Overview
- Berlin’s Potsdamer Platz Winterwelt runs November 1 to January 1 with a 70‑meter mobile toboggan run; entry is free and rides cost €2.50.
- The Humboldt Forum’s Wintermarkt adds a twice‑weekly lasershow to its roughly 100 stalls, with free shows on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 18:00 and 20:00.
- KaDeWe’s new Wittenbergplatz market debuts with about 30 curated stalls and free entry, as organizers report a high five‑figure security expense.
- Berlin’s Alt‑Rixdorf charity market opens December 5–7 at Richardplatz with around 200 nonprofit‑run stalls supporting social projects.
- Regional markets are underway, including Mindelheim (December 4–14 with a Märchenwald and a December 6 Nikolaus procession) and Allgäu towns, while some NRW markets cut or lose lighting due to costs or theft.