Ja beauty… we’re bringing German Christmas markets to Britain

Ja beauty… we’re bringing German Christmas markets to Britain, well, we’ve history of it going back to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

Queen Vic’s husband who is credited with bringing the Christmas Tree over to this island.

Every town by now has a Teuton tree and Deutschland decorations adorning our marketplaces and danke for it.

Now as a citizen of a Second City in Scotland, in Glasgow, we’re happy to flag up that the biggest German Christmas Market on this island is not the London metropolis.

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But Birmingham’s Frankfurt Christmas Market in Victoria Square which claims to be the biggest outside of Germany and Austria.

Offering everything from pretzels, bratwursts, and roasted almonds to gluhwein, weissbeer (wheat beer), or tasty hot chocolate.

Handcrafted wooden decorations and delicate glass baubles and crystal lamps, toys, jewellery and games.

All to the backdrop of traditional music and this being the English Midlands, 2 Tone ska.

Of course London being a metropolis of towns each borough tries to outdo the other.

Everything in Garden is Chrismassy

For us Covent Garden will always draw us magnetically particularly at this time of year.

When our favourite London market it displays its Christmas installation of more than 40 gigantic bells with bows and the vintage Christmas sleigh.

On Thursdays the market resounds to choir performance raising money for Save the Children..

Liverpool Scousemas

If it’s tunes you’re after, and it is, then Liverpool bills itself as Britain’s music city, particularly since hosting Eurovision.

Head for St George’s Place for the Liverpool Scousemas and take a ride on the giant Ferris wheel.

Ride on a vintage carousel and belt out the tunes on the karaoke ski lifts.

Edinburgh rocks

Now the Edinburgh German Christmas Market will always be close to our hearts, especially for the Son and Heir.

As he enjoyed his last Christmas there as an only child before his sister came along.

Now we can’t remember if they had this when we lived there first time up nearly 30 years ago but I don’t need a maze to get lost even in familiar surroundings.

At the Princes Street Christmas Market they’re now showcasing their Christmas tree maze.

Or you can ride the funfair rides if you’re brave enough and go easy on the gluhwein before you do.

This being Scotland there’s mulled Irn-Bru and Harry Potter-themed gifts too with JK Rowling an adopted Scot.

There’s ice skating on the George Street ice rink to match any you get in Canada and twinkling lights at our old fave stomping ground the Dome.

All Wunderbar we think you’d agree.

Or as we say in these parts. Ja beauty… we’re bringing German Christmas markets to Britain.