{"id":380471,"date":"2025-08-28T14:32:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T14:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/380471\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T14:32:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T14:32:14","slug":"birminghams-frankfurt-christmas-market-is-set-to-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/380471\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham&#8217;s Frankfurt Christmas Market Is Set To Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"Birmingham Frankfurt Christmas Market\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_4753-scaled1-1024x683.jpeg\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCredit: Frankfurt Christmas Market<\/p>\n<p>Like it or not, the festive season begins in Birmingham whenever the <strong>Frankfurt Christmas Market<\/strong> does\u2014and this year, it\u2019s the <strong>joint-earliest ever start date<\/strong>. Just one day after <a href=\"https:\/\/secretbirmingham.com\/halloween-birmingham\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretbirmingham.com\/halloween-birmingham\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_0\" data-category=\"click_internal\">Halloween<\/a>, the city centre will transform into a magical and merry place for all. <\/p>\n<p>Since coming over from the <strong>twin city of Frankfurt<\/strong> in 1997, the now iconic Christmas market has grown into the<strong> largest authentic German Christmas outside of Germany and Austria<\/strong>. With over a hundred stalls filling <strong>New Street and Victoria Square<\/strong>, Birmingham Christmas Market attracts around 5.5 million visitors each festive period.<\/p>\n<p> <b>When is Birmingham\u2019s Frankfurt Christmas Market?<\/b> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18623\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Birmingham Frankfurt Christmas Market\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_4615-1.jpg\"\/>Credit: Frankfurt Christmas Market <\/p>\n<p>Not content with being the UK\u2019s biggest, the Frankfurt Christmas Market is often the longest-running, too. This year, it\u2019s equalling 2024\u2019s record-breaking length by running <strong>from Saturday, November 1, until Wednesday, December 24<\/strong>. That\u2019s a total of 54 days and just shy of eight weeks long.<\/p>\n<p> <b>What time is it on?<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>From Monday to Thursday, Birmingham\u2019s Frankfurt Christmas Market will be open from 11am to 9:30pm, then 10am to 9:30pm on Friday, and 10am to 9pm on Saturday and Sunday. The <strong>only expected change is on Remembrance Sunday<\/strong> (November 9), when the market will open from 1pm.<\/p>\n<p> <b>What can I expect from the Christmas Market?<\/b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18624\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Frankfurt Christmas Market\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_47711.jpg\"\/>Credit: Frankfurt Christmas Market <\/p>\n<p>With over 100 stalls at this year\u2019s Frankfurt Christmas Market, you\u2019ll be able to tuck into everything from <strong>stollen, pretzels and bratwurst to weissbier, mulled wine and hot chocolate<\/strong>. Elsewhere, pick up traditional gifts\u2014like <strong>handcrafted decorations, wooden toys, glass baubles, crystal lamps, jewellery<\/strong>, and so much more.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors to Victoria Square will also be treated to a<strong> free live programme of musicians from Germany and Birmingham<\/strong>. From up-and-coming performers to community choirs, enjoy a selection of festive lunchtime and evening music sessions, Monday to Friday, and all-day performances on Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18625\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Frankfurt Christmas Market\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_4576-scaled-1.jpg\"\/>Credit: Frankfurt Christmas Market <\/p>\n<p>While return<strong> dates for the Big Wheel and Ice Rink have not been announced<\/strong>, they typically also run alongside the Christmas market. Birmingham\u2019s<strong> Christmas in Cathedral Square Craft Market<\/strong>, however, has revealed its return dates\u2014expect a diverse range of independent traders within the grounds of Birmingham Cathedral from <strong>Friday, November 7 to Christmas Eve<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Frankfurt Christmas Market Like it or not, the festive season begins in Birmingham whenever the Frankfurt Christmas&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380472,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,35745,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-380471","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-christmas","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115106882963961580","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}