Overview

• Bayreuth opened its Winterdorf on 15 October, billed as one of Germany’s earliest seasonal markets, and it runs daily through 31 December.
• Bayreuth Marketing & Tourismus reports the event draws around 120,000 visitors each year with food, drinks, live music and family programming.
• North Rhine-Westphalia dates are set, led by Essen-Steele from 2 November to 4 January with a stage lineup and a planned Nikolaus helicopter landing on 6 December.
• Other NRW openings include Duisburg on 13 November, Essen city centre and Oberhausen on 14 November, and a 20 November wave in Bochum, Herne-Crange, Dortmund and Düsseldorf, plus Münster on 24 November.
• Additional early winter attractions are scheduled in Hannover from 29 October to 2 November and in Berlin from 31 October and 1 November.