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When they open and close, why you got charged more than the menu said, how many cities you can realistically fit into a week, and whether the markets are all just selling the same thing.Confirmed dates and guides for every German market: https://ultimatechristmasmarkets.com/germany/christmas-markets-in-germany/I'm Andrea Anastasakis. I've spent 20 years travelling in Europe, and I run Ultimate Christmas Markets, where dates for more than 300 markets are verified weekly.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">26118c31-ade0-4a81-9f2b-605d034c247b</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 04:48:10 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74954466/431334650_44100_2_7ab150ff72fd4.mp3" length="20498578" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Andrea Anastasakis</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Germany is where Christmas markets started, and it's still the country that everything else is compared to. 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