In the depths of Germany's Black Forest lie some magical surprises. Down a frosty lane, past old sawmills, waterfalls and snow-dusted trees, I discovered a Christmas market worthy of a German fairy ...

Since we were there in the winter it was sadly turned off but they said that most of the pieces move when it hits the hour.

The German duke Carl von Württemberg named it after the mountainous Black Forest region in Germany ... and neither spring nor fall take more than a month, so winter dominates for the majority of the ...