Christmas Market in Wrocław, Poland

[@EileenAldis]

What do you think of rides at a Christmas Market?

[@johnreed2441]

Looks great!! I was at the Krakow (Poland) Christmas market in 2015 and even though I liked it very much, it didn't feel as lively and entertaining as the one in Wroclaw.

[@robertciesluk7207]

Eileen Aldis Halo Let me add one important, if not most important, regarding the Vigil. Oplatek - wafer. As a symbol of bread shared by Jesus Christ with Apostels during the last supper. We share oplatek standing face to face to each other, wishing all the best and forgiving guilt, to sit down the table in harmony. Dishes must be meatless. At midnight we go to church for special mass. After that we can meat and drink alcohol. Sorry for my English as I left school 50 years ago. Merry Christmas God Bless You

[@EileenAldis]

That's interesting to hear, John! We would have loved to see more of Poland but will have to go back another time. The market in Wrocław was so much fun :)

[@EileenAldis]

Thank you for sharing that, Robert (dziękuję)! Your English is great :) I loved learning about the traditions in Poland. Hope you had a lovely Christmas!

[@shylockwesker5530]

I'm from Warsaw and you made me want to visit Wroclaw around Xmas now.

[@travellover8509]

Poland has the best Christmas markets in Europe in my opinion, -from Britain 😄

[@petermorgan768]

I watching this in April with the biggest smile on my face. Easily one of the best videos I've seen in a while.

[@bombasticbushkin4985]

It's 88% Catholic in Poland and that is reflected in the great Christmas tradition which is the best in the world. A great place for family, incredible celebration. Christmas dinner settings are gorgeous and the spirit, lit with candles, is quite wonderful. In a large family, my grandmother would prepare for 2-3 days cooking and cleaning and all were welcome to visit. Polish food can be amazing made with special traditional recipes and care.

[@nikka00]

Did you see what you did ??? :) Your vlog was probably the first one about the Christmas market in Wrocław, and now everyone is going there !!! Wow!

[@lindalouwagie-neyens4692]

I've never considered spending Christmas anywhere but home - until seeing your vlogs! Wow! What a beautiful market, and such lovely Christmas traditions. I especially love the tradition of setting an extra place at the table. Truly beautiful! Thanks!

[@ulllaaaklara]

Yep! We also had extra plate and chair at the table and my son (4 year old) was searching for that first star so that we could eat.

[@EileenAldis]

Linda, I also love this tradition. This Polish market was one of my favourites! I've been so delighted to discover how Christmas is celebrated in different places :)

[@EileenAldis]

What a lovely image of your 4-year-old son watching out for the first star. Happy New Year to you!

[@hasppl9005]

@@EileenAldis I'm 63 and still remember Christmas with my mommy, father. And 4 brothers. I live in USA for last 35 years, but every Christmas we celebrate the "Polish way". My daughter who was born in USA always wants "Polish Christmas".

[@ania5038]

My whole family is from Poland including Wroclaw so this makes me happy :)

[@EileenAldis]

That's wonderful! As I'm sure you can tell from all our videos and multiple trips, we LOVE Poland. ❤️ Do you live in Poland or somewhere else?

[@ania5038]

@@EileenAldis No I live in Ottawa! But I do love Poland and hope to go back again soon.

[@EileenAldis]

@@ania5038 Nice! I have family in Ottawa. If you have any Ottawa recommendations, I'd love to hear. :)

[@ania5038]

@@EileenAldis Aside from the more popular touristy things I just went on a date day with my boyfriend to the Art-Is-In Bakery which has a great selection of baked goods and breakfast dishes as well as lunches and pizzas if you go later! We also went to the Diefenbunker in Carp which is still technically part of Ottawa but is actually the biggest decommissioned government bunker in Canada that was used during the Cold War in case there was a nuclear disaster. I only learned about it recently but we spent over 3 hours there because it was super interesting and I highly recommend booking a tour to learn more than just what the signage says! I also highly recommend Coconut Lagoon; in my opinion it has some of the best Indian food in the world.

[@magziu]

when you were talking about the Christmas traditions you really did bring tears to my eyes. as a Pole I haven't thought much about our Christmas traditions and how truly beautiful they are and how we're all taking them for granted. thanks!

