Mittelalterlicher Markt zur Weihnachtszeit

In the organizer's words:

"Seyed willkommen" rings out 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, sweet and savory delicacies of the past.

A long-forgotten dialect echoes across the square. Rope makers, stonemasons, broom makers, blacksmiths, gemstone merchants and strap cutters show off their skills. Tradesmen 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.