Christmas markets north of the border lack the size and lively atmosphere of Germany or Belgium. The dour Dutch fail to replicate the festive cheer that reigns in Cologne, Düsseldorf and Aachen and guess what? The fair city of Antwerp also features in the Top 5 favourite Christmas markets of our Dutch kinsfolk. VRT’s roving reporter Mattias Tuyls discovered that actually many Dutch visitors prefer the warm welcome they receive in Flanders to the original German Christmas market cheer.
