Arnold Schwarzenegger - GERMAN WORLD MAGAZINE
Arnold Schwarzenegger - GERMAN WORLD MAGAZINE
Arnold Schwarzenegger - GERMAN WORLD MAGAZINE
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40<br />
CHRISTMAS<br />
✴ ❄<br />
www.german-world.com Winter 2010/11<br />
<strong>GERMAN</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> presents you with<br />
the most popular Christmas markets<br />
By ANJA KNORR<br />
Hot<br />
Spiced<br />
Wine<br />
&<br />
Carolers<br />
Romantic Christmas<br />
season in Germany<br />
Finally the cozy time of year has arrived, at least in Germany. Advent season is around the corner and with it<br />
the traditional Christmas markets. What could be more romantic than rummaging through festively lit wooden<br />
huts for Christmas presents, meeting with friends and warming yourself by sipping hot spiced wine to the<br />
sound of carolers singing in the dark night.<br />
The distinctive flair of German Christmas markets is known throughout the world. No other country has more<br />
Christmas markets. Let yourself be inspired and make plans for the Advent season – we will help you plan.<br />
THE BERLIN CHRISTMAS MARKET<br />
AM GENDARMENMARKT<br />
Lively Berlin is always worth a trip, and in the<br />
Advent season you’ll be presented with the agony of<br />
choosing among the city’s numerous Christmas<br />
markets. The festively lit Christmas market Am<br />
Gendarmenmarkt in Mitte has a distinctive backdrop.<br />
Framed by the Französischer Dom (French<br />
Cathedral), the Deutscher Dom (German Cathedral)<br />
and the Konzerthaus, the popular Christmas market<br />
is sprawled amidst a historic ambience.<br />
Approximately 1600 yards of Christmas light strings,<br />
more than 1000 Christmas tree balls, 100 sparkling<br />
Moravian stars, and 5000 twinkling lights on the<br />
giant spruce from Zillertal create a wonderful<br />
Christmas atmosphere. The program is varied:<br />
international art craftsfolk present their goods while<br />
choirs, dancing choruses and acrobats provide for<br />
entertainment. In the cozy and heated eating area<br />
you’ll find traditional Christmas delicacies as well as<br />
outstanding meals from renowned chefs. A unique<br />
highlight is the specially staged, turbulent Christmas<br />
Magic Revue.<br />
• •<br />
November 22 through December 31, 2010<br />
Christmas Eve: 11am - 6pm,<br />
New Year’s Eve: 11pm - 1am<br />
Monday to Sunday: 11am - 10pm<br />
HEIDELBERG<br />
The charming Christmas market in Heidelberg is a<br />
one-of-kind experience. The picturesque town on the<br />
Neckar river with its winding alleys and gentle hills is<br />
the ideal place for a relaxed stroll in the Advent season,<br />
especially evenings when the town is brightly lit by<br />
the illuminated Heidelberg castle and Old Bridge.<br />
Over 140 huts lure guests to six different squares in<br />
the Old Town, and an open-air ice skating rink turns<br />
Karlsplatz into an impressive icescape.<br />
•<br />
November 24 through December 22, 2010<br />
Christmas on Ice on Karlsplatz:<br />
through January 9, 2011<br />
Opening hours: 11am – 9pm<br />
STUTTGART<br />
One of the oldest Christmas markets in Germany, the<br />
Stuttgart Christmas market was first documented in<br />
1692. Over 280 festively decorated huts make this<br />
Christmas market one of the largest in Europe and<br />
transforms the area between Schloss-, Schiller- and<br />
Marktplatz into a fragrant and glittering oasis.<br />
Sparkling children’s eyes guaranteed!<br />
November 24 through December 23, 2010<br />
Opening hours:<br />
Monday to Saturday: 10am - 9pm<br />
Sunday: 11am - 9pm
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