Austriawww.austria.info
SALZBURG: Advent concerts at the Grand Festival Hall, tickets necessary, through Dec. 16.
VIENNA: Indoor marathon, Wiener Messe, Dec. 16.
VIENNA: Le Grand Bal, greeting the New Year in the imperial residence, tickets necessary, Dec. 31.
NASSFELD: Schlag das Ass-Nassfield trophy, cross country skiing along a 25.6-km route is billed as “the world’s longest ski race,” Jan. 11-12.
Belgiumwww.visitbelgium.com and www.be
BRUGGE: December Dance, international dance festival, this year’s theme is Nordic Waves, through Dec. 16.
BRUGGE: Snow and Ice Sculpture Festival, theme is “Ice Magic,” admission charged, through Jan. 6.
MODAVE CASTLE: Christmas around the World, decorated rooms of castle portray international Christmas traditions, through Jan. 6.
LIÈGE: Festival of the European Circus, through Jan. 7.
BASTOGNE: Commemoration of liberation of the city, Dec. 15-16, includes 7-, 13- and 22-km walks of defensive area from 8 a.m. and tossing of nuts from the town hall balcony at 4 p.m. Dec. 15; parade of military vehicles, 2:30 p.m. Dec. 16.
ESSEN: Christmas Beer Festival, with tastings of more than 150 Christmas and winter beers, Dec. 15-16.
BRUSSELS: European Motor Show, expo of light commercial and recreational vehicles and motorcycles, tickets necessary, Jan. 11-20.
Czech Republicwww.czechtourism.com
PRAGUE: A Touch of Czech Music, international classical music festival, various venues, tickets necessary, Dec. 16-Jan. 6.
PRAGUE: Procession of Three Magi on Camels, Epiphany pageant, departs from Hradčanské náměstí at 3:30 p.m., Jan. 5.
Denmarkwww.visitdenmark.com
COPENHAGEN: Christmas market in Christiania, unconventional Yuletide fair resembling a Far East bazaar, through Dec. 20.
RIBE: Holiday celebrations in Denmark’s oldest city, through Dec. 23.
AARHUS: Christmas in Den Gamle By (Old Town), tickets required, through Dec. 30.
COPENHAGEN: Tivoli open for Christmas; theme is “Russian Christmas meets Nordic Christmas, through Dec. 31.
COPENHAGEN: Swimming in the harbor, swimmers brave cold waters to welcome the New Year, Islands Brygge, plunge takes place at noon on Dec. 31.
COPENHAGEN: New Year’s Eve at Town Hall Square, crowds gather to welcome 2013, Dec. 31.
AALBORG: Northern Winter Beat Festival, 30 concerts in 3 days, with international artists, tickets necessary, Jan. 24-26.
Englandwww.visitbritain.com
LONDON: Christmas Lights on Oxford Street, through Jan. 6.
LONDON: Hyde Park Winter Wonderland, through Jan. 6.
LONDON: Real Food Christmas market, traditional holiday foods, Southbank Centre, Dec. 14-16.
LONDON: The London International Horse Show, tickets necessary, Olympia, Dec. 17-23.
BRIGHTON: Burning the Clocks, solstice celebration and lantern parade, Dec. 21.
SALISBURY: Stonehenge Winter Solstice Celebrations, Dec. 21.
LONDON: Peter Pan Christmas Day Race, swimming in Hyde Park’s Serpentine, only club members are allowed to swim, 9 a.m. Dec. 25.
LONDON: New Year’s Eve celebrations, crowds gather at Trafalgar Square, the London Eye and other venues, Dec. 31.
LONDON: New Year’s Day Parade, begins 11:45 a.m. from Piccadilly and finishes around 3 p.m. at Parliament Street.
Francewww.franceguide.com and www.rendezvousenfrance.com
PARIS: Nautic Paris Boat Show, Porte de Versailles, tickets required, through Dec. 16.
PARIS: Les Hivernales de Paris-Est/Montreuil, contemporary art show, Palais des Congrès, through Dec. 16.
PARIS: Ice skating at the Grand Palais, France’s largest temporary indoor ice rink, Nef du Grand Palais, through Jan. 11.
COURCHEVEL: Orlinski 1850, contemporary sculptures by Richard Orlinski displayed on the mountain slopes, through April 26.
EPERNAY: Habits de Lumière, Champagne Region celebrates the holidays with illuminations and street entertainment, Dec. 15-16.
AIX-EN-PROVENCE: Le Marche des treize desserts, food stalls offer cakes and desserts, Dec. 17-24.
PARIS: New Art Fair, contemporary art fair, Espace Cardin, Jan. 11-13.
Germanywww.germany-tourism.de
GENGENBACH: Advent calendar, one of world’s largest, new window in city hall building opens daily at 6 p.m., through Dec. 23.
