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New York, United States
Bryant Park Winter Village
23 Oct 2026 – 3 Jan 2027
Free ice skating in midtown Manhattan, ringed by 170 glass-fronted kiosks.
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Traditional stall markets — wooden chalets, mulled wine, handmade gifts.
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Bristol, United Kingdom
Bristol Christmas Market
6 Nov – 23 Dec 2026
One of the earliest openers in the country, running the length of Broadmead from early November.
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Cardiff, United Kingdom
Cardiff Christmas Market
12 Nov – 23 Dec 2026
The biggest market in Wales by some distance — 200 chalets across five pedestrianised streets.
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York, United Kingdom
York Christmas Market
12 Nov – 21 Dec 2026
Alpine chalets on medieval streets, with the Minster at the end of every view.
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Exeter, United Kingdom
Exeter Cathedral Christmas Market
13 Nov – 13 Dec 2026
Wooden chalets on Cathedral Green, in front of the longest unbroken Gothic vaulted ceiling in the world.
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Vienna, Austria
Vienna Christkindlmarkt
13 Nov – 26 Dec 2026
The Rathausplatz market: enormous, immaculate, and unapologetically theatrical.
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Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Edinburgh Christmas Market
14 Nov 2026 – 3 Jan 2027
East Princes Street Gardens, under the castle, with a big wheel over the top of it.
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Liverpool, United Kingdom
Liverpool Christmas Market
15 Nov – 24 Dec 2026
Timber stalls and funfair rides on the plateau in front of St George's Hall, one of the great neoclassical buildings in Europe.
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Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Newcastle Christmas Market
15 Nov – 23 Dec 2026
Seventy traders strung along Grey Street — regularly called one of the finest streets in England — and around the Monument.
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Cologne, Germany
Cologne Cathedral Christmas Market
16 Nov – 23 Dec 2026
A hundred and fifty stalls under a giant tree, in the shadow of one of Europe’s great cathedrals.
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Chester, United Kingdom
Chester Christmas Market
18 Nov – 22 Dec 2026
Eighty traders wrapped around the tree outside the Town Hall, in a city built for this sort of thing.
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Salzburg, Austria
Salzburg Christkindlmarkt
19 Nov 2026 – 1 Jan 2027
One of the oldest Advent markets in Europe, held between the cathedral and the Residenz.
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Chicago, United States
Christkindlmarket Chicago
20 Nov – 24 Dec 2026
The most authentically German market in North America, in Daley Plaza since 1996.
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Tallinn, Estonia
Tallinn Christmas Market
20 Nov 2026 – 6 Jan 2027
A medieval walled city, reliable snow, and a tree that has stood here since 1441.
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Winchester, United Kingdom
Winchester Cathedral Christmas Market
20 Nov – 22 Dec 2026
Around 120 chalets in the Cathedral Close, with the ice rink alongside — one of the most atmospheric settings in England.
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Dresden, Germany
Dresden Striezelmarkt
25 Nov – 24 Dec 2026
First held in 1434, which makes it Germany’s oldest — and it still bakes the definitive Stollen.
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Bath, United Kingdom
Bath Christmas Market
26 Nov – 13 Dec 2026
Georgian streets, honey-coloured stone, and 160 chalets wrapped around the Abbey.
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Brussels, Belgium
Brussels Winter Wonders
27 Nov 2026 – 3 Jan 2027
Two kilometres of chalets, plus a sound-and-light show on the Grand-Place.
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Nuremberg, Germany
Nuremberg Christkindlesmarkt
27 Nov – 24 Dec 2026
The most famous Christmas market in the world, and the one every other market is measured against.
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Prague, Czech Republic
Prague Old Town Square Market
28 Nov 2026 – 6 Jan 2027
Possibly the most photogenic setting of any market in Europe.