Birmingham German Christmas Market opens - and we visit on the first night
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00:00yes everyone the moment we've all been waiting for is finally here it's the
00:06German market has come to Birmingham the stalls are open and it's not spooky
00:12season anymore it's bratwurst and beer season so let's have a look around let's
00:17share the excitement enjoy the atmosphere and get ready for Christmas I
00:22guess
00:30oh wow hi Birmingham hi everyone
00:41it is overwhelming to see all the people here coming together like the Frankfurt Christmas market here in Birmingham
00:51it's my first time in Birmingham you have a wonderful city
00:578,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
01:06so the music's playing everyone's having fun and merry-go-round spinning and I
01:33think there's gonna be music here live music every single evening so come on
01:38down if you want some Christmas fun I mean it's a little bit early for me
01:42personally but if this is your thing look at all the beautiful lights
01:48yeah it's really just good isn't it it's just good fun how can you not love it
01:52here really so I got here about 5.30 when all the celebration started they
01:57turned the Christmas tree on and the mayor of Frankfurt spoke and then he
02:02left quite soon after but he seemed pretty excited to be in Birmingham for
02:06the first time ever so yeah I mean it was quite quiet when I came here at 5.30
02:12but now it's picking up a bit guys let me show you what it is
02:17the German market's starting this year
02:27I've been looking forward to the cheesy garlic bread all year
02:30all year long you must be a German market super fan aren't you Rob
02:36that's the beer for me man
02:38the beer's the biggest thing
02:40cheers Merry Christmas