American Reacts To German Christmas Market

[@nettcologne9186]

Since every town and village has at least one Christmas market, it is for both local people and tourists.

[@forkless]

We do have the odd Christmas market in the Netherlands however they are far more prevalent in Germany. Many Dutch visit German Christmas markets when they are around because the overall atmosphere is more 'Christmassy' -- that and it's a relatively short drive to have a foreign Christmas experience.

[@lindamaes6454]

We do have Christmas markets in Belgium but still we like to go to Germany aswell, for the different food and admosphere.

[@teardrop-in-a-fishbowl]

I'm glad you didn't wrote christmessy, lol. I never was in the Netherlands during Christmas, but it's on my list. Every country has its own flair and it's always worth the experience.

[@LJBSullivan]

Wish we had them here. We have a small market here in Mpls but it's a bit cheesey

[@swanpride]

Yeah...so much so that on some Christmas markets, you hear more Dutch then German. Thankfully you haven't discovered the one in my town yet.

[@lindamaes6454]

@@swanpride That sounds like Saturday evening in Antwerp 😕

[@RustyDust101]

Glühwein = literally 'glow wine'. Makes you glow, both from the heat, while you are out and about in the chilly air of a Christmas market, and the alcohol and high sugar content, plus the spices (mostly cinnamon and star anis). The price may be a bit high at 5,50€ but that includes the deposit for the mug. Many people refrain from returning the mugs and just keep them, so the stalls decided to recoup their losses and drop a deposit charge on them. The mugs can be much more intricate. You can often see people strolling around the Christmas market swaddling their hands around the hot mugs for heating their cold fingers. Met = Mead. Yepp, very typically nordic drink. Hot mead is basically the Glühwein of the north where grapes don't grow as well, but honey can still be found. Drinking out of a horn pro tip: alway turn the horn tip down so that it is basically horizontal. Any other turn of the horn you will soon get a very surprising flash flood into your mouth causing you to spill a lot of your drink. If you turn the tip outwards, so that when you tilt the horn up to drink the liquid in the horns ends will quickly rush out. Turning it downwards is okay at the start, but don't forget to turn it sideways as the splash you get from the contents of the tip SUDDENLY splashing forwards is far too much even for the fastest drinker to gulp down. The horns usually are either fake, or they are made from certain types of bovine horns that need their horns shortened regularly. Sorry, can't say which type of bovine. Halber Meter = Half a meter = 50 cm = 1.64 feet so roughly 1'8". Sauerkraut = sour kraut = choucroute = kim chi ... while it has become known mostly by its German name worldwide, most cultures have developed some type of fermented cabbage a loooong time ago. The origins who was first have been lost in time, probably. Because you only have to follow certain steps rigorously to generate a very healthy, long lasting food that will tide you over through a cold winter with a high vitamin C content. Santa Claus / Saint Nikolas origins: was the bishop of Myra, a city in the current area of Turkey in the third century CE. He was known for donating some of the fortune he inherited (some say stole) from his parents to prevent several women from being forced into prostitution. He later began donating most of it to the poor. From this tradition sprang the later tradition of St Nikolaus-Tag in German speaking areas (December 6th). This again shifted later into the Santa Claus from the Anglo-American sphere, with his overarching personality for the whole Christmas season. Basically ALL Christmas markets are a major tourist attraction. But 'touristy' does not mean that locals DON'T go there. Food, drinks, some kids rides, knick-knacks, some Christmas present stalls, you get the idea. All a bit over-priced, but not tooooo over-priced. Just outside the limit of what you NORMALY would agree to pay. It's the experience that makes it worthwhile. Hannover, the city with the most intelligible high German. They basically don't have a dialect as their 'dialect' is the official high German language officially spoken throughout Germany. Everywhere else has its own distinct dialect, some heavier and more difficult to understand than others. But all of them very distinct from each other. That goes back to the invading nordic tribes roughly 3000 years ago that brought their own speech patterns with them when they ousted the local indigenous tribes and the Celts. All of them make up what is today the basis of the Germanic language group. Schmalzkuchen = something akin to doughnut dough deep fried, but not in a ring, but rather a long roll chopped into bite sized bits. If they are fresh from the Schmalz / shmaltz / frying fat they can be piping hot. Usually they are covered in a thick layer of powdered sugar. Some add a dash of lemon or lime juice to the dough, but that's just the variation found among different stalls. Feuerzangenbowle = fire tongs bowl (literally). It is usually a very large glass bowl with a large block of sugar doused in strong liquer (usually a cherry liquer) in special tongs holding the sugar block above the liquid. The basis for the actual drink is rum with at least 54% vol (that would be 108 proof) plus a red wine or a cherry wine. That mixture is then heated and kept on a slow heat until the bowl is emptied. Another typical cold season beverage for long winter nights and lots of friends. The doused sugar is lit and slowly melts it. It drips into the alcoholic beverage, making it even sweeter, giving it a somewhat caramel taste. That stuff is dangerous because it can be chugged back easily because it is so 'süffig' / so chuggable. But the longer the evening lasts and the more sugar blocks are added the sweeter the whole thing gets. That is a recipe for one incredibly massive hangover the next morning. Those things Americans call a (beer) stein, those fancy beer mugs, are not usually used for drinking. They always were collectibles, usually placed in your favorite spot of the house to show off. The fancier the decoration (some would say kitschy) the more collectible. In German "der Stein" is literally a rock. The word stein was probably derived from Americans after WW2 misunderstanding that these were so called 'Steingutkrüge' / 'stone-goods mugs' which was then shorted to what was understood to be a stein. Steingut is a fairly old term for ceramic wares, as it transformed the soft clay into something akin to stone by firing it in a kiln. In German they are called a Bierkrug, a beer mug, never simply a Stein. That would be like calling a glass in English a rock. It just doesn't work in German. Aaargh, no Lederhosen, no, stop, please, mercy, please, let me diiiie in peeeaaace.... Watch 'Geography Now' on Germany for more info on that. Germans are SOOOO fed up with the stereotype of Lederhosen and Dirndls. That's like saying ALL Americans dress like Texan cowboys, with five-gallon stetsons, wear revolvers, ride horses, and talk in a deep Texan drawl. Bayern/ Bavaria is simply a state in Germany, similar to Texas being a state of the USA. Some have even equaled Bavaria to Germany's Texas. Very proud of themselves, always want to be as independent as possible from the rest of the country, and to distinguish themselves from the rest by their very own traditions. Kartoffelspeck = potato baccon (on a rustic bread). Meat-on-a-stick: yepp, that was a way meat was served in medieval times. Roasted almonds, or caramellized almonds: a typical treat of Christmas markets since the fifteen-hundreds. Sooo good, so yummy, so crunchy if you bite into them, so loooong lasting if you suck on them and let the sugar coating disolve in your mouth.

