Christmas markets

Let’s be real, Christmas can be intense. Between November and January, you can’t avoid it – every daytime TV presenter is wrapped in tinsel, Mariah Carey’s on repeat down Tesco, and next door always goes OTT with the decs. Whether you’re just not a fan or don’t celebrate at all, December

Jump scare – Christmas is around the corner… Mariah Carey is currently defrosting and you’ve probs already seen the first tub of Celebrations in Tesco. It won’t be long until the classic songs start, your eager neighbour has their decs up and town squares are taken over by Christmas markets.

Budapest had been on my Christmas city break wish list for years, so I was super excited to finally get to visit. As always, I’d done lots of research on all the sights, places to eat and of course the Christmas markets, so I knew we were in for a great weekend…    Where to […]

Decisions, decisions. If you’re weighing up which Christmas market to head to for your next festive fix, we hear you. While their roots are mainly Germanic, Christmas markets have spread all over Europe since the Middle Ages and there’s a bumper crop to pick from these days. To help you whittle

When it comes to Christmas markets in Europe, you’ve got some absolute crackers to pick from. In Paris, world-famous sights like the Champs-Élysées and the Eiffel Tower get a festive glow-up that attracts millions of visitors every year. And in German cities like Cologne and Berlin, you can bare

There are loads of reasons to visit Europe’s Christmas markets. Supersized Christmas trees. Insane light shows. Market stalls stacked with stocking fillers. But let’s be honest, when it comes down to it, most of us are here for two things: food and drink. After all, mulled wine tastes sweeter wh

Bruges was made for Christmas markets. The Belgian city looks like a Christmas card in December – think horse-drawn carriages, cobbled streets and a Medieval market square filled with festive wooden huts. In fact, the main Christmas market here is one of the best in Belgium and it’s just one of

About 2.5 million people visit the Christmas markets in Brussels every year, and no wonder. The capital of Belgium lays on quite the festive spread. The city centre area around Grand-Place, Rue de la Bourse, Place Sainte-Catherine and Marché aux Poissons morphs into a fairytale setting for five wee

Looking for a next-level Christmas market? You’ll feel like all your Christmasses have come at once in Vienna. The capital of Austria invented the December Market back in the middle ages, and lays on quite the line-up for Christmas-loving crowds.   There are about 20 official markets to pick fro

Fancy picking your way around more than 80 Christmas markets in one trip? Then it’s got to be Berlin. Germany’s capital pulls out all the stops when it comes to yuletide markets, and easily ranks as one of Europe’s most seasonal spots.   Come for giant mugs of glühwein, craft stalls spillin