Metz · December
Where to go from Metz in December
185 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what December is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on.
Good for December
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Strasbourg 59 min France Christmas Markets.
- Basel 2h 28 Switzerland Highs of 6°, and Art | Basel and 1 more on.
- Solothurn 3h 27 Switzerland Soledurner Wiehnachtsmäret.
- Fribourg 3h 58 Switzerland St Nicholas Day.
- Lille 4h 17 France Highs of 7°, and Christmas Market.
- Leuven 4h 36 Belgium International Short Film Festival Leuven.
On in December
- Christmas Markets in Strasbourg 59 min
- Art | Basel in Basel 2h 28
- Basler Weihnachtsmarkt in Basel 2h 28
- Soledurner Wiehnachtsmäret in Solothurn 3h 27
- St Nicholas Day in Fribourg 3h 58
- Christmas Market in Lille 4h 17
- International Short Film Festival Leuven in Leuven 4h 36
- Winterlicht in Schiedam 5h 43
- Spengler Cup in Davos 5h 59
- Courmayeur Noir Film Festival in Como 6h 10
- Verbier Festival in Verbier 6h 19
- Museumplein in Amsterdam 6h 22
- Skate parade in Utrecht 6h 40
- Mill Road Winter Fair in Cambridge 6h 45
- Courmayeur Noir Film Festival in Milan 6h 52
- York Christmas Festival in York 7h 28
- Derby's Ethical Christmas Market in Derby 7h 29
- Cathedral Christmas Market in Lincoln 7h 37
- Medieval Christmas Market in Lincoln 7h 37
- Lincoln Christmas Market in Lincoln 7h 37
- Winter Wonderland in Cardiff 7h 39
- Four Hills Tournament in Innsbruck 7h 45
- Torino Film Festival in Turin 7h 51
- Christmas Market in Sheffield 7h 51
Most happen every year in December; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Metz, December has 8 h 15 of daylight.
- Nancy · France 42 min — 8 h 18
- Strasbourg · France 59 min — 8 h 19 Christmas Markets
- Colmar · France 1h 44 · 1 ch — 8 h 23
- Paris · France 2h 26 4–8° 62 mm 8 h 17
- Basel · Switzerland 2h 28 · 1 ch 1–6° 65 mm 8 h 28 Art | Basel, Basler Weihnachtsmarkt
- Saint-Cloud · France 2h 59 · 2 ch — 8 h 17
- Versailles · France 3h 11 · 2 ch — 8 h 17
- Dijon · France 3h 13 — 8 h 30
- Aarau · Switzerland 3h 16 · 3 ch — 8 h 29
- Reims · France 3h 16 · 1 ch — 8 h 13
- Namur · Belgium 3h 17 · 1 ch — 8 h 02
- Disneyland Paris · France 3h 24 · 2 ch — 8 h 17
- Solothurn · Switzerland 3h 27 · 3 ch — 8 h 31 Soledurner Wiehnachtsmäret
- Zurich · Switzerland 3h 28 · 1 ch 0–4° 83 mm 8 h 29
- Bern · Switzerland 3h 28 · 2 ch — 8 h 33
- Fontainebleau · France 3h 28 · 2 ch — 8 h 21
- Baden · Switzerland 3h 31 · 2 ch — 8 h 29
- Amiens · France 3h 37 · 1 ch — 8 h 08
- Dinant · Belgium 3h 42 · 2 ch — 8 h 04
- Lucerne · Switzerland 3h 49 · 3 ch -1–4° 78 mm 8 h 32
- Thun · Switzerland 3h 55 · 2 ch — 8 h 34
- Fribourg · Switzerland 3h 58 · 3 ch — 8 h 34 St Nicholas Day
- Liège · Belgium 4h · 1 ch — 8 h 01
- Rouen · France 4h 01 · 2 ch — 8 h 12
- Brussels · Belgium 4h 08 · 1 ch 2–7° 87 mm 7 h 59
- Chartres · France 4h 08 · 2 ch — 8 h 20
- Pfäffikon · Switzerland 4h 09 · 2 ch — 8 h 31
- Charleroi · Belgium 4h 15 · 2 ch — 8 h 03
- Schaffhausen · Switzerland 4h 15 · 2 ch — 8 h 27
- Lille · France 4h 17 · 1 ch 2–7° 73 mm 8 h 01 Christmas Market
- Rennes · France 4h 27 · 2 ch — 8 h 23
- Kraainem · Belgium 4h 29 · 2 ch 2–6° 79 mm 7 h 58
- St. Gallen · Switzerland 4h 32 · 2 ch — 8 h 29
- Leuven · Belgium 4h 36 · 2 ch — 7 h 58 International Short Film Festival Leuven
- Maastricht · Netherlands 4h 39 · 2 ch — 7 h 58
- Interlaken · Switzerland 4h 45 · 3 ch — 8 h 35
- Lausanne · Switzerland 4h 45 · 3 ch — 8 h 36
- Aalst · Belgium 4h 52 · 2 ch — 7 h 58
- Mechelen · Belgium 4h 52 · 2 ch — 7 h 57
- Le Havre · France 4h 52 · 2 ch — 8 h 11
Journeys from Metz's stations on a Tuesday from 08:00, waiting for the train included, from published timetables as of 19 October 2026. Temperatures and rain are long-term averages from each city's Wikivoyage article (CC BY-SA); daylight is worked out for the middle of the month.
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