A Seasonal Guide to Berlin Christmas Markets 2025
A Capital Celebrating Berlin Christmas Markets Its Own Way Berlin never approaches Christmas in just one way. With more than 90 Berlin Christmas markets taking shape across the capital in…
10 Best Christmas Markets in Germany 2025
Germany is world-renowned for its Christmas markets, which date back to the late Middle Ages. Each market is a winter wonderland of twinkling lights, wooden chalets, Glühwein, festive music and…
Erfurt Christmas Market 2025, Erfurt, Germany
Set around the grand Domplatz and through the medieval core, Erfurt’s market is famed for its nativity scene with life‑sized figures, a giant pyramid and cosy wooden stalls. Thuringian bratwurst…
Rothenburg ob der Tauber Reiterlesmarkt 2025, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany
Rothenburg’s walled medieval town becomes a Christmas postcard during the Reiterlesmarkt. Chalets cluster around the Town Hall and Green Market, selling Franconian delicacies, ornaments and handicrafts. The market honours a…
Leipzig Christmas Market 2025, Leipzig, Germany
Leipzig’s centuries‑old market fills the compact old town with around 300 stalls offering Saxon crafts, toys and hearty street food. The Marktplatz hosts the tree and stage, while Augustusplatz adds…
WeihnachtsZauber Gendarmenmarkt (Berlin) 2025, Berlin, Germany
Berlin’s WeihnachtsZauber brings a refined touch to the festive season with artisanal crafts and gourmet kitchens set beneath the domes of the French and German Cathedrals. After a temporary move…
Frankfurt Christmas Market 2025, Frankfurt, Germany
Frankfurt’s market strings together Römerberg, Paulsplatz and the Main riverfront with a sea of lights and wooden huts for the Frankfurt Christmas Market. Try local confections like Bethmännchen and Brenten…
Stuttgart Christmas Market 2025, Stuttgart, Germany
Stuttgart’s historic core turns festive with hundreds of elaborately decorated stall roofs around Schillerplatz and Schlossplatz for the Stuttgart Christmas Market. The Old Castle and Baroque facades provide a regal…
Munich Christkindlmarkt, Marienplatz, 2025, Munich, Germany
Munich’s Christkindlmarkt spreads from the Glockenspiel‑topped Neues Rathaus across Marienplatz and into the pedestrian zone. Expect alpine décor, nativity figures at the Kripperlmarkt, and steaming mugs of feuerzangenbowle. Choirs often…
Cologne Cathedral Christmas Market 2025, Cologne, Germany
Cologne’s best‑known market unfolds on Roncalliplatz, directly under the twin spires of the Dom. Rows of chalets sell crafts, regional food and sweet treats beneath a canopy of lights and…
Nuremberg Christkindlesmarkt 2025, Nuremberg, Germany
Nuremberg’s Christkindlesmarkt is the archetypal German Christmas market, set across the historic Hauptmarkt beneath the gothic spires of St Sebaldus. The season opens with the appearance of the Christkind at…
Christmas Markets in Europe 2025
From the original December market to the city that created stollen, the source of mulled wine and the first Christmas tree, let Travel Begins at 40 guide you through some…
Discover the Best Nude German Beaches and the FKK Tradition
Germany is one of Europe’s most naturist-friendly nations, with a long tradition of nudism known as Freikörperkultur (FKK) Germany, or “free body culture.” From the Baltic coast to lakes around…
Freimarkt Bremen 2025 Germany
If you’re looking for a festival that combines high-octane fun, centuries-old tradition and a hearty dose of northern German hospitality, the Freimarkt Bremen should be on your travel calendar. Often…
9 Festivals in February 2025 Around the World
Travel Begins at 40 rounds up the best festivals in February 2025 across the Globe, from Mongolia to Easter Island, so wherever you are you just can’t help celebrating the…
Exploring Accessible Tourism in Berlin
Travel Begins at 40’s newly appointed accessibility correspondent Debbie North examines accessible tourism in Berlin. This year, I had the privilege of visiting the German capital to delve into both…
Bremer Freimarkt 2024, Bremen Germany
From 18 October to 3 November 2024, Bremen will be home to the Bremer Freimarkt, one of Germany’s oldest and largest fairs. Annually, it draws visitors from all over to…
Reliving Hanoi on a Vietnam Food Tour in Berlin
“Cảm ơn anh,” Anna says to me at the end of our brief conversation in Vietnamese, most of which has been translated by my Vietnam food tour guide Paul Tran…
NHOW Berlin : Striking the Right Note
If you are looking for a funky hotel in Berlin then NHOW Berlin is the one for you. How many hotels do you come across with their own recording studios…
Reinventing Berlin : Humboldt Forum, UFA Fabric and Tempelhof
“From here you can see the whole history of Berlin,” Sönke Schneidewind tells me from the terrace at the top of the Stiftung Humboldt Forum. To my left I can…
Things to Do in Chemnitz: the European Capital of Culture 2025
Chemnitz will be one of the European Capitals of Culture alongside Nova Gorica in Slovenia in 2025. Nestled in the heart of Saxony, Germany, Chemnitz is twinned with Manchester and…
Chemnitz European Capital of Culture : Industry and Architecture
In 2025, Chemnitz will be one of the European Capitals of Culture alongside Nova Gorica in Slovenia. At first this might seem a strange choice. The Saxon city has a…
Discovering Accessible Travel in Edersee Germany
Mark Bibby Jackson joins an accessible travel tour in Edersee Germany visiting the Eder Dam, and going on forest and tree top walks all accessible for wheelchair users. Travelling can…
A Peep Behind What Was the Iron Curtain with Croisi Cruise
“….and this is the Glienicke Bridge” says our Croisi river cruise guide Arnold, in his booming voice, “… perhaps better known as the Bridge of Spies”. We are in Berlin…