[@ickeben7864]

11:50 In Germany, even the smallest village really has such a Christmas market 20:21 this is a Gerz jug. The beer jugs were mostly awarded as prizes between 1750-1930. I inherited one from my grandpa who got it from his grandpa. The jug is from 1876 and I love it ... I can happily tell you more about your jug if you would give me better pictures. 21:28 As in America, we have several states or Bundesländer. One of the 16 is Bavaria. So you could compare Bavaria with, for example, Texas. one of the many states that are special. Texas = cowboys Bavaria = beer and cuckoo clocks

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

Bavaria = beer and Lederhosen. Cuckoo clocks come from the Black Forest which is in Baden-Württemberg.

[@mika.sechsundvierzig]

@@gustavmeyrink_2.0 endlich einer der es rafft

[@juliakennstenich9591]

Das mit dem Wunschbrunnen Wald kenne ich gar nicht… In Berlin hab ich sowas noch nie gesehen, wäre selbst für mich neu xD

[@steffenuhlein3774]

Short correction: cuckoo clocks are originally from the black forest who is located in baden-Wuerttemberg (another district) and not in bavaria :)

[@krt3718]

We have a great German Christmas market in Birmingham UK every year. My grandmother was German, so I go every year as a tribute to her.

[@EricvonDorp191]

German Christmas markets are huge and fun, been there so many times...And Yes Sauerkraut und Brattwurst it's like, I kill you if you take it away from me...And everything you see is not only in Hannover it's in every city in Germany and not only for the locals, everybody will have a good time, Germans are great people and very nice, I am Dutch and I love them..Try in Germany Flammkuche and you eat something you never forget.

[@patatanectarian]

your "fancy rustic bread" is actually just standard bread in germany. They don't eat that much white bread, except maybe in the form of a baguette.

[@robertbretschneider765]

We have a famous OLD OLD movie about the drink "Feuerzangenbowle" (the rum burnt over sugar). It was filmed during the end of WW2, to make the germans comfortable and pleased with funny comedy among this hell, and it turned out to be a great comedy movie of its time, often watched annually as a christmas/sylvester movie, even today. Maybe u can find a version with english subtitles and watch it. Its about a famous writer that only got private teacher school lessons that gets dared by his friends to visit a "real school" like them to not lose out on such a crazy and funny time of childhood. So he disguises himself as a scholar thats about to finish high school and gets accepted in a school, where he messes around with the teachers quite much.

[@gregclark5084]

I have been living in Germay for 37 years. I moved here from Washington state. I love going to different Christmas markets every year almost all cities have one and they would even pu Mr Scrooge in the spirit of things. They run for about two to three weeks in the small towns and in the bigger cities they run for the entire month of December.

[@PPfilmemacher]

17:12 a large part of today’s Christmas customs used around the world have been originated from Germany For example the decorated Christmas tree is an old German pagan tradition of celebrating the winter solstice (at December 21. the contrary of Midsummer), which the church couldn’t get rid of, so they adopted this pagan tradition of a decorated evergreen tree or branch inside the house and made it a Christmas tradition. and in the 19th century one of the english kings brought these tradition with him from Germany to England when he became king (the British royal family is also overwhelmingly of German aristocratic descent and many of there kings have been grown up in Germany until 100 years ago) where the tree tradition also became a custom for brits and took over to americans

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

The Christmas tree was introduced in England by Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert of Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha. Victoria herself was the granddaughter of George III King of England, Prince-elector of Braunschweig-Lüneburg and King of Hanover. To the present day the royal family celebrates christmas German-style on the 24th while the rest of the country does it on the 25th. The current queen's late husband Phillip belonged to the House of Battenberg on his mothers side (anglicised to Mountbatten) and the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg on his paternal line.

[@clemenskeuer7131]

…and a lot of Americans have German roots. Their forefathers brought their traditions with them.

[@milaschuelein4351]

@@gustavmeyrink_2.0 Christmas trees have been around in Germany since the end of the 1500s.

[@vecordia1176]

I'm from Munich and I actually grew up with the Christkind (Christ Child). That is why the Christmas market is also known to us as the Christkindlmarkt. Santa was used more in school / kindergarten to make this time less religious. We have in almost every city a Christmas market. In Munich alone we always have at least 6 of them, all of them with different themes. And the first thing I always eat on Christmas markets is not a Bratwurst but actually an Auszogne (Ausgezoge Küchle), which is a traditional lard pastry. At least I never saw beer being sold here on the Christmas markets, but maybe I just overlooked it.

[@Warentester]

Hahaha, she's absolutely hammered by the end of the video.

[@greetjeb7030]

From the Netherlands, bustrips are made to German Christmas markets. Very nice to do, but you have to get up very early in the morning and will be back very late at night.

[@dutchman7623]

Of course this depends on where you live in NL and where you go to in DE. From where I live it is 1.5 hours to Essen, Cologne, Duisburg or Düsseldorf.

