Christmas markets in Dresden
Dresdner Striezelmarkt as seen from the Kreuzkirche
photo: Siegmar Baumgärtel
There is much more to Christmas in Dresden besides the famous Dresdner Striezelmarkt. Two further city-run and several privately organised markets also help visitors to get into the right contemplative mood for christmas. In fact, a whole christmas mile has evolved between the markets on Prager Strasse and Hauptstrasse. This includes not only the traditional christmas market by the Frauenkirche lane, but equally the medieval christmas in the former mews of the Royal Palace and the Advent on Neumarkt. Even aside from this central axis, there are many other smaller markets to be found around the city, each with its own particular attractions and flair. Especially worthy of mention in this respect is the intimate christmas market in the former village centre of Loschwitz and the Neustädter Advent between the Baroque Quarter, Königstraße and the Outer Neustadt.
Christmas highlights await also in the four city centre churches Kreuzkirche, Frauenkirche, Cathedral and Dreikönigskirche, as well as in the Kulturpalast civic centre.
Further recommendations for Christmas shopping, in addition to the above-mentioned markets, are the Altmarkt-Galery shopping centre, the Centrum-Galery shopping centre, the Neustadt market hall and the numerous passages and arcades of the Baroque Quarter, all of which are decorated especially festively each year, as well as the shopping streets of the more outlying city districts, such as Borsbergstrasse and Schillerplatz.