetourism.comColmar, through Dec. 31.Eguisheim, Nov. 30-Dec. 2, Dec. 7-16, 21-23.Haguenau, Dec. 1-2.Kaysersberg Nov. 30-Dec. 2, Dec. 7-9, 14-16, 21-23.Lille, through Dec. 24.Metz, Nov. 30-Dec. 31.Munster, Dec. 1-2, 8-9, 15-16, 22-23.Paris, Dec. 4-31.Ribeauvillé-Riquewihr, Dec. 1-20.Rouffach, Dec. 8-9.Soufflenheim, Dec. 1-2.Strasbourg, through Dec. 31.Turckheim, Dec. 1-24.Wissembourg, Dec. 1-2, 8-9, 15-16, 22-23.
GermanyFrom www.germany-tourism.deAachen, through Dec. 23.Alsfeld, Dec. 7-16.Altenburg, Dec. 1-21.Altötting, Nov. 30-Dec. 18.Alsbach/Bergstr., Bürgerhaus Sonne, Dec. 8-9.Amberg, through Dec. 23.Amorbach, Dec. 8-9.Andechs, Dec. 7-9.Annaberg-Buchholz, Dec. 1-22.Ansbach, Nov. 30-Dec. 23.Aschaffenburg Nov. 29-Dec. 22.Augsburg, Nov. 29-Dec. 24.Babenhausen, Dec. 1-2.Baden-Baden, through Dec. 26.Bad Hersfeld, Nov. 30-Dec. 23.Bad Kreuznach, Nov. 29-Dec. 9.Bad Nauheim, Dec. 7-9.Bad Tölz, through Dec. 23.Bad Wimpfen, Nov. 30-Dec. 2, Dec. 7-9, 14-16.Bad Windsheim, Nov. 30-Dec. 23.Bamberg, Nov. 29-Dec. 23.Baumholder, Dec. 7-8.Bayreuth, Nov. 30-Dec. 23.Bensheim, Dec. 6-20.Berlin, through Dec. 31.Berchtesgaden, Dec. 1-2, 5-9, 14-16, 20-24.Bernkastel-Kues, through Dec. 23.Bingen, Dec. 14-16.Bitburg, Nov. 30-Dec. 23.Bonn, through Dec. 23.Braubach, Dec. 8-9.Bremen, Nov. 29-Dec. 23.Braunschweig Nov. 28through Dec. 28.Büdingen, Dec. 7-9.Celle, Nov. 29-Dec. 27.Coburg, Nov. 30-Dec. 23.Cochem, through Dec. 16.Cologne, through Dec. 23.Darmstadt, through Dec. 23.Darmstadt-Eberstadt, Dec. 1-2, 8-9, 15-16, 22-23.Deidesheim, Nov. 30-Dec. 2, Dec. 7-9, 14-16, 21-23.Dinkelsbühl, Nov. 29-Dec. 23.Dortmund, through Dec. 23.Dresden, through Dec. 24.Düsseldorf, through Dec. 23.Eichstätt, Nov. 30-Dec. 2, Dec. 15-16.Emden, through Dec. 23.Erbach/Odw., Nov. 30-Dec. 2, Dec. 7-9, 14-16, 21-23.Erfurt, through Dec. 22.Erlangen, Dec. 7-24.Essingen, through Dec. 21.Forchheim, Dec. 1-24.Frankfurt, Nov. 30-Dec. 23.Freiburg, through Dec. 23.Friedrichsdorf-Seulberg, Museum, Dec. 2.Fürth, Nov. 29-Dec. 23.Fulda, Nov. 30-Dec. 22.Geilenkirchen, Nov. 30, Dec. 1-2.Giessen Dec. 1-23.Görlitz, Silesian Christmas Market, Dec, 7-16.Göttingen, through Dec. 29.Goslar, through Dec. 30.Gross-Umstadt, Dec. 7-9.Halle, through Dec. 23.Hamburg, through Dec. 23.Hanau, Nov. 30-Dec. 23.Hannover, through Dec. 22.Heidelberg, through Dec. 22.Heilbronn, through Dec. 22.Hemsbach, Nov. 30-Dec. 2.Heppenheim, Dec. 1.Hildesheim, Nov. 29-Dec. 27.Hohenzollern Castle, Dec. 1-2.Homburg/Saar, Nov. 30-Dec. 9.Idar-Oberstein, Dec. 1-2, 7-9.Idstein, Dec. 1-2.Kaiserslautern, through Dec. 23.Karlsruhe, Nov. 29-Dec. 23.Karlstadt, Dec. 7-9.Kassel, through Dec. 23.Koblenz, through Dec. 23.Konstanz, Nov. 30-Dec. 21.Kronach, Nov. 30-Dec. 23.Kulmbach, through Dec. 22.Ladenburg, Nov. 30-Dec. 2, 7-9, 14-16, 22-23.Landshut, Nov. 30-Dec. 22.Landstuhl, Dec. 1-2.Lauscha, Dec. 