[@greetjeb7030]

@@dutchman7623 that's true, i am in Zwolle so not too far from the German border.

[@dutchman7623]

@@greetjeb7030 I am from Brabant so the cities I mentioned are closest. And Maastricht is getting better as well.

[@claudiakarl2702]

An from Germany - I live near Aachen - we go to the Christmas markets in Valkenburg and Maastricht. 😉

[@MichaEl-rh1kv]

Netherlands Sinterklaas is known in Germany as Sankt Nikolaus (St. Nicholas). With the reformation the traditions split - while the Dutch Protestants kept Sinterklaas, most German Protestants abandoned the tradition. In the Catholic parts however the traditions survived for a long time: St. Nicholas evening (the 6th of December) was the evening of gift giving to children (based on the legends of St. Nicholas who was once bishop in Myra in today Turkey), while Christmas Eve was 'only' the evening of breaking the fast after the pre-Christmas Lent starting on 11th of November. In Protestant regions of Germany the gift-giving was later on moved to Christmas Eve, the gifts not any longer brought by St. Nicholas, but by the 'Christkind' (the Christ Child). But there was also the "Weihnachtsmann", the Christmas Man, based on the St. Nicholas tradition, starting in the 18th century; this character is nowadays mixed up with the Santa Claus derived from the Dutch traditions in the US, re-introduced to Europe first by Coca-Cola - hence the red coat, which neither Sankt Nikolaus nor Sinterklaas had originally.

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

The red coat is because St Nicholas was a bishop who wear red, it has nothing to do with Coca Cola. The Christkindl (baby Jesus) is a catholic Bavarian thing. In Northern Germany we had Father Christmas on Christmas Eve who turned up after Christmas dinner and handed out a beating for all the bad things a child had done in the previous year followed by presents for all the good things. In Bavaria the beatings are handed out by Baby Jesus servant Knecht Ruprecht, the presents by the christkindl. St Nicholas never gave presents as such but filled stockings with sweets during the night of 5th-6th of December because his claim to fame was saving poor children from starvation.

[@MichaEl-rh1kv]

@@gustavmeyrink_2.0 The regalia of a bishop include sometimes a red cape, that is correct. But a cape, not a coat, and surely not a coat with applications of white fur. The traditonal costume for St. Nicholas includes more gold than red; in some regions you'll see a red surplice with white and golden embroidery and a white or ivory coat with golden applications, in others a white surplice with sometimes red, sometimes golden embroidery and either a dark cape or a coat made from golden damask. If you find red capes, which you will, they will not have the typical, trademarked red of Coca-Cola, but another hue, and they will always have embroidery typical for episcopal vestments in former times, and no St. Nicholas is complete without his miter. The Christkind was originally mostly a Protestant thing, but was in most Northern parts of Germany replaced by the "Weihnachtsmann" or Father Christmas (who is replicating St. Nicholas, but at Christmas instead of December 6th), while in the Rhineland and the Southern parts some Catholics now have both: St. Nicholas at the 6th of December and the Christkind at the 24th of December. Catholics like to collect such things as opportunities to make merry, but the Nuremberg Christkindl is clearly a Protestant thing, Nuremberg being one of the Protestant Imperial Cities (Melanchthon preached there). Not all of Bavaria is Catholic country. Most of the formerly free Imperial Cities which nowadays belong to Bavaria had Protestant middle and upper classes, and the Franconian margraviates of Ansbach and Bayreuth were also traditionally Protestant countries. Around 1900 more than a quarter of all Bavarians were Protestants.

[@swanpride]

@@gustavmeyrink_2.0 Small correction: The Christkind is both a catholic and protestant thing, depending on the region. It is kind of complicated, to complicated to draw specific regional lines to where the Christkind and where the Weihnachtsmann is more common the way you can do it with Knecht Ruprecht vs Krampus.

[@johnah2]

Hello Charlie, I'm glad you liked the video. This year, some of the Christmas/Advent/Christkindlesmarkt/Weihnachtenmarkt markets runs as early as November 19 to as late as December 23, usually from 10:00 am to 9:00 pm. daily! Almost every biggish city has more than one Christmas market. They usually have a regular one and a medieval one, plus a few more. Every city/town that has a Christmas market, sets up these Christmas booths to give it that oldish look. I've been to about 8 Christmas markets. 2 in Munich; 1 in Nuremberg; 2 in Berlin; 1 in Salzburg, Austria; 2 in Prague, Czech Republic Glühwein (GLUE-vine) is warmed red wine with cinnamon, anise, cloves, orange and sugar. 1/2 meter bratwurst (brought-vurst) is about 18 inches. I'm not sure if they offer sauerkraut at the Christmas markets. I know in restaurants they do but I think the Christmas markets keep it simple. In Germany, they refer to Saint Nicholas called Nicholas of Myra, a Greek Christian bishop from the 4th century in Turkey as their "Santa Claus", Saint Nicholas. I have not seen a tree-bar at any of the other markets but I wasn't looking for it. Yeah, they go all out for Christmas. Very festive and familial. It feels like Christmas land away from commercialism. I'm still thinking of going to Germany for the Christmas market. Right now, there is an cheap airfare, roundtrip, nonstop from DFW to Frankfurt, Germany for $675. Yes, I'm a foodie and I will send you mostly food stuff.

[@boendal2529]

06:56 ; "Bratwurst, I dont realize thats from Germany" Brat cames from braten what means roast and Wurst is German for sausage. So "Bratwurst" is Roastsausage

[@ChiaraVet]

Glühwein its spiced wine, served hot (like boiling hot: watch out!). The spices mix can vary so there isn´t just one type. In North Italy there is a similar one, although I don´t appreciate the spice mix as much and they don´t vary it, it´s pretty much standard.

[@FacelessJanus]

Gluhwein = Mulled Wine. Bavarian is actually one of the hardest German dialects ever. I always have to tell those people to please speak regular German (Hoch Deutsch) with me.

