クリスマスVlog / 日仏カップルで行く、アルザス(ストラスブール、オベルネ、ミュルーズ、セレスタ、モルスハイム)とドイツ(フライブルク)のクリスマスマーケット10日間の旅・2024

クリスマスVlog / 日仏カップルで行く、アルザス(ストラスブール、オベルネ、ミュルーズ、セレスタ、モルスハイム)とドイツ(フライブルク)のクリスマスマーケット10日間の旅・2024

Hello, everyone! This is Sayaka living in the south of France. This time, I’ll be sharing our trip to the Alsace region in December 2024 with my husband, Matthieu ♪ This time, we’re travelling by train from Aix-en-Provence to Strasbourg. It’s about a 6 hours train journey to Strasbourg. Then there was a problem along the way, and our train arrived after midnight, two hours late. We finally arrived in Strasbourg! As expected, the 8 hours train journey was long. We left home after 14:00, so it took about 10 hours to get from home to Strasbourg. There’s a map of the Christmas market! I slept well on the train, so I felt quite energetic. After this, Matthieu’s family came to pick us up and we went to Mathieu’s parents’ house. Off to Strasbourg now. We’ve arrived in Strasbourg. During the Christmas market season, the decorations at each shop are lovely too. Strasbourg’s Christmas markets are held at eight locations. This is the Marché OFF, a market slightly away from the city centre. It sold food items, handmade goods, and second-hand goods. It didn’t really sell very typical Christmas market goods, but it gave the impression that many young people and volunteers were participating. The Strasbourg Christmas Market has been held since 1570 and boasts a very long history. Next, we came to a market where producers and artisans from Alsace were selling their wares. There were lots of delicious-looking things like biscuits, foie gras, and jams etc… Matthieu was buying cheese for his family. I was intrigued by this mushroom stall. Next, we came to the Christmas market in Petite France. Here, you could buy Christmas-related goods, drink mulled wine, and eat light snacks. Particularly popular here was a stall selling Christmas glass bauble ornaments made in the town of Meisenthal in the Northern Vosges; there was a very long queue. Next, we came to the Christmas market at Place Kléber. Now we’ll look for lunch. Everything looks delicious! It looks tasty when someone else is eating it, doesn’t it? lol This pork looks delicious! It was €20. These potatoes looked tasty too. A sandwich with sausage inside. Topped with raclette cheese. The baguette was toasted, crispy and looked delicious. I had sliced sausage and spätzle topped with curry sauce. It was €12. Next, as we were thirsty, we came to buy drinks. I ordered a Crémantine, and he ordered something called Grandma’s Hot Wine. Having walked quite a bit, we wanted a short break and went to a patisserie called Christian. I had a Torche aux Marrons (Alsatian-style Mont Blanc) and coffee. He ordered a spicy hot chocolate and Bredele (biscuits). Inside was cream and meringue, with biscuit at the very bottom. Not too sweet and delicious! Their galette des rois is also delicious, and I adore their other cakes. If you’re interested, do take a look! Opposite a patisserie called Naegel, there was a shop selling Alsace-themed goods. It had loads of quirky items you wouldn’t expect, and we ended up staying quite a while. I bought a pretzel-shaped trivet! Perfect for placing a gratin dish on ♪ Returning to the market in Place Kléber, I found scented candles in containers shaped like Soufflenheim pottery! The lady next to me said it was a shame the candle would disappear once used, which is true, but I still wanted it! The cathedral-shaped candles she was showing were utterly adorable too! I agonised over whether to get the green or blue container, and went for the green one. They were €14 each. Aren’t these sweet-shaped scented candles just too adorable? As evening approached, it got even busier, so we headed back to Matthieu’s family home. The next day was rainy, but we’re driving towards Germany. We’re heading to the Christmas market in the town of Freiburg. Matthieu saw a video of me eating ramen in Stuttgart and apparently fancied some himself (coincidentally, there’s the same ramen shop here!). It’s about a 50 minutes drive to Freiburg! We’ve arrived in Freiburg. There wasn’t a queue stretching outside our destination ramen shop. Freiburg is also famous as a student town; Matthieu’s sister studied abroad here previously. Furthermore, having been ruled by the Austrian Habsburgs until 1805, the townscape still exudes an elegant and splendid atmosphere. We’ve arrived at UMAMI Ramen! Cheers! Matthieu’s having Kirin Ichiban Shibori, I’m having a Coke. Matthieu ordered the Tantan-men.