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Go Backpacking Names 10 Top European Christmas Markets for 2025

The guide spotlights markets that mix long-running rituals with contemporary displays.

Overview

  • Vienna's Rathausplatz Christkindlmarkt features an ice-skating path through City Hall Park alongside stalls for roasted chestnuts, gingerbread hearts, and handmade gifts.
  • Strasbourg's market, dating to 1570, fills the cathedral area with nearly 300 booths offering Alsatian crafts, local wine, and kugelhopf.
  • Prague's Old Town Square showcases a towering illuminated tree and hundreds of stalls selling handmade ornaments, glassware, and Czech specialties.
  • Nuremberg's Christkindlesmarkt preserves 16th-century traditions with the Christkind opening ceremony, Glühwein, and famed local sausages.
  • Budapest pairs Vörösmarty Square's classic street foods such as goulash and chimney cakes with a projection light show at St. Stephen's Basilica.