[caprimint]

The traditional ones that show up every year from around the middle of November, where you can buy gifts, go on rides, try different foods/drinks and watch the entertainment. If so, which ones?

I go every year, they're one of my favourite things about this time of year Such a good atmosphere.

I usually always go to the Birmingham one, this year I'll only be visiting the ones in London though I think (Southbank, Tower Bridge and Leicester Square, might go to Winter Wonderland too possibly).

[LukeB]

Yes, i always visit the birmingham one for the food

[AnnieK]

Always go to the manchester one...

[Drew.]

No but i really want to

[LeatherTrumpet]

no

[Locke.]

Didn't know they were German

Went to the one in Liverpool last year which was pretty good

[caprimint]

Originally Posted by LukeB

Yes, i always visit the birmingham one for the food

The food is amazing I always want to try it all though and realize that's all I've spent my money on.

Originally Posted by Locke.

Didn't know they were German

Yeah they originated in Germany, some of the biggest ones are there, Austria and Switzerland too I think.

[Cherie]

Every year with a few girlfriends we make a weekend of it, been to York, Harrogate, Lille, Paris and Bruges, London, this year we are going to Canterbury

[LeatherTrumpet]

2 minutes ago they were dropping bombs on us now they want us to buy their fecking stollen cake?

[Morgan.]

Used to go to the Birmingham one as a youngster but they're so busy now and I find them a bit of a waste of time having to walk through crowded queues and seeing nothing

[LukeB]

Originally Posted by Blurryface

Used to go to the Birmingham one as a youngster but they're so busy now and I find them a bit of a waste of time having to walk through crowded queues and seeing nothing

It’s fine when you go in the weekday around this time tbh

[reece(:]

There's a really cute one at Newc this year

[caprimint]

Originally Posted by Blurryface

Used to go to the Birmingham one as a youngster but they're so busy now and I find them a bit of a waste of time having to walk through crowded queues and seeing nothing

If you go at peak time (lunch time or when people finish work and evenings, especially weekends) it can be super busy but if you go early morning when they open you'll be fine

[Lostie!]

Haven't before but planning to go to the Manchester markets this year

[Shaun]

None anywhere nearby. Used to go to the Bath one when I lived there and have been to the Birmingham one too, though.

[RichardG]

i see the leeds one pretty much every day as i live a five minute walk away

[Marsh.]

No. Just the English ones.

[Shaun]

They're very much a "just go there for something to eat and drink bc the actual products they sell are way-overpriced" sort of deal tho

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Shaun

They're very much a "just go there for something to eat and drink bc the actual products they sell are way-overpriced" sort of deal tho

It's all about the gluhwein and the atmosphere

[Jason.]

I like to have a stroll through Winter Wonderland whenever I happen to pass it when I'm down in the city.

[caprimint]

Originally Posted by Jason.

I like to have a stroll through Winter Wonderland whenever I happen to pass it when I'm down in the city.

So basically you don't have to pay to enter then? But you do for rides and the activities?

[Niamh.]

I don't think we get them here, never heard of them around anyway

[Wizard.]

Well I have to walk through them everyday to get to uni but I probably just snoop around once last year I bought fudge and a bonsai tree

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I don't think we get them here, never heard of them around anyway

Christmas markets, are you sure, every town around my home area has one...

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I don't think we get them here, never heard of them around anyway

I expect its because you dont have Christmas in Ireland yet?