{"id":150,"date":"2008-12-03T16:50:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-03T16:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/uk\/2008\/12\/birmingham-christmas-markets.html"},"modified":"2016-05-16T11:38:14","modified_gmt":"2016-05-16T11:38:14","slug":"birmingham-christmas-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/uk\/2008\/12\/birmingham-christmas-markets.html","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham Christmas Markets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px;\"><a title=\"photo sharing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/paulwoolrich\/327380896\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: #000000 2px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/138\/327380896_8695611e98_m.jpg\" rel=\"colorbox\" class=\"colorbox\" alt=\"Birmingham Christmas Market\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-top: 0px; font-size: 0.9em;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/paulwoolrich\/327380896\/\">Birmingham Market<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p>The Birmingham Christmas markets are some of the largest and most popular Christmas markets in the UK. They even claim to be the largest Christmas markets outside of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/germany\/\">Germany<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/austria\/\">Austria<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Claiming two million visitors a year, the markets are located in the Birmingham city centre in Victoria Square and Upper New Street.<\/p>\n<p>The Birmingham Christmas markets boast that they are authentic German Christmas markets (Frankfurt Christmas markets, to be specific), and they feature 180 stalls offering a variety of seasonal goods.<\/p>\n<p>Vendors at the Birmingham Christmas markets sell everything from food and wine to ceramics, candles, wooden handicrafts, and Christmas ornaments.<\/p>\n<p>The Birmingham Christmas markets are open from mid-November to late December and are open from 10:00 to 21:00 every day. For a list of other UK markets, see the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/uk\/2008\/12\/best-uk-christmas-markets.html\">Best UK Christmas Markets<\/a> page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birmingham Market The Birmingham Christmas markets are some of the largest and most popular Christmas markets in the UK. They even claim to be the largest Christmas markets outside of Germany and Austria. Claiming two million visitors a year, the markets are located in the Birmingham city centre in Victoria Square and Upper New Street. 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