Oct23to 3 Jan
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Bryant Park Winter Village
New York, United States
Free ice skating in midtown Manhattan, ringed by more than 180 glass-fronted kiosks.
Checked 27 AugChristmas Market
Traditional stall markets — wooden chalets, mulled wine, handmade gifts.
32 markets
Oct23to 3 Jan
Nov5to 24 Dec
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Birmingham Frankfurt Christmas Market
Birmingham, United Kingdom
The largest authentic German market outside Germany and Austria, run in genuine partnership with Frankfurt since 2001.
Checked 22 Sep
Nov6to 23 Dec
Christmas Market
Bristol Christmas Market
Bristol, United Kingdom
One of the earliest openers in the country, running the length of Broadmead from early November.
Checked 26 Sep
Nov6to 27 Dec
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Glasgow Christmas Market
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Two sites, not one: gift stalls and an observation wheel at St Enoch Square, the rink and funfair over at Glasgow Green.
Checked 22 Sep
Nov6to 22 Dec
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Manchester Christmas Markets
Manchester, United Kingdom
England’s biggest Christmas market — 210 stalls spread across seven city-centre sites, and a mulled wine mug people genuinely collect.
Checked 22 Sep
Nov12to 3 Jan
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Aberdeen Christmas Village
Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Scotland's northernmost big Christmas market, set out along Broad Street in front of one of the largest granite buildings in the world.
Checked 26 Sep
Nov12to 23 Dec
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Cardiff Christmas Market
Cardiff, United Kingdom
The biggest market in Wales by some distance — 200 chalets across five pedestrianised streets.
Checked 27 Aug
Nov12to 27 Dec
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Southampton Christmas Market
Southampton, United Kingdom
Chalets from the medieval Bargate down Above Bar, with a Ferris wheel and rides in Guildhall Square.
Checked 26 Sep
Nov12to 21 Dec
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York Christmas Market
York, United Kingdom
Alpine chalets on medieval streets, with the Minster at the end of every view.
Checked 27 Aug
Nov13to 13 Dec
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Exeter Cathedral Christmas Market
Exeter, United Kingdom
Wooden chalets on Cathedral Green, in front of the longest unbroken Gothic vaulted ceiling in the world.
Checked 27 Aug
Nov13to 26 Dec
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Vienna Christkindlmarkt
Vienna, Austria
The Rathausplatz market: enormous, immaculate, and unapologetically theatrical.
Checked 27 Aug
Nov14to 22 Dec
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Belfast Christmas Market
Belfast, United Kingdom
A genuinely international market — over 100 traders from 28 countries, in the grounds of Belfast City Hall.
Checked 22 Sep
Nov14to 3 Jan
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Edinburgh Christmas Market
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
East Princes Street Gardens, under the castle, with a big wheel over the top of it.
Checked 26 Sep
Nov16to 23 Dec
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Cologne Cathedral Christmas Market
Cologne, Germany
A hundred and fifty stalls under a giant tree, in the shadow of one of Europe’s great cathedrals.
Checked 27 Aug
Nov18to 22 Dec
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Chester Christmas Market
Chester, United Kingdom
Eighty traders wrapped around the tree outside the Town Hall, in a city built for this sort of thing.
Checked 27 Aug
Nov19to 23 Dec
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Leeds Christmas Market
Leeds, United Kingdom
Under a new operator for 2026, with City Square turned over to Yorkshire makers rather than imported German stalls.
Checked 22 Sep
Nov19to 23 Dec
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Newcastle Christmas Market
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Seventy traders strung along Grey Street — regularly called one of the finest streets in England — and around the Monument.
Checked 26 Sep
Nov19to 1 Jan
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Salzburg Christkindlmarkt
Salzburg, Austria
One of the oldest Advent markets in Europe, held between the cathedral and the Residenz.
Checked 27 Aug
Nov20to 24 Dec
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Christkindlmarket Chicago
Chicago, United States
The most authentically German market in North America, in Daley Plaza since 1996.
Checked 27 Aug
Nov20to 6 Jan
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Tallinn Christmas Market
Tallinn, Estonia
A medieval walled city, reliable snow, and a tree that has stood here since 1441.
Checked 26 Sep
Nov20to 22 Dec
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Winchester Cathedral Christmas Market
Winchester, United Kingdom
Around 120 chalets in the Cathedral Close, with the ice rink alongside — one of the most atmospheric settings in England.
Checked 27 Aug
Nov21to 24 Dec
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Truro Christmas Market
Truro, United Kingdom
Cornwall's biggest Christmas market, on Lemon Quay in the county's only city, open every day for five weeks.
Checked 26 Sep
Nov25to 24 Dec
Christmas Market
Dresden Striezelmarkt
Dresden, Germany
First held in 1434, which makes it Germany’s oldest — and it still bakes the definitive Stollen.
Checked 27 Aug
Nov26to 13 Dec
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Bath Christmas Market
Bath, United Kingdom
Georgian streets, honey-coloured stone, and wooden chalets threaded through the lanes around the Abbey.
Checked 27 Aug