Dresden and the Ore Mountains, Germany

Dresden's Striezelmarkt dates from the early 1400s, so it is steeped in centuries of tradition. None is greater cherished – right here and during Germany – than the Dresden Christstollen, a wealthy buttery yeast bread with candied end result inside. It isn't always simply bought and eaten up in quantity; it's miles celebrated in a parade highlighted through the world's biggest Dresden Stollen, thirteen ft lengthy and weighing 4 tons.

Markets with one-of-a-kind issues scatter during the city. Inside the courtyard of the Dresden Royal Palace is a medieval marketplace and not using the strength and handiest proper crafts, foods, and humanities of the Middle Ages. Neumarkt steps returned into the 1800s with craftsmen in duration apparel promoting handiest best homemade works, as taking walks minstrels serenade the shoppers.

Located: Dresden, Germany