Black Forest Blog

A new category "winter sport in the Black Forest" has been setup at www.black-forest-travel.com. There you will find plenty of information about the ski regions and ski lifts, cross-country skiing and ice-skating. Furthermore there are a couple of links for further information, e.g. wintertime photo-gallery, current snow situation and the sites of the lift operators.

Photo: Valley station of the Seebuck ski-lift, Feldberg Mountain

Traditional christmas markets take place in many places in the Black Forest every year. The flavour of mulled wine, waffles and fir needles, candlelights and the cosy atmosphere attract the guests every year anew. Besides eating and drinking of course you can find lots of local products for your own or for your christmas gifts.

Here you find dates and places of the biggest and most beautiful markets:

• 22 November - 26 December 2011: Christkindles market in Baden-Baden


• 21November - 23 December 2011: Christmas market in Freiburg


• 24 November - 23 December 2011: Christmas market in Offenburg


• 24 November - 23 December 2011: Christkindlesmarkt in Karlsruhe


• 24 November - 28 December 2011: Sternlesmarkt in Ettlingen


• 26-27 November 2011: Magical Christmas market in Calw


• 22 November - 20 December 2011: Christmas market in Pforzheim


• 2 December - 11 December 2011: Christmas market in Freudenstadt


• 26 November - 23 December 2011: Advent's market and the world's biggest 'advent calendar house' in Gengenbach


• 27 November - 4 December 2011: Advent's market in Gaggenau


• 25 November - 11 December 2011: Christmas market in Bühl


• 26-27 November 2011: Christkindlemarkt in Bad Dürrheim


• 8-18 December 2011: Christmas market in Bad Krozingen


• 2-4 December 2011: Christmas market Bad Säckingen


• 8-11 December 2011: Christmas market on the Rosenplatz in Baiersbronn


• 9-11 December 2011: Christmas market in Oberkirch


• 25 -30 December 2011: Triberg Christmas Magic - thousands of lights illuminate the waterfalls and the nature park nearby

Now we have included the facebook-button and the google +1 button on www.black-forest-travel.com, so you can easily recommend the Black Forest Website to your friends. So - please use it!

Furthermore you can see a new slide show with fascinating black forest photos on the welcome page.

A new photo gallery "viewpoints and look-outs" has been created on our german website www.schwarzwald.com.

The comments are in german, but the main focus is on the fotos, so you sure will enjoy it.

Photo right hand: The Riesenbühlturm near Lake Schluchsee

In the last warm days nature has developed rapidly, the meadows are full green and dotted with yellow dandelions and blooming fruit trees, and deciduous forests show the first tender green.

In the next few days spring-like weather is expected, inviting to a trip to the Black Forest and a short hike. So far still the deeper layers are recommended, in the higher elevations from 800-1000m it takes a little longer until spring comes.

Photos from April 8, 2011:
Above: blooming fruit tree, in the background the ruins Hohengeroldseck
Bottom: Spring idyll at Schweighausen, community Schuttertal