🎄 CHRISTMAS MARKETS WORTH F.R.O. FOR 🎄
TWINKLY LIGHTS, MULLED WINE, GIANT SAUSAGES AND AN ENTIRELY JUSTIFIABLE AMOUNT OF CHEESE.
🇦🇹 VIENNA
13 NOVEMBER – 26 DECEMBER 2026
Vienna does Christmas properly, twinkling lights, beautiful old buildings, steaming mugs of mulled wine and the huge Christmas market in front of the Rathaus. Basically, Christmas with its posh frock on. 🎄😂
The main Viennese Christmas Market at Rathausplatz runs 13 November–26 December 2026, daily 10am–10pm.
🇨🇿 PRAGUE
28 NOVEMBER 2026 – 6 JANUARY 2027
Prague at Christmas is ridiculously pretty, cobbled streets, Gothic spires, twinkling lights and enough mulled wine and chimney cake to keep you warm. It’s like a Christmas card you can get drunk in. 🎄
🇩🇪 BERLIN
23 NOVEMBER – 31 DECEMBER 2026
Berlin goes big at Christmas, sparkling lights, traditional wooden stalls, bratwurst, mulled wine and markets dotted all over the city. Berlin swaps techno for tinsel. 🎄
Those dates are for WeihnachtsZauber at Gendarmenmarkt, one of Berlin’s best-known Christmas markets.
🇭🇺 BUDAPEST
2026 DATES TO BE CONFIRMED
Budapest at Christmas is a bit of a show-off, gorgeous architecture, twinkling lights, steaming mulled wine and chimney cake everywhere you turn. Christmas with a bloody good view. 🎄
🇵🇱 KRAKÓW
27 NOVEMBER – 26 DECEMBER 2026 (expected dates)
Kraków at Christmas is all cobbled streets, medieval buildings, glowing market stalls and enough pierogi and mulled wine to forget how bloody cold your feet are. Basically, Christmas with extra carbs. 🎄
The 2026 dates are currently provisional; the market traditionally runs through 26 December, with a New Year market often continuing afterwards.
🇫🇷 STRASBOURG
26 NOVEMBER – 24 DECEMBER 2026 🎄
Strasbourg doesn’t mess about at Christmas, half-timbered houses, streets dripping in lights, steaming vin chaud and markets everywhere you look. If Christmas had a capital city, this would be it. ✨
🇧🇪 BRUSSELS
27 NOVEMBER 2026 – 3 JANUARY 2027 🎄
Brussels at Christmas brings the full works with hundreds of festive chalets, beautiful lights, Belgian chocolate, waffles and enough beer to make Christmas shopping seem like a brilliant idea. Come for the market, stay for the waffles. 🧇
WANT TO DO MORE THAN JUST DRINK MULLED WINE? 🎄
FROM CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND FESTIVE FOOD TO WALKING TOURS AND WINTER EXPERIENCES, HAVE A NOSE AT WHAT’S GOING ON AND FIND SOMETHING WORTH GETTING OFF YOUR ARIS FOR.
FOUND SOMEWHERE YOU FANCY? ✈️
NOW FIND A FLIGHT, PACK YOUR WOOLLY BITS AND GO GET YOUR CHRISTMAS ON. 🎄