Since this Monday night he is The world’s largest Christmas tree is the main attraction at the Dortmund Christmas market. Like every year, exactly 45 meters high. How to make Dortmund?
To build your Christmas tree, need the Dortmunder lot of nerves and time. Four weeks of construction will take. Because, actually, the tree is made up of many small Christmas trees: 1700 individual spruce trees to be put together on a 45-Meter-high scaffolding to the great Whole. And with 48,000 lights adorned.
In contrast, the spruce, which was set up on Tuesday morning with the use of heavy equipment in front of the Reichstag in Berlin seems, downright small. The 24-Meter-high Christmas tree in Berlin is real. In the coming days, more and more, smaller trees in prominent places and places come to that in Berlin.
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Ten unusual Christmas marketsVery large candle: slot in Hessen
In the Advent of a 36-Meter-high stone tower is shrouded in the old town in a red cloth and surmounted by 30.11. to 23.12.2018 the festively decorated half-timbered houses. At its peak, a six-Meter-high flame lights up in the sky. It’s supposed to be, with a total of 42 meters high, is the world’s largest candle without wax.
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Ten unusual Christmas marketsUnder the bridge: Ravenna gorge
Picturesquely situated at the gorge in Ravenna, this Christmas market in the black forest, a particularly romantic atmosphere. Framed by the steep walls of the gorge, below the 40-Meter-high railway viaduct of the höllental railway is at the four week of advent, every year, set up a village of wooden huts, from 30.11. to 23.12.2018
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Ten unusual Christmas marketsAll aboard: angels in port
In the East Frisian city of Emden, the Engelke market takes place not only on Land but also on water. Coat of arms is named this Christmas after a Golden eagle figure in the city. The Museum vessels in the old river port are flagged with the light chains on all of the Top. From the Kitchens of mulled wine, pea soup, and even a Christmas menu from the 26.11. to 23.12.2018.
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Ten unusual Christmas marketsIn The Quarry: Granite Christmas
Quite rustic, which is placed on the site of an old quarry in Hauzenberg in Bavaria is the Christmas market. In the stalls of art and crafts from the Region is not only sold, but traditional crafts demonstrated will be techniques such as stone masonry. For the children, the Nativity scene with real animals, the Renner is. From 29.11. to 23.12.2018 each Thursday to Sunday.
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Ten unusual Christmas marketsErotic Santa Pauli
“Hamburg’s sexiest Christmas market” – so the organizers are applying for the Christmas market Santa Pauli on the legendary erotic mile-the Reeperbahn. Be offered daily Disco and Live music, in addition, visitors can shop here, Sex-Toys, and “hot angel” in the Strip-tent look.
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Ten unusual Christmas marketsIn the middle of the lake: a market on the island
On Bavaria’s largest lake, the Chiemsee ferries every half hour to new visitors to the island. More than 90 exhibitors selling Bavarian Souvenirs, Handmade from the island monastery, Nativity scenes and Christmas decorations and lots of Knitting, Crochet and Carved. This Christmas market with an Alpine panorama is only on 30.11. to 2.12. and from 7.12. to 9.12.2018.
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Ten unusual Christmas marketsOn The Move: Holy Shit!
Also as an advent calendar can look like. Design pieces like this, the Holy Shit Shopping. A market idea, which is before Christmas, on tour: from Cologne via Berlin to Stuttgart and Hamburg. This Alternative to conventional Christmas markets, offering customers Extravagant and is also a platform for young artists and designers.
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Ten unusual Christmas marketsGay-lesbian: Pink Christmas in Munich
Pink and family-it goes every year, this Time of 26.11. to 22.12.2018, on the Stephansplatz, in the Munich Glockenbachviertel. Pink Christmas, the gay-lesbian Christmas market, on the numerous drag artists. Anyone looking for Christmas Tree decorations in pink, is right here.
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Ten unusual Christmas marketsIn The Wine Cellar Of Traben-Trarbach
Christmas magic in the world, there are from 23. November 2018, in the former wine cellars of the town of Traben-Trarbach on the Mosel river in the Mosel-wine-Night-market. In the mood-lit historic cellars can buy visitors arts and crafts from the Region, and of course wine tasting. Advantage: even if it is outside crisp, cold, Mr in the vaults pleasant temperatures.
