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A Berlin culinary guide's pick of nine Christmas markets for 2026, with dates, prices, what to eat and why it's worth coming before Christmas.

How a Charlottenburg sausage stand, British soldiers and a bottle of ketchup gave Berlin its most famous dish. A short history of the currywurst.

In Bavaria a pork knuckle is roasted until the skin is crisp; in Berlin it is cured and boiled. How Germany's regions turn the same ingredients into very different food.