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 22-23.Lauterbach, Dec. 6-16.Leipzig, through Dec. 23.Lich, Dec. 1-2.Lichtenberg Castle, Fischbachtal, Nov. 30, Dec. 1-2.Lichtenberg Castle, Thallichtenberg, Dec. 1-2.Limburg/Lahn, Nov. 23-Dec. 23.Lindau, Nov. 30-Dec. 23.Lindenfels, Dec. 8-9, 15-16.Lohr/Main, Dec. 7-16.Lorsch, Dec. 1-2.Lübeck, through Dec. 23.Ludwigsburg, through Dec. 23.Lutherstadt Eisleben, Dec. 8-23.Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Nov. 30-Dec. 23.Magdeburg, through Dec. 30.Mainz, through Dec. 23.Mannheim, through Dec. 23.Marburg, Dec. 1-23.Maulbronn (monastery), Dec. 8-9.Michelstadt, Nov. 30-Dec. 23.Miltenberg, Nov. 30-Dec. 2, Dec. 7-9, 14-16, 21-23.Monschau, Nov. 30-Dec. 23.Mosbach, Dec. 7-19.Munich, Dec. 1-24.Naumburg, Dec. 6-19.Neckarsteinach, Dec. 1-2.Neckargemünd, Dec. 7-9.Neuleiningen, Dec. 1-2, 8-9.Neustadt/Weinstr., Dec. 1-2.Nördlingen, Nov. 30-Dec. 23.Nuremberg, Nov.30-Dec. 24.Ober-Ramstadt, Dec. 8-9, Stadthalle and Hammermühle, Scheunensaal.Oberammergau, Dec. 2.Ochsenfurt, Dec. 15-16.Offenbach, through Dec. 23.Passau, Nov. 30-Dec. 23.Potsdam, through Dec. 23.Prien, Fraueninsel, Nov. 30-Dec. 2, Dec. 7-9.Quedlinburg, Nov. 30-Dec. 21.Ramstein, Dec. 8-9.Regensburg, Nov. 29-Dec. 23.Ronneburg Castle, Dec. 1-16.Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber, Nov. 30-Dec. 23.Rüdesheim, through Dec. 23.Rüsselsheim, Festung, Nov. 30-Dec. 2.Saarbrücken, through Dec. 23.Satzvey Castle, near Mechernich, Dec. 1-2, 8-9, 15-16, 22-23.Schlitz, Dec. 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 22-23.Schwäbisch Hall, Nov. 30-Dec. 23.Schweinfurt, through Dec. 22.Seligenstadt, monastery, Dec. 1-2, 8-9.Seligenstadt, Dec. 1-9.Siegburg, Dec. 1-23Sommerhausen, Dec. 1-23.Speyer, through Jan. 6.Stuttgart, Nov. 29-Dec. 23.Trier, through Dec. 22.Tübingen, Dec. 14-16, 22-23.Ulm, through Dec. 22.Villingen-Schwenningen, Nov. 29-Dec. 2, Dec. 13-16.Wartburg Castle, Eisenbach, Dec. 1, 2, 8, 9, 15 and 16.Weimar, through Dec. 23.Weinheim, Dec. 1-16.Wernigerode, Nov. 30-Dec. 20.Wetzlar, Nov. 30-Dec. 30.Wiesbaden, through Dec. 23.Wittlich, Dec. 8-9.Wolframs-Eschenbach, Dec. 15-16.Worms, through Dec. 22.Würzburg, Nov. 30-Dec. 23.Zell/Moselle, Dec. 1-9.Zwingenberg/Bergstr., Dec. 7-9.
HungaryBudapest, Dec. 1-24.
ItalyFrom www.primitaly.it and www.whatsonwhen.comBolzano, Nov. 30-Dec. 22.Brixen, Nov. 30-Jan. 6.Merano, Nov. 30-Jan. 6.Bressanone, Dec. 2-Jan. 8.Cervia, Dec. 7-Jan. 6.Fiesole, Dec. 8-15.Florence, Dec. 3-19.Genova, Dec. 8-19.Gubbio, Dec. 7-Jan. 8.Merano, Dec. 3-Jan 7.Milan, Piazza Sant’ Ambrogio, Dec. 7-22; Basilica of Saint Ambrose, Dec. 7-9.Naples, areas of San Gregorio Armeno, San Biagio e Spaccanapoli, throughDecember.Rimini, Dec. 8-Jan. 3.Rome, Dec. 24, Christmas Eve Vigil, St. Peter’s Basilica; starts at noon.Rome, Piazza Navona, December and January.Trento, through Dec. 24.Turin, Nov. 30-Dec. 23.Venice, Campo Santo Stefano , Dec. 1-23.
