Berlin: Christmas is in the air

During December there is a smell of Christmas in the air of Berlin. Almonds, fried sausages, fresh fir-tree green, resin, cinnamon, oranges and a cool breeze allow the citizens to forget the hectic rush and their worries. You can see people laughing in the streets holding a cup of mulled wine or a pack of sweets. There are smiling children with a sparkle in their eyes everywhere, happy because they can stay up late, running over the Christmas markets and eat red candis apple, bananas dipped in chocolate sauce or candy floss in different colours.

Although nearly every street offers special Christmas lighting, wooden cabins and places to buy punch and mulled wine, to really experience Christmas you have to visit at least one of the famous Christmas markets in the German capital, like the one at the Gendarmenmarkt, Alexanderplatz, at the Schlossplatz to have an amazing view over Berlin from the Ferris Wheel or at the Opernpalais Unter den Linden to enjoy art crafts from the Erz Mountains, Czech Republic or South Tyrol.

But wherever you choose to go, you have to try “Kale and pinkle” which is a specialty during the Christmas season as well as the Christstollen. Berlin, of course, offers many more opportunities to enjoy the pre-Christmas period and surely, there is something to fit any taste and I can assure you, you will be a child once more as the Christmas miracle reaches everyone.

If you are still yet to book your Berlin Xmas accommodation, you can try www.holiday-velvet.com/berlin.

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