Christmas market trips from your city
Mulled wine, lights and wooden stalls: Europe's best Christmas markets, with fares from your city for the first and second weekends of December, when every one of them is open.
Dates: First weekend of December, Dec 3 – Dec 7, 2026 · Second weekend of December, Dec 10 – Dec 14, 2026.
Choose your departure city
Each city page shows real round-trip fares from that city, with the cheapest one for each destination.
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United Kingdom: London · Manchester · Edinburgh · Birmingham · Glasgow · Bristol · Belfast · Newcastle · Liverpool · Leeds · Aberdeen
Canada: Toronto · Vancouver · Montreal · Calgary · Edmonton · Ottawa · Winnipeg · Halifax · Quebec · Victoria
Where to go and why
- Vienna: Vienna's market in front of City Hall, and a dozen more across the city
- Nuremberg: Nuremberg's Christkindlesmarkt, Germany's most famous Christmas market
- Strasbourg: Strasbourg, the self-styled Capital of Christmas, with one of Europe's oldest markets
- Munich: Munich's Christkindlmarkt on Marienplatz, an hour by train from Nuremberg's famous market
- Prague: Prague's Old Town Square market, open into early January
- Cologne: Cologne's markets beside the cathedral, among Germany's busiest
- Berlin: Berlin's dozens of markets, from Gendarmenmarkt to Charlottenburg Palace
- Frankfurt: Frankfurt's Römerberg market and an easy base for the Rhine Valley's markets
- Budapest: Budapest's Vörösmarty Square market and the lit-up St. Stephen's Basilica
- Copenhagen: Tivoli Gardens at Christmas and the stalls along Nyhavn
- Zurich: Zurich's indoor market in the main station and its Christmas trams
- Basel, Switzerland/Mulhouse: Basel's markets on Barfüsserplatz and Münsterplatz, among Switzerland's prettiest
- Tallinn: Tallinn's medieval Town Hall Square market
- Brussels: Brussels' Winter Wonders, with the Grand-Place light show and an ice rink
- Edinburgh: Edinburgh's market in Princes Street Gardens, then Hogmanay for New Year
Most markets open in late November and close around Christmas; a few run into January. Check each market's dates before you book.