(It’s a spicy ramen.) It was spicy but delicious. As I’m editing this video late at night, watching it has made me want to eat it again. Ha ha I ordered the Spicy Miso Ramen. It was weekday, yet it’s almost full. Very popular indeed! After lunch, we went to Freiburg’s Christmas market. It’s quite crowded even on a weekday. Saw lots of French people too! Do the three sausages on the sausage stall’s sign represent the three staff members? This sweet is probably a Schneeball. I ate one in Rothenburg during my solo trip to Germany years ago. Nostalgic! This looks delicious too. This sweet that looks like a meat bun for me. He is rather curious about it. They had Glühwein (mulled wine)! The mug-shaped glass is cute. There was a crêpe stall. A Christmas market staple, isn’t it! They had churros too. It’s fun being able to try sweets from so many different countries. They were selling lots of lovely Christmas ornaments! At German Christmas markets, you often see these lángos. There were lots of cute Santa figurines, so I was taking photos. These glass cups are lovely too. This looks like fried bread, perhaps? It looked delicious. Looks tasty. These figurines resemble santons, the figurines displayed in France during Christmas. Are these soaps? Colourful and cute. They were also selling dog treats. I’ve seen these in other German towns and in Vienna too. They had a crèche, as it’s called in French, recreating the scene of Jesus Christ’s birth. There was also Baumkuchen, a German market stall staple. There was a shop selling Polish tableware. I’m a huge fan of these plates. The pot was absolutely adorable. It looked as though it might have come straight from Alice’s tea party. I was torn between two mug designs, but bought the one Matthieu said he liked. The mugs were €18.50. Payment was cash only. What are this little star-shaped thing used for? Matthieu bought Schokokuss for the family to eat at Christmas. These chocolates have meringue inside. He bought quite a lot! This is apparently a mix of pasta called Schupplt and Spätzle. I certainly thought the pronunciation of “cherry” and “chilli” was similar. Matthieu had Dampfnudel topped with cherry sauce for €6. Dampfnudel is a type of bread. The white sauce is custard sauce. I tried a bite too. It wasn’t as sweet as I’d imagined, but it was quite substantial. Matthieu was asked by the gentleman next to him in German if it was tasty. (Matthieu is from Alsace but doesn’t speak German). I went to buy a drink. I bought Kinder Punch, a non-alcoholic one. I thought she was explaining the deposit! German people are all very kind too. This glass cup is cute and lifts your spirits. Matthieu bought some Glühwein too. It’s delicious. The flavour is different from the Alsatian version. I thought that German mulled wine varies more significantly from shop to shop than its French counterpart, both in flavour and alcohol strength. The Freiburg Christmas market was bigger and more enjoyable than I expected. Matthieu’s family are waiting at home, so we’ll head back early. The following day, we were waiting for the train at Strasbourg station.
Mulhouse is the second-largest city in Alsace and was once an industrial city. This time, the journey by train took about 50 minutes. We went to the town of Mulhouse in the Alsace region. At the market in Mulhouse, I spotted this pattern everywhere. The Christmas market in Mulhouse is held around the Saint-Étienne Temple. They were selling Matthieu’s favourite pain d’épices (gingerbread). Baguette dog! I suppose it means the hot dog bun is a baguette. I thought it was really clear and nice having the menu written in such large letters like that. It was the dish I’d seen someone eating earlier whilst walking, which looked delicious. The potatoes paired wonderfully with the Munster cheese sauce. It was cold, so I was delighted by the warm dish and ate it in a flash, forgetting to film it. They were selling a rather interesting mulled wine with cherries in white wine. There was hot beer! Interesting. I also saw hot rosé wine for the first time. Friedman’s, my favourite pottery shop from Soufflenheim, had a stall there. (I’ve posted a video of visiting their shop before on quatre saisons, so do take a look) This street had many food stalls, so it was a bit crowded with office workers on their lunch break. Matthieu fancied tart flambée, so we decided to have some. Tart flambée (thin-crust pizza). They cook it after you order, so we waited quite a while. He ordered the tart flambée with Munster cheese. It was absolutely delicious. Then we went to buy churros, which I’d been wanting to try for ages. Apparently, churros are banned at the Strasbourg Christmas market; I’ve never seen them sold there before. (It seems items unrelated to Alsace or Christmas aren’t allowed.) It was my first time seeing churros being made, so I was fascinated! Seeing someone eat churros makes you want some, doesn’t it! A queue formed behind us. The freshly fried churros were truly delicious. Matthieu was eating his churros with