{"id":17,"date":"2007-12-03T19:59:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-03T19:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/uk\/2007\/12\/manchester-christmas-markets.html"},"modified":"2016-05-16T11:42:11","modified_gmt":"2016-05-16T11:42:11","slug":"manchester-christmas-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/uk\/2007\/12\/manchester-christmas-markets.html","title":{"rendered":"Manchester Christmas Markets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px;\"><a title=\"photo sharing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sarahkerr\/2063975792\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 2px solid #000000;\" src=\"https:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2164\/2063975792_774d7168d8_m.jpg\" rel=\"colorbox\" class=\"colorbox\" alt=\"Manchester Christmas Market\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-top: 0px; font-size: 0.9em;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sarahkerr\/2063975792\/\">Manchester Christmas Market<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p>The Manchester Christmas markets are some of the largest and most popular <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/uk\/2008\/12\/best-uk-christmas-markets.html\">Christmas markets<\/a> in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The markets in the city boast that they are authentic German Christmas markets, and they offer a variety of market stalls and decorations.\u00a0Vendors at the Manchester Christmas markets sell everything from food and wine to crafts and Christmas decorations.<\/p>\n<p>At night the markets are lit up with Christmas lights, and visitors can enjoy seeing the giant Santa and the 6-metre high Weihnactspyramide (Nativity pyramid).<\/p>\n<p>Due to their increasing popularity, the Manchester Christmas markets have nine different locations in the Manchester city centre: <\/p>\n<p>Albert Square: European Christmas Market<\/p>\n<p>Brazennose Street: World Christmas Market<\/p>\n<p>Exchange Square: Christmas Markets<\/p>\n<p>Exchange Street: Arts and Crafts Market<\/p>\n<p>King Street: French Christmas Market<\/p>\n<p>New Cathedral Street: Christmas Markets<\/p>\n<p>St Ann&#8217;s Square: German Christmas Market<\/p>\n<p>The Corn Exchange: Christmas Markets<\/p>\n<p>Corporation Street: Christmas Market<\/p>\n<p><strong>Manchester Christmas Market Opening Hours:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All Manchester Christmas markets are open from mid-November to late December. All markets except for the Albert Square market are open daily from 10:00 to 19:30 in November and 10:00 to 20:00 in December. Bars are open until 21:00 in both November and December. The Albert Square market is the main market, and it is open from 10:00 to 21:00 daily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester Christmas Market The Manchester Christmas markets are some of the largest and most popular Christmas markets in the UK. 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