Skip to content

Take me to Germany!

Exploring Germany

Take me to Germany!

  • Where to Go
    • Berlin
    • Cologne
    • Düsseldorf
    • Hamburg
    • Koblenz
  • What to Do
    • Events
    • Eating out
    • Museum
    • Christmas Markets
  • English
    • English
    • Deutsch

christmas market

Vendors at Santa Pauli, Schmidt's in the background
event 

Santa Pauli, Hamburg’s “hottest” Christmas market

29. December 2022 Mia Jaap 1 Comment christmas market, hamburg

The Reeperbahn is the central street of Hamburg’s nightlife and red-light district and home to a special Christmas market: Santa Pauli.

Read more
The LED rainbow of the DJ desk
event 

Hamburg Winter Pride – Queer Xmas market

24. December 202221. February 2023 Mia Jaap 0 Comments christmas, christmas market, hamburg

There is no Heavenue this year, so I visited the queer Christmas market Hamburg Winter Pride. One of the few markets still open after Christmas!

Read more
Rooftop Xmas
event 

Rooftop Xmas Cologne

24. December 202224. December 2022 Mia Jaap 0 Comments christmas market, cologne

A Christmas market with a view of the cathedral – that’s Rooftop Xmas Cologne. This is Cologne’s highest Christmas market and quite a unique one.

Read more
Campfire at the Vegan Christmas Market
event 

Vegan Christmas Market in Cologne

20. December 202220. December 2022 Mia Jaap 0 Comments christmas market, cologne

These days, it’s normal for vegan meals to be offered – but a whole Vegan Christmas Market? That’s why I visited Cologne’s very first Xmas market for vegans.

Read more
Potato twister booth with plenty of smoke
event 

Christmas Markets opened in Germany

27. November 202227. November 2022 Mia Jaap 0 Comments christmas market, duesseldorf

It’s that time of the year for Christmas Markets again and in the past, it would be the same procedure as every year. Not in 2022 though for the German Christmas markets.

Read more
Christmas Market Wiener Platz
event 

Wiener Platz: A local Christmas market

28. December 202127. December 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments christmas, christmas market, cologne

Like any big German city, Cologne has dozens of less known Christmas markets such as the one on the Wiener Platz. What can you expect at these “hidden” markets?

Read more
Engelchen Markt: Christmas stars
event 

Engelchen Markt: Christmas market in Düsseldorf

12. December 202112. December 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments christmas, christmas market, duesseldorf

Between Düsseldorf’s Old Town and shopping street Königsallee is this small and cozy Christmas market. Plenty of angels and an illuminated pavilion!

Read more
Neumarkt Markt der Engel Karussell
event 

Market of Angels at Neumarkt, Cologne

10. December 202121. February 2023 Mia Jaap 2 Comments christmas, christmas market, cologne

After making a stop at the Heavenue and the Nickolausdorf, I went to the “Market of Angels” (Markt der Engel), one of Cologne’s biggest Christmas markets.

Read more
Düsseldorf ferris wheel
event 

Burgplatz Christmas Market: The One with a Wheel

8. December 20218. December 2021 Mia Jaap 1 Comment christmas, christmas market, duesseldorf

Burgplatz Christmas Market in Düsseldorf is the place where you can both satisfy your glow whine needs and get a great view from a ferris wheel.

Read more
Nikolausdorf with Hahnentorburg
event 

Nikolausdorf, the Christmas Market Village in Cologne

28. November 202130. November 2021 Mia Jaap 6 Comments christmas, christmas market, cologne

Nikolausdorf is a Christmas village in Cologne’s central city next to the impressive middle-age Hahnentorburg. It’s one of the most beautiful Christmas markets in Cologne.

Read more
Heavenue Cologne
event 

Heavenue Cologne – The Gay Christmas Market

27. November 202128. November 2021 Mia Jaap 5 Comments christmas, christmas market, cologne

Heavenue Cologne is one of the more special Christmas markets and an early starter: It opened on November 18! There’s stage shows, a fountain and colourful booths.

Read more
  • ← Previous

Where to go!

Market place of Oberursel
where to go 

Oberursel: Enchanted half-timbered alleys

13. June 202414. June 2024 Mia Jaap 0

Recently I was visiting Frankfurt (Main) for the annual Nippon Connection Film Festival – but there is always time for a quick trip to a town like Oberursel.

Schloss Oldenburg
museum where to go 

Oldenburg: An Evening Day Trip

7. September 20227. September 2022 Mia Jaap 0
Dockland building
where to go 

Dockland Hamburg: Step by Step for a view

9. June 20227. June 2022 Mia Jaap 0
Sign full of sticker art on the back
where to go 

Sticker Art – Urban art in Hamburg

22. April 202219. April 2022 Mia Jaap 0

art berlin bernkastel-kues bonn bremen bremerhaven christmas christmas market church closed cologne cuxhaven denmark dortmund duesseldorf duisburg exhibition food hamburg hamburger dom hamelin hanover illumination japan kiel koblenz lübeck moselle music oktoberfest oldenburg old town parks penguin snow spring street festival technology throwbackthursday vegan vegetarian video winter wuppertal zoo

Copyright © 2025 Take me to Germany!. All rights reserved.