Frank wrote:Also the Birmingham Christmas Market is the worst thing to do with this season. Just a total tedious, dull mess of expensive alcohol, inconsiderate crowds and the same three stalls repeated down New Street so they can claim it's "the biggest one yet"
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I've always been fond of the Birmingham one because of the German products they sell, a lot of the other markets i go to don't seem to have that.
Frank wrote:Are there any Christmas markets that are decent? Did Worcesters last weekend and it was okay, but they never seem anything worthy of the hype.
Winchester has a nice atmosphere as it's set in the cathedral grounds, gets very busy though.
If you really hate crowds, go to the Cardiff one, it's spread across a much wider area and doesn't seem to ever get too packed.
DarkRula wrote:The Bristol Christmas market might be a good one to check out.
I've been to that one a few times over the years, and i always enjoy it.
The worst christmas market i ever attended was in 2014 when i foolishly attempted the hyde park winter wonderland on a saturday afternoon, after trying and failing to make it through the most overcrowded location i've been to in decades, i bailed and went to visit the nearby wellington monument instead as a quick and easy alternative.