What is the German city of Leipzig famous for? Musicians, certainly – Wagner was born there, JS Bach was based at the St Thomas Church for 27 years (and was required to write a new piece of music every week) and Mendelsohn re-established Bach’s forgotten reputation as well as establishing one of his own.
But it also has a famous Christmas market, which has reopened this year after two years enforced closure due to Covid.
Dating back to 1458 and set in about seven sites around the attractive medieval city centre, the market is both one of the oldest and largest in Germany, with over 300 stalls and an enormous variety of goods on offer.
