Christmas market

biko

Was in beer tent down Spanish Arch yesterday, great craic!

bigpink

biko wrote: »

Was in beer tent down Spanish Arch yesterday, great craic!

Do you have to pay in?What was good about it?

biko

It's free.
Go down and find out for yourself

ben.schlomo

J o e wrote: »

Ah didn't realise this was made by the big guys, makes sense now why it was available at the Heineken branded Electric Picnic. I must admit I did enjoy the red ale!

Made by c&c.

Subcomandante Marcos

ben.schlomo wrote: »

Made by c&c.

Cute Hoor is made by Heiniken, it was previously called Rising Road.

ben.schlomo

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Cute Hoor is made by Heiniken, it was previously called Rising Road.

Correct,clonmel 1650 is what I was thinking of.

Subcomandante Marcos

Both muck in fairness!
:pac:

bigpink

Came up from limerick last year for it.
Waste of time i thought very boring
All burger hotdog stalls and tat

gordongekko

bigpink wrote: »

Came up from limerick last year for it.
Waste of time i thought very boring
All burger hotdog stalls and tat

Must have felt a lot like you were home in limerick so

Poxyshamrock

bigpink wrote: »

Came up from limerick last year for it.
Waste of time i thought very boring
All burger hotdog stalls and tat

Came up from Limerick last year for it as well.
Really enjoyed it. Browsed around the stalls, got a bite to eat and a glass of mulled wine. Went to the shops and Neachtains and then back to the Beer Tent before getting the bus home.

It's what you make of it I suppose.

GalwayGrrrrrl

thesandeman wrote:

They have a commuter (Santa) train running between the two.

Does anyone know how much the train costs. I know it's easy to walk between the two sites but my kiddies would love the train

challengemaster

Chimney cake is really the only thing worth going for :P

Whereisgalway

xfactorfan23 wrote: »

Does anyone know how much the train costs. I know it's easy to walk between the two sites but my kiddies would love the train

It's rip off Galway so don't expect it to be value for money

biko

xfactorfan23 wrote: »

Does anyone know how much the train costs. I know it's easy to walk between the two sites but my kiddies would love the train

http://www.galwaytouristtrain.com/time-table-fares/

GalwayGrrrrrl

That's the summer timetable- I presume (hope) it's cheaper for the Christmas train!

dloob

I happened to be in Stuttgart last year when their market was on.
It covered a large area of the city centre.
It seemed to consist of a gluwine stall, a wooden ornament stall, a wurst stall, a generic Christmas tat stall and a burger stall and then somebody went crazy with the copy and paste and covered the whole city centre with the same 5 stalls repeated over and over again.
All in all it left me feeling the Galway experience was pretty authentic, just not repeated quite as many times as the one in Stuttgart.

The Randy Riverbeast

They could do with more hot dog places in the market. I was nearly unable to see any when I looked in a certain direction.

Anyone know what type of sausage they use in the large ones?

Crumpets

ben.schlomo wrote: »

Had a walk around both of them there. The Black Forest Bar at the Arch is nice,but there's next to no alcohol in any of the warm drinks we had. To be honest the rest of both locations is fairly sh1te, must be at least ten sausage grills, duplicate tat stalls at both and no French bakery.

J o e wrote: »

No macaroons, no corn dogs and FIVE identical grills (small/large hotdogs or burger)...

There is a French bakery lads! With macaroons. It's past the beer tent at the back of Eyre Square (closest to the train station).

Also, corn dog man posted apologies on his facebook page about not being able to attend.

joeKel73

Crumpets wrote: »

There is a French bakery lads! With macaroons.

I thought they were only doing the pizza baguette things, hold my beer...

joeKel73

Crumpets wrote: »

There is a French bakery lads! With macaroons. It's past the beer tent at the back of Eyre Square (closest to the train station).

