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The German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest first held Chicago's Christkindlmarket on Pioneer Court in 1996. [1] [2] Christkindlmarket was inspired by the Christkindlesmarkt in Nuremberg, Germany. In 1997, Mayor Daley requested that the festival be moved to Daley Plaza. [2] That year the market attracted more than 750,000 visitors. [2]
Almost 700 days since it sold its last mug of Gluhwein, Christkindlmarket has reopened for its 25th season at two locations — Daley Plaza and Gallagher Way outside Wrigley Field. Mugs have been ...
The market returns in three locations — Daley Plaza, Wrigleyville and Aurora. For the first time, a fast-entry pass is sold for $25 (and includes a souvenir mug). Join our Chicagoland history ...
From Switzerland’s Basel Christmas Market to Denmark’s Christmas in Tivoli to New York’s Winter Village, here are some of the top Christmas markets that are taking place around the world in ...
Chicago farmers' markets include approximately 30 open-air markets across neighborhoods with farmers from Illinois and surrounding states including Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin. Most of the markets are sponsored by the city and are held on one day of the week, with the exception of a few of the more popular ones, such as the Green City Market .
The plaza serves as a location for many civic functions including weekly farmers' markets in the summer, regular ethnic festivals, and the meeting place for Chicago's Critical Mass ride. The plaza was used extensively in the climactic scenes of the 1980 film The Blues Brothers. The interior of the building, as well as the plaza, the Picasso ...
Columbus Circle Holiday Market – Columbus Circle, New York City [132] Downtown Holiday Market – Washington, D.C. [133] European Christmas Market – St. Paul, Minnesota [134] German Christmas Market of Oconomowoc – Oconomowoc, Wisconsin [135] [136] Germania Society Christkindlmarkt – Cincinnati, Ohio [137]
Christmas market in Merano, Italy. The first traces of Christmas markets in the German-speaking part of Europe and in many parts of the former Holy Roman Empire go back to late medieval sales fairs and—often one-day—markets, which gave citizens the opportunity to stock up on meat and winter necessities at the beginning of the cold season. [10]