It’s a special kind of magic that greets visitors at the Nuremberg Children’s Christmas Market! A nostalgic merry-go round, a child-sized steam train and visits from the Nuremberg Christkind are rounded out by fantastic hands-on booths for little ones. Here, kids can create their own tiny treats or artistic creations.

When the days get shorter and it’s shivery cold outside, children and their families can look forward to warming up with a wide palette of wintery and Christmasy cultural events in the Sternenhaus.

The Lantern Procession of the Nuremberg children is just as important to the tradition of the Christmas Market as the wooden stands on the square, the Christkind, gingerbread and mulled wine. Thousands of visitors line the streets when – on the second Thursday of December – children walk up the castle hill with their homemade and lovingly created lanterns, creating a colorful…