Reply to: Which Xmas market?

[stek]

Hamburger Dom.

Not strictly a Xmas market but if u pick the Winter one its not far off and more stuff for kids.

[AtW]

Apparently Birmingham has a good one. Its twinned with Frankfurt and all the stallholders come over from Germany and do it proper (even the carpark machines were in German last year.

Aye! Very good and very popular!

Try to find one of those in Swindon or Newcastle

btw, fooking Liebor council tried to get rid of it but Cons kept it

[gingerjedi]

Racey?

Ha, I used to live opposite the lead singer when I was a kid. Later I used to see him out and about in the clubs (he owned Hobbits nightclub at one point), nobody missed the opportunity to hum 'Some Girls' when he walked passed but he never saw the funny side, miserable sod.

My parents tell me cricketers, footballers, actors, rock stars etc all used to hang out at the Webbington.

[wurzel]

It was the place to be in the 70's, all the celebs (proper ones) partied at the Webby.

Racey?

[gingerjedi]

I'm half a mile from Babington House lol.

What's the Webbington like?

It was the place to be in the 70's, all the celebs (proper ones) partied at the Webby.

I went to wedding there a few years back which was ok, not on a par with Babington House!

[Paddy]

i was originally planning on taking the kids to Lapland this Xmas/New Year but after shopping around, it was just going to cost silly money for 3 or 4 nights.

Am therefore planning on going for a city break to one of the big Xmas markets, has anyone been to any of them before? Looking around the intraweb, top 10 is listed as:

1. Cologne Christmas Markets
2. Vienna Christmas Market
3. Nuremberg Christmas Market
4. Dresden Christmas Market
5. Brussels Christmas Market
6. Munich Christmas Market
7. Prague Christmas Markets
8. Tallinn Christmas Market
9. Berlin Christmas Market
10. Copenhagen Christmas Market

The missus fancies Cologne and i fancy Copenhagen but we've been to neither so dont know whether they are any good or if there is a better bet? going to go for 3 or 4 days so must be stuff there to keep the kids amused for that amount of time hence choosing a city rather than one of the smaller town ones. Would be good if the place was 'proper' snowy too!

Could try Bournemouth

[darmstadt]

Apparently Birmingham has a good one. Its twinned with Frankfurt and all the stallholders come over from Germany and do it proper (even the carpark machines were in German last year.) The one in Darmstadt is tulip. Münster is nice, in fact they have 5, one in each of the squares around town. Nürnburg will be hellish busy full of tourists. Dresden is picturesque but ******* cold. Munich is full of *******. Frankfurt has got better and you can take the kids to the film museum afterwards. Trier is very nice. Stuttgart is so so and Heidelberg is not too bad. In the more pictureque towns it tends more to arts and crafts. Glühwein tastes like tulip but the various hot schnapp'es are the bollocks but lethal.

[pacharan]

Is that near the Battlebrough?

No, The Battlebrough is at Brent Knoll.

Babington House is near the village of Kilmersdon just outside Radstock.

[Cliphead]

What's a Christmas market all about then other than tat?

[shaunbhoy]

I'm half a mile from Babington House lol.

Is that near the Battlebrough?

[pacharan]

Thats my neck of the woods.

I'm half a mile from Babington House lol.

What's the Webbington like?

[Alf W]

Edinburgh and Glasgow are well worth a night out in Christmas Party season. Forget the Christmas Market thing. If you want to see 'Pissed' done at Olympian levels these are the places to be.

[gingerjedi]

My wife and I always enjoy the Christmas displays at Sanders Garden World, Brent Knoll.

Thats my neck of the woods.

Cadbury Garden Centre in Yatton used to be the best but Sanders have trumped them 3 or 4 years in a row now.

Have to try the Bath market, thanks.

[rpgpgmr1]

Copenhagen as a city is small and easily covered in 3 or 4 days. Tivoli Gardens seems to be where everyone goes , especially families ( lots of lights in shapes of things i.e. ships etc ) . The market as such is within Tivoli and not that big. Nice atmosphere in Copenhagen and usually an outdoor ice rink near the city centre.
If I was picking a German one I would say Bremen as its mainly all in one place ( the Rathaus platz ) , with some stalls along the river front. There are other tourist things to do as well including historical Schnoor quarter. Bremen Airport is easy tram ride of 20 minutes or so to city centre .
In fact you could do two for one as it were by taking a train up to Hamburg as its only an hour away . Trains frequent and wont cost a second mortgage to buy tickets.

[SimonMac]

There is in fact a German Chrstmas Market in Edinnurgh - whcih is rather good - I should know having visited variosu German cities at Xmas - oh and Brussels has a rather good one as well.

You been drinking?