German Inspired Christmas Market at Yes! Exclusive Flowers

A small, almost entirely European market held on the four Advent Saturdays inside a working Paarden Eiland flower warehouse.

Run by the two German owners of Yes! Exclusive Flowers, this pop-up market takes over the company’s Paarden Eiland premises on the four Saturdays leading up to Christmas. The vendor list is deliberately small and drawn mainly from Europe, which gives it more of a Christkindlmarkt feel than a general festive market with a few imported extras.

Real German Christmas trees stand alongside wreaths hand-decorated with fresh branches, and the decoration stalls carry imported German pieces, nutcrackers and ornaments both modern and traditional. On the food side there is Bratwurst with rolls, Stollen, gingerbread and homemade Christmas biscuits.

Because the host is a working flower business, there is more here than Christmas stock alone. Yes! Exclusive Flowers is one of Africa’s largest stockists of dried and preserved flowers, and its fresh and dried ranges are open to browse alongside floral-inspired gifts.

It is a specific, contained market rather than a sprawling festive one, and it rewards a slow browse.