The Crib on the Weinachtsmarks in Hamburg (Gänsemarkt).
Hamburg, in the very north of Germany and Germany’s second largest city after Berlin, is home to some of the best traditional Christmas markets in Germany. Every year the markets attract locals and visitors alike for a wide variety of fare, from Christmas figurines for the festive celebrations to the famous "Glühwein" (Mulled Wine) to keep revelers warm during or after their Christmas Germany celebrates the 4 Sundays (Advent) before Christmas and the Christmas Markets usually start on the first Advent. You can find the markets throughout the city centre, as well as some of the bigger neighbourhoods. Often they are huddled together on market squares, outside one of Hamburg’s seven main churches or lining the main shopping streets. The stalls, stands and wooden chalets offer a staggering amount of goodies. You can find Lebkuchen (ginger bread) in all shapes and sizes. Often it will come chocolate coated or glazed thinly with icing, in different sized hearts with season’s greetings written on them, or purely as biscuit sized pieces. Try some of the wintery assortment of apples – oven-baked with sugar and cinnamon or glazed with sugar or chocolate. Marzipan is another of Germany’s Christmas specialities and is not to be missed. It is popular as “Marzipan Brot”, which literally translated means “marzipan bread” but is really just a large piece of marzipan. Marzipan lovers can also get it in little balls or in different shapes depicting angels, Santa Claus and other festive themes. "Stollen", a distinctly shaped kind of raisin bread will also often have a marzipan centre running through it. Try it with a liberal spread of butter and a cup of coffee or tea. Most usually associated with Christmas markets, however, and worth its own paragraph is the famous "Glühwein" (mulled wine), which visitors will get at the majority of stalls. Long gone are the days when Glühwein was merely Glühwein. Nowadays you can get Glühwein not only on its own, but also with an option
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