Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Visitors crowd the Christmas market on the Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin (John MACDOUGALL) (John MACDOUGALL/AFP/AFP) Security has been ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. It all started in the Middle Ages, when sometime in the 1400s German Catholics decided to turn their everyday food ...

An impulsive decision in late November by my wife Cindy and I to explore German Christmas markets found us in Berlin visiting ...

Germany, renowned for its rich history and cultural traditions, transforms into a winter wonderland during the festive season. The country’s Christmas markets are renowned worldwide, each with its ...

Christmas markets -- long considered the lively heart of Advent in Germany -- are facing new uncertainty this year as towns grapple with tighter security rules and rising public anxiety. The ...

The Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, reopened nearly one year after six people — including a child — were killed in a car-ramming attack. While there were rumors that the festivities were ...

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 ...

Johanna LEHN AFP Dec 22, 2025 1 hr ago 0 Visitors crowd the Christmas market on the Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin Visitors crowd the Christmas market on the Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin Saudi defendant Taleb ...

The Christmas market in Germany's eastern city of Magdeburg opened Thursday with a quiet chime from a nearby church bell, less than a year after a car ramming attack killed six and wounded hundreds.

Security has been tightened at German Christmas markets after recent deadly attacks. But if some online videos were to be believed, they've become barbed-wire fortresses guarded by armoured personnel ...