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Christmas marker - Germany.

ohreally
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My other half is making noises to visit Germany and take in a Christmas market. Anyone care to make a recomendation of which city to visit or even avoid?

Tia.
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  • Kez1983
    Kez1983 Posts: 345 Forumite
    I used to live in Dusseldorf and can highly recommend there - the city has a few markets around the centre that are like one big market! Aachen is a nice market - nice town to visit too!

    Not too keen on Cologne, bit crampt together.

    Berlin and Munich are meant to have good markets too, but never been!

    Oh its got me wanting Gluhwein, Bratwurst and Reibekuchen now! Skint this year though, I'll have to make do with Leeds Xmas Market instead!
  • shown73
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    Have a look through here; www.germany-christmas-market.org.uk

    or; www.christmasmarkets.com
  • ohreally
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    shown73 wrote: »
    Have a look through here; www.germany-christmas-market.org.uk

    or; www.christmasmarkets.com

    Looking for personal info and recomendation rather than simply reading web pages.
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  • shown73
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    Well, thats fine, but of course personal opinions are just that, subjective, and can be influenced by many considerations that might not be relevant to you. Hence the overview.
  • DigForVictory
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    Take her to the MS variant in Manchester!
  • richardw
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    edited 28 October 2013 at 7:59PM
    Cologne is one of the best and easiest to get to.

    But there are lots of options.

    Where in the UK are you?
    Do you want to go for a weekend or during the week?
    Do you want to fly, train, car or coach?
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  • ohreally
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    richardw wrote: »
    Where in the UK are you?
    Do you want to go for a weekend or during the week?
    Do you want to fly, train, car or coach?

    Glasgow(ish).

    Prefer a flight, however this appears to limit options.
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  • richardw
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    GLA has flights on Lufthansa to DUSseldorf. There is a direct train link from DUS airport to Cologne.

    If EDInburgh airport is possible there's more choice.
    Posts are not advice and must not be relied upon.
  • ohreally
    ohreally Posts: 7,525 Forumite
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    richardw wrote: »
    If EDInburgh airport is possible there's more choice.

    Yes, I can make EDI.
    Don’t be a can’t, be a can.
  • richardw
    richardw Posts: 19,459 Forumite
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    edited 29 October 2013 at 6:11PM
    From EDInburgh there's Cologne on Germanwings, Krakow on Ryanair, Munich on easyJet, Prague on easyJet, Brussels on Brussels airlines for Bruges and Antwerp, Charleroi on Ryanair for Liege, Namur and Aachen.

    There's also the Caves at Valkenburg.

    Depends how adventurous you are, how many nights away you want, how much you want to spend, how far you want to travel from the airport to your accommodation etc.

    Btw Germanwings hand luggage weight allowance is 8kg http://www.germanwings.com/en/Service/Baggage_Are_there_any_restrictions_on_the_amount_size_and_weight_of_hand_baggage.htm
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