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The Christmas market in Kaiserslautern opened Monday and will continue until Dec. 23. Then, after the Christmas holidays, the market will continue. The city will sponsor a New Year’s market from Dec. 27 to 30.
The market with its little wooden houses is set up around Stiftskirche and on Schillerplatz to Stiftskirche. There, vendors sell typical Christmas items such as ornaments, candles, angels, nutcrackers and Advent wreaths. Shoppers can find ideas for Christmas presents such as wooden toys, leather items, glass products, jewelry and pottery.
Culinary specialties offered include Thüringer bratwurst, pizza, roasted chestnuts, cinnamon waffles and the typical winter drink, “glühwein,” a heated red wine spiced with cloves and cinnamon sticks.
“Like in recent years, we again offer a daily entertaining program, including musical performances and various interesting activities,” said Alexander Hess from the project office for city events. “Local renowned singers and bands will be in the center of attention this week.”
Gitarrenhelden will lure visitors to the stage on Schillerplatz at 6 p.m. Saturday by playing rock and pop music, and the band Ear Candy will perform from 6 to 8 p.m. in the yard of Stiftskirche.
On Sunday, the musical entertainment will be provided by the Boogie Christmas brass ensemble from 5 to 6 p.m. near Stiftskirche, and by Crime & Passion from 7 to 9 p.m. on Schillerplatz.
The German-American Community Office will present American performers on the Schillerplatz stage from noon to 2 p.m. and 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday.
Just like last year, the atrium of the Stiftskirche is open for events. There is a bonfire, a nativity scene and artisans and stone sculptors presenting their works. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, a petting zoo with animals from the Kaiserslautern zoo will turn the nativity scene into a live scene.
“A 100-square-meter Christmas bakery invites children to learn how to bake Christmas cookies near the entrance to the Stiftskirche atrium,” Hess said. “Parents can wait in one of the three big tents, which houses a cafe.”
The program for the following weeks can be found in flyers found in stores, restaurants, banks and the Tourist Information Office next to the Fruchthalle.
The Kaiserslautern Christmas market is open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through Wednesdays, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, and 1 to 9 p.m. Sundays. Stores will offer special shopping from 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday.
For details, visit www.kaiserslautern.de.
