Strasbourg · December
Where to go from Strasbourg in December
190 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.
- Basel 1h 40 Switzerland Highs of 6°, and Art | Basel and 1 more on.
- Solothurn 3h Switzerland Soledurner Wiehnachtsmäret.
- Fribourg 3h 28 Switzerland St Nicholas Day.
- Lille 4h 17 France Highs of 7°, and Christmas Market.
- Leuven 5h Belgium International Short Film Festival Leuven.
- Davos 5h 24 Switzerland Spengler Cup.
On in December
- Art | Basel in Basel 1h 40
- Basler Weihnachtsmarkt in Basel 1h 40
- Soledurner Wiehnachtsmäret in Solothurn 3h
- St Nicholas Day in Fribourg 3h 28
- Christmas Market in Lille 4h 17
- International Short Film Festival Leuven in Leuven 5h
- Spengler Cup in Davos 5h 24
- Courmayeur Noir Film Festival in Como 5h 37
- Winterlicht in Schiedam 5h 43
- Verbier Festival in Verbier 6h 19
- Courmayeur Noir Film Festival in Milan 6h 19
- Museumplein in Amsterdam 6h 22
- Skate parade in Utrecht 6h 40
- Mill Road Winter Fair in Cambridge 6h 45
- 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 Strasbourg, December has 8 h 19 of daylight.
- Colmar · France 53 min — 8 h 23
- Basel · Switzerland 1h 40 1–6° 65 mm 8 h 28 Art | Basel, Basler Weihnachtsmarkt
- Nancy · France 1h 52 — 8 h 18
- Paris · France 2h 07 4–8° 62 mm 8 h 17
- Metz · France 2h 18 — 8 h 15
- Aarau · Switzerland 2h 23 · 1 ch — 8 h 29
- Saint-Cloud · France 2h 33 · 2 ch — 8 h 17
- Versailles · France 2h 56 · 2 ch — 8 h 17
- Zurich · Switzerland 2h 57 · 1 ch 0–4° 83 mm 8 h 29
- Bern · Switzerland 2h 58 · 1 ch — 8 h 33
- Solothurn · Switzerland 3h · 2 ch — 8 h 31 Soledurner Wiehnachtsmäret
- Disneyland Paris · France 3h 05 · 2 ch — 8 h 17
- Lucerne · Switzerland 3h 07 · 1 ch -1–4° 78 mm 8 h 32
- Baden · Switzerland 3h 09 · 1 ch — 8 h 29
- Dijon · France 3h 13 — 8 h 30
- Reims · France 3h 16 · 1 ch — 8 h 13
- Thun · Switzerland 3h 25 · 1 ch — 8 h 34
- Fribourg · Switzerland 3h 28 · 2 ch — 8 h 34 St Nicholas Day
- Fontainebleau · France 3h 28 · 2 ch — 8 h 21
- Amiens · France 3h 37 · 1 ch — 8 h 08
- Pfäffikon · Switzerland 3h 41 · 2 ch — 8 h 31
- Schaffhausen · Switzerland 3h 45 · 2 ch — 8 h 27
- Interlaken · Switzerland 3h 55 · 1 ch — 8 h 35
- Rouen · France 4h 01 · 2 ch — 8 h 12
- St. Gallen · Switzerland 4h 04 · 2 ch — 8 h 29
- Chartres · France 4h 08 · 2 ch — 8 h 20
- Brussels · Belgium 4h 17 · 1 ch 2–7° 87 mm 7 h 59
- Lille · France 4h 17 · 1 ch 2–7° 73 mm 8 h 01 Christmas Market
- Lausanne · Switzerland 4h 22 · 2 ch — 8 h 36
- Chur · Switzerland 4h 24 · 1 ch — 8 h 34
- Rennes · France 4h 27 · 2 ch — 8 h 23
- Vevey · Switzerland 4h 28 · 3 ch — 8 h 37
- Montreux · Switzerland 4h 38 · 4 ch — 8 h 37
- Sion · Switzerland 4h 40 · 3 ch — 8 h 38
- Kraainem · Belgium 4h 44 · 3 ch 2–6° 79 mm 7 h 58
- Feldkirch · Austria 4h 48 · 3 ch — 8 h 30
- 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
- Caen · France 4h 54 · 2 ch — 8 h 14
Journeys from Strasbourg'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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