The city’s annual Christkindelmarkt German Christmas market will return with a brand new look this month for what will be its 15th anniversary.
Millennium Square will be transformed into a scenic festive village from Friday, November 11 until Sunday, December 18 with new stalls and venues.
The new market layout will include an open air square with a stage that will feature a daily programme of music as well as a weekly children’s show every Sunday morning from 11am (except Sunday 13th Nov).
The family-friendly event will include sing-alongs, games, face painting, balloon modelling and appearances from winter wonderland princesses and other costumed characters.
Also new for this year will be a special Santa’s Breakfast experience for children and families in the Alp Chalet every Sunday morning (except Sunday 13th Nov) between 10am and 11.30am.
Tickets for the Santa’s breakfast will be available by advance ticket only from the city centre Box Office in Leeds Town Hall. Further details and booking information will be available soon at www.leeds.gov.uk/christmasmarket
Another new feature for 2016 will be the brand new Ski Hutte bar, set in a bespoke authentic alpine chalet with hand crafted decorations and a traditional Glockenspiel playing up to 30 different melodies and offering an apres-ski inspired ambience.
Returning this year will be the Alp Chalet – a Bavarian styled restaurant with a new lunch time menu for 2016 and the much loved ‘Kuh Stall’, complete with a real log fire.
Reservations are recommended in advance at the Alp Chalet Bavarian eatery and can only be made in person at the venue.
The new layout is designed to help natural flow of visitors to the market and give more people chance to experience one of the city’s most popular annual family-friendly attractions.
The Leeds Christkindelmarkt also includes more than 40 traditionally decorated wooden chalet stalls along with the traditional Christmas carousel ride.
Stalls at the market will include German delicacies like gluhwein, bratwurst sausages, schnitzels, soups and goulash, stollen, gingerbread, roasted nuts and candied fruits together with seasonal gifts, decorations, jewellery and handcrafted toys.
Leeds city centre will also be hosting other Christmas festivities on Victoria Gardens with the exciting Thor’s Tipi Bar Viking experience making its debut.
