Birmingham’s Frankfurt Christmas market is ranked one of the best of its kind The UK’s biggest German-themed Christmas market has been branded a ‘rip-off’ after opening the season with inflation-busting price rises. A regular bratwurst and a pint of beer at Birmingham’s Frankfurt Christmas Market 2024, which started on Friday, cost £6.50 and £7 respectively – prices more at home in central London.
The market opened for the Christmas season on Friday ‘It’s a measure to stop people getting drunk, but where’s the fun in that at Christmas? If people want to get merry, let them. There’s never any trouble up there. ‘For what it costs, it’s really not worth it because it’s absolutely rammed and you’re just standing about it the cold essentially. The stalls are the same each year too.’ Trevor Smith added: ‘The last time I went there I got a hotdog and coffee, cost me 15 quid.