This Christmas Market has influenced much of Europe, since it is the nearest one to the UK, you can easily reach it by train from London in under four hours.
Aachen’s Christmas Market is known to be bright and full of lights. It’s set around the town hall and the cathedral. It features a beautifully decorated Christmas village on the square that represents everything you imagine when you think of old-fashioned Christmases of the past.
One of the foods that best symbolize the Aachen Christmas Markets is known as Printen-which is a sort of gingerbread.
But Aachen is not just lights and gingerbread; in fact, it overwhelms all of your senses. There are bright colors, magnificent, festive sounds and enticing aromas everywhere. There is a glorious fair within Christmas City, erected with much love and sentiment, which are alluring to both old and young.
Aachen Christmas City Market has made quite the impact. It now attracts more than 1.5 million visitors each year. Among these are shoppers from Belgium, Holland, the UK and France. Numerous stalls offer a variety of crafts as well as baked specialties like cakes, marzipan bread, and yes, gingerbreads..