Nutella. We’re about to enter this Saint-Étienne Temple. The Neo-Gothic Saint-Étienne Cathedral is the tallest Protestant building in France. Constructed between 1858 and 1868 on the site of a 12th-century church, it inherited these magnificent stained glass windows, created between 1324 and 1351. You can see the stained glass better from the upper floor! One of my favourite cafés from Strasbourg was also in Mulhouse, so we popped in. Matthieu ordered a Dirty Chai, a drink mixing chai latte and espresso. It’s delicious. Apparently, the chai latte flavour is strong, with the coffee taste coming through afterwards. I had a café latte. We’d walked a lot and were tired, so it was nice to rest a bit. This stay in Mulhouse was very short, so I’d like to visit again another time and take it slow. The following morning, I spent a leisurely time watching squirrels and so on. From around 15:00, we went to the Christmas market in the town of Obernai this time. The cold was increasing day by day. This shop had a daily special menu. That day’s special was
a potato galette and a tartiflette with Munster cheese. It had been a long time since I last visited Obernai. This was my first time visiting Obernai’s Christmas market during daylight hours. As it’s close to Matthieu’s family home, I’d only ever popped in briefly in the evenings before. Obernai’s merry-go-round is retro and utterly charming. The decorations on this house are lovely too. Once it got dark, projection mapping was displayed on this bell tower building. I thought the Christmas market might be the same size as Freiburg’s, but Matthieu said Freiburg’s is larger. Both Matthieu and I like the Obernai Christmas market best. It’s lovely that the Obernai Christmas market has the same stalls in the same place every year. I found my first Christmas mug in Obernai. It’s so cute! The mug was €9.50. We ordered a tarte flambée and warm orange juice with honey, served in the mug. The mug was absolutely adorable! The warm orange juice with honey was delicious! In 2024, I felt there was a greater variety of non-alcoholic drinks compared to previous years. At the Obernai Christmas market, we always have the tarte flambée from the same stall. This time it was the tarte flambée topped with Munster cheese. The base is onion, lardons (bacon), and cream, plus Munster cheese. It was absolutely delicious! We were so cold, so a warm meal was a real treat. We looked around some more, but it was very crowded and we couldn’t film much. We also popped into a café for a break. I had a cappuccino. It was delicious. The interior was very charming. Next time, I’d like to try one of their cakes. As dusk fell, it became even more crowded. Finally, I bought some biscuits to take home from my favourite biscuit shop.
(They always give you samples to try here) Having got our biscuits, it was time to head back to Matthieu’s family home. The very next day, we headed back to the another Christmas market again. This time we went to Molsheim, a town about 15 minutes by train from Strasbourg. It’s a small but lovely Christmas market. The Christmas market was only in this square, but there were more stalls than I expected, and it was quite lively. This guy is singing over there! Such beautiful voices, I was completely enchanted. The tree in the square is enormous! Even Carrefour has Soufflenheim-style plates – truly Alsace! Amazing! They even have a horse-drawn carriage. Since we’d come all this way, we decided to have a drink. We bought hot apple juice and mulled white wine. The mulled white wine was quite strong. The taste and strength really do vary from place to place! The town’s illuminations were beautiful too. After returning, we all made biscuits together. This day we went to the Christmas market in the town of Sélestat. This building reminded me of a church in Occitanie. The Christmas tree is lovely. The decorations around the Christmas tree are also lovely. (Personally, I liked the mushrooms.) Christmas markets are held here and in other places too. We went to La Maison du Pain d’Alsace (The House of Alsatian Bread). Here, they sell bread and baked goods, and there’s also a museum dedicated to bread. So many delicious-looking breads! We bought some bread for breakfast. They also sold Bredel, an Alsatian biscuit. Other Alsatian products like pain d’épices, jams, beer, and juices were also on sale. Next, we head to the church. Inside the church, there’s a tree decorated too! In the 8th century, a Carolingian baptistery stood on the site of the present church, part of the imperial complex built by Charlemagne. Construction of the church began in the 1220s and continued in several phases until the 15th century. This magnificent stained glass was created in the 1960s by Max Ingrand, considered a master of glass art. It