Aalen Christmas Market: 8,500 Tickets Sold Out in Three Hours

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8,500 tickets, three hours, empty allotment: The Christmas market in Aalen is a runaway hit in presale. As Focus Panorama reports, all entry tickets for the Christmas market were sold out within three hours.

In Aalen, the tickets for the Christmas market were snapped up in next to no time.

A Run on the Presale

Aalen lies in the Ostalbkreis district of Baden-Württemberg — and the presale for the Christmas market shows just how coveted limited tickets are. 8,500 tickets in 180 minutes works out to an average of roughly 47 purchases per minute. Anyone who didn't hit "Buy" within that window walked away empty-handed.

The anticipation for Christmas is high — months ahead of the holiday. The swift sellout is a barometer of mood for the pre-Christmas season in Germany. Anyone still wanting a ticket after the presale is in for a tough time.

What Remains After the Rush

The only source for the story at present is Focus Panorama. The report offers no details on prices, exact market days, or any remaining allotments at the box office. Anyone wanting to find out whether tickets are still available without presale — or whether the market is only accessible with an entry ticket — needs to go directly to the city of Aalen or the organizers.

One thing is certain: 8,500 people in Aalen have their ticket secured — everyone else will have to hope for leftovers or set their sights on the next Christmas market that doesn't run a ticketing system.