When it gets dark already in the afternoon, the smell of gingerbread and mulled wine pulls through the narrow streets of the winegrowers' villages, it is advent. Everywhere along the river Mosel, the Christmas markets snap up their lights and sweeten the time until the holy Christmas with German ginger biscuits, roasted almonds, gift ideas and lots of light.

With sweet or good and solid Moselle specialties, the Moselleers and friends meet to enjoy the special atmosphere in the wine villages. Under the stars, every market radiates his own charm. In some places the supporting program exceeds the one of a normal Christmas market.

We have compiled the traditional, romantic and perhaps most extraordinary Christmas markets of the region of the Moselle: