{"id":1667,"date":"2022-11-29T11:23:25","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T10:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/?p=1667"},"modified":"2022-12-04T11:25:24","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T10:25:24","slug":"weihnachtsmarkte-woche-1-krampusse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/29\/weihnachtsmarkte-woche-1-krampusse\/","title":{"rendered":"Weihnachtsm\u00e4rkte Woche 1: Krampusse!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After last year’s ridiculous ban on Christmas markets<\/a>, we are going nuts this festive season. I will make several small posts rather than one large post. Note:<\/strong> “Private” means sponsored by a business or organization, as opposed to being sponsored by a government entity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stadtgarten, Freising (private, on-going)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Stadtgarten<\/a> is a family-oriented Biergarten in the summer, located on the Lankesberg, a stone massive where 19th century brewers kept their wares cold in cellars later used as bomb shelters<\/a>. In the Advent evenings they add open fires, sell hot drinks and seasonal food, and have some activities for children. When we popped by for a quick Gl\u00fchwein<\/em> (mulled wine) on the way to something else, we sat quite comfortably in a repurposed used ski-lift gondola. We took the “frequent buyer” punch card, which strongly implies our return…<\/p>\n\n\n

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Inside looking out
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Gem\u00fctlichkeit
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Landshuter Christkindlmarkt (city, on-going)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Landshut is the next major city downstream from Freising; devoted readers will remember that my hero Eberhofer<\/a> occasionally works here. This year the city’s Christmas market<\/a> was moved to a new location to accommodate a Ferris Wheel, causing a kerfluffle<\/a> among the residents. As outsiders, we enjoyed the short walk along the Isar from the convenient parking. Sorry not sorry.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Giant Wheel of Controversy
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This is a standard city market with the usual foods and vendors of gifts and holiday supplies–Mr Radish bought himself a hat–but I was there for the Krampusse<\/a> (I still like “Krampeen”<\/a> as the plural form of Krampus, myself…), who escorted St. Nikolaus to the stage, where he heard the Christmas wishes of young children.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Nikolaus mit Engel
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Twins!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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More twins!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Krampusse
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We enjoyed our Gl\u00fchwein on a wooden carousel, which I only photographed from within. Lots of fun, though; we have not been on a carousel since early 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Put those angels to work making the cookies…
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This post smells like cinnamon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[111,84,42,10],"tags":[99,112,113],"class_list":["post-1667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-vibe","category-day-trip","category-holiday-traditions","category-photographs","tag-biergarten","tag-gluhwein","tag-landshut"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t