I don’t know how you feel about winter, but Europe’s Christmas markets have a magical atmosphere that makes you love even the cold weather. Christmas markets are not only a place to shop, but also a Christmas spirit experience. Colorful lights, mulled wine and local food stands, handmade souvenirs, cinnamon-scented streets, especially if it snows, you can feel like you are in a real fairy tale. So, I have gathered the most beautiful European Christmas markets and 2024 dates for you.

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The Most Beautiful European Christmas Markets

Some countries have Christmas markets in almost all their cities, while others have them only in their big cities. I list the most beautiful Christmas markets by country. In some big cities such as Paris and Berlin, there are multiple markets and they all have different dates. In such cities, I will put the date of the first Christmas market on the start date and the date of the last one on the end date, just FYI.

Note: Some dates may change, I will make updates if necessary.

Christmas Markets and Dates in Germany

Bamberg: November 28 – December 23

Berlin November 24 – January 5

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Dortmund: November 21 – December 30

Dresden November 27 – December 24

Düsseldorf: November 21 – December 30

Frankfurt: November 25 – December 22

Hamburg: November 18 – December 28

Cologne November 18 – January 5

Leipzig: November 26 – December 23

München November 25 – December 24

Nuremberg: November 29 – December 24

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Potsdam: November 30 – December 22

Stuttgart: November 27 – December 23

Christmas Markets and Dates in France

Bordeaux: November 25 – December 25

Colmar November 26 – December 29

Eguisheim November 29 – December 30

Lille November 20 – December 29

Mulhouse November 22 – December 27

Paris November 29 – January 6

Riquewihr November 30 – December 21

Strasbourg: November 27 – December 27

UK Christmas Markets and Dates

Brighton November 16 – January 5

Chester November 15 – December 22

Liverpool November 16 – December 24

London November 1 – January 5

Manchester November 11 – December 21

York: November 14 – December 22

Christmas Markets and Dates in Wales

Cardiff: November 14 – December 23

Austrian Christmas Markets and Dates

Graz November 23 – December 24

Innsbruck November 15 – January 6

Salzburg: November 21 – January 1

Vienna: November 8 – December 31

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Belgian Christmas Markets and Dates

Antwerp: December 6 – January 5

Brugge: November 22 – January 5

Brussels November 29 – January 5

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Ghent: December 5 – December 31

Swiss Christmas Markets and Dates

Basel November 28 – December 23

Geneva November 21 – December 24

Lucerne: November 15 – December 22

Zurich: November 21 – December 23

Polish Christmas Markets and Dates

Gdansk November 22 – December 23

Krakow: November 29 – January 1

Warsaw: November 24 – January 7

Wroclaw: November 24 – January 7

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Dutch Christmas Markets and Dates

Amsterdam: December 7 – December 29

Christmas Markets and Dates in Croatia

Zagreb November 30 – January 7

Hungarian Christmas Markets and Dates

Budapest November 15 – December 31 (not yet confirmed)

Czech Republic Christmas Markets and Dates

Cesky Krumlov: November 29 – January 6

Prague: November 30 – January 6

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Danish Christmas Markets and Dates

Copenhagen: November 5 – January 5

Swedish Christmas Markets and Dates

Stockholm November 25 – December 23

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Estonian Christmas Markets and Dates

Tallinn November 22 – December 27

Latvian Christmas Markets and Dates

Riga: December 1 – January 6

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Norwegian Christmas Markets and Dates

Oslo: November 9 – December 31

Finnish Christmas Markets and Dates

Helsinki November 29 – December 22

Turku November 23 – December 15 (weekends)

Scotland Christmas Markets and Dates

Edinburgh: November 17 – January 5

Glasgow: November 18 – January 7

Irish Christmas Markets and Dates

Belfast (Northern Ireland): November 12 – December 22

Dublin: December 4 – December 19 (not yet confirmed)

Galway: November 10 – January 7

Spain Christmas Markets and Dates

Barcelona: November 28 – January 6

Madrid: November 29 – December 31

Italy Christmas Markets and Dates

Genoa: December 1 – December 23

Milan: December 7 – January 6

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Naples December 2 – January 7

Rome December 7 – January 5

Tyrol November 29 – December 8

Verona: November 15 – December 26

Romania Christmas Markets and Dates

Bucharest: November 30 – December 26

Slovenia Christmas Markets and Dates

Ljubljana: December 1 – January 2 (it is not confirmed yet)

Christmas Markets and Dates in Slovakia

Bratislava: November 22 – January 6

Luxembourg Christmas Markets and Dates

Luxembourg: November 22 – January 1

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