Mittelalterlicher Markt zur Weihnachtszeit in Siegburg

In the organizer's words:

The past comes alive

"Seyed willkommen" resounds across Siegburg's market square in the weeks leading up to Christmas. During this time, the Middle Ages return to the town. Fires crackle in the darkness. Torches, oil lamps and candles cast flickering light. It smells of spices, mead and delicacies from the past.

A long-forgotten dialect echoes across the square. Rope makers, stonemasons, broom makers, blacksmiths and gemstone merchants show off their skills. Merchants and hawkers offer their wares for sale. People haggle at the wooden market stalls, rest and eat under canvas roofs or the starry sky.

In between, jugglers play jokes and minstrels parade through the crowd with their flutes, drums, shawms and bagpipes. A wooden carousel reliably makes its rounds, hand-powered of course.

It is a very special experience, this market, which is like a journey into the past. Loud and lively, magical and festive, enchanting and atmospheric, small and fine - and always surprising.

Sundays to Thursdays 11-20 hrs, Fridays and Saturdays 11-21 hrs, Dead Sunday 24.11.24 18-20 hrs without music/cultural program