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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.
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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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United Kingdom48-hour guide
Edinburgh Weekend Guide: 48 Hours of Castle, Crags and Closes
Two days in Scotland’s capital: a castle on a volcanic rock, a medieval high street, a hill walk in the city and dinner by the water in Leith.
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Legendary bars in Europe: 7 classics and what to order
Seven bars that gave the world the Hanky Panky, the Bellini and the Negroni Sbagliato, with the drink to order, when to go and what to wear.
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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.
