{"id":560183,"date":"2025-11-09T22:01:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T22:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/560183\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T22:01:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T22:01:26","slug":"the-10-best-christmas-markets-in-europe-oldest-started-in-1434-travel-news-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/560183\/","title":{"rendered":"The 10 best Christmas markets in Europe \u2013 oldest started in 1434 | Travel News | Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Europe\u2019s <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"&#039;I&#039;m a travel expert and these are the UK&#039;s most underrated Christmas markets&#039;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/travel\/uk\/2129452\/travel-expert-underrated-christmas-markets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christmas markets<\/a> are where the season truly comes alive, twinkling lights, steaming mugs of <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"&#039;Magical&#039; Christmas market in Europe sells 86p mulled wine and \u00a332 flights\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/travel\/europe\/2127220\/fairytale-european-christmas-market-sells-mulled-wine-86p-uk-flights-only-32\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mulled wine<\/a>, and snow-dusted stalls selling everything from <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"&#039;Hidden gem&#039; Christmas market town with \u00a368 UK flights\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/travel\/europe\/2130205\/hidden-gem-christmas-market-town\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">handmade ornaments<\/a> to roasted chestnuts.<\/p>\n<p data-mce-linkchecker-status=\"valid\">Whether you\u2019re after medieval magic or modern sparkle, these 10 destinations offer the <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"&#039;Europe&#039;s most beautiful Christmas market has one thing you must try&#039;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/travel\/europe\/2125710\/Europe-most-beautiful-Christmas-market-Tallinn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most enchanting Christmas markets<\/a> across the continent, including one that\u2019s been running since 1434.<\/p>\n<p class=\"withoutCaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dresden-christmas-market-6536420.jpg\" class=\"zoomEnabled\" data-img=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/25\/1200x712\/secondary\/dresden-christmas-market-6536420.jpg?r=1762505768809\" alt=\"Dresden christmas market\" title=\"Dresden christmas market\" width=\"940\" height=\"715\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dating back to 1434, Dresden\u2019s Striezelmarkt is Germany\u2019s oldest Christmas market and one of the most atmospheric. Named after Striezel,\u00a0the original name for Stollen fruitcake, it celebrates Saxon heritage with candle pyramids, wooden nutcrackers, and a giant Stollen parade that draws crowds each year.<\/p>\n<p> (Image: Getty)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Europe\u2019s Christmas markets are where the season truly comes alive, twinkling lights, steaming mugs of mulled wine, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":560184,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[7907,35745,2000,299,5187,36,1824],"class_list":{"0":"post-560183","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-austria","9":"tag-christmas","10":"tag-eu","11":"tag-europe","12":"tag-european","13":"tag-france","14":"tag-germany"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115521997682803423","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560183","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=560183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}