Viennas Christmas market “The Magic of Advent” will be celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. It comes as no surprise that the Magic of Advent in Vienna is known as Europe’s most child-friendly Christmas market.

Steinau an der Strasse is the magical town where the authors of some of the best loved children’s fairy stories spent their formative years.

On the German Fairytale Route your daily routine will seem like an eternity away. Covering more than 600 magical kilometres from the River Main to the sea, it runs through a region full of literary invention all the way to Bremen’s market square and the statue of the Bremen town musicians.