Christmas market in Colmar, France (1)

<Marché de Noël de Colmar>

Christmas market placard in Colmar.

 Christmas market map in Colmar. 

A map showed where Christmas market was & highlights of Christmas market.Christmas market was held around the yellow parts of the map.

Place de l'ancienne douane during Christmas market.

We could see Alsatian houses while walking on the street in Colmar.

St. Martin church / Cathédrale Saint-Martin
[French: Collégiale de Saint-Martin de Colmar]

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Episode of Chrismas Market in Colmar

Tomo&Chouchou present Christmas market in Colmar [Marché de Noël de Colmar] in Alsace in France !
Colmar is located about 70 km south of Strasbourg. Colmar was not so damaged during the war, so still now a row of houses of Middle Ages remains in Colmar. Christmas market in Colmar is not so big as Christmas market in Strasbourg,but Marché de Noël de Colmar is popular and famous especially amoung local people.
Colmar Christmas market was cozy and very cute as fairy-tale.
So Tomo&Chouchou strongly recommend Colmar Christmas market!

When we approached to the Christmas market area in Colmar, we found several placards. Placards kindly told us which way to go in Christmas market in Colmar. So it was easy to find Christmas market place. Moreover, there was a map which told where Christmas market was, or highlights of Christmas market. It was very kind for tourists. Mainly, Christmas market took place around the Old Town. It was easy to walk and easy to look around !
The area around Place de l'ancienne douane had many Christmas decorations. Tomo&Chouchou found it was the prettiest place of Christmas market in Colmar. It was very like a fairy-tale! Colmar was like a toy box! We felt we were in a dream.
While walking around Colmar, we could also enjoy very cute Alsatian houses.
St. Martin church (Cathédrale Saint-Martin) is located in the center of the city.
St. Martin church is Gothic church with coloured tile roof. It was very beautiful.
Everything was pretty in Colmar. The size of Christmas market was not so big as Strasbourg but it was very organized beautifully. More than anything, it was very fantastic, cute, pretty and warm-taste. Christmas market in Colmar is one of our favorite Christmas markets.

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Information
La magie de Noël à Colmar
The magic of Christmas in Colmar
Date: from Late November to Late December, from 26 Nov to 29 Dec, 2021
Official website: https://www.noel-colmar.com/en/



Other Christmas markets

* Christmas market in Strasbourg

* Paris - Champs-Élysées Christmas Market

* Paris - La Défense Christmas Market

* Christmas market in Stuttgart in Germany

Christmas market in Strasbourg (3) - specialties

Christkindelsmärik

<<Alsacian sweets>>

alsacian sweet.  Alsatian pastries (pâtisseries).

 

cf. Tomo's costume is Alsatian costume.

Alsatian cookies.

In Alsace, it's a tradition to prepare lots of cookies for Christmas.

Gugelhupf 

[Alsatian: kougelhopf, French: Kouglof, German: Gugelhupf]

We could see some cooks making Gugelhupf (Kouglof) 

in Strasbourg Christmas market.

Kougelhopf (Kouglof) is Alsatian cake which is baked in a special circular pottery with a central tube. 

Pretzel [German: Brezel, French: Bretzel]

<<other Alsatian specialties>>

 

pain d’épices

Vin chaud=Hot wine

Choucroute=sauerkraut

 

Tarte Flambée

 

Alsatian wine "Gewurztraminer"

 

Alsatian beer "Kronenbourg"

We can enjoy Alsatian meals & christmas decolations at the restaurant.

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Episode of Strasbourg Christmas market (3)

Alsace is located between Germany and France, so Alsace took over German culture and cuisine.
We could find several specialties in Strasbourg Christmas market: Christkindelsmärik.

These are Alsatian pastries [pâtisseries] have lots of varieties!
In Alsace, it's a tradition to prepare lots of cookies for Christmas. Each family prepares cookies for Christmas period. Many kinds of cookies were sold in Strasbourg Christmas market. It was the good opportunity to know the variety of cookies.
We could see some cooks making Gugelhupf (Kouglof) in Strasbourg Christmas market. It was very interesting to see.
Pretzel (Brezel in German) is also famous Alsatian specialty! It's German specialty. As Alsace took German culture and cuisine, it's also popular in Alsace.
Pain d’épices (spice-bread/gingerbread) was also sold in Strasbourg Christmas market. Pain d'épices can conserve for a long time, so we can buy it as a souvenir, then we can eat it after the new year starts. We bought some for Christmas & new year. There were also some varieties; simple pain d'épices or pain d'épices with fruits.
We drank the speciality of Christmas market; Hot wine [vin chaud]. This is don't-miss-it-drink in Christmas market! It become warm and we can feel Christmas atomosphere more. There is non-alcohol hot wine for children and for people who cannot drink alcohol. Everyone can enjoy hot wine!
We also enjoyed Christmas dinner course at the restaurant. It was very special moment.
We could enjoy many kinds of foods in Strasbourg Christmas market. Alsatian cute sweets made us feel we were in the fairyland. We could really feel Christmas.  

TomoChouchou's advice for Strasbourg Christmas market

If you want to enjoy Alsatian cuisine more, why not goint to Alsatian restaurants ? You can eat famous Alsatian dish such as Choucroute: sauerkraut (fermented cabbages) & porc boiled with white wine, Tarte Flambée: very thin pizza with fromage blanc, fresh cream, onion & bacon.
You can also drink Gewurztraminer; Alsatian wine, or Kronenbourg; Alsatian beer which is known as 1664 label. Please try some of them!




Other Christmas markets

* Christmas market in Colmar

* Paris - Champs-Élysées Christmas Market

* Paris - La Défense Christmas Market

* Christmas market in Stuttgart in Germany