LatviaRiga, Dec. 2-Jan. 6.
LuxembourgLuxembourg City, Dec. 1-24.Mussy-la-Ville, Dec. 8-9.Vianden Castle, Dec. 15-16.
The NetherlandsFrom www.holland.comAlkmaar, Grote Kerk, Dec. 7-9.Amsterdam, Dec. 7-26.Arnhem, Dec. 9-10, 15.Baarn, Dec. 17.Brielle, Dec. 16, 23.Brunssum, through Dec. 19.Buren, Dec. 7-8.Delft, Dec. 11.Deventer, Dec. 14-16.Dordrecht, Dec. 14-16.Eindhoven, Dec. 8-Jan. 6.Goes, Dec. 1-2.Gouda, Dec. 7-23, candle night on Dec. 11.Haarlem, Dec. 15-16.Keukenhof Castle, near Lisse, Dec. 7-9.Maastricht, Winterland, Dec. 1-22.Meppel, Dec. 15-16.Middachten Castle, near De Steeg, Dec. 11-16.Utrecht, Overvecht Garden Center, Nov. 30-Dec. 5.Valkenburg, through Jan. 5.Valkenburg’s Fluweelengrot (Velvet Cave), through Dec. 22.Westerhaar, American Christmas market, Dec. 7.
PolandKraków, through Dec. 26.Warsaw, Dec. 1-23.
SwitzerlandFrom www.myswitzerland.comAppenzell, Dec. 5.Baden, Kichplatz, Dec. 8.Baden, Dec. 8.Basel, through Dec. 23.Beckenried, Dec. 1.Bellinzona, Dec. 16.Bern, Dec. 1-29Biel, Dec. 6-24.Bremgarten, Dec. 6-9.Büren a.A., Dec. 1.Bulle, Dec. 1-23.Chur, Nov. 30-Dec. 1.Einsiedeln, Dec. 1-9.Engelberg-Titlis, Dec. 20-23.Fribourg, Dec. 1.Geneva, Place de la Fusterie, through Dec. 24.Huttwil i.E, through Dec. 2.Interlaken, Dec. 1-2.La Chaux-de-Fonds, Dec. 13-16.Lausanne, Nov. 30-Dec. 24.Lucerne, Dec. 6-16; Mühlenplatz, through Dec. 20; RailCity Dec., 1, 8, 15-16, 22-23, Hirschenplatz.Martigny-Valais, Dec. 6-9.Montreux, through Dec. 24.Morges, Dec. 5-9.Neuchâtel, Dec. 8-16.Rapperswil, Dec. 7-9.Schwyz, Dec. 8-9.Solothurn, Dec. 5-6.Stein am Rhein, Dec. 5-28.St. Gallen, Dec. 1-23.Stans, Dec. 8-9.St. Cergue, Dec. 1-2.Stein am Rhein, Dec. 1-31.St-Ursanne, Dec. 1-2.Tafers, nativity exhibition, Dec. 1-Jan. 27.Thun, Dec. 12-24.Trogen, Dec. 8.Wil, Dec. 7-9.Willisau, Dec. 7-9.Winterthur, Dec. 4-22.Yverdon-les-Bains, Dec. 12-24.Zug, Dec. 14-16.Zürich, old town, through Dec. 24.
United KingdomAberdeen, through Dec. 2.Bath, Nov. 29-Dec. 9.Birmingham, Frankfurt Christmas market, through Dec. 23.Bournemouth, German market, through Dec. 21.Bury St. Edmunds, Nov. 30-Dec. 2.Cheltenham, through Dec. 2.Edinburgh, through Dec. 25.Glasgow, through Dec. 23.Grassington, Sat., Dec. 1-15.Harperley POW Camp, Crook, German market, Nov. 30, Dec. 1-2.Knaresborough, Dec. 1-2.Leeds, through Dec. 20.Lincoln, Dec. 6-9.Liverpool, Dec. 8-22.London, through Jan. 6, Hyde Park.Manchester, European Christmas Market, through Dec. 20.North Shields, Victorian Christmas Market, Dec. 8-9.Portsmouth, Nov. 30-Dec. 2.York, German-style, Dec. 6-23.
