Today I bring you the second of the articles from my recent trip to the germany christmas markets. It’s the turn for him Nördlingen Christmas Marketone of those countless cities and towns of the well-known Romantic Route that seem to have been designed to cast a spell.
Nördlingen Christmas Market
Nordlingen it’s a medieval town that seems to come out of a fairy tale. Its half-timbered houses with reddish roofs set on captivating cobblestone streets are located in the center of a meteorite crater. The crater fell 15 million years ago and measures almost 25 km in diameter.
The wall that surrounds it (with 15 towers, 14th-15th centuries) forms an almost perfect circle. It can be explored in its entirety, a characteristic that makes it unique in Germany.
It was these two peculiarities previously mentioned that encouraged us to visit this ancient Imperial City to enjoy both your Romantic Christmas market (Romantic Christmas Market, in German) as well as its many other charms.
Los christmas markets in europeChristkindlmarkt, Marché de Noël, Christkindlesmarkt, Christkindlmarket or Weihnachtsmarkt, are set up during the four weeks of Advent. They are very popular in Germany, Austria and this one France (Alsace region).
Travel through Germany’s Christmas markets
The program of visits to the christmas markets on this first day of the new trip to germany It was quite ambitious. We start the morning visiting the Christmas market Ulm located under the imposing Ulm Minster. Then the Esslingen am Neckar Christmas market and finally that of Nördlingen, the round city.
Even though it was very late when we arrived in Nördlingen and aware that the Christmas market was closed (Christmas markets in Germany usually close around 8:00 p.m.), we decided to leave our luggage in the Unter den Linden (the B&B where we stayed and we recommend) and approach quickly with our reserved car in Sixt to the very bowels of this historic city to discover the magic of Christmas at night.
And when it comes to captivating, these German towns know how to show off their charms. During Advent the city of Nördlingen, like hundreds of German towns and cities, sets up its Christmas market with thousands of lights and dozens of decorated wooden stalls.
Where is the Nördlingen Christmas Market
He Cristmast Market de Nördlingen It is located along its central pedestrian zone under the watchful eye of the Daniel Towerthe bell tower of the St. George’s Church. It is of late Gothic style and a symbol of Nördlingen.
The Guardians of the Daniel Tower
The tower has two municipal guardians who, shouting “So, G’sell, so” (which means “all good, companions, all good”) have maintained the tradition for centuries with the idea of calming the nights of the inhabitants. against any enemy attack. This cry is heard throughout the city every half hour from 10:00 p.m. until midnight.
As we wanted to see the Christmas market and the city itself in all its splendor, we decided to return the next morning to see them during the day, which was a great success. The tiny lights of a thousand colors that surround the market stalls, the delicious aroma of sugared almonds, the mulled wine (the typical mulled wine with spices) that helps warm us so much, the smiles of its people and the musical chords that fill the atmosphere of its narrow streets create a Christmas atmosphere full of magic, light and color.
Glühwein or mulled wine
A glühwein is an alcoholic drink that is traditionally drunk during the Advent period in German and other European Christmas markets. To make a glühwein or mulled wine, red wine (the most typical in Germany) or white wine is used, to which cinnamon, cloves, lemon peels and star anise are usually added. To prepare it, heat everything without letting it boil and add sugar to taste. Its price ranges between €2 and €3 plus a €1 deposit for the clay cup in which they offer it to you and which is returned to you if you want to hand over the cup and not take it as a souvenir.
Shopping at the Christmas market
At the Nördlingen Christmas market stalls you can buy beautiful Christmas decorations such as colored balls, candles and toys, small crafts such as nativity scenes, as well as traditional German clothing and food typical of these dates. I really liked this little nativity scene, of which I show you the following photo.
As we already mentioned in the article Ulm Christmas Marketthe Nördlingen Christmas market is well designed for the enjoyment of the little ones, since there is a really beautiful merry-go-round and a corral with a manger with live sheep along with life-size figurines that simulate the birth of Jesus. Yeah you travel with children and you are looking to visit a nice Christmas market with hardly any tourists, Nördlingen is a very good option.
Do I recommend the Nördlingen Christmas Market?
He Nördlingen Christmas Market It was one of the ones that captivated me the most on this trip to Germany in December 2015, and not only because of the beauty of the stalls that make up its Weihnachtsmarkt (Christmas market, in German), but also because of the entire atmosphere that surrounds it in a Any day in which its inhabitants go out into the street, wrapped up to their ears, to have a very warm coffee or to do their daily chores.
All of this immersed in the order, tranquility, respect and infinite silence that mark the rhythms of daily German life, something that I personally love and that encourages me to return again and again. If you are looking to be seduced by a Christmas market in a 100% German atmosphere, far from the tourist masses, we recommend that you visit the Romantic Christmas market de Nördlingen.
What else to visit in Nördlingen
But Nördlingen is much more than its Christmas market. It is a place that invites you to walk and get lost in its bucolic streets to discover it. Faced with so much beauty, you just want to immerse yourself everywhere to see a place more beautiful than the previous one. We toured a good part of its wall and entered many of its labyrinthine streets to discover part of its essence. But I’ll tell you all about it in the post. Nördlingen, the round city.
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– More information about the Nördlingen Christmas Market on the Nördlingen Christmas Market website. Nördlingen Tourist Office and on the website of the German Tourist Office.
– Nördlingen Christmas Market hours: November 29 to December 23, 2024. Open Sunday to Thursday from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and from Friday to Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
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