Germany

Printen and mulled wine between Charlemagne’s cathedral and the town hall, then a day in Monschau’s half-timbered valley market, with verified 2026 dates and hours.

More than 230 stalls from the half-timbered Römerberg to the river Main, a 26-metre tree, hot apple wine and Bethmännchen, with verified 2026 dates and a two-day plan.

A flying Santa over the Rathausmarkt, white tents on the Alster, a canal-side market on the Fleetinsel and St. Pauli’s cheeky late-night alternative, plus a two-day plan.

Gendarmenmarkt’s craft tents, a palace market in Charlottenburg, skating round the Neptune Fountain, a Nordic market in an old brewery and a medieval one in Friedrichshain, with a two-day plan.

One of Germany’s oldest Christmas markets, a giant Erzgebirge pyramid, Stollen at the source and baroque Dresden by the Elbe, plus a two-day plan.