As I walk through Munich’s old town, I feel like the city has been made for Christmas. Punters drink beer from flagons under twinkling lights in the wooden huts of the Virtualenmarket and the water of ...

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BERLIN (AP) — Traditional Christmas markets are opening across Germany on Monday, drawing revelers to their wooden stands with mulled wine, grilled sausages, potato pancakes or caramelized apples.

Autumn’s big hitter is of course Oktoberfest in Munich, which despite the name opens on September 19 and runs for 16 days.

Wooden huts are glittering with golden fairylights as groups of friends gather in woolly hats, warming their hands on mugs of mulled wine. Signs written in German are dotted about - Glühwein (mulled ...

To prevent ramming attacks at Christmas markets, German officials have installed concrete blocks, chain barriers and, in one case, metal bollards removed by a hand-cranked crane. Security personnel ...

BERLIN (AP) — Traditional Christmas markets were opening across Germany on Monday, drawing revelers to their wooden stands with mulled wine, grilled sausages, potato pancakes or caramelized apples.