Kinder Küche und Glühwein Historical Christmas Market

BERLIN, GERMANY

Christmas 🌟 stars lighting the path enchant a child.

Liz and Lee Heidhues 11.24 2023

A maiden hurls an axe through the air to win a prize and land she knows not where

An unforgettable day in the Friedrichshain district.

The marksman at the Christmas Market wants you to hit the 🎯 Bullseye.

Watching folks eat, drink, and get down at the historically themed medieval Weichnachtsmarkt.

Aiming for the Target
A gleeful child rocks on the hand pulled carousel 🎠
The wooden Ferris 🎡 wheel. A children’s delight

With hand-operated attractions like a Ferris Wheel and a wooden carousel for the children.

A bonanza of toys lures children of all ages.

Where adults can purchase unique handmade works from blacksmiths, carpenters, and weavers.

The welder is 🔥 HOT!!
Hand carved, painted ready to sit stools for the wee ones.

Christmas Markets pop up all over Berlin and other German cities around Christmas times.

The multi cultural crowd at the holiday market.

All varieties of families from diverse backgrounds gather together at these outdoor markets, to enjoy the food, mulled wines, and traditions of the wintry German Christmas.

Liz keeps warm on a cold November afternoon at the holiday market in Berlin

There is nothing comparable in San Francisco’s often balmy Christmas season.

A holiday thrill for a young equestrian.
The incredibly beautiful smile of a holiday market vendor.
Lee sets his sights on the 🥔 kartoffelen vendor. A mainstay of any German holiday market.
Sandwich 🥪 board advertising the food fare on a cold afternoon at the Berlin holiday market 😋
👋At the Berlin 🎄 Christmas Market. Goodbye and good night.

Top photo: The Christmas Market merry go round.