Lucia Christmas Market in Berlin

The carousel of the Lucia Christmas market

Berlin has more than 50 Christmas markets, including the Scandinavian Lucia Christmas market with Glögg, ‘Feuerzangenbowle’ and the ‘Open-Air-Coat-Heater’. 

💡 What is a Christmas Market?
Christmas markets are street markets during the weeks of Advent and are originally from Germany. Therefore, Christmas markets are very typical for Germany but also Austria, South Tyrol (Northern Italy) and some eastern regions in France. The history goes back to the Late Middle Ages of German-speaking parts of Europe. Christmas markets have a lot of different stalls which sell all kinds of things, also typical Christmas dishes such as German gingerbread (“Lebkuchen”), candied almonds, a variety of sausages (“Bratwurst”) and hot mulled wine (“Glühwein”).
My first Christmas Market in Berlin

I just moved to Berlin a few weeks ago. The capital of Germany has a lot of different Christmas markets and I want to try to discover some of them in the next weeks until Christmas. The first market I visited was the Lucia Weihnachtsmarkt in Prenzlauer Berg. You can find it at the Kulturbrauerei at the subway station Eberswalder Straße.

I just moved to Berlin a few weeks ago. The capital of Germany has a lot of different Christmas markets and I want to try to discover some of them in the next weeks until Christmas. The first market I visited was the “Lucia Weihnachtsmarkt” in Prenzlauer Berg. You can find him at the “Kulturbrauerei” at the subway station “Eberswalder Straße”.

 
 
 
 

The market gets his name from Lucia from Scandinavia, she brings the lights on the 13th December (in English it’s Saint Lucy’s Day). Of course, you will also get here some Scandinavian drinks like Glögg. But of course, you can also drink the typical hot mulled wine, you can buy at every German Christmas market. Or another choice could be “Feuerzangenbowle”. The drink is named after the pliers above it. It’s hot mulled wine with rum-soaked sugarloaf, which has a blue flame.  

When you easily feel cold you should visit the “Open-Air-Mantel-Heizung” (literally translated Open-Air-Coat-Heater). Visitors can wear one of the coats, which are combined with heaters, which get their warmth from an oven nearby.  

Saint Lucy’s Day

The market gets its name from Lucia from Scandinavia, she brings the lights on the 13th of December (in English it’s Saint Lucy’s Day). Of course, you will also get some Scandinavian drinks like Glögg. But you can also drink the typical German hot mulled wine, you can buy at every German Christmas market. Another choice could be Feuerzangenbowle. The drink is named after the pliers above it. It’s hot mulled wine with rum-soaked sugarloaf, which has a blue flame.  

Open-Air-Coat-Heater
Open-Air-Coat-Heater from Lucia Christmas market

When you easily feel cold you should visit the Open-Air-Coat-Heater. Visitors can wear one of the coats, which are combined with heaters, which get them warmth from an oven nearby.  



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First written on Sunday, December 6th, 2015, you have read the blog post Lucia Christmas Market in Berlin on My Travel Journal-Blog.