The town’s medieval buildings and alleyways ... Valkenburg, in the southern Netherlands, has much of the usual European Christmas charms to entice visitors: lights, trees, stalls and gluhwein ...

live nativity scenes and towering cathedrals are just a few of the top sites for Christmas market enthusiasts in some of these other holiday gems in Western Europe. The medieval old town square in ...

A special log is dragged around the house or town (or, in the countryside ... warmth and opportunity of the year ahead. Like many European Christmas traditions, the burning of the Yule Log ...