Canterbury’s festive scene stretches from the open‑air Whitefriars quarter to the atmospheric Cathedral Precincts, mixing craft stalls and street food with choral services and heritage sights. It’s a wonderfully compact,
Nottingham transforms Old Market Square into a complete festive village. Beyond the Christmas market stalls you’ll find an Ice Bar, alpine‑themed bars, an observation wheel and entertainment programme. Food is
Detroit’s winter markets bring holiday shopping to Cadillac Square with a mix of local makers, food stalls and festive photo‑ops. The cosy cabins make browsing pleasant even on cold days,
York’s St Nicholas Fair fills the medieval city centre with alpine chalets selling Yorkshire produce and thoughtful crafts. The warren of lanes around Parliament Street and St Sampson’s Square springs
Organised by Craft*Folk for over three decades, the Cardiff Christmas Market - or Marchnad Nadolig Caerdydd in Welsh - champions home‑grown creativity. The streets around St John’s Church fill with distinctive
Union Square Holiday Market Every holiday season, Union Square Park in Manhattan becomes home to the beloved Union Square Holiday Market. Organised by URBANSPACE Pop Up Markets, the market features over 185 vendors
Paris La Défense hosts the region’s biggest Christmas market, stretching along the esplanade beneath the Grande Arche. Expect hundreds of stalls with artisan gifts, regional produce and global street food,
During three days Bruges will become the Mecca of jazz when the biannual Jazz Brugge Festival 2018 sees both established names and emerging talent getting this medieval...
Southwest Wales will be getting deep, down and meaningful when the Tenby Blues festival comes to the Pembrokeshire town between 9-12 November, 2023. This year sees ...
November in the UK capital might see the onset of winter, but it also provides that magical 10 days when some of the world’s most ingenious musical talent gathers for
Chocoholics should head for the wonderful city of Perugia in Umbria, Italy this November. Each year the medieval city hosts the International Chocolate Festival, the Eurochocolate Festival.
Set within the grounds of UNESCO‑listed Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace Christmas Market feels suitably grand. Chalet stalls line the Great Court with artisan crafts and fine foods to match the
Set in Bethlehem Pennsylvania —nicknamed ‘Christmas City’—Christkindlmarkt is one of the USA’s most authentic German‑style Christmas markets. Across six festive weekends, heated tents at SteelStacks fill with acclaimed artisans, hand‑blown
Just south of Reykjavík, Hafnarfjörður transforms into a storybook ‘Christmas Town’. The main village at Thorsplan brings together wooden huts, live music, family events and warming treats, with weekend opening
Aalborg’s Christmas Market brings festive sparkle to Gammeltorv and Nytorv from 14th November to 23rd December 2025. Under twinkling lights, browse stalls for handicrafts and gifts, and warm up with
Cork’s city‑wide celebration returns with lights, parades and a festive market at Emmet Place, alongside the much‑loved Ferris wheel on the Grand Parade. The market focuses on crafts and seasonal
Nestled in the heart of southern Austria, the charming city of Villach lights up each winter with its magical annual celebration of the festive season — the Villach Advent. This
The long‑running Budapest Christmas Fair returns to Vörösmarty tér with rows of wooden huts selling Hungarian folk crafts, ceramics, leatherwork and artisan foods. It’s the market many locals grew up
Hyde Park Winter Wonderland 2025 is the UK’s blockbuster festive experience, with headline rides, huge themed bars, an alpine village of food stalls, and the UK’s largest seasonal ice rink.
Budapest’s Advent Basilica is a show‑stopper: projections animate the grand façade nightly while a compact village of stalls serves up chimney cake, stuffed cabbage and warming mulled wine. The square
