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Budapest or Prague for Christmas Markets? A Side-by-Side Guide
Budapest opens two weeks earlier and has the thermal baths. Prague has Old Town Square and stays open to 6 January. Here’s how the two compare for a 2026 market weekend.
Weekend theme
Christmas markets
Mulled wine, carols and lights in the old town.
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Weekend Advent Markets: 6 Christmas Markets That Open Only at Weekends
Some of Europe’s most atmospheric Christmas markets open only on Advent weekends. Six with confirmed 2026 dates, from a Black Forest gorge to a Rhineland castle and Stockholm’s open-air museum.
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Germany48-hour guide
Rothenburg Christmas Market 2026: The Reiterlesmarkt Guide
Sixty-one stalls between the town hall and St James’s Church in Germany’s best-preserved medieval town, with a horseback opening, Advent windows and verified 2026 hours.
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Germany48-hour guide
Heidelberg Christmas Market 2026: Old Town Squares and a Castle Rink
Stalls strung along the Hauptstraße from Bismarckplatz to the Kornmarkt, an ice rink below the castle and roasted almonds in the air, with verified 2026 dates.
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Underground Christmas Markets: Caves, Cellars and a Museum Labyrinth
Christmas markets in caves, cellars and tunnels stay dry whatever the weather. Here are the ones we could verify for 2026, from Valkenburg’s marl caves to San Candido in the Dolomites.
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Germany48-hour guide
Stuttgart Christmas Market 2026: Decorated Roofs and Esslingen
Around 300 stalls with lovingly decorated roofs from the Neues Schloss to the Marktplatz, concerts in the Old Castle courtyard and a medieval market in Esslingen, with a two-day plan.