[@EileenAldis]

Thank you so much for sharing this! I think Polish Christmas traditions are incredibly beautiful and would like to incorporate some into my own celebrations as well. 😘

[@hasppl9005]

@@TheEMWD You must go to Wroclaw❤ My city❤❤❤

[@johnhi6667]

This is my city. Beautiful. I love Wroclaw.

[@ian230570]

Your vlog inspired me to book a flight and go! I got back yesterday. We had three nights in an airbnb. We loved Wroclaw. Beautiful buildings, waterways, great restaurants and of course, the Christmas market. Sadly the small rollercoaster that you are having so much fun on was not there. But we really enjoyed our time.

[@EileenAldis]

This makes my day, Ian! I'm delighted to know you were inspired and that you had such a lovely time in Wrocław, as we did. The Christmas market is fabulous and we'd love to return someday. I also think the city would be quite charming in the summer weather as well. So glad you enjoyed your time :)

[@ian230570]

We were just a bit early for the lighting of the Christmas tree! We left Wroclaw on the 4th and it wasn't due to have the lights turned on until tonight. My recommend for a return visit would be hot chocolate at a place called E Wedel on the main square. They do a fabulous range of drinks. The taster hot chocolate consisting of three glasses containing bitter, milk and white hot choc was especially divine.

[@beltfed1]

OK…This market was the most straight up fun of this series for me! Rainbows of colour….Beautiful! Dancing Elves? How cool! …..And a Talking Moose! LOVED the FOOD! Xmas makes me hungry :-P Yup…A carnival as much as a market….rides and mini theatres and Santa for entertainment! …Great story about setting an extra place at the table…sharing IS caring. Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!!

[@EileenAldis]

Agreed! You can see why I loved this market so much and why it's one of my favourites! The whole atmosphere was fun. I think these Polish Christmas traditions are beautiful and would happily adopt any of them :)

[@RottenRonnies]

Looks like a magical place. Awesome video.

[@EileenAldis]

It is! Thanks, Ron! This market was extra fun.

[@cupcakepaper9411]

What a great happy couple! The gigantic pyramid was amazing! Poland so far looks the best.... the doughnut look yummy...keep the videos coming!

[@jimwest7107]

I first went to Wroclaw as a just turned 18 year old in 2001 travelling abroad for the first time from the UK and alone too. Always have a soft spot for the place. I have been every year since but only in summer. Well i finally went there this past Xmas and it was great. I had one of those cone shaped pastry things, might be hungarian i think and a mulled wine out of one of those elf boots lol.Then a nice drink in the speak easy mobster bar on the square before flying home. Great.

[@EileenAldis]

That's so cool that you've been going there every year since 2001. I absolutely LOVED the Christmas market there. I'd love to see it in summer too.

[@BigNightFan]

Very fun, well done.

[@jadwigawarsaw5766]

Moj kochany wroclaw.tyle lat Tam nie bylam.w rynku bylo duzo kwiatow gdzie ja I mama bylismy. A teraz jest pieknie. Moze nie bedzie Tak dlugo Jak Tam pojade.pozdrawiam z nowego yorku.

[@hubertflorianczyk9960]

Jedno z ładniejszych miast w Polsce, ale niestety niszczone przez nowoczesną architekturę...

[@toobydude41]

Good grief, each time I think I've seen it all in these vlogs, I get blown away again!!! I might want to go on all those rides! And those animatronic puppets! How amazing is that!!

[@EileenAldis]

I agree that all the rides looked good! The smaller ones for kids were so cute too. The fairytale puppets were quite charming and I was glad to see how much people enjoyed that slower form of entertainment :)

[@valentinapopov]

The greatest Christmas Market so far. Thinking of going😉

[@valentinapopov]

tyran Thanks😉

[@EileenAldis]

It was wonderful and totally worth a visit! Hope you have fun :)

[@PollyIsADog]

This place looks like so much fun! You guys look so happy :)

[@EileenAldis]

We were having such a fun time! :)

[@and.nowojski.J3.16]

A lovely duo.. =) Greetings from Poland ..!

