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Towns and neighbourhoods in Europe's Christmas markets

100 towns and neighbourhoods

Aachen town hall glows at blue hour across the Markt with café tables set out on the cobbles
Lit windows and towers of Aachen town hall stand against a violet evening sky

Aachen

North Rhine-Westphalia

CityPop. 263,703The Rhineland

Street lamps shine on the Oudezijds Voorburgwal in Amsterdam at night below the domes of Sint-Nicolaaskerk.
Skaters circle a winter ice rink on the Museumplein in Amsterdam in front of the Rijksmuseum.

Amsterdam

North Holland (Noord-Holland)

CityPop. 921,468The Netherlands

Lamps light the snowy steps beside the St. Annenkirche in Annaberg-Buchholz on an Advent evening.
Annaberg-Buchholz spreads across a snowy hillside in the Ore Mountains on a grey winter day.

Annaberg-Buchholz

Erzgebirge

TownPop. 18,882Saxony and the Ore Mountains

Gabled houses on Elias-Holl-Platz in Augsburg glow under the evening sky at dusk.
Augsburg's floodlit town hall and Perlach Tower stand over Rathausplatz on a clear night.

Augsburg

Bavaria

CityPop. 301,786Bavaria

The ornate former post and telegraph office stands on a sunny corner in Bad Ischl
Snow lines both banks of the Traun as it flows through Bad Ischl below white mountains

Bad Ischl

Salzkammergut

Spa townPop. 14,133Salzburg and the Salzkammergut

A row of backlit pictures and star frames glows along the Kurgarten paths at the Baden-Baden market at night.
A wrought-iron bridge crosses the Oos between frosted trees in Baden-Baden's spa park.

Baden-Baden

Northern Black Forest

TownPop. 56,952The Black Forest

Bamberg's Altes Rathaus sits on its bridge over the Regnitz at blue hour in December
Painted frescoes cover the side of Bamberg's Altes Rathaus above the Regnitz as the windows light up at dusk

Bamberg

Upper Franconia

CityPop. 77,218Franconia

The lights of Basel reflect in the Rhine at night with the Minster towers on the left bank
Old town houses climb from the Rhine to the twin towers of Basel Minster

Basel

Basel-Stadt

CityPop. 176,329Switzerland

Bath

Somerset

CityPop. 94,092England

The Alte Wasserkunst tower and the Michaeliskirche glow above the Spree in Bautzen at blue hour.
Bautzen's towers and old town walls rise above the Spree valley on a clear summer day.

Bautzen

Upper Lusatia

TownPop. 37,306Saxony and the Ore Mountains

Berlin

Berlin and Brandenburg

CityPop. 3,700,577Berlin and Brandenburg

A lit Christmas tree stands on Bundesplatz in Bern before the Federal Palace on a snowy night
Paper star lanterns glow above a craft stall at a Christmas market in Bern

Bern

Canton of Bern

CityPop. 146,455Switzerland

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