consists of 288 panels, 55 of which are 15th-century originals. Next, we shall proceed to the church I mentioned earlier, which resembles Occitan architecture. The small church established here in 1087 was donated in 1094 to the Abbey of Sainte-Foy in the village of Conques, within the Occitan region. However, this church soon proved inadequate, and construction of a larger new church commenced in the 12th century. After the monks of Conques departed from Sélestat in 1424, the Jesuits took their place in 1615 and remodelled the church to their own tastes. Subsequently, in 1734, the Jesuits rebuilt the north tower of the building, emphasising the height difference between the two towers. At the end of the 19th century, to restore the church to its original appearance, the Jesuit alterations were removed,and the south tower was raised to the same height as the north tower, harmonising the two towers at the front. The two towers were crowned with diamond-shaped spires, a style never seen in medieval Alsace. We went to a different Christmas market from the first one we visited. This square’s market was quite crowded, so I couldn’t film much. There were people dressed in Alsatian costumes (it seemed part of a charity activity). I was surprised to see far more stalls than when I came to Sélestat ten years ago! Since we’d made the effort to come, we decided to have some mulled wine. We bought mulled wine and a pretzel. Of all the mulled wines I tried this time, this one was the one I enjoyed the most. We also had a gratinated pretzel. I wanted to take a photo of the cup, but the mulled wine inside made it hard to see clearly. Children were roasting marshmallows! I wanted to try it too! The Christmas market in Sélestat was really enjoyable. I’d like to go again if I get the chance. On Christmas Eve, we made biscuits from the morning. They turned out looking very tasty! This is what we had this time. Sparkling Alsace wine. The dishes Matthieu’s mother made for us. Everything was very delicious. And on Christmas morning. We all had lunch together. There were two types of Buche de Noel. We all enjoyed them after lunch. It had been a long time since I had a relaxing Christmas break. Then, the day after Christmas, we returned to Provence. The 26th is a public holiday in the Alsace region, just like in neighbouring Germany. As we still had time, we decided to go to the Christmas market. (The cathedral was very crowded with people going up to the observation deck.) The Christmas market was open on the 26th in 2024, but in 2025, the Strasbourg Christmas market will not be held on the 26th! And we bought mulled wine again. This is the last mulled wine of this trip. This place is nice too. Everyone is queuing to get on the boat. This is mulled red wine. Alsace is known for its white wine. This time he bought a tart flambée with gratinated mushrooms. It’s 8.5 euros. Not that expensive, but the portion is small. It’s delicious. I’ll have some too. The Alsace Christmas Market is all about the aroma of the burnt edges of tarte flambée. I’ve been coming to Strasbourg’s Christmas market for over 13 years. It used to be much smaller, and there weren’t nearly as many tourists. It used to run after the 26th too, but after the terrorist attacks it stopped for a while, and only recently started again. (In 2025, it’s only until the 24th!) In Germany, most places still only run until the 23th or 24th. It’s delicious. We had our last meal before boarding the train. This is a pretzel with salmon. Mine contains Munster cheese. And now we’re on the train back to the south of France. This time, we stayed at Matthieu’s parents’ house for a whopping nine nights. I’m so grateful that Matthieu’s family lent us their car, which meant we could visit lots of Christmas markets. We won’t be able to go to Christmas 2025 because of Matthieu’s work, but I’ll work hard so we can go again! We’ve arrived in Aix-en-Provence. We’re going home! Thank you for watching the video to the end. See you in the next video!

みなさん、こんにちは！南フランス在住のSayakaです。

2024年12月に夫のマチューと、フランスのアルザス地方とドイツでクリスマスマーケットを楽しんできました。

今回訪れたのは、フランス・アルザス地方の都市、
・ストラスブール(Strasbourg)
・オベルネ(Obernai)
・ミュルーズ(Mulhouse)
・セレスタ(Selestat)
・モルスハイム(Molsheim)

ドイツの都市、
・フライブルク(Freiburg)

のクリスマスマーケットです。

今回の滞在では夫の家族の家に泊まりました。

2025年クリスマスマーケットの日程(2023になっていますが、更新しています)

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〜もくじ 〜

00:00 Intro- Aix en Provence →Strasbourg
02:15 Christamas market in Strasbourg ストラスブール
08:21 Christmas Market in Freiburg🇩🇪 フライブルク
18:21 Christmas Market in Mulhouse ミュルーズ
25:22 Christmas Market in Obernai オベルネ
30:40 Christmas Market in Molsheimモルスハイム
33:21 Christmas Market in Sélestat セレスタ
40:22 Christmas eve and Christmas
42:17 Strasbourg →Aix en Provence

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