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| Christmas Market in Mainz (Weihnachtsmarkt) |
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When:
Nov 25, 2010
- Dec 23, 2010
Where: Mainz, Germany
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Mainz, was a center of culture of the region for more than thousands years. Every year, from the second half of November till Christmas, the city holds one of the most beautiful Christmas markets of Germany. The market is located in the market square of the historic city, so the ancient houses create a marvelous decoration for the magic market.
In the wooden huts various handmade crafts are sold as well as decorations and presents for the coming holiday, side by side with hot chestnuts, hotdogs, candied almonds and apples, hot wine, hot cider, Glühwein and punch which warm the body and souls of the visitors in the cold winter nights. Opening hours:
Mon-Fri 10am-8.30pm
Sat 10am-9pm
Sun 11am-9pm
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IMPORTANT:
Please note that the details of the event are subject to change.
We strongly recommended that you check with the organizers
before making any travel arrangements.
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Event related information:
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Touristik Centrale Mainz
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Contact:
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tourist@info-mainz.de
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Touristik Centrale Mainz (Verkehrsverein Mainz e.V.)
Brückenturm am Rathaus
D - 55116 Mainz
Phone: +49-6131-28-621-0
Fax: +49-6131-28-621-55 Gerichtsstand Mainz
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Free |
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background and overview:
As Europe's largest economy and second most populous nation, Germany remains a key member of the continent's economic, political, and defense organizations. European power struggles immersed Germany in two devastating World Wars in the first half of the 20th century and left the country occupied by the victorious Allied powers of the US, UK, France, and the Soviet Union in 1945. With the advent of the Cold War, two German states were formed in 1949: the western Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the eastern German Democratic Republic (GDR). The democratic FRG embedded itself in key Western economic and security organizations, the EC, which became the EU, and NATO, while the Communist GDR was on the front line of the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact. The decline of the USSR and the end of the Cold War allowed for German unification in 1990. Since then, Germany has expended considerable funds to bring Eastern productivity and wages up to Western standards. In January 1999, Germany and 10 other EU countries introduced a common European exchange currency, the euro.
[Courtesy of The World Factbook]
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 Location: Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark. |
Languages:
German . |
Climate:
Temperate and marine; cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers; occasional warm mountain (foehn) wind. |
Capital:
Berlin |
Time Zone:
CET (UTC+1)
UTC+1 , (Summer (DST) UTC+2) |
Currency (code):
Euro (EUR) |
Call Code:
+49 |
Electric Power:
230V 50Hz |
Tourist office:
German National Tourist Board (GNTB) Beethovenstraße 69 60325 Frankfurt/Main Fax: +49 (0) 69/75 19 03 |
Tourist website:
Click Here |
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