The wooden carousel in the centre and over 500,000 lights decorating the trees and small stores make the Tivoli Gardens Christmas market both charming and distinctive.

With its Christmas tree in front of the town hall, a tradition dating back to 1441, and a Santa Claus on a sleigh pulled by reindeer, the Tallinn Christmas market is one of Europe’s most unusual.

The city’s four prettiest squares are dressed with lights and decorations and filled with stalls selling local crafts. There are also classical music concerts and carol singers.

Said to be one of Scotland’s best, this Christmas market turns the East Princes Street Gardens into a Christmas paradise with stalls selling crafts and sweets and a big wheel.

Hundreds of lights and small stalls turn the region’s towns into a fairytale setting. The most important: Mulhouse, Colmar, Kayserberg, Riquewihr, Obernai and Strasbourg.

A unique market combining a contemporary feel with stalls selling local crafts alongside designer products and even a wooden sauna in the centre of the market.