Christmas market in the IFSC

Rebelheart

Has anybody been to it yet? Was there last year, was pleasantly surprised by it and went back last night. Arrived at 7pm, only to be told it closed at 8pm every night.

Why oh why is the Dublin Docklands Authority closing this down so early each day? It is nonsensical to open it at noon and close it at 8pm, as if it were only designed for children. The group of us who went last night, for instance, could only go after work.

In reality the market closed at 7.30, with Erdinger refusing to serve anybody after that time. This time is a joke on what is otherwise a valuable addition to Christmas in Dublin.

http://www.dublindocklands.ie/index.jsp?p=94&n=341&i=180

PS: It also should be open until the New Year. This was the case in the (superb) Strasbourg Christmas market which I was at a few years ago.

dario28

Erdinger had no beer left at 4pm on Sunday !!

Jo0kers

Rebelheart

dario28 wrote: »

Erdinger had no beer left at 4pm on Sunday !!

Jo0kers

Ridiculous. Do they ever learn.

John Mason

err...........the market is for shopping not drinking beers

Dont be at yourself

Here in Germany it all shuts up shop at 9pm...

Larianne

thought they were selling a lot of crap there. The food and drink only thing good there. Hot whiskies!

dario28

irishbird wrote: »

err...........the market is for shopping not drinking beers

So why do they sell beer then and provide seats for sitting and drinking beer....maybe you should pen them a letter..snore

John Mason

dario28 wrote: »

So why do they sell beer then and provide seats for sitting and drinking beer....maybe you should pen them a letter..snore

ohhhhhhhh, who got out of the wrong side of the bed

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Put the claws away ladies

John Mason

Des wrote: »

Put the claws away ladies

sorry, dear:p

Rebelheart

irishbird wrote: »

err...........the market is for shopping not drinking beers

'err' yourself. Says who? We were shopping for beer and German sausages, the only thing worth going there for. It is a bastion of sanity while the girls do their stuff, and you aren't going to take that from us.

So there.

cosmic

I went down there in Sunday and ugh, it was horrible. I'm a big fan of the ones in Edinburgh and I was expecting something similar, but no. Too many stalls crammed into too small a space and it's impossible to get around without having your shins bashed to pieces by dozens of buggies or being shoved out of the way by pushy parents. Perhaps the weekend wasn't the best time to go so but if you work during the week, when else are you supposed to go?! All round, a horrible experience.

Enii

Wasn't too impressed - they wouldn't let me bring the dogs in!

Rogue-Trooper

Enii wrote: »

Wasn't too impressed - they wouldn't let me bring the dogs in!

I could never understand why people expect to be let into places with their dogs:rolleyes:

Anyhoo, I thought the market was really good this year - been down a couple of times and brought the kids down yesterday evening. They had a ball and didn't want to go home! I can see why it closes at 8 though - the IFSC is dead after that time (I think we were the last to leave there just after 8!).

There's another thread on the market here

panda100

Des wrote: »

Put the claws away ladies

Please less of the sexist language mods,I doubt you'd tell two male posters to put their 'claws' away.


I was down there last week and it was great!Really rosemantic if your coupled up I really wanted to go on the Santa Slide but I was too tall to be allowed on . It should be opened to at least 10pm though as I had to rush from work for it and then it closed almost just when we got there. Some of the stalls had really great stuff on them,might nip back down there today!

John Mason

panda100 wrote: »

Please less of the sexist language mods,I doubt you'd tell two male posters to put their 'claws' away.

:rolleyes:

How Strange

cosmic wrote: »

it's impossible to get around without having your shins bashed to pieces by dozens of buggies or being shoved out of the way by pushy parents.

It was buggy central there yesterday and the buggy pushers (parents) were a tad aggressive. Actually was a pain in the ar5e for non buggy pushers.

sunnyjim

I can't believe this isn't being advertised better.

The food stalls are great, got myself a crepe, baked potato in chili con carne and some falafal. Prices are not ridiculous either. Didn't notice the buggy pushers too much, but if you're going, WRAP UP WELL! It's fairly cold!

John Mason

we have a lovely time there on saturday afternoon.

I thought the prices were very competitive. if i was to have one complaint it would be E3.00 for a watery coffee but other then that, i though it was great. we bumped into a few people we knew and there was a great atmosphere.

but as said previously wrap up warm, it is bloody freezing

loyatemu

my main complaint would be the price of the fairground rides - €3 a pop for fairly basic rides (a carousel, a helter-skelter and a chair-plane). I'd bring my kids into the market but to give them each a go on each ride would cost me €27 (for < 15 mins of entertainment for them). Not good value.

gihj

Had one of them baked potatoes myself.great but yes a bit pricey:(

lord lucan

Was down there monday evening. It wasn't bad but i think i had the German markets in mind and on that basis it fell short. It seemed overly heavy on food vendors imo. and a lot of the stalls were selling similar things(candles,hats,gloves,carphone warehouse?!!). There was little in the way of hand crafted toys and the like.

In saying that i think it's a step in the right direction and i hope it becomes a permanent festive fixture and improves and grows.

Angry Troll

irishbird wrote: »

err...........the market is for shopping not drinking beers

german-style christmas markets are for socialising and drinking as much or probably more than they are for shopping…originally anyway, of course nowadays commerce is everywhere, unfortunately i might add…

John Mason

lord lucan wrote: »

In saying that i think it's a step in the right direction and i hope it becomes a permanent festive fixture and improves and grows.

this is the 4th year of the market so it looks like it is becoming a permanent fixture

lord lucan

irishbird wrote: »

this is the 4th year of the market so it looks like it is becoming a permanent fixture

I thought it was only it's second year!!:o

Rogue-Trooper

irishbird wrote: »

this is the 4th year of the market so it looks like it is becoming a permanent fixture

It's the 5th year according to the Docklands website

Angry Troll

FIVE euros for a small cup of mulled wine...what a ripp-off...that's more than double the price at christmas markets in germany...was going to have a few but left it after one...just too ridiculously overpriced...

Jesus Wept

Angry Troll wrote: »

FIVE euros for a small cup of mulled wine...what a ripp-off...that's more than double the price at christmas markets in germany...was going to have a few but left it after one...just too ridiculously overpriced...

Considered going but figured it would be like this.
It was the same when they had the tall ships in a few months ago, everything at extortionate prices.

What a country.

John Mason

Angry Troll wrote: »

FIVE euros for a small cup of mulled wine...what a ripp-off...that's more than double the price at christmas markets in germany...was going to have a few but left it after one...just too ridiculously overpriced...

but that was including your deposit for the cup of E2.50 which you got back

so the wine was only E2.50

sickle

irishbird wrote: »

but that was including your deposit for the cup of E2.50 which you got back

so the wine was only E2.50

no its €5 for the wine plus a €5 deposit for the cup. Was very tasty in the cold though!

Angry Troll

irishbird wrote: »

but that was including your deposit for the cup of E2.50 which you got back

so the wine was only E2.50

nope, that would have been grand...5 just the wine