Europe's Christmas markets: quietest days and 2026 dates
When Europe's big Christmas markets open in 2026, which ones sit half an hour apart by train, and the days and hours when the crowds are thinnest.
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· Italy
Italian public holidays 2026 and the best ponti to book
All thirteen Italian public holidays in 2026 with the weekday each falls on, and the bridge days that turn a single day of leave into a four-day break.
· Germany
German school holidays 2026: dates by state and bridge days
Every 2026 German school holiday window, state by state, with the public holidays and the bridge days that turn one day of leave into four.