The Yearly Onion Market in Bern
by Lucas Dié on November 22, 2009 in Germany
Always on the fourth Monday in November, the city centre of Bern is awash with onions. The yearly onion market has a long tradition, going back to the feast of St. Martin, when the cities of Southern Germany all had large markets, pageants, and communal dinners to mark summer passing into autumn.
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