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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Bernadette Fallon

Four best European Christmas markets to visit by train

Christian Kremser

Yes, we have Christmas markets in the UK; no they are not the same thing as Europe’s.

It’s not that I don’t love rocking up to a collection of wooden stalls by a cathedral (Winchester), under a bridge (London’s Southbank), gathered around a singing moose (Birmingham) or experiencing any of the other homegrown options. I do... but the experience of a European market is something totally different and unique.

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