As winter’s chill deepens and nights draw in, the festive season emerges as a welcome antidote, transforming streets with twinkling lights and glittering decorations. It is the annual emergence of ...

Check out five traditional Christmas markets in Germany worth visiting in 2026, emphasizing the charm and authenticity found ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. It all started in the Middle Ages, when sometime in the 1400s German Catholics decided to turn their everyday food ...

Few cities put on a Christmas and New Year show as spectacular as Edinburgh’s. The hub of the festivities is in East Princes Street Gardens, where you can get a bird’s-eye view from the LNER Big Wheel ...

Travelers often choose Europe for Christmas travel because the region offers so many festive and unique storybook-like experiences during this time of year. From world-renowned Christmas markets to ...

I’ve been chasing European Christmas markets for years, and I need to be honest: most of them are tourist traps. Overpriced mulled wine served in plastic cups. Mass-produced ornaments pretending to be ...

Ever since 1434, when Dresden, Germany hosted a single-day meat market for residents to buy Christmas dinner provisions, the tradition of open-air holiday markets has gradually become among the most ...

The Christmas market in Montreux, Switzerland, is one of the most beautiful in Europe. It is also one of the most fun. Shoppers can find everything in the 170 chalets along the shores of Lake Geneva, ...

To prevent ramming attacks at Christmas markets, German officials have installed concrete blocks, chain barriers and, in one case, metal bollards removed by a hand-cranked crane. Security personnel ...