Christmas Markets

boroboy6872

boroboy6872

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Our lass loves em and wants to go to the one in Belfast.

My question is.

Does Belfast have the best Christmas market in Europe or does the board members recommend another?
 
Vienna and Copenhagen.

Vienna's are huge and there is a load of them spread throughout the city.

Copenhagen is a wonderful city and worth visiting but it's even better at Christmas, a trip to Tivoli Gardens is a must as well as they transform it with decorations and market stalls.
 
A prerequisite for a Christmas Market should also be that the town it’s in should also look magical……Salzburg will blow you away. You could also do Munich at the same time.
 
Valkenburg in Holland. The market and town is very special! The market is set in caves and the town is very Christmassy. When we went we popped over to Colognes for a few hours too. Lots of places online to book trips
 
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Cologne is really good, multiple markets spread across the city.

The city isnt as scenic as others mentioned, although the cathedral is spectacular, but there was a great atmosphere when we went
www.cologne-tourism.com

Christmas in Cologne 2023: Christmas markets & festive atmosphere

Experience Cologne at Christmas time! From the Christmas market at Cologne Cathedral to the charming neighbourhood markets - festive atmosphere, mulled wine & more ✓
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Thanks everyone

put her off Belfast and we are going to Manchester on Sunday

I love the idea of Salzburg and Munich in 1 weekend so that`s already planned for next year.

Thanks all (y)
 
I've done Munich and Salzburg but I had the opposite opinion - Munich was amazing. It was lightly snowing when we were there, gave it a bit of "magic".
Salzburg was "okay"... but after Munich it was a bit of a let down in my opinion. Maybe doing Salzburg first then Munich might be better.

I've also done Gothenburg in Sweden which has their Christmas market inside a theme park.

Riga in Latvia was also a good one - I went last year - Much smaller than most others in Europe, but "less commercial".
 
Legz said:
Valkenburg in Holland. The market and town is very special! The market is set in caves and the town is very Christmassy. When we went we popped over to Colognes for a few hours too. Lots of places online to book trips
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My sister lived in Heerlen and and raved about Valkenburg market.
 
Norfolkred1 said:
Any UK Christmas market would be a rip off. Liverpool price list for drinks.
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I agree with this - I've been to Edinburgh market and the market in Hyde Park and I'll never do another big city UK market.

The first things you see as you walk into Hyde Park are an advertisement billboard, a grab machine for pikachu toys, and an ATM.
 
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Had high hopes for here when we went last year and it was probably the worst Christmas market I've been to outside of Middlesbrough. It was scaled back a bit because of some dispute but still a good amount of stalls

I'm used to there being loads of food stalls and alcohol stalls as well as all the usual artisan gift stalls and other stuff to look around. A hot chocolate with rum in it cost me £8 and some bread and stew was £12 each;


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It was nice but I think most euro markets I'd have paid less than a fiver.

think a little glass of mulled wine was £5. Overall found Budapest quite expensive and generally poor value compared to most the other winter getaways we've done

Surrounding bars were extortionate. We went to some of the best rated cocktail bars and some hidden away ones and lot of them were more expensive than here 😂
 
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