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I've never been to a "German Christmas Market" in the UK, but I'll be there in December, so if you can point me to one round NEL, I could check how much "German" is there.
I had a "German Bratwurst" in the UK once. The Bratwurst was OK, but the roll was a soft roll, which would be a no-go in Germany, I assume the "German Christmas Market" is similar, trying to copy, and getting it right up to a certain level.
What is NEL?
Not OP but I'd assume northeast London
Very close. Well, on a cosmic scale anyway 🙂 (I'd assumed London too until I saw the answer)
North East Lincolnshire, our twinned city.
I complain loudly about this type of thing every time I go to Taco Bell.
I used to deliver Chinese food, and people would always look at me and be like, "You're not Chinese!" Like it's going to make their food taste different or something.
That is ridiculous and hilarious!
You probably need to go to German Christmas Market in Germany. Though most of the staff will still speak English.
Are these actually a German thing, or just one of those things that is attributed to Germany that doesn't happen there?
They are a German thing that does happen in Germany in pretty much most inner cities. At least for the bigger ones.
Christmas markets date to the Late Middle Ages in the German-speaking part of Europe and in many parts of the former Holy Roman Empire that included many eastern regions of France.[2] They became a popular Advent custom during the Reformation era.[1] Dresden's Striezelmarkt was first held in 1434 and one of the first true Christmas markets;[5] earlier markets of the season were "December markets".[5][6] Early mentions of these "December markets" can be found in Vienna (1298),[7] Munich (1310),[5] Bautzen (1384),[8] and Frankfurt (1393).[9]
Thanks! That would be fun to go to one day.
I went to one in Bonn but as it was so long ago that Bonn was still the capital of West Germany I don't remember it will enough to say how it compares to Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh etc. Also went to Cologne cathedral and there was some b*****d in a kilt standing outside playing the bagpipes
What's a German Christmas Market?
Is that an England thing or just a long name for Christmas markets
Manchester and Brum have them round Xmas time selling 'German' Bratwurst and beer for £8 with lots of German flags waving.
People were buying tiny pots of baked beans with curry powder in them for silly money.
If they plan to charge me a tenner for a sausage I demand to be served in bloody German!
OK, one thing I can tell you is that "baked beans with curry powder" is 100% NOT genuine for a German Christnas market.
Paying silly money for it IS however very genuine for a German Christmas market.
Well, yes indeed!
What’s a German Christmas Market
They're quite common in most of the big cities (I've been to the one in Manchester quite a bit, that's been running since the 80s) you get to drink gluhwein, eat schnitzel, but wooden toys and get a bit cold and underwhelmed in the process.
Edinburgh has a regular Christmas Market. Not a German in sight.
Although I will admit it is superbly underwhelming.
Never seen the personally in Glasgow but I'm not there as often as Edinburgh
You drink weird tasting warmed wine and eat stale pretzels. Creepy European Santa is present. Also, pop-up shops and I didn't know dried horse meat was a thing in Frankfort.
I've never seen Pretzels on a christmas market in Germany.
But the horse meat!?
Ah yes, Pretzels on horse meat are a famous German christmas delicacy!
Horse schlong pretzels.
Sounds like a regular Christmas Market. Never heard of a German one though
They are from Germany, that's why some call them "German" Christmas Market.
Glühwein is awesome. How does European Santa differ from I'm guessing British Santa?
Looks like regular Santa to me, not sure what's creepy about that. Is British Santa not the same as that?
I'm used to Coca-Cola (capatilist) santa.
I don't think "European Santa" is very far from that, with bunch of variations across Europe of course
They are very german where i live
are they in germany perhaps?
But you probably don't call them "German Christmas markets"...
We do, just without the "German" but of course in German and as a compound word: Weihnachtsmarkt