From 23 November 2026 Berlin lights up Gendarmenmarkt, Charlottenburg and the Rotes Rathaus. A guide to the markets as stops on an itinerary through Scharoun’s Philharmonie, Mies’s Neue Nationalgalerie and David Chipperfield’s museums.
From 26 November to 23 December 2026 Basel lights up Barfüsserplatz and Münsterplatz. Twenty minutes away lie the Vitra Campus by Gehry, Hadid and Ando and Renzo Piano’s Fondation Beyeler: a guide to the market through a designer’s eyes.
Strasbourg opens on 27 November 2026 and Colmar runs from 23 November to 29 December: our guide to the Alsace markets, from the 1570 Christkindelsmärik to the cathedral, the Neustadt and half timbered Colmar.
Tivoli from 13 November 2026 to 3 January 2027, Nytorv from 6 November, Højbro Plads and Nyhavn: our guide to Christmas in Copenhagen through the eyes of Danish design.