MONSCHAU-HÖFEN: Living Nativity scene, weekends only, through Dec. 23.
MUNICH: Tollwood Winter Festival, through Dec. 31.
STUTTGART: World Christmas Circus, with many international acts, Cannstatter Wasen, tickets required, through Jan 6.
FRANKFURT: International Horse Riding Show, Festhalle, tickets required, Dec. 13-16.
STUTTGART: End of the World party, Carl-Zeiss-Planetarium, tickets required, Dec. 21.
BERLIN: Louis-Lewandowski-Festival, international festival of synagogue music, Dec. 21-23.
ST. MÄRGEN: Pferdeschlittenrennen, horse sleigh racing in the Black Forest, Dec. 30.
BERLIN: New Year’s Eve festival at the Brandenburger Tor, considered to be the world’s largest organized New Year’s Eve party, Dec. 31.
Bad Hersfeld: Through Dec. 23;
badhersfeld-tourismus.de/events/weihnachtsmarkt.html.
Bad Homburg V.D. Höhe: Through Dec. 23.
Bad Nauheim: Dec. 14-16.
Bensheim: Through Dec. 22.
Darmstadt: Marktplatz, through Dec. 23.
Dreieich-Dreieichenhain: Burg Hayn, Dec. 15-16.
Erbach im Odenwald: Through Dec. 23.
Frankfurt am Main: Römerberg, Paulsplatz and Mainkai, through Dec. 23.
Fulda: Through Dec. 23.
Giessen: Through Dec. 23.
Hanau: Through Dec. 22.
Kassel: Fairy-tale Christmas Market, Königsplatz and Friedrichsplatz, through Dec. 23.
Limburg: Through Dec. 23; http://tinyurl.com/cwr5gt4.
Wetzlar: Through Dec. 21.
Wiesbaden: Twinkling Star Market, Schlossplatz, through Dec. 23.
Lower Saxony
Braunschweig: Cathedral and Domplatz, through Dec. 29 (closed Dec. 24-25).
Bremen: Marktplatz und Weser-promenade Schlachte, through Dec. 23.
Celle: Through Dec. 27.
Goslar: Through Dec. 30.
Göttingen: Through Dec. 28.
Hameln: Through Dec. 23.
Hanover: Old town and the Lister Meile pedestrian zone, through Dec. 22; main train station, through Dec. 30.
Hildesheim: Old town, through Dec. 30.
Lüneburg: Through Dec. 23.
Lüneburg: St. John’s Church, through Dec. 23.
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Neubrandenburg: Through Dec. 21.
Osnabrück: Through Dec. 23.
Rostock: Through Dec.22.
Schwerin: Through Dec. 23; Dec. 26-30.
Stralsund: Through Dec. 22.
Wismar: Through Dec. 21.
Nordrhein-Westphalia
Aachen: Through Dec. 23, http://tinyurl.com/av8m3ul.
Beilefeld: Through Dec. 30.
Bonn: Through Dec. 23; http://tinyurl.com/alzxygb.
Cologne: Through Dec. 23; cologne.de/events/christmas-markets.
Dortmund: Through Dec. 23; http://tinyurl.com/bbjaypg.
Duisburg: Through Dec. 23; duisburger-weihnachtsmarkt.de/startseite.
Düsseldorf: Through Dec. 23; http://tinyurl.com/alyzxvc.
Essen: Through Dec. 23; http://tinyurl.com/b3x2uc3.
Monschau: Dec. 14-16, 21-23; 2:50; http://tinyurl.com/bjqfkv3.
Münster: Through Dec. 23; muenster.de/stadt/tourismus/pdf/Adventsflyer_GB.pdf.
Oberhausen: Through Dec. 23.
Xanten: Fairy-tale Christmas Market, through Dec. 23; http://tinyurl.com/avawoek.
Rheinland-Pfalz
More at http://tinyurl.com/c6z6x9q
Alzey: Through Dec. 23; weihnachtsmarkt-alzey.de.
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler: Dec. 14-16, 21-23.
Bernkastel-Kues: Through Dec. 23; http://tinyurl.com/a2maaf8.
Cochem: Through Dec. 16; cochem.de/tourismus/highlights_weihnachtsmarkt.php.
Deidesheim: Dec. 14-16, 21-23.
Freinsheim: Dec. 15-16, 22-23; http://tinyurl.com/azmf7lx.
Hassloch: Dec. 14-16, 21-23.
Kaiserslautern: Through Dec. 23, Dec. 27-30 (Silvester market).
Koblenz: Through Dec. 22; weihnachtsmarkt-koblenz.de/en/welcome.html.
Landau in der Pfalz: Through Dec. 20.
Mainz: Through Dec. 23; http://tinyurl.com/62aqf8.
