Europe’s ‘Christmas city’ has one of the oldest festive markets in the world – and UK flights start from £42

A CITY successful Germany is dubbed 'Christmas city' due to the fact that it has 1 of the world's oldest and astir celebrated Christmas markets - and it's casual to get to from the UK.

Nuremberg, the 2nd largest metropolis successful Bavaria aft Munich, is considered 1 of the champion places successful the satellite to sojourn erstwhile it comes to Christmas.

Nuremberg Christkindlesmarkt, which takes spot during Advent in the Hauptmarkt, the cardinal quadrate successful Nuremberg's aged town, is 1 of the largest and oldest Christmas markets successful the world.

The marketplace features traditional, handmade decorations and treats similar gingerbread.

The history of Nuremberg gingerbread dates backmost to the 14th period erstwhile Frankonian monks baked chromatic cakes. 

The city's determination astatine the centre of European spice trading routes led to the summation of spices similar cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, and nutmeg to the recipe.

You'll besides find bratwurst astatine the market, different nutrient with a heavy rooted past successful the city.

The archetypal written grounds of bratwurst successful Germany is from Nuremberg successful 1313. 

The market's determination besides adds to its Christmassy feel.

Its festively decorated lanes are acceptable against the historical architecture of the Hauptmarkt square.

And if you locomotion up the steps of the Church of Our Lady you tin drawback a large presumption of the market's stalls and lights.

For children, there's a children's Christmas marketplace successful the metropolis known arsenic Kinderweihnacht.

Located close adjacent to the Christkindlesmarkt, there's a two-tiered merry-go-round, a mini Ferris wheel, and a steam railway.

Outside of the markets the metropolis continues to ooze each things Christmas.

The metropolis is decorated with twinkling lights, and, if you're lucky, you mightiness spot snow falling connected the roofs of the century-old houses.

Imperial Castle successful Nuremberg is simply a large spot to sojourn during the Christmas season.

It's perched connected a sandstone ridge and offers stunning views of the medieval metropolis below.

The Schoner Brunnen is located successful Nuremberg's main marketplace quadrate is besides decorated for Christmas time.

The fountain has a tiny aureate ringing connected the achromatic grille that radical crook 3 times for bully luck. 

Some accidental that if you crook the ring, you volition instrumentality to Nuremberg, portion others accidental it volition bring you bully luck.

The Nuremberg Christkindlesmarkt usually starts connected the Friday earlier the archetypal Sunday of Advent and ends connected Christmas Eve.

This year, the marketplace volition beryllium unfastened from November 29 to December 24.

Ryanair offers nonstop flights to Nuremberg from London Stansted Airport, starting from £43 for 1 way.