Last updated: December 01, 2024
Discover the festive highlights in Braunschweig! Our city guide presents all the important Christmas season events, both for locals and visitors to the City of Lions.
The historic Old Town Market and Cathedral Square form the heart of the winter festivities. Here you'll find traditional wooden stalls with regional crafts, culinary specialties, and the popular Braunschweig Mumme. The Castle Square with its magnificent lion statue and the illuminated Magniviertel pedestrian zone create an atmospheric setting for winter walks and leisurely shopping tours.
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Sustainable lighting and reusable cups.
The Braunschweiger Weihnachtsmarkt features around 130 beautifully decorated stalls offering inspiring gift ideas and culinary specialties from Braunschweig and the region. The event takes place around the St. Blasii Cathedral and Dankwarderode Castle, emphasizing sustainability.
Where: Braunschweig | More Info: Braunschweig Christmas Market
Approximately 70 stalls with culinary highlights and high-quality handicrafts.
The Celle Christmas Market offers a diverse program that will delight the whole family. From visiting Santa Claus and the friendly Saint Nicholas, who distributes small gifts, to the sparkling light parade, there are numerous highlights to discover. For the younger visitors, the city library and Bomann Museum offer creative crafting stations where self-made Christmas decorations can be created. In the cozy storytelling hut, both adults and children listen to fascinating stories that perfectly enhance the festive atmosphere of the Christmas market.
Where: Celle | More Info: Christmas Market in Celle
Christmas market with traditional Christmas goods and delicious specialties.
In Hannover, you can find several Christmas markets that put the city in a pre-Christmas mood. The Christmas market at the Marktkirche offers traditional Christmas goods and delicious specialties, while the Christmas market on Lister Meile presents festively decorated houses in the pedestrian zone.
Where: Hannover | More Info: Christmas Market in Hannover
Variety of festive offerings and attractions
The Magdeburg Christmas Market offers a variety of festive offerings and attractions. Visitors can try over 50 different types of mulled wine and enjoy medieval stalls with Erzgebirge handicrafts, fine marzipan, and Christmas balls. A highlight is the popular Magdeburg Light World, which illuminates the entire city center.
Where: Magdeburg | More Info: Christmas Market in Magdeburg
Unique atmosphere with festive offerings.
The Wolfsburger Christmas Market offers a festive atmosphere with various stalls and offerings on the Porschestraße.
Where: Wolfsburg | More Info: Christmas Market in Wolfsburg
Traditional lantern procession for children.
The Weihnachtsstadt Peine offers a diverse program with regional delicacies, walk acts, and various highlights such as "Wohltätige Weihnachten", "Kunsthandwerkermarkt", and "Schottische Weihnacht".
Where: Peine | More Info: Christmas Market in Peine
Romantic Christmas forest with 60 illuminated pine trees.
The Christmas market in Goslar offers a unique atmosphere with 60 illuminated pine trees and over 160,000 lights. Visitors can indulge in culinary delights and find original Christmas gifts.
Where: Goslar | More Info: Christmas Market in Goslar
A roughly 10-meter-high Christmas tree adds to the special festive glow.
The Hildesheimer Christmas market attracts visitors with around 60 festively decorated stalls and many traditional highlights on the historic marketplace and the Platz An der Lilie. Besides artistic and gastronomic offers, small wooden huts adorn the place, which take up the half-timbered style of old Hildesheimer buildings. Several large trees create a winter-Christmas atmosphere.
Where: Hildesheim | More Info: Medieval Christmas Market in Hildesheim