The Manchester Christmas Markets are over for 2022. Last night as the darkness descended, stallholders packed up their wares and headed home after another busy year.
The final German sausages and gluhwein have been sold and this morning the last remaining wooden cabins have been dismantled from locations across the city centre. Walk down Market Street this morning and you'll no longer see fairy lights, handmade wooden gifts or scented candles, but stalls reduced to piles of wood, as well as some last-minute shoppers hitting the big stores.
Thousands of people have descended on Manchester this year to experience the Christmas Markets, which have featured over 220 wooden chalet stalls spread across ten different locations around the city. The main hub this year was based over in Piccadilly Gardens, which was given a festive make-over and transformed into the Winter Gardens.
