The Christmas markets opening up, also means that Santa Claus or St Nicholas is coming to town! If you have kids, you might want to check out this article to find out where you can take kids to meet Santa Claus/St Nicholas in Munich!

Christkindlmarkt at Marienplatz

On December 5th and 6th, St Nicholas visits the Christmas market at Marienplatz at 5:30 pm and gives a speech followed by Christmasy music!

Chinese Tower at the English Garden

Santa Claus will visit the Christmas Market at the Chinese tower in English Garden everyday from December 6th to 10th and enchant children with his presence and magic.

His schedule will be:

December 7th & 8th: 4:00 to 6:30 pm

December 9th & 10th: 1:00 – 7:00 pm

More information here

Hellabrunn Zoo

On December 6th, Santa Claus visits the zoo in the afternoon between 1 and 5 pm,. This is no ordinary visit as he is accompanied by adorable ponies and a cart full of small gifts for children!

Rotkreuzplatz Christmas Market

Santa Claus comes to the Christmas Market at Rotkreuzplatz with a fun search game! If you want to be a part of it, then come to the Rotkreuzplatz Christmas Market on December 6th at 5 pm – view more events here

Moosacher Hüttenzauber 

This Christmas market operates from 16th of November to the 23rd of December and every Friday at 5 pm, a 3m long Santa Claus on stilts does magic tricks and creates balloon figures for kids.

More information here

Haidhauser Christmas Market

Often referred to as the most beautiful Christmas market, the Haidhauser Christmas market is open from the 28th of November till the 24th of December. Santa comes to visit here on December 5th & 6th at 4pm

Check their full list of events here

Apart from meeting Santa Claus/St Nicholas, Christmas markets in Munich and around Bavaria have lots to offer for kids and families! New to the concept of Christmas Markets, find out more about them here.

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