Christmas Markets

The Christmas markets are open, and enjoy them for a while, given the changes in the regulations. I've prepared a map for you with all Christmas Markets, including ones in faraway, exotic places. However, always try to double-check if there is no last-minute cancellation or change in policies.

For this weekend, the recommendations may be :

For those who must have as many rides as possible: Definitely the one near the Ikea in Lichtenberg, Winterzauber. Open daily

For those who want something respectable to bring their in-laws to: Gendarmenmarkt is the most suited place in this city

And only at this weekend:

Escape to the middle of the forest in Grunau, for the Hanff`s Ruh Advent market

Go to see a different market, the Qweer Market, in the Alte Münze, in Mitte (Sat + Sun)

The "Sustainable Market" in the Schönhauen Palace in Pankow (SPSG)

All Advent weekends, but no weekdays, at Subaemarkt in Schöneweide

Also on all Advent weekends: arts market in Mexikoplatz , in Karl-August-Platz in Charlottenburg,

Chanukkah

The first candle of Chanukka will be on Sunday, November 28th, and there are already a couple of activities:

Sunday, 4 pm :

the huge (10 meters high) Chabad Menorah in the Brandenburg Gate will be lit ;

Guy Dimenstein of the YouTube channel "The Good Ones" will light the first candle and spread love and Sufganyot at 5 pm in Alexanderplatz

A Chanukkah party in Marie Antoinette (details)

Also on Sunday, a Chanukkah concert with Matan Goldstein and Doron Furman (details)

Further Menorahs in the city, for example in the Fraenkelufer Synagogue (Sunday at 5:30, other days 6 pm); in Bayrischer Platz in Schöneberg; and near the Köpenicker Stadtkirche in the Altstadt and on the Marktplatz in Adlershof. They will be lit every day at 5 pm