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Ten unusual Christmas marketsThe lobster shack: Advent on the island of Helgoland
On Germany’s only offshore island in the summer of an artist to cottages and studios, in the old fishermen in the harbour. Before Christmas, on 7./8.12. and in the 14./15.12.2018, lure the small, colorful wooden houses with waffles, cakes and Christmas punch. Until Christmas Eve (24. December) is lit every day a window in the 500-Meter-long lobster shacks-line.
The first Christmas tree is said to have confessed in the year 1419 in the southwest of Germany in the black forest: The Bäckerschaft of the city of Freiburg had hung a tree with all sorts of Sweets, fruits and nuts, the children were allowed to on new year’s day plunder.
The first officially decorated Christmas tree was erected in 1510, in Riga, in a public place. The first electrically illuminated Christmas tree was erected in 1882 in New York in the United States – even if the should have no of 48,000 lights.
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Christmas goes Chicago – an export hit Christmas marketUnion Square Holiday Market, New York, USA
For almost 25 years, you can also experience in New York, the German Christmas market feeling. At several places in the city that never sleeps, there are small huts with Offers of Christmas decorations on jewellery to German specialties such as Stollen or gingerbread. Just right for mulled wine it is to drink alcohol in Public is forbidden in the USA, almost everywhere.
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Christmas goes Chicago – an export hit Christmas marketFrankfurt Christmas Market, Birmingham, England
The largest “German” Christmas market outside of Germany and Austria takes place in the second largest town in Britain. From mid-November until Christmas eve, visitors can find more than 120 stalls, gifts and mulled wine and roasted almonds strengths. The city is decorated with festive lighting.
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Christmas goes Chicago – an export hit Christmas marketGerman Christmas Market, Sapporo, Japan
In the Two-million city of Sapporo in Northern Japan, visitors can buy Christmas decoration or a year-changing the collection cups. The traditional German Christmas market has been held since 2002. At the time, Sapporo was celebrated the 30. Anniversary of its city partnership with Munich.
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Christmas goes Chicago – an export hit Christmas marketChristkindl market Chicago, USA
The third largest city in the United States has one of the oldest “German holiday markets” in the country. More than 20 years ago, the Christkindl market in Chicago was built according to the Nuremberg model. More than a Million visitors a year. To see there are a hundreds of fir trees assembled Christmas tree and the “Christkind”, the representative of the Nuremberg-based Originals, flew to the opening.
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Christmas goes Chicago – an export hit Christmas marketVancouver Christmas Market, Canada,
The Christmas market brings in year after year, the “festive Tradition of the Old world” to Vancouver on the West coast of Canada, the organizers. In addition to mulled wine in the “European-inspired Christmas village to” beer from Germany. Visitors can participate in a scavenger hunt over the whole Christmas market, or the mascots Holly and Jolly meeting.
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Christmas goes Chicago – an export hit Christmas marketGerman Christmas Market, Delhi, India
The German-Indian chamber of Commerce organized for over a decade, a German Christmas market in Delhi. The “traditional German Christmas Market is a mix of Business and Entertainment” and is the perfect opportunity for entrepreneurs, offer their Goods, the chamber of Commerce. The concept is so successful that now other Indian cities have Christmas markets.
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Christmas goes Chicago – an export hit Christmas marketSouthbank Centre Christmas Market, London, England
The British capital has many Christmas markets. One of them is held directly on the Southbank, the South Bank of the Thames. Here’s cottages, the arts and crafts offering, according to the German model. Real “German Bratwurst”, you can get the visitors. The “Guardian” writes that in England, relatively new Tradition the Christmas markets enjoys great popularity.
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Christmas goes Chicago – an export hit Christmas marketChristmas markets in Shanghai
In the Chinese metropolis, the number of Christmas growing markets from year to year. Many of them have a German character, with the typical wooden huts, Christmas treats and mulled wine stalls. Unlike in Germany, visitors have to pay in Shanghai, however, for many of the Christmas markets.
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Christmas goes Chicago – an export hit Christmas marketChristmas Market, Leeds, England
Smoker as far as the eye can see, in the enjoyment of that vision, visitors to the German Christmas market in Leeds. Who wants to warm up, in the “cow barn”, a festival hall, in which there are hot drinks and German Sausage. A Highlight for children Santa’s Breakfast is “”, a German-style Breakfast buffet, courtesy of the Santa personally.
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Christmas goes Chicago – an export hit Christmas marketEdinburgh Christmas Market, Scotland
The Scottish capital has several Christmas markets, the German Tradition with local specialities. In addition to children’s toys, Bratwurst and mulled wine, there are also Scottish Whisky. Well then: Cheers and merry Christmas!