[@mats7492]

Swabian is even worse.. completely unintelligible

[@miriammontenbruck8022]

Diana and Phil are from the northern part of Germany :) the part, where the mainly speak high German :)

[@melovesawyer]

My dad’s from Hamburg and I was born there and raised bilingual for the first 5 years of my life and I can only really understand ‘Hoch Deutsch’ and German from Hamburg (though I didn’t even realise that was a dialect until a year or so ago). I haven’t been to any of the regions with stronger dialects but I have been to Austria once where a man in his 60s spoke to me in a shop and his wife had to translate it to a different dialect because I didn’t understand a single word!

[@reeno1357]

@@miriammontenbruck8022 there are some dialects in Northern Germany too tho. In the north western part of Germany we have Plattdeutsch wich is basically a slight mix between German and Dutch. I think everyone of the 16 substates of Germany has at least 1 dialect. And I think the most funny is sächsisch 🤣

[@casy7842]

Hi there! I am from Hannover. The Christmasmarket ist indeed amazing. Especially the "Forest" and the medival area. Unfortunately the "Glühwein" in the Forest is really bad, but the atmosphere is just great! During Corona it changes. This year the market will be way smaller, I heard.

[@cacklebarnacle15]

At 22:00, that is a potato on a skewer, then rotated while cutting it into a continously thin slice, turning it into a spiral. Then they are pulled apart a bit, to open up more surface area, deep fried and seasoned. Very tasty.

[@headhunter1945]

"What's all that stuff hanging in the background" at 4:40 or so - I almost guarantee you those are beeswax candles and crafts.

[@monikagaidetzka4831]

Hi, this is typical local christmas Market. Greetings from Germany

[@thargor5023]

1020 (ad) is maybe weihenstephan ; ) ..the oldest still existing brewerey in germany

[@joopdeschaapheffer]

Stumbled upon to you’re channel few days ago. And I’m hooked to the Netherlands videos. Now this one so I have to see the Belgian videos too. I live just 5 mins from German border and half an hour from belgium. Most of the things I saw or knew but there are still some surprises in it for me as a dutchman 🤣

[@anneb2716]

The mug you got is a so called "Reservistenkrug" or to be precise a souvenir copy of it. These mugs originated in the 19th century and been bought by or gifted to german soldiers at the end of their military time. Usually they display politicians, everday moments of the military life or important battles the soldier took part in and carry the name of the owner, his regiment or military slogans at the beige top part (which is blank at your mug). Also they sometimes have a "bottom picture" (ger. Bodenbild). That means if you look through the (empty) inside of the mug, when you put it up to a light spot, you could see a picture (f.ex. the emperor during the time in service). The pictures at the bottom been a trick, since not all pictures been legal back then (f.ex. nudity), so in case of a control at the local pub for suspicious activities you could pour a bit of a drink in the mug and the picture couldn't bee seen from the inside. It also not visible from the bottom, like the way you looked at it. The tradition ended with the 1st world war, but nowadays these cups get reproduced as a tourist souvenir. Original old cups can be sold/bought in antik stores for 200-3000€ though, depending on the motives and condition of it. If you want to see more designs of them just put "Reservistenkrug" into google image search.

[@lazyeyejohn]

In ireland we have vanilla sugar. Put some vanilla pods and sugar in a jar with a lid leave for a couple of weeks. You can also do the same with orange or lemon peel.

[@mechanobotuldsi1798]

2:10 Hi if u want to get this, try to find at German Amazon for "Glühweingewürz" that will send to u and make your own Glühwein. Take a Bottle of Redwine (most in German has 0,7liters) take 3 Spoons with Sugar in a pot and a Little bit Glühwein seasoning. Then Heat it like a tea /don´t Cook(heating without bubbles) Then u will have your own tasty Glühwein.

[@chantaldutchgirl8216]

I love love love the German Christmas market. The Duths are gowing by bus to the Christmas market. I went to Dusseldorf and Dortmunt it was soooo nice. And I love the German salty pretsel ♥️🥨

[@popanz6796]

Christmas market in Hannover is very nice, especially the "Wood" and the Middle Age Market. All a few minutes away from the train station. In our small town there is a nice small Christmas Market around our church and they love it.

[@Rob-yj9ew]

I live in Limburg in the south of the Netherlands and we are very connected with germany and have very big and good Christmas markets as well, lots of Germans come to visit. In Valkenburg the christmas market is in a huge cave. It is one of the biggest tourist attractions of the year!

[@schmant1417]

Greetings from the other side :D

[@vlinder6329]

Always nice a CHRISTMAS MARKET in GERMANY. My husband is a GERMAN, comes from ULM, hometown of ALBERT EINSTEIN. And there stands the HIGHEST CHURCH 161.53 HIGH ↕️ of the WORLD. Always nice to know😇 Been there with my Family every year to the CHRISTMAS MARKET, ❄☃️🎄GERMANY has the BEST and the tastiest BRATWURST (MY FREEZER IS FULL OF SAUSAGE)😋 and everything is BIG....CARS, CARAVANS, and even the SAUSAGES 🌭 Nice video again...Top🔝 GREETINGS from VOLENDAM the most famous 🤩 village on The IJSSELMEER in the NETHERLAN ✌🙌🙋🏼‍♀️

[@Schlachti10]

Ulms christmas market is always too crowded for my taste. If you go to the other side of the Danube you'll find a medieval christmas market at Neu-Ulms town hall. It's small but always worth a visit.

[@vlinder6329]

@@Schlachti10 I have also been to Neu-Ulm. I think it's a beautiful environment anyway. Have seen everything. The shops in Ulm, fantastic, also believe a Circus in Neu-Ulm??? Thank you 👍🇳🇱

[@calise8783]

I live in Ulm! I love walking through the market during the day while running my errands. It puts you in a good mood.