Monschau: Dec. 15-16, 22-23; monschau-weihnachtsmarkt.de/en/home.html.
Neustadt: Through Dec. 22; neustadt.eu/index.php?NavID=1441.873&La=1.
Oppenheim: Dec. 15-16.
Trier: Through Dec. 23; trierer-weihnachtsmarkt.de/en.
Worms: Through Dec. 23; http://tinyurl.com/an3f94t.
Saarland
Saarbrücken: Through Dec. 23; http://tinyurl.com/aceucuh.
Saarlouis: Kleiner Markt, through Dec. 23.
Speyer: Imperial Cathedral, Dec. 15-16, 22-23.
St. Wendel: Christmas market and Middle Ages market, through Dec. 16; http://tinyurl.com/aoxayb5.
Saxony
Bautzen: Through Dec. 18.
Dresden: Through Dec. 24.
Kiel: Through Dec. 23; kiel.de/touristik/maerkte/weihnachtsmarkt.php.
Leipzig: Through Dec. 23.
Lübeck: Through Dec. 30; http://tinyurl.com/cgtsd65.
Seiffen: Through Dec. 23; seiffen.de/weihnacht.cfm?m=6.
Thuringia
Eisenbach: Wartburg Castle, Dec. 15-16, 22-23.
Erfurt: Through Dec. 22.
Weimar: Through Dec. 29; weimar-tourist.de/weihnachtsmarkt.html.
HungaryBudapest: Christmas Fair, Vörösmarty Square, through Dec. 31; budapestinfo.hu/xmas/index.php?id=home_en.
Irelandwww.discoverireland.ie
Cork: Through Dec. 22; http://tinyurl.com/a6q7246.
Dublin: Docklands, through Dec. 23; http://tinyurl.com/dxd9sc2.
Galway: Through Dec. 22; galwaychristmasmarket.ie.
Bolzano/Bozen: Through Dec. 23; bolzano.net/english/christmas-market-bolzano.html.
Bressanone/Brixen: Through Jan. 6; http://tinyurl.com/bg7rpda.
Castelrotto/Kastelruth: Dec. 14-16, 21-23, 28-30; http://tinyurl.com/aoo2sc9.
Merano: Through Jan. 6; mercatini.merano.eu/en/christmas-market-merano-meran.html.
Rome: Piazza Navona, through Jan. 6; christmasmarkets.com/Italy/rome-christmas-markets.html.
Trento: Piazza Fiera, through Dec. 24, http://tinyurl.com/a67k53q.
Vipiteno/Sterzing: Through Jan. 6; http://tinyurl.com/a863b52.
Luxembourgwww.ont.lu
Luxembourg City: Through Jan. 6.
NetherlandsAmsterdam: Numerous markets, http://tinyurl.com/al69dcm.
Deventer: Dickens Festival, Dec. 15-16.
Gouda: Gouda by Candlelight, city center, Dec. 11; goudabijkaarslicht.nl.
Maastricht: Through Dec. 31; vvv-maastricht.eu/winter.html?lang=2.
Valkenburg: Velvet Cave, through Dec. 22; fluweelengrot.nl.
Spainwww.esmadrid.com/en/portal.do
Barcelona: Fira de Santa Llúcia, Avinguda de la Catedral, through Dec. 23; firadesantallucia.cat/la_fira.php.
Barcelona: Three Kings Fair, Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, Dec. 20-Jan. 6; firareisgranviabcn.com/nuevo.
Madrid: Plaza Mayor’s Christmas Market, (unconfirmed) through Dec. 31; esmadrid.com.
Swedenwww.visitsweden.com
Gothenburg: Liseberg Park, through Dec. 23; goteborg.com/en/Christmas-City/Liseberg-Christmas-Market/
Stockholm: Old town, through Dec. 23; http://tinyurl.com/ao377rf.
Stockholm: Skansen, Dec. 15-16; skansen.se/en/aktivitet/skansen-christmas-market.
Switzerlandwww.myswitzerland.com
Basel: Barfüsserplatz and Münsterplatz, through Dec. 23; http://tinyurl.com/a4dm7ar.
Bern: Waisenhausplatz, through Dec. 24; marktbern.ch/weihnachtsmarkt.
Bern: Cathedral Square, through Dec. 24; bernerweihnachtsmarkt.ch.
Lausanne: Through Dec. 24; marches-de-noel.ch.
Lucerne: Franziskanerplatz, through Dec. 19; weihnachtsmarktluzern.com.
Lugano: Through Jan. 6; http://tinyurl.com/b925sy5.
Montreux: Several locations at Lake Geneva, through Dec. 24; montreuxnoel.com/en-1-christmas-market.html.
Zurich: Main train station, through Dec. 24; christkindlimarkt.ch.