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24th November 2009, 12:45 | #1 |
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Christmas Markets
I am looking for a good Christmas market somewhere in Europe, ideally flying from London Stanstead, anyone have any ideas?
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The advantage of that one was that it wasn't on the tourist trail and so remained authentic Might be worth googling maybe? |
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Back in 2002 we found a splendid market in the square in front of the Capitole building (City Hall) in Toulouse. We would use easyjet from Gatwick but any way you get there you can take the shuttle (Navette) bus into town from the airport for a few euros. If you want to hire a car make sure you park legally. Even on Christmas Eve we got a ticket for doing what everyone else was doing and parked in the street near the square. If you haven't been before Toulouse is a delight - knocks the socks off Rheindahlen!
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I don't recall one being there, the trouping flights went into Wildenrath & latterly Bruggen.
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Mönchengladbach (MGL), officially Düsseldorf Mönchengladbach. Or Düsseldorf International (DUS) isn't far away. Or, although some more miles to drive, Cologne (CGN). As the JHQ is located at Rheindahlen there won't be any civilian air traffic.
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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? |
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(Great city, good market from memory, go there! Alternatively Brugge aka Bruges is, IIRC, accessible by Eurostar?) __________________
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