STEPPING BACK INTO THE MIDDLE AGES AT THE DRESDEN MEDIEVAL CHRISTMAS MARKET: The Dresden Striezelmarkt is the largest and most famous of the Dresden Christmas markets, but a Christmas market with a difference and one which we like a lot is the Dresden Medieval Christmas Market, also known as the Stallhof Advent Festival. Watched over by […]
Dresden Striezelmarkt 2022 – Germany’s Oldest Christmas Market
DRESDEN STRIEZELMARKT IS THE LARGEST OF THE CITY’S CHRISTMAS MARKETS: There are many Christmas markets in Dresden (including a Medieval Christmas Market), but the largest of them all is the Dresden Striezelmarkt on the Altmarkt. The Dresden Striezelmarkt is also Germany’s oldest Christmas Market. This year (2022) marks the 588th anniversary of this historical Christmas market. Dresden Striezelmarkt […]
Dresden Takes The Cake For its Christmas Stollen
Dresden’s Christmas Stollen is World Famous: The Christmas season brings with it many special treats and one of my favourites is the Stollen. This German Christmas cake, called the Weihnachtsstollen or Christstollen is a loaf-shaped cake made with chopped candied or dried fruit, nuts and spices. Marzipan stollen is my favourite. Although many German towns […]
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