Thursday 15 December 2011

Christkindlmarkt am Marienplatz, Christmas market in the heart of Munich



Munich offers every year over 25 different Christmas markets, something for all different tastes! The "Cristkindlmarkt am Marienplatz" is however the oldest and definitely the most famous one...150 wooden houses create for a month Cristmas feeling in the heart of the city. Next to the stands with the mandatory warming up "Glühwein" and "Würstchen", one may gaze at candles, spices and Christmas decoration..
Every year one may find here the same stands: as the one with the bamboo angels for example. This year I have discovered a few new and interesting ones. A home made soap with sheep milk  from Austria or with olive oil from Italy: presented in very creative shapes and packaging (see first picture)...For the chocolate lovers there were all home-bricolage tools made out of...chocolate (a stand on Rindermarkt). Avoid the market after 18h as it gets too crowded and you might get a little be toosqueezed...however definitely worth a visit for all Weihnachtsmarkt-Liebhaber!

3 comments:

FilipBlog said...

Like the trumpet. Funny. I would certainly have tried the chocolate.

Greetings,
Filip

Joop Zand said...

Nice place for a x-mas market..... good pictures Janna.

greetings, Joop

papillon said...

Very nice pictures... Theres is nothing better than visiting a Christmas Market on these cold and dark days...
J+C