Autumn’s big hitter is of course Oktoberfest in Munich, which despite the name opens on September 19 and runs for 16 days. The largest folk festival in the world started out as a celebration of a ...
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Germany’s most fascinating winter foods, and the off-the-beaten-path Christmas markets that still serve them
As the birthplace of centuries-old holiday customs, Germany today hosts between 2,500 and 3,000 Christmas markets every year and attracts millions of visitors from around the world. Most Americans fly ...
Heightened security doesn't faze revelers at German Christmas markets, but organizers feel the pinch
BERLIN (CN) — Flanked by towering high rises and some of west Berlin’s most bustling boulevards, the rows of quaint, brightly-lit wooden stalls make the Breitscheidplatz Christmas market feel like a ...
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 ...
An impulsive decision in late November by my wife Cindy and I to explore German Christmas markets found us in Berlin visiting ...
DRESDEN, Germany (AP) — When pastry chef Tino Gierig is asked what the famous Dresden stollen tastes like, his eyes sparkle and his voice rises to an enthusiastic sing-song as as he describes the rich ...
At a past Dresden Striezelmarkt, Daniela Kasper of the Dietze bakery sells traditional Christmas stollen loaves and cakes at the city's Christmas market. For Wolfgang Gärtner, stollen is like other ...
Some of my favourite Christmas memories are with my grandparents in Germany. I remember snow drifting past the windows while we sang traditional carols and shared slices of homemade stollen around the ...
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