[@vlinder6329]

@@calise8783 Dann bist du auch ein SCHWAB hihi🤭 ULM ist eine fantastische Stadt. Vieles hat sich geändert. Weißt du, dass ich viele Würstchen gegessen habe? Bei Kochlöffel und bei Kaufhaus in die Ecke Wienerle mit BRÖTCHEN 😋 Und KÄSEKUCHEN meine lieblingskuchen yummy😋 kann mann nicht kaufen in die Niederlande 😏 Bin in LAUPHEIM, ERBACH, und in SENDEN das Große EINKAUFCENTRUM gewesen. Auch in die BÄRENHÖHLE sehr interessant. Eine Schwester von meinem Mann wohnt in BLAUWSTEIN bei ULM, Eine in DELLMENSINGEN, Bruder wohnt in HITTISTETTEN BEI SENDEN. Ganz lieb Deine Reaktion 👍🔝 SORRY MEIN DEUTSCH 🙈IST SCHRECKLICH🤦🏼‍♀️ Liebe Grüße aus VOLENDAM-HOLLAND....🇳🇱 Auch Dass Dorf von Jan Smit, The Cats. Piet Veerman 🥰 Bye bye👋👋

[@AbsolutePernilla]

I try to visit my relatives in Bremen and the one thing I love is lumumba, and schmaltskuchen, as well as roasted almond and roasted chestnuts. Biggest love of all in German food for me is Hackepeter, or Mett, with raw onion. Look it up. You'll be surprised at what it is.

[@martinasobota5772]

Liebe Grüße aus Bremen.

[@groenteman777]

in dutch the huney wine is called mede translated it is mead and it is very easy to make yourself, just put a lot of honey and maby some orange peels (or other citrusie fruits peels) in it and suger and water and let if ferment a couple of weeks (maby give it a lite shake once in a while) and filter it in the end and you have your mead... super easy just make sure everything you use during the process is clean AF to prevent contamination

[@harzbushcraft8460]

Looks like they are in Goslar at the Harz, they build there every christmas a small forest .

[@MunchWillbeBlue]

Both Germany and the Netherlands have Santaclaus and Sinterklaas. The German variant is called Sankt Nicolaus. There are quite some differences as well. In Germany, it's not as widely celebrated as in the Netherlands. 22:03 That's a spiral cut potato that's been deep-fried. 22:25 That's a Flammkuchen with Kartoffelspeck topping. Flammkuchen can have many different toppings.

[@karimawehr5342]

No, Sankt Nikolaus is someone else. He comes at the 6th of December for the kids to put things on their plates or in their shoes. Also, usually the christ child or baby Jesus comes for Christmas not the Santaclaus…I only know one person who said that Santaclaus came when she was a kid and not the christ child. I guess it kinda depends on where u live

[@korinogaro]

Gluhwein is hot wine that was mixed with all traditional christmas spices. Like Orange zest, cloves, cinnamon etc.

[@himarkburdett9378]

In Birmingham Central England we have a large German market in the run up to Christmas mostly German and a few Netherland stools selling hot dogs beers and a seasonal cake called stollen I know people here in England who make a day trip of it. It didn't happen with the covid lockdown.

[@HandsomeMax33]

I miss the times when Christmas Markets were a thing in Germany.

[@alicaaa25]

F**k COVID

[@nobodysgirl7972]

Hi, just wanted to let you know I liked this video very much and it was fun watching.

[@sedadak9645]

I’m from Hannover (located in Lower Saxony). Our Christmas Markets are really nice and we have more than one. There is even a small one in front of the central train station, and some in other districts, too. That one in the video is the biggest one in Hannover. You get to hang out with friend, drink some Glühwein, eat different sorts of Christmas food and enjoy Christmas-Season.

[@knutgut1]

This"Reservistenkrug"is for German Soldiers.They get it at the end of the military duty.Your one looks like a from the 30 years war 1618-1648 with a scene from Wallenstein sitting in the chair.He was one of the importend Generals in this war.

[@meisen1988]

Weihnachtsmakrt, das Wacken der Büroangestellten

[@ellen-uj1ws]

i am from belgium and buses are always inserted to go to the christmas markets in germany ,it is not that far from here ! the christmas markets in holland and belgium are usually smaller

[@Microtubui]

to the mug. if you look through it, like hold it against a light an if you see a lithophane ( a transluzens look through kind of picture) on the bottom then it is an older one . otherwise it is a recreation-mug wich is younger made to look old

[@multisorcery-8840]

I love Yukon Jack too. The honey wine called Met in German is called Mead in English. Gleuhwein is heated red or white wine with spices, kind of like a mulled wine. Feuerzangenbowle is a German New Years tradition. It is made in a big pot with a mulled wine base and you put a metal bracket across the pot with a sugar cone on top and this sugar cone gets soaked in rum and set on fire. As the sugar melts the rum and sugar drip into the wine and it gets very potent after a while. The burning cup that Deana drank was a mini version of it.

[@astraeetje5048]

Hi Charlie, nice to see you exploring more of the German habits. Sinterklaas and Xmas are neither in the Netherlands nor in Germany related. Although the man with beard in a red suit originally was Sint Nikolaas (Sinterklaas) and got Santa Clause somewhere in your region and got returned to us like that Coca Cola man 🎅 😉🤣

[@miriammontenbruck8022]

Sinterklaas and the German St. Nikolaus are the same, Santa is actually named after the same Holy Man (Nikolaus of Myra......actually today a Turkish town called Izmir) , however in Europe he has a special Holiday (we don't get off work that day :D) 5./6. December. I think in the Netherlands it is even more important than Christmas......He actually was a Bishop back in in the 4th Century and looked more like a Bishop, than the red/white outfit, that Coca Cola put him into...so that has actually been added in the 20th Century and I don't even know why that connection was made. In Germany we originally connect Baby Jesus or a young Jesus toddler with Christmas. That young child brings the presents. On the night before the day of Sankt Nikolaus (December 6th) , you put your shoes or a plate in front of your door and will get presents the next morning. (It used to be mainly fruit, nuts and some sweets when I was a kid in the 70ies)

