Christmas Markets

[Jürgen]

Originally Posted by Raistlin

Quite so Jürgen.

The diacritic over the O had the effect, if I recall, of changing the sound to the untrained ear of the British serviceman to a sort of U sound hence my lazy spelling

Do you know if there is still a Christmas market at Rheindahlen?

Yes, they do have a Christmas market this year on 5th and 6th of December. It's called Nikolausmarkt. But I've never been there, so I don't know whether it's worth a visit.


The ö is pronounced like the eu in the french word fleur.

BTW do you want to buy some little dots for all the ö's and ü's ...

Originally Posted by uk_dave&gill

I know that these codes are probably internationally agreed (I do like "LAX" ) but using CGN for Köln always wrankles with me. It's not even pronounced as "kol-own" so why do they spell it that way? (OK as "Cologne" I guess it's French spelling, but either way, it's a German city so should be spelt how they spell it!)

(Great city, good market from memory, go there! Alternatively Brugge aka Bruges is, IIRC, accessible by Eurostar?)
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Maybe the airport was just to humble when these abbreviations were invented?


There's a Weihnachtsmarkt at Cologne of course. But you'll will have to expect lots of people.

[uk_dave&gill]

Originally Posted by Jürgen

There's a Weihnachtsmarkt at Cologne of course. But you'll will have to expect lots of people.

Yup, it'll be murder! Certainly the case in Lincoln!

[Jürgen]

Originally Posted by uk_dave&gill

Yup, it'll be murder! Certainly the case in Lincoln!

Dave, I don't like going to such big markets, too much hassle. Smaller is more beautiful, isn't it?

[uk_dave&gill]

Originally Posted by Jürgen

Dave, I don't like going to such big markets, too much hassle. Smaller is more beautiful, isn't it?

Absolutely! The one in Lincoln is in the Castle grounds, and they literally bus in hundreds of people from all over the place. You get into a stream of people going in one gate, hardly able to lift your arms from your sides, and get pushed round a one-way-system, until you pop out the other side. If you need to go back to a stall, you have to start over!

Think I'll stick to our local one in town!

[Raistlin]

Originally Posted by Jürgen

BTW do you want to buy some little dots for all the ö's and ü's ...

No thanks, I bought a bulk supply from fleabay

[Mark060457]

Originally Posted by SMC Trading

I am looking for a good Christmas market somewhere in Europe, ideally flying from London Stanstead, anyone have any ideas?

Hi Les

We went to one in Brussels a few years ago at the Grand,Place it was big with approx 250 stalls, ice ring, big-wheel, Lights, Etc

It was one of the biggest i had seen,We went by euro star at the time has they had a deal £99.00 inc for hotel for 3 nights,But i think you can get cheap flights on the budget airlines to Brussels,

I would recommend this one and have put a link below to the official website of the city of Brussels

http://www.brussels.be/artdet.cfm?id=4236

Mark

[Departed]

Originally Posted by Raistlin

That's true, but there is definitely an active airfield there. Perhaps JDC could confirm.

Regardless, I KNOW there is an airport at Munchen

I hope so, my flights are booked for a week on Monday and I don't want to just circle round till we run out of diesel.

[Jürgen]

Originally Posted by lowedb

I hope so, my flights are booked for a week on Monday and I don't want to just circle round till we run out of diesel.

Don't they provide parachutes anymore these days?

[Geoffrey]

Why not try the one in Strasbourg? I don't think you would be disappointed. There are plenty of photos and hotel/transport details on the internet.
Geoffrey.