Start dates for Christmas Markets

[Mkripke]

Hello

 

I was wondering when the markets in Germany start? I am looking at an 11/23/24 cruise and really want to see the markeys

 

Thank you

[steamboats]

It varies... the traditional starting date is Friday prior to the First of Advent. But many markets now open by mid November. 

 

steamboats

[Coral]

I had an 11/20 - 11/30 cruise. We missed the ones in Germany by a day in each port (literally). The ones in Austria start earlier than the Germany ones do. Also, we started and ended in Vienna. There were some open when we got to Vienna and others didn't open until later (so we visited them when we returned).

 

You should be able to google each town and Christmas markets and get the dates. 

[CDNPolar]

This is a good question.  We had a Christmas Market cruise booked during the pandemic that we cancelled because of the pandemic and we just stated looking again and we booked not for this year but for 2024 as you are looking at.

 

We are going Viking, and although this cruise does not advertise that it is a Christmas market cruise, Viking assured us that they adjust the itinerary when the markets are open as this itinerary runs all year.

 

We booked the start of our cruise for embarkation on November 27th, 2024.

 

We are travelling with some other family and friends that did not want to return home too close to Christmas, so we took the latest departure in November to ensure that we would get the best chance of seeing many markets.

 

We are 15 days on our journey and so many German cities that I am sure we will be fine.

 

You might want to adjust your dates - if you can - to a week later departure?

 

Google for this year lists this information - you can Google each city and find the information for the markets.

 

 

This is the itinerary we are on....

 

[Mkripke]

thank you