In 2011 I visited Christmas market in Nuremberg with my friends and son (who wasn't even one year old yet). My husband was deployed at that time). Nuremberg Christmas market is one of the biggest markets in Europe. We went during a day due to having the baby with us, so all pretty lights are not really visible in pictures, but I sure hope to go again one day. We left Grafenwoehr little after breakfast as Nuremberg is about an hour and a half drive. When we got to town we needed to find parking. I parked in one of the paid garages, it was the easiest with an American car and I didn't really want to drive around looking for free parking. Once we parked we started to walk towards the Hauptmarkt where is market held each year (this market is dated to 1623 and it might be even older as they cannot find more information if 1623 was the first year when the market started). They have signs so you don't get lost and you will see one of them in my pictures. They are made from branches of trees and have lights in them, very Christmasy. You can see Christmas decoration everywhere and it is so nice. Once you get to market, there are a lot of little stands where you can buy different things, from food to presents and Christmas decorations. What you don't want to miss is mulled wine, you can purchase it in few stands and if you pay little extra you can keep mug (they have different for each year). Some people travel all around Europe and collect these mugs. We walked around for some time, it is really huge and if you want to see everything you will spend there most of your day. Decorations were very beautiful and there are also performances of Christmas program on stage, they usually sing Chrismas carols. I need to say it is very magical and definitely gets you into Christmas spirit. I really hope to go again one day and be there in the evening when everything is lit. Now enjoy some of my pictures (they are not the best and definitely won't do justice how magical it is, but I don't have more)
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