[@theraven5935]

There is honey liquor as well it is called Bärenfang ( bear catcher). And : " Fermented honey water is better than the finest brandy" ( George Washington)

[@Abbath77]

There is a German saying: Christmas Market is the Wacken for office workers. (Wacken Open Air is the world's biggest metal festival in northern Germany)

[@ralfmeyer9086]

The Hannover Christmas Market is amazing, around this Church. 🤘

[@raineramelung7380]

I, ve seen much of Disna+Ph.... Tyey made this Job well with so much fun.. 😁

[@d.r.9190]

Your beer mug could well be from around 1920. During this time, clubs and companies also hand out such mugs for a special anniversary or as a thank you. To find out more about it, you would have to let a specialist take a closer look.

[@peterrabbitn787]

The number at did throw me off.. hope it's not a cheap copy

[@florianharms3459]

Maybe a few words to this video and its reaction: first of all, yes, nearly every town seem to have a Christmas Market. The most famous are maybe in Nuremburg, Munich, Lubeck (a very stylish one) and many more areas. They are not made for tourists, but a typical stylish thing in December. Unfortunately, we have to expext that many of them won't open this year due to Covid. Glühwein is a very old way to get drunk ;). The ancient Romans spiced the wine already, in the medial time, Ypocras was very ofthen drunk, a red spiced wine with honey. If you are not able to find Göühwein in your area, the recipe is quite simple: take a bottle of red wine, 100ml (3.5oz) orange juice, 75 gr of rock candice (or equal sugar), a good bit of vanilla sugar, 2 star anise, 1 cinamon stick and 6 cloves. In a pot bring the wine, the juice, the sugars and the spices slowly to cook for 10 minutes and then let it on lowest level heat for approx. 50 minutes. For the drink, small orange slizes are put into a glas and the wine needs to be passed to a sieve. Most recipes can be variated (as i.e. Glühwein) and many of them get a shot of not too sweet othere liquors. But caution: the combination of alcohol and sugar certainly will bring a solid hangover the next morning if you drink too much.

[@phx_freshdumb6245]

To answer your question if christmas markets are tourist attractions. In the bigger cities like berlin and cologne it's a clear yes, but in the smaller cities and villages it isn't. We got a word for this vibe: "urig" which roughly translates to quaint but this doesn't really grasp it. "Urig" is the feeling you get when you come to a new place and upon entering feel like a commoner

[@98Sabsi]

Our Christmas market is IN a forest. It looks so beautiful. So sad we can't have one right now

[@vrenelimeyer2856]

I'd love to visit one of those fancy big christmas markets in the future. I've only ever been to our small local ones, which are nice but can't be compared to this. Sadly due to the pandemic a majority of the christmas markets were cancelled last year and this year as well :'( I really miss them.

[@N08TankerSoS]

For every Amarican who comes to Germany to the Christmastime ... the Chtistmas-Market in Brunswick and Hannover are very unique, especially in the evenining your are all welcome :) Their is a film who calls "Feuerzangbowle" its an old film but a very good one. I like Feuerzangbowle and Schmalzkuchen and they are 2 special things why i come to christmasmarkets Greetings from Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony)

[@MrNicoMusic]

If you want to see the most beautiful medieval Christmas market in Germany, I can recommend the "Phantastischer Lichter Weihnachtsmarkt" in Dortmund. Delicious "Met", good music and beautiful at night

[@Balleehuuu]

In Germany there are soooo many really good Christmasmarkets and the ones I really, really want to recommend in my region are: Schloss (Castle) Moyland Velen - Landgut Krumme Marbeck (Borken) - Schulze Beikel The one in the castle "Moyland" is a very atmospheric and artistic Chrismasmarket. The one in Velen was listed under the Top 10 chrismasmarkets in National Geographic Journal. The Marbecker Chrismasmarket has developed from a tree-selling market and is very original and put together with much love and has many little treasures to discover. In Nordrheinwestfalen (the very populated region in the west of Germany) there are also very good chrismasmarket in the towns of: Münster, Essen, Köln (Cologne) and Siegen - and many more I guess, but from the 30-40 I ever visited these are my favorites.

[@florianharms3459]

btw. the beer mug might also be from Austria. They were a bit more colorful. But they are produced by ton's.

[@Mybrickbuildingadventure]

Santa Claus is Sinterklaas but there is no simularity after that. Christmas is really big in Germany while Sinterklaas is the bigger event for kids and Christmas is more the traditional family celibration as it is all over the world. The Weihnachtsmarkten is something really german and german festivals always have a lot to eat and drink. So even if you go in the summer to Germany make sure you check out where there is something happening and you will taste amazing street-food. Eventhough the christmasmarket they are on is more focussing on tourists it is definitely a German thing, every city has one and there are some special ones that are small but super nice to see. Hannover is in the middle of Germany and a little bit to far for me. I'm close to Köln (Cologne) and they also have a very big and famous one. Smaller one that I recommend is in Kreutztal(sauerland)-Lichterglanz im Park.

[@motionpictures6629]

original german steins usually have blue lettering on the bottom, showing the manufactury name. It looks like a late 19th early 20th century, romantisism imitation, with all the fairytail and knight pictures on the outside. Romantisism is the same style as Wagner operas ore Neuschwanstein castle. it was populare around the penultimate turn of the century to imagin one self back in the medival days.

[@Nico_B.]

Nice to see that the world like hannover. i live in hannover and this christmasmarket is one of the best in germany so far!

