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Churches and concert venues in Europe's Christmas markets

58 churches and concert venues

Lamps light the dome and Gothic tower of Aachen Cathedral at blue hour
Gold mosaics and striped arches rise above the Barbarossa chandelier in the octagon of Aachen Cathedral

Aachen Cathedral

Aachen · Altstadt

Music stands wait on the stage of the Concertgebouw's main hall in Amsterdam below the gilded organ.
A tram stands at the stop beside the columned brick facade of the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.

Concertgebouw

Amsterdam · Oud-Zuid

Bamberg Cathedral and the Alte Hofhaltung stand floodlit around the empty Domplatz at night
Round arches line the sandstone nave of Bamberg Cathedral up to a choir with a painted vault

Bamberg Cathedral

Bamberg · Domberg

Basel Minster rises above the Rhine houses and the Mittlere Brücke on a grey January day
The Gothic nave of Basel Minster runs between red sandstone piers toward the organ and the west rose

Basel Minster

Basel · Münsterplatz

Berliner Dom

Berlin Cathedral

Berlin · Mitte

Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtnis-Kirche

Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church

Berlin · Charlottenburg (City West)

Sankt Hedwigs-Kathedrale

St. Hedwig's Cathedral

Berlin · Mitte

The nave of Bern Minster leads under a ribbed vault to the stained glass of the choir
Floodlights pick out the tower and main portal of Bern Minster at blue hour

Bern Minster

Bern · Münsterplatz

Tall stained-glass windows close the white nave of the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Brno.
Snow covers the roof of the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Brno as floodlights catch its spires at night.

Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Brno

Brno · Petrov

Rows of votive candles burn in glass holders inside St Salvator's Cathedral in Bruges.
Rows of chairs fill the pale Gothic nave of St Salvator's Cathedral in Bruges beside its carved wooden pulpit.

St Salvator's Cathedral

Bruges · Steenstraat

Stained glass windows light the choir at the east end of the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula in Brussels.
Baroque statues line the pillars of the white Gothic nave of the Brussels cathedral beside its organ.

Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula

Brussels · Treurenberg

Miklós Ybl's neo-Renaissance Hungarian State Opera House faces Andrássy út in Budapest in December.
Gilded tiers of boxes curve around the red auditorium of the Hungarian State Opera House in Budapest.

Hungarian State Opera House

Budapest · Terézváros (District VI)

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