Frankfurt Christmas Market, Birmingham
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The Frankfurt Christmas Market (German: Frankfurter Weihnachtsmarkt)[1] is an annual outdoor Christmas market held in central Birmingham, England.[2] The market started in 2001 with 24 stalls and has expanded every year.[3] It opens in mid November and continues until late December, closing just before Christmas.
The Christmas Market New Street, and Victoria Square.[2] It is the largest such market outside Germany and Austria,[4] attracting over 3.1 million visitors in 2010,[5] over 5 million visitors in 2011,[6] almost 5 million visitors in 2013[7] and over 5.5 million visitors in 2014.[8] German food and drink such as Bratwurst and Glühwein are available.
From 2018 the market has been kicked off with a performance of Hosen Brass down Birmingham's New Street on behalf of Free Radio Birmingham before the lights are officially turned on.[9]
The market is affiliated with the Frankfurt Christmas Market in the city of Frankfurt,[10] one of the oldest such markets in Germany (dating from 1393), hence the name. Birmingham is twinned with Frankfurt.[11]
On 9 September 2020, the organisers of the Christmas market cancelled the 2020 event because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[12]
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