Crisis averted - found them! That tent was closed Friday when I was in, thought it was storage or something down the back!

thesandeman

The Randy Riverbeast wrote: »

They could do with more hot dog places in the market. I was nearly unable to see any when I looked in a certain direction.

Up?

Zzippy

jeffk wrote: »

Likely off topic but

Thinking of using q-park for the €8 for 8 hours price.

Is this the best option for location/price?

Probably too late for you, but the train station car park behind the Meyrick hotel is €6 for 24 hours and is the closest to the market in Eyre Square. Can be hard to find a space, but you also have a good chance of meeting someone leaving who might hand you their ticket...

ben.schlomo

J o e wrote: »

Crisis averted - found them! That tent was closed Friday when I was in, thought it was storage or something down the back!

Ya was closed when i was there too, smaller selection of stuff this year in the bakery too im told, disappointing.

joeKel73

They're still building up their selection. They only had plain macaroons, said they'd have a few different types in the next few days.

Paddyfield

They're doing something right if comes back every year and it improves every year. It is what it is and it would be a loss to Galway if it ceased trading or moved to another town.

I met friends (from Dublin) in Galway last year who were blown away by it. They embraced the overpriced charcoal cooked burgers (that are semi-cooked separately before being placed in long-dated buns) and the expensive run-of-the-mill beer. They are coming again in a fortnight with their in-laws. Repeat business is good business.

The bottom line is that this is Galway, It's a great brand. Good luck to Waterford and Dublin and anywhere else who is trying to replicate the Christmas market buzz but so long as we don't take it for granted, then the Galway Christmas market will continue to thrive.

They'd love to have our problems to solve in other towns and cities. As soon as we can prevent the grass from being cut up, sort out the gridlock and stop the rain, then we will be alright. And for what it's worth, I don't for a minute believe that the first impressions of a tourist arriving in Eyre Square next January will be tarnished by a brief glimpse of muddy grass. There's more to Galway than that. That's why people keep coming back.

ben.schlomo

Paddyfield wrote: »

They're doing something right if comes back every year and it improves every year. It is what it is and it would be a loss to Galway if it ceased trading or moved to another town.

I met friends (from Dublin) in Galway last year who were blown away by it. They embraced the overpriced charcoal cooked burgers (that are semi-cooked separately before being placed in long-dated buns) and the expensive run-of-the-mill beer. They are coming again in a fortnight with their in-laws. Repeat business is good business.

The bottom line is that this is Galway, It's a great brand. Good luck to Waterford and Dublin and anywhere else who is trying to replicate the Christmas market buzz but so long as we don't take it for granted, then the Galway Christmas market will continue to thrive.

They'd love to have our problems to solve in other towns and cities. As soon as we can prevent the grass from being cut up, sort out the gridlock and stop the rain, then we will be alright. And for what it's worth, I don't for a minute believe that the first impressions of a tourist arriving in Eyre Square next January will be tarnished by a brief glimpse of muddy grass. There's more to Galway than that. That's why people keep coming back.

The only part of your post that id disagree with, the first year was miles better, the following have been getting steadily poorer in my opinion. It will always appeal to the masses no matter whats in it, but for the rest of us its a missed opportunity.

thesandeman

Does anybody know if they are doing the Woodquay market one of the weekends as part of it this year? They were originally planning it but I've heard nothing recently.

Mrs OBumble

I saw a notice in one of the papers notifying the street closure.

The link to it is coming up in Google. (http://www.galwaycity.ie/news/310/59/Public-Notice-of-Intention-Temporary-Closure-of-Woodquay-Northbound-lane-only-to-facilitate-the-Galway-Artisan-Food-and-Craft-Christmas-Market/publications/?filter=Development%20Contribution%20Scheme)

But when I try to follow it, the plug-in on the website crashes.

biko

So far had a big hot dog and a crepe (feta, ham, onions) each cost €5
Nice and pretty ok christmas market value I think.

irish_major

Is the windmill house, the mulled wine tent, gone?
Used love that place!