2 Christmas Workshops & Classes Worth Booking

1.Salzburg Christmas Cookies and Apple Strudel Cooking Lesson

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 183 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $72Our pick

Join an English-language class near Salzburg’s Old Town and learn apple strudel and Vanilla Kipferl with instructors including Johann, Leonardo, Nonna, and Ishmail. You’ll stretch pastry, shape cookies, eat goulash, taste the results, and carry extra cookies home.

“If you are looking for something fun and active to do in Salzburg, this is it! Our group of six ranged from 13-58 years old and each of us enjoyed our time making strudel and Christmas cookies. The hosts were detailed in their demonstration and then provided assistance as each group about to make our own strudel. Everything turned out delicious and we left with the ability to replicate the strudel at home. So fun! We’d definitely take another of their classes if we had a chance.”

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2.Flavours of Polish Christmas: 4 course dinner + cooking class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 22 reviews · from $120

Spend 2.5 hours with Maria Oskroba and her team at Pierogi & More in Warsaw. Make sauerkraut pierogi from scratch, taste beet soup with mushroom-filled dumplings, enjoy a four-course Christmas dinner, sample Polish liqueurs, and take home recipes.

“This was a last-minute thing for me as I didn’t know what else to do in Warsaw on Christmas Day after spending the afternoon in the Old Town. I was pleasantly surprised by the family vibes Maria and her son created during class. In the end, all participants sat together and enjoyed a nice Xmas meal and sang carols. Highly recommend!”

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