While strolling through the city center, you have probably come across a queue that leaves a shop and continues down an alleyway, filling it almost completely. When you look out to see what it is, you find Käthe Wohlfart, the largest Christmas store in the world, something like a German Christmas market hidden in the heart of Barcelona.
Käthe Wohlfahrt opened in the German state of Bavaria in 1964. The aim of this family business was to sell Christmas decorations and today, a few years later, it is a veritable empire that is difficult to compare in its sector.
Käthe Wohlfahrt stores have spread halfway around the world. Not only in Germany but also in the United States, France, the United Kingdom and Belgium. And a few years ago it arrived in Barcelona.
A German Christmas market in the heart of the Gothic Quarter
It opened on November 6, 2019 and is located at Carrer del Banys Nous, 15. There you can find unique pieces handmade by artisans with great detail and that will exude quality and passion for Christmas.
And even if you don’t know the area at first, it won’t be difficult to find. At the door there are queues of meters, which run along the entire alley adjacent to the store, accumulating people who want to immerse themselves in the fantasy world proposed by the store, with a tour that is a real plunge into the Christmas spirit.
This little guided tour goes up and down stairs, around giant Christmas trees and visits walls brimming with Christmas balls for the trees.
On the premises there are everything from nativity scene items and traditional Christmas tree decorations to authentic works of engineering, large and small wooden mobiles that are true marvels. So you know, if you are looking for something special for Christmas, or just a nice Christmas bath, this is your store.