When do the Christmas Markets in Berlin start?

Of the 19 Christmas Markets on the map, 14 have confirmed dates for 2026. The first of them opens on Wednesday 4 November 2026, when Winterdays and Christmas Avenue starts its Winterdays phase at Nollendorfplatz. The main wave comes on Monday 23 November, with seven openings on the same day, and the latest confirmed closing date is Sunday 3 January 2027.

Berliner Glühwald and the Heissa Holzmarkt winter festival follow on Friday 6 November, the Historischer Weihnachtsmarkt on the RAW grounds on Thursday 12 November and the Winter Market Schlossplatz at Humboldt Forum on Wednesday 18 November. On Monday 23 November, the day after Totensonntag (Sunday of the Dead), seven markets open together: WeihnachtsZauber Gendarmenmarkt, the Christmas Market at Charlottenburg Palace, Berliner Weihnachtszeit at the Rotes Rathaus, the Christmas Market at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, the Christmas Market at Alexanderplatz, the Lucia Christmas Market at the Kulturbrauerei and the Spandau Christmas Market. The same Monday, Winterdays and Christmas Avenue moves on to its Christmas Avenue phase. The Christmas Market on Sophienstraße and the Advent market at the Domäne Dahlem start later, on Saturday 28 November, and trade on the four Advent weekends. Stalls, food and admission rules differ from market to market across the Christmas Markets in Berlin.

At Berliner Weihnachtszeit, beside Berlin's red town hall, the opening is planned for the late afternoon of 23 November, with a church service for the fairground showmen on the site.

First day, last day and announced closed days, in map order:

The rows for markets 7, 12, 17, 18 and 19 stay empty for now; an empty Closed on cell means no announced closed day. The Christmas Market on Sophienstraße and the Advent market at the Domäne Dahlem open on the Saturdays and Sundays of Advent. Berliner Glühwald and the Heissa Holzmarkt winter festival trade Wednesday to Sunday, with nothing said about Sunday 15 or 22 November.

Two organiser pages, both in German: Berliner Weihnachtszeit dates and weekly hours and Lucia Christmas Market dates at the Kulturbrauerei.

Of the dated markets, three finish on Sunday 20 December: the Christmas Market on Sophienstraße, the Advent market at the Domäne Dahlem and the Heissa Holzmarkt winter festival. The Lucia Christmas Market at the Kulturbrauerei, the Spandau Christmas Market and the Historischer Weihnachtsmarkt on the RAW grounds end on Tuesday 22 December, and Winterdays and Christmas Avenue on Wednesday 23 December.

After Christmas, the Christmas Market at Alexanderplatz runs until Saturday 26 December, the Christmas Market at Charlottenburg Palace until Sunday 27 December and WeihnachtsZauber Gendarmenmarkt until Thursday 31 December. Four close on Sunday 3 January 2027: Berliner Weihnachtszeit at the Rotes Rathaus, the Christmas Market at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, the Winter Market Schlossplatz at Humboldt Forum and Berliner Glühwald.

The city portal keeps a list of the Christmas Markets open between Christmas and New Year; holiday hours are in the opening times of the Berlin Christmas Markets.

The 2025 season, for the seven markets on the map with recorded dates for that year:

Totensonntag fell on 23 November in 2025, and five of these markets opened on the Monday after it. The 2026 calendar follows the same rhythm, with Totensonntag on 22 November and the main wave of openings on the following Monday. The Historischer Weihnachtsmarkt on the RAW grounds and the Heissa Holzmarkt winter festival opened before Totensonntag in both years. Five of the seven ran on past Christmas in 2025, and the Christmas Market at KaDeWe stayed into the new year.