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I'd go for historical surroundings (edit: many already offered these, at least for Germany), but I'd also try to figure out beforehand if the organizers have limitations and strict rules for the stalls. Because however historical the town square is, if you fill it to the brim with cheap candy & bric'a'brac sellers, it's going to suck anyhow.
Also certain locations are pretty much guaranteed to be overcrowded every fucking evening. 1st hand experience: Cologne Cathedral. I'd go for smaller markets if I were you.
IIRC some actively try to create a historical athmosphere, e.g. within the constraints of a medieval castle.
Cologne has more than just Domplatte which is very full, although it is hard to find any that are not at least somewhat full just because the city already has 1M and there's maybe up to 2/10 of that in visitors around that time as well. I'm of the opinion that none of these are worth it at night because it's too crowded for me. On a weekday earlier than about 4pm they can be quite enjoyable.
There is at least another 5 in the city I've never been to
They're all crowded though and try to sell stuff you don't need. But everyone knows that. :)
Okay, and those would be? You described the what, but don’t offer any “where’s”. You only negatively mention one place. The question was where to go.
Plenty other people had already offered historical places when I wrote this; my comment was in addition to that. Maybe I should've made that clearer.