The Christmas Guide
In production
The Christmas Guide is being written
Fourteen cities across Europe and North America, in one book — which markets are worth the trip, which are a day out from somewhere better, and how to string several together by train.
Markets open in the last week of November; most close on 24 December. That is a narrow window, and it is exactly why this is one book rather than fourteen — the cities differ in what they look like, far less in what you need to know to work them.
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Vienna
Austria · Rathausplatz and the imperial squares -
Strasbourg
France · Europe's oldest market, running since 1570 -
Nuremberg
Germany · The Christkindlesmarkt and its handmade-only rule -
Cologne
Germany · Several themed markets, one under the cathedral -
Prague
Czechia · Old Town Square and Wenceslas Square -
Salzburg
Austria · Alpine markets and the home of Silent Night -
Bruges
Belgium · A canal city turned winter village -
Zurich
Switzerland · Bahnhofstrasse lights and the station market -
Copenhagen
Denmark · Tivoli Gardens as a winter park -
Edinburgh
Scotland · Markets below the castle, straight into Hogmanay -
London
England · Oxford Street lights and Winter Wonderland -
Reykjavik
Iceland · Yule Lads, hot springs and aurora hunting -
New York
United States · Rockefeller, Fifth Avenue and the rinks -
Quebec City
Canada · Old Québec and its German-style market
The fifteenth Christmas destination, Lapland, already has a guide of its own — a whole book on the Arctic winter rather than two pages in this one. It is on sale now.
- One PDF, written as a continuous read rather than a list of links — €9.99, the same as every other country.
- Instant download, and it works with no signal once it is on your phone.
- Free with any Globl Travel trip plan — if we are planning your trip, the guide for your destination comes with it.