[@EileenAldis]

Thank you! Greetings to you! We loved Poland so much and can't wait to share other videos we made there...and go back to explore more someday too :)

[@RunTheAtlas]

You guys are so freakin cute! Cheers and merry Xmas!

[@trishwilson7517]

OMGosh, I want to do Christmas in Poland! A most blessed Christmas, to you both! May 2018 bring you an abundance of travel delights! xo

[@EileenAldis]

Thanks so much, Trish! Hope you had a lovely Christmas and wishing you a very happy new year as well! Here's to more adventures in 2018 :) 😘

[@girlingoal47]

OMG - I love this video so much! You guys are such a lovely, warm, sweet couple. This video show how joyful you are and it makes my heart smile

[@EileenAldis]

aww thank you!! That's so lovely to hear and it means a lot! ❤️

[@colinmcgrath3472]

Watching in January because I miss Christmas and love Wrocław!

[@EileenAldis]

Yay! I miss both too 🎄 ❤️

[@mindatungpalan5768]

It's a real wonderland!

[@EileenAldis]

It is! 😍

[@nancyjohnson9247]

The rides look like a lot of fun but the puppet shows are my favourite in this video. How cute! So much work to create and spell binding fairy tales for young and old. Thanks for bringing these markets to us. Have no idea which is ny favourite any more. They are all wonderful.

[@EileenAldis]

haha it's definitely hard to pick but this was one of my top favourites! I also loved the old fashioned charm of the fairytale puppets :)

[@john80c]

3 course Christmas Dinner is usually enough but 12-Wow. Hope one of them is pierogi.

[@EileenAldis]

I know, eh? Must mean A LOT of cooking and preparation.

[@lalitalune]

Love you two on Santa's sleigh!

[@EileenAldis]

I was properly charmed by it!

[@olimpiadeprosperis7699]

Thank’s from Italy 👏

[@EileenAldis]

Hello to you in Italy! 👋 We love Italy so much ❤️

[@dr_christiana]

I love your Christmas videos. It's my go to playlist. Im always smiling when your smiling. The happiness and joy in these videos are Really contagious. The soundtrack makes me giddy. Lol. Love from italy

[@EileenAldis]

That means a lot and your comment makes my day - thank you ❤️❤️ Love back to you in beautiful Italy!

[@dr_christiana]

@@EileenAldis ❤. The truth is i just didn't know all these chrismas markets existed. To me, You're like a treasure hunter that tells us about all these special finds that i didn't know about. IT JUST HIT ME THOUGH. I realize thru your videos that i can carry my entire family on CHRISTMAS VACATION to one of these amazing location a week before December 24th. Then come back home for a Grand finale. I mean I'm so captivated my the beauty in these videos. Thank you so much for sharing. ❤🇮🇹

[@magdabak7648]

So blessed to live in Wrocław and get to enjoy our Christmas market every year. And also wanted to share a little bit from the inside of the polish christmas tradictions, its actually really challenging to eat 12 different dishes in one evening, specially because they are all soooo delicious :)

[@nataliaboszczon9170]

There was no filling inside of these donuts, because those wasn't donuts, haha. It's something similar, called oponki here in Poland. Made with the mix of cheese and flavour, and then fried on deep oil 😊

[@lilyanwest985]

I love this, Eileen! You and Marc are my favourites and this video is my favorite, too. I am going to try to make videos like yours. You are my inspiration!

[@EileenAldis]

Wow, thank you! That's amazing to hear! Have fun making videos :)

[@amishapandya2623]

Wow, another exciting Christmas Market! I think rides are a great addition...now I think this one is tied for first place with the Vienna market at Rathaus. So awesome. I like how you guys always try the food. I want to live in that mushroom! I love the tradition of setting an extra place setting for Christmas dinner, and waiting till you see the first star before starting to eat. Don't think I would be able to put away 12 courses though! I would get full after 4 of 5 courses, haha.

