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Florence Christmas Markets

The Christmas market in Florence fills one of the most beautiful squares of the city, Piazza Santa Croce, which overlooks the beautiful Gothic Franciscan church that holds immense works of art (frescoes by Giotto and Taddeo Gaddi, Cappella de’ Pazzi ...

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Paris Christmas Markets

The city of Paris welcomes – during Christmas – tourists and visitors superbly with thousands of lights and ornaments, more than 125 squares and streets are lit up and decorated with streamers, garlands, lights of all kinds, Christmas trees and multi-colored Christmas balls. Among the ...

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Yerevan Christmas Market

Situated along the Hrazdan River, in the western part of the country, at the eastern end of the plain of Ararat, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural and industrial center of the country. The history of Yerevan dates back to the ...

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Munich Christmas Market

The main Christmas market in the city of Munich is the “Market of the Child Jesus” (Christkindlmarkt) held in Marienplatz, the central square in Munich. It has a very old tradition, its origins date back to the Markets of St. ...

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Nice Christmas Market

Nice, the main city of the French Riviera – known for its mild climate even in winter – overlooking the Bay of Angels (Baie des Anges). Popular attractions include the famous beachfront promenade the “Promenade des Anglais” and the district of the Old Nice ...

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Toronto Christmas Market

The Toronto Christmas market is held in the historic Distillery District – located to the east of the city center (Downtown Toronto). This area was designated in 1988 as a National Historic Site of Canada. There are many historic buildings, ...

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Freiburg Christmas Market

Freiburg (Freiburg im Breisgau) is a beautiful historic town in southwest Germany, located near the French border and not far from the Swiss one, almost halfway between Strasbourg and Basel. Freiburg is close to the Black Forest and in the ...

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Bern Christmas Markets

Bern, the capital of Switzerland, is located on a plateau along the Aare River. The historic part of the city is built in a meander of the river that surrounds it on three sides. The town has a beautiful old ...

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Stuttgart Christmas Markets

Stuttgart is the largest city and the capital of the German state of Baden-Württemberg, the city now has a modern look because of the destruction during the Second World War, but in its historic center, several buildings were rebuilt after ...

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Chicago Christmas Markets

Christmas in Chicago is always something special. Winters are cold and snowy with few sunny days, so the city has a classic Christmas climate! Christmas in Chicago offers many activities to follow: the Christmas season begins with the Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, then ...

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Vancouver Christmas Market

The Vancouver Christmas market is held in downtown Vancouver on the Jack Poole Plaza (site of the Olympic Cauldron). The Vancouver Christmas Market is sharing the traditions inspired by Germany’s renowned Christmas Markets. The market have a marvelous tall Christmas Tree with ...

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Gdansk Christmas Market

Gdansk – a city located on the shores of the Baltic Sea – is the most important seaport of Poland, its strategic location at the mouth of the Vistula River has always allowed it to control the trade of the interior of Poland and become, ...

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Copenhagen Christmas Markets

Copenhagen, the capital and largest city of Denmark, is also the main hub of tourist attraction in the country. The city is full of fine buildings, as in the medieval Old Town (Middelalderbyen) where is the small island of Slotsholmen with ...

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Warsaw Christmas Markets

Warsaw, the capital of Poland and its largest city, extending along the Vistula River in the plains of Mazovia. Founded at the end of the thirteenth century as a castle and residence of the Dukes of Masovia, at the beginning ...

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The Eqi Glacier: The collapsing glacier

Eqi Glacier, Greenland. Author and Copyright Marco Ramerini

Located two hours by boat north of Ilulissat (about 80 km) the Eqi Glacier is another point where the Greenland ice sheet reaches the sea. The boat route to get there is very beautiful, on one side you go along ...

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