[@rin3.311]

We actually have 16 "Bundesländer" like - several districts or regions and Bavaria is the biggest one actually and about 7hrs (by car) away from the captial of Germany Berlin

[@Aelsenaer]

At 8:53 : TIP if you want have a street view of Germany go and look in person. Only a very small part of Germany is available on street view (due to privacy laws).

[@leias.1659]

Didn't he say street food?

[@dagmarszemeitzke]

We in Germany had "Baerenfang" (Bear catch) a honey liquor original from East Prussia

[@helloweener2007]

I live as far from Hannover as Daena and Phil, but a little bit more north. Was there for the Expo, Cebit and so on. Never for the Chrismas market. There are enough much closer like Goslar, Braunschweig (Brunswick), Göttingen that are as neat as this one or even better. Goslar has even a higher chance that there is real snow and there is also a forrest from real trees. But I think that you can get easier to Hannover from Duderstadt where both live than to Goslar or Braunschweig. Getting from the South of the Harz Mountains to the North of them is a lottle hasle because of different public transportation areas. I guess when yu want to drink this much, you won't go by car or you will have a designated driver.

[@Dutch1961]

Germany also celebrates Sinterklaas (which officially is called Sint Nikolaas). They call it Sankt Nikolaus. This fest is at the origin of Christmas and Santaklaus.

[@juliasophia3636]

In germany its usually "der Nikolaus" (December 6th) and "das Christkind" (December 24th), Santa Claus (Weihnachtsmann) is kinda like the american vibe of christmas in germany

[@thef1chesser]

the "Met" is mead in English

[@RoxxSerm]

German christmas markets are super diverse, and most of them are stunning. Im not even that much of a christmas person but the athmosphere and mood on those is always very cozy. Delicious food and drinks but its (on average) hella expensive. Like, you get a beer for 1-2 bucks in a pub there, ( 0,2 litres ) but its 150-200% more pricey on such markets.

[@kerstinweber-blank1865]

Nice… Hannover, my home town !!! Hannover and the christmas market is very nice. See you there!

[@nicosteffen364]

About your Mug, or Steinkrug with cover, just pick any Antique Shop, also Antik und Trödel, get mail them some fotos of all sides and kindly ask if the have any information about it! There have been lots and even today there is a market for these! As birthday gift i got a wooden mug for a friend of mine, a former Seargant of the US Army and to his going home party. It was a mug made by a barrel maker, a little crafting shop, it got also branded with his name, time of service in germany aso on it, as well as the insignia of the town he served for a long time^. He immediately filled it with rum and coke and we had a extremely funny party down town!

[@elliw.]

"Weihnachtsmarkt" is for everyone. Not just a tourist attraction. Locals love it too. I'm from Hamburg and ours is pretty nice. But the one in Lübeck is the best in northern Germany.

[@marenhuwald6395]

Come to Lübeck for Christmas. Famous for 'The Holy Ghost Hospital' at Christmas and it's wonderfull Lutheran churches. 'Feuerzangenbowle' is a famous German movie.

[@edda5504]

12.th minute... yeah, thats for the locals. Thats how our x-mas markets look like.

[@SilverJackLeg]

Nobility mostly moved from those medieval castles to their baroque palaces in approx 18th century. A good deal of old castles was left to decay, especially after several wars. But the spotlight turned back to old castles during romanticism and the rise of nations, where history suddenly became very important. a lot of ruined castles were repaired during this period and some of them were built for the first time, like Neuschwanstein.

[@michaelgrabner8977]

Glühwein literally means "glowing wine" = mulled wine a common recipe is 1 liter wine (mainly used is red wine, but white one exists as well) + 2 pieces of star anise + 3 pieces of gloves + 1 Orange in slices with the peel + 2 cinnemon sticks + a small pinch of nutmeg + round about 35 gramm sugar (+ optional 3-4 shots dark rum) instead of sugar you can also use honey as well. You have to put all the ingrediants in a pot and let it simmer for round about an hour - BUT very most important = it must not reach the boiling point it just has to simmer. After that let it steep for round about 20 minutes. Then take a strainer in order to divide the liquid from those ingrediants and it is finished. You can do it with a good malty dark beer as well..then it is a "Glühbier" = glowing beer = mulled beer.

[@auroramadariaga4081]

I'm a Latina living in Germany for 14 years (I'm married to a Dutch man.) The first time I went to a Christmas market here I was surprised at the large variety of food offered all over the place. I remember people ordering a grilled stake in a spike and I was like "ok, but that has nothing to do with Christmas"😅 Between the savory and the sweet options plus the plenty of drinks, be ready to put on a considerable amount of weight on your visit to a German Christmas market😅🤤 What I love the most about Christmas markets here is the cute mugs. Every year each city has its own mug, and in big cities, each Christmas market will have their own mug too. So you have to pay that safety deposit plus the cost of the drink, in case it breaks... or that you want to keep it for yourself. If you want your deposit back, you simply have to return the mug to the vendor. We love to go to different Christmas markets every year and collect the mugs from different cities. The Christmas markets open the third week of November and close right after New Year, some do stay open for the first two weeks of January too. By the way, this is about the Dutch Sinterklaas: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinterklaas

[@Deliciousfoodofficer]

Ah nice my old Hometown😂 sometimes i miss this Place..

[@moritzthiel236]

Drinking horns were originally made out of cow horns. But nowadays they are mostly made out of food safe synthetic materials.

[@bettinaprice6814]

Schmalzkuchen dough often has lemon rind in it, that might be the citrussy flavour.

[@miriammontenbruck8022]

Oh cool, Dhiana and Phil

[@BrokenCurtain]

If you have cast-iron cookware, you can always make roasted almonds yourself and bring some German Christmas Market feeling to your home. (Under NO circumstances use non-stick pans, those aren't heat resistant and will get ruined) All you need is 200g almonds (peeled or unpeeled), 100g sugar, 50g water and 1/2 tsp cinnamon. Mix the water, sugar and cinnamon and bring it to a boil over high heat, then add the almonds. When the water has evaporated, turn down the heat to medium so the sugar won't burn. The sugar will first turn white and kind of sticky, at which point you'll have to lower the heat a bit again and keep stirring until the sugar caramelizes. You're done when the almonds have gotten a shiny coat. Remove them and put them on a rack to cool off - but don't burn yourself, they're really hot.

