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Every year before Christmas the squares and streets
round the Aachen Town Hall are transformed into a paradise of lights and
colours, festive sounds and seductive smells. The glorious fair in the
Christmas City, which has been erected with great care and sentiment,
fascinates both the young and the old. The enormous choice between
original, stylish and precious goods makes small and big dreams come
true.
The Aachen Market has become famous far beyond the boundaries of the
Aachen region. This is due to its pleasant and familiar atmosphere. The
carousel is a must for the children as is the mulled wine for the
adults. Potato fritters are eaten at all times of the day. Naturally you
will find a large variety of Printen and other Christmas cakes and
biscuits, "Domino Stones", gingerbread, "Spekulatius" and marzipan
bread. These are distributed all over the world by Aachen bakeries.
However during the Aachen Christmas Market they come oven fresh and
taste particularly delicious.
The organisers of the Christmas Market are proud to boast approx. 1.5
million visitors every year. Amongst them you can find guests from the
Netherlands, Belgium, France and the United Kingdom.
The tradition of the Christmas Market goes back to the seventies.
Originally when it was held around the Elisa Fountain the "Printen
Market" was rather small. A huge change took place when it was moved to
the Market Place and the Katschhof as well as the adjoining small
streets. Not only visitor numbers have rocketed but also the number of
exhibitors has continuously risen over the last few years.
This way the choice of culinary delicacies as well as
that of beautiful works of arts and crafts have
increased with every year. The visitors are faced with a
great deal of choice and this is why they come to see
the colourful stands and stalls. But don't take too long
to make up your mind what to take home because there is
strong competition, especially the closer you get to
Christmas. |
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Eurostar
from either St Pancras or Ebbsfleet to Brussels, then onwards rail
included to Aachen - price on request |
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