On this tour we visit several Christmas Markets in Dresden, Germany. We start at the “Striezelmarkt” which is one of Germany’s oldest Christmas markets in Dresden’s historic city center. The market started in the year 1434. Now the Striezelmarkt is famous for its festive decorations and traditional crafts. Visitors can find items like wooden toys, ceramics, and candles and mostly enjoy a Bratwurst and mulled wine. The market usually runs from late November to Christmas Eve.

After shortly passing through the Altmarkt Galerie shopping mall, we continue towards the south of Dresden’s residence castle on the so-called Piazza at the corner of the Taschenbergpalais for another small market. Then we head towards Stallhof and after that to the Frauenkirche for yet another Christmas Market with a nice setting. Tonight we can even enter the Frauenkirche this time for a look around.

Soon we are on our way to the Münzgasse, from where we get up to the “Brühlsche Terrasse” for a look over the Elbe River and towards Dresden Neustadt. There, across the river are even more Christmas Markets yet we get back to the Frauenkirche, Semperoper and finally to the Prager Straße.

All these market offer various foods like bratwurst, gingerbread, and mulled wine. There are also rides and activities for children all around the city at this time of the year.

Our walking tour of Dresden during Christmas time end at the main station of Dresden.

More walks in Dresden https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=poptravel+dresden

Note: due to the popularity of the Christmas markets it cannot be avoided that people are often in the picture. It is not my intention to film people but the surroundings to show the atmosphere. If you notice yourself and want to get blurred, please note the timecode of the video and some marking (color of jacket etc.) and your face will be made unrecognizable. Also: due to licensed music during the route preview, this video is not under the usual CC-BY-SA license but the standard YouTube license, which disallows reuse.

Timeline:
0:00 Route Preview
2:00 Dresdner Striezelmarkt
12:30 Altmarkt Galerie shopping mall
17:00 Towards the residence castle
19:15 “Romantic Christmas Market” at residence castle
23:00 Stallhof
27:00 Christmas markets around the Frauenkirche
34:00 Inside the Frauenkirche
38:00 Münzgasse
41:00 Brühlsche Terrasse
48:00 Fürstenzug
51:00 Semperoper
56:00 Postplatz
1:02:00 Striezelmarkt again
1:08:00 Towards Prager Straße
1:12:00 Prager Straße
1:22:30 End at Dresden Main Station (Hauptbahnhof)

Filmed in December 2023

Camera: Osmo Pocket 3 in 4K60
Mic: Zoom H1n