[@ReaSL]

Im from Hannover and I love the Christmas Forrest. Unfortunately due to Covid, they won’t be able to have it this year. But at least we can visit the market with a vaccination and tests from the same day. I will go tomorrow evening. 😇

[@nigrum5804]

I´m Dutch and German and Sinterklaas is like Christmas, just that sinterklaas is on 06.12 and Christmas on 24.12

[@evemaniac]

We in Germany have honey liquer too, its most famous Brand is Bärenfang means something like bears catch, and it has 32% alcohol

[@lindamaes6454]

You pay for the glass and re-use it at another glühwein stand on the market, you will get a refund when you return it but most people keep them as a souvenir.

[@BmanNL1]

In the Netherlands we have Sinterklaas and after that we have Christmas. Presumably the American Santa Claus is a mixture of the British Father Christmas and the Dutch Sinterklaas, although customs of German emigrants, such as Knecht Ruprecht and Pelzmärtel, and the German custom of giving gifts at Christmas may also have been influential. The name Santa Claus is a corruption of the Dutch name Sinterklaas. So in one month we have them both.

[@PPfilmemacher]

Never heard of „Pelzmärtel“ so i was curious and have done a short Research. It turned out that this „Pelzmärtel“ tradition is only know in the small Franconia region of Germany and mostly unknown in the rest of Germany and the origin of Pelzmärtel seems to be just a mix of two better known church celebrations wich are being called “St. Nikolaus "and" St. Martin ”.

[@arnodobler1096]

and Krampus in Bavaria and Austria

[@a.p.1470]

The Christmas market in Hannover is really not bad - BUT if you come to Germany and can only visit 1 Christmas market, then you should choose one of White Magic in Hamburg. ... Nuremberg Christkindlesmarkt. ... Munich Christkindlmarkt. ... Dortmund Christmas Market. ... Trier Christmas Market. ... Dresden Striezelmarkt. ... Lübeck Christmas Market. ... Esslingen Medieval Christmas Market. decide these are the most beautiful Christmas markets in Germany. Of course, there are always very, very nice Christmas markets in smaller towns, but then they are usually not open as long and the selection is smaller.

[@elkemichael6699]

Those almonds are called "gebrannte Mandeln" it's almonds put in pan with water, shugger and cinnamon. I'm. a bit disappointed they didn't try the Backfisch. Ismts a typical Christmas Marked food and the only thing my mother used to buy. For us it is more important to have than Glühwein.

[@sparky2481]

Iam addicted to Beer and Bratwurst...and the Saison just get started wohooo🥳🥳🥳

[@alistairgalt6529]

you should try traditional mead from the UK, I think you would like it, it's basically honey wine.

[@laraschwedhelm6383]

They are all very beautiful and mostly for local i guess:) christmas is very magical in Germany i think

[@AchimE]

Nice one! Yeah, that’s maybe the best in the cold period here… the Christmas markets in every city… they opened some in the UK even, cause they liked this tradition! I like your reactions to The Warning, keep them coming 👍 Greetings from Germany 👋🤘

[@janpracht6662]

@@ItsCharlieVest 3:20 min In our family it is tradition to drink honey-wine ("Honigmet") not hot but freezing on Christmas Day with a roasted goose ("Gänsebraten") and potato dumplings ("Grüne Klöße").

[@melovesawyer]

I’ve always been disappointed with the ones in the UK but I haven’t been to them all yet so will keep trying!

[@kiratheusagiisworkshop5266]

We have Christmas markets here in Sweden too! Good food, warm drinks and often home made items and candy being sold and some have horse and carriages that you can ride! So I would say the markets often depend on region and country as everyone got different traditions. I wonder if that market got a Krampus parade as Krampus seem to be a big figure around christmas there.

[@1st23st4u]

Krampus is not well known in Northern Germany. Only in some parts of southern German states.

[@ilsehomburg]

Sinterklaas and christmas are two diffrent hollidays in the Netherlands, sinterklaas is in November and christmas is the same as everywhere, we celabrate both, although I personally do not do sinterklaas just christmas.

[@blackangel9594]

The oldest Christmas market in Germany has been in Bautzen since 1384 Hannover ist in north germany!

[@ronnyseffinga7950]

heya, yeah Hannover is in the state of Lower Saxony where i live, and i visited this xmas market a couple of yrs. ago but i live in the west of Lower Saxony (Ammerland near East Friesland) in a small town, we dont have such a big market only a Glühwein, Bratwurst and a Fish street food stand..... i always have a small bottle of peated whisky to make my Glühwein a little tastier, because they only offer it here with rum ( and i hate rum).... grts from a dutch cheesehead in Bad Zwischenahn Germany

[@PPfilmemacher]

We always bring also our own amaretto bottle with us when we visit a Christmas market, to spice up the mulled wine, especially because the extra amaretto shot from the Glühwein tradesmen at the stand is very expensive and always just a drop

[@AggressivelyLoving]

From my point of view and how I grew up (I am from Germany): Christmas is on December the 24th and we got our gifts then and I was taught the more religious way so to say. The Santa Claus thing for me is more like a far western (the US) thing and I learned when I was older that the idea of a man gifting presents to villagers comes from Turkey, the looks of Santa originated in Europe aswell I believe and the red color (or the Santa as we know him today) comes from Coca Cola. edit notes: added countries

[@JonInCanada1]

If you ever get a chance to visit the Old Port in Montreal or Quebec City around Christmas, you'll the same decor, ambiance and markets. Very European and they even have their own mulled wine called Caribou.