[@EileenAldis]

+Amisha Pandya I love those Christmas traditions as well. This market was amazing! Definitely one of my favourites! The little mushroom was too cute. I had a fantastic time in Poland and made more videos there (including more food!) that I can't wait to share :)

[@jf6395]

I was charmed by the not beginning dinner til the first star emerges... I'm a merry go round person so the sleigh ride looked fun....and i liked the lights spanning the streets above....the food didn't seem up to the other markets....first video that didn't make me hungry...probably a good thing hehe...happy solstice

[@EileenAldis]

I was also delighted by the Polish Christmas traditions. So much beauty about them. This market was so wonderful and I loved visiting Poland. I made some other videos there (coming later) that might make you hungry after all...! haha :)

[@knowledgeispower5668]

You look so happy so genuine you guys have a nice smile

[@EileenAldis]

Thank you! We had so much fun at this Christmas market ❤️

[@NeoTemplar]

Another amazing video! You guys look like you had such a blast. Maybe after Christmas you can briefly tell us which was your favorite Christmas market you visited this season?

[@EileenAldis]

Thanks, David! We loved this market! It was so much fun and the whole atmosphere felt like a fun party. I put together a video about which markets were my favourites in a little 'Christmas Market Awards Show' - I hope you like it! kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHW2Y6SPiM5goLc I'd love to hear your thoughts on my picks :)

[@natk4275]

Magical! 😀

[@EileenAldis]

My thoughts exactly! :)

[@RandomlyOniC]

Ahhh the sleigh ride though!! The donuts look soo yummy! This is def Christmas done right!

[@EileenAldis]

Agreed! The donuts were great and totally worth being covered in icing sugar the rest of the night haha. The sleigh ride and train were so much fun. I LOVED this market :)

[@aldismurray2150]

LOOKS LIKE FUN ---LOVED THE RIDES.

[@EileenAldis]

It was SO much fun!

[@mariuszfox3555]

I Love ♥️Poland

[@johnreed2441]

After watching you eat those donuts I want some too. Nearest Timmy's here I come.

[@EileenAldis]

I think I'd have the same reaction! I love Tim's :) Hope you found something good!

[@zanmarkow7764]

Polish donuts are different than timmy's

[@Yekaar]

This is not a donuts :d we call this ,,oponki''.

[@guntherpetutschnig2705]

Good video

[@EileenAldis]

Thank you!

[@peggylovenergy]

Look soooo much more fun than the one in Vancouver!!!

[@EileenAldis]

I didn't know Vancouver had a Christmas market!

[@charonboat6394]

There is one German Christmas market however there’s admission price to be payed.

[@igaltucker8519]

very cool atmosphere and very nice chrismas market

[@EileenAldis]

Absolutely! It's a super wonderful market ❤️

[@olimpiadeprosperis7699]

WoW!! ❤

[@EileenAldis]

Isn't it gorgeous?! This is one of favourite Christmas markets in Europe! Do you have a favourite? If you'd like to see more of our videos about European Christmas markets by the way, they're here: bit.ly/christmasmarketplaylist ❤️

[@olimpiadeprosperis7699]

@@EileenAldis my favourite in italy, is Arezzo’s market (Tuscany). You can see a video on my channel

[@EileenAldis]

@@olimpiadeprosperis7699 Oh cool, thanks for letting me know! We've never been to Italy during Christmas but would love to visit the markets there someday.

[@Monik97101]

I've just come across your videos and I have to stay you are amazing!!! I am just sitting here and watching you guys for about an hour without a break haha :D Greetings from Poland!!! Hope u will come back here, maybe to Cracow? :)

[@ian230570]

That was a great ending!!

[@Sternschnuppen85]

I love the puppets!! How neat!

[@yashpalsinh9123]

So beautiful video 😊😊😊

[@EileenAldis]

Thanks so much. We had such a fun time! 😀

[@kavanethantravels6959]

We enjoyed your video!

[@EileenAldis]

Thank you! Glad you did :)

[@arandomki]

beautiful

[@MrBenshar]

This is another beautiful video about the Christmas Markets. Last Year I saw your video about the Christmas Markets in Vienna and I decided to visit them and it was a really fantastic especially the one in front of the City Hall. Now I am considering to visit Poland to enjoy the Christmas Markets. Is there only one Christmas Market in Wroclaw? Or there are many like in Vienna? Thanks a lot. Benny from Malta.

[@oladomozych5886]

There is only one in WROCŁAW.

wow all too great support tegether

[@simonr.nesbitt5846]

Doll at 2:53. reminds me of Björk

[@simonr.nesbitt5846]

The doll at 2:53 reminds me of Björk

[@simonr.nesbitt5846]

Doll at 2:53 reminds me of Biörk

[@slaw1848]

A bit too little .. The most beautiful Wrocław is in the summer. This city has a history of over 1000 years. In the middle of the vast Old Town we have the largest market in Poland, a pearl of architecture - the Gothic town hall and in the town hall the oldest restaurant in Europe. Next to the market square we have a beautiful old university, a bit further there are many islands and the magical island - "Ostrów Tumski" - "the Vatican's Wroclaw" It is a city of 120 bridges, about 40 historic churches and over several hundred bronze figures of dwarfs - various professions. We have amazing parks, the largest ZOO and Aquarium in Poland and around Wroclaw 300 palaces and castles within a radius of approx. 100 km. - Polish Christmas is the smell of pine needles, amazing tasty dishes and several hundred carols - in our opinion, the most beautiful in the world. An empty place at the table is also - the old custom - a place for the soul of the dead. We keep hay under the tablecloth and we wish with wafer. There used to be "carolers" who wandered and sang for a small fee. It was said that on December 24 animals speak with a human voice and it is worth listening to them what they think about us

[@BigNightFan]

This market looks too "commercial" to me but I'm glad that you checked it out....

[@valentinapopov]

How about Romania?Did you were there?You should see Sibiu Christmas Market and you should taste 'sarmale'. Love you☺ Marry Christmas!

[@EileenAldis]

Thank you and hope you had a wonderful Christmas too! Happy new year :) I haven't been to Romania yet but I REALLY want to go. I'll get there someday ❤️

[@niewinnny]

December 24 in Poland is not only a feast of Christians but also vegetarians because no one eats meat throughout the country

[@EileenAldis]

Interesting - I heard there's no red meat served but fish is part of the feast.

[@martynasmerczek1313]

Eileen Aldis Yes, we only eat fish but it is like at any other fasting day in Poland (for example there is a tradition to not eat meat at fridays) - we dont eat any meat exept fish meat that is lighter than meat we eat in everyday polish cusine 😊

[@bobanderson3881]

I heard Christmas in Germany was much better with all the "diversity" they are now enjoying. Don't mind the blockades and security pat downs.

[@Reree-gz5bg]

a new sub :D btw watching this in July. Xmas time anytime :D come at me >.

[@EileenAldis]

Hello! Welcome to our channel! ❤️ I am definitely on team "Christmas time anytime" and Christmas in July is awesome. I've actually been craving watching a Christmas movie lately...

[@DavidGoslowski]

Wroclaw was a German city and called Breslau until 1945, when all 650,000 German inhabitants were expelled, like the other 3.4 million Germans from surrounding Silesia. This makes Wroclaw, formerly Breslau, the largest city on earth, of which the entirety of its population was expelled. They all had to flee beyond the newly established border river, the Lusatian Neisse. All nice old buildings in Wroclaw from before 1945 were either built by Germans or rebuilt by Poles after the war. The city was basically a German-speaking city from around 1300 till 1945. The descendants of the Slavic founders of the village from before 1300 were of course also expelled in 1945 since they had become German-speaking over time. One wonders what they did with the extensive German graveyards with all the German graves. The old houses of the city keep wondering why they don't understand the new inhabitants anymore. And therefore, it is disrespectful to talk about this city exclusively in a Polish context because most of the architecture you admire there, are the buildings from before 1945.

[@fjellyo3261]

Jaja das gute, alte Breslau^^

[@fjellyo3261]

tyran i know that Wroclaw is the polish name ;). I just said obviously the German name ;)

[@mateuszprdl3610]

ziomeczek nawet nie ogarnął że to mogło być jakieś niestosowne, więc raczej nie chciał nikogo zdenerwować.

[@skorumpowanyfastrygator]

Extra place with extra chair.. Its just a tradition, empty myth.