Frankfurt Christmas Markets 2026, from 23 Nov to 22 Dec
No market on the map has a confirmed 2026 date before Monday 23 November, when the Frankfurt Christmas Market (1) opens on Römerberg and its other squares, the day after Totensonntag. Its final day, Tuesday 22 December 2026, is the last closing date of the markets with 2026 dates. For the Sachsenhausen Christmas Market (2) by the Goethe Tower, the 2026 edition is not yet dated.
A day after the Römerberg opening, on Tuesday 24 November 2026, the Frankfurt Artists' Christmas Market (3) opens its exhibition in St Paul's Church; its second venue, the Römer halls, follows on Friday 4 December. Three two-day markets begin on Saturday 28 November and stay for Sunday 29 November: the Swedish Christmas Market (4) at the Swedish Church in Preungesheim, the Finnish Christmas Market (5) at the Dornbusch Church and the Höchst Christmas Market (6) on Höchster Schlossplatz. That weekend, markets 1 and 3 are open alongside the three two-day markets.
Monday 23 November also brings the ceremonial opening of the Frankfurt Christmas Market on the Römerberg stage. From then on the market is open on each day of its season, with stalls on Römerberg, Paulsplatz, Hauptwache, Roßmarkt, Friedrich-Stoltze-Platz and the Mainkai.
An overview of Christmas Markets across Frankfurt describes the goods, the food and the setting of each market on the map.
Frankfurt Christmas Market calendar 2026
Opening and closing days in the Frankfurt Christmas Market calendar for 2026, under the numbers used on the map:
| # | Christmas Market | Opens | Closes | Open days |
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| 1 | Frankfurt Christmas Market | Mon 23 Nov 2026 | Tue 22 Dec 2026 | every day |
| 2 | Sachsenhausen Christmas Market | to be announced | to be announced | dates pending |
| 3 | Frankfurt Artists' Christmas Market | Tue 24 Nov (St Paul's Church); Fri 4 Dec (Römer halls) | Sun 20 Dec (St Paul's Church); Mon 21 Dec (Römer halls) | every day |
| 4 | Swedish Christmas Market | Sat 28 Nov 2026 | Sun 29 Nov 2026 | Sat 28 and Sun 29 Nov |
| 5 | Finnish Christmas Market | Sat 28 Nov 2026 | Sun 29 Nov 2026 | Sat 28 and Sun 29 Nov |
| 6 | Höchst Christmas Market | Sat 28 Nov 2026 | Sun 29 Nov 2026 | Sat 28 and Sun 29 Nov |
| # | 1 |
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| Christmas Market | Frankfurt Christmas Market |
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| Opens | Mon 23 Nov 2026 |
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| Closes | Tue 22 Dec 2026 |
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| Open days | every day |
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| # | 2 |
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| Christmas Market | Sachsenhausen Christmas Market |
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| Opens | to be announced |
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| Closes | to be announced |
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| Open days | dates pending |
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| # | 3 |
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| Christmas Market | Frankfurt Artists' Christmas Market |
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| Opens | Tue 24 Nov (St Paul's Church); Fri 4 Dec (Römer halls) |
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| Closes | Sun 20 Dec (St Paul's Church); Mon 21 Dec (Römer halls) |
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| Open days | every day |
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| # | 4 |
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| Christmas Market | Swedish Christmas Market |
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| Opens | Sat 28 Nov 2026 |
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| Closes | Sun 29 Nov 2026 |
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| Open days | Sat 28 and Sun 29 Nov |
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| # | 5 |
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| Christmas Market | Finnish Christmas Market |
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| Opens | Sat 28 Nov 2026 |
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| Closes | Sun 29 Nov 2026 |
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| Open days | Sat 28 and Sun 29 Nov |
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| # | 6 |
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| Christmas Market | Höchst Christmas Market |
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| Opens | Sat 28 Nov 2026 |
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| Closes | Sun 29 Nov 2026 |
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| Open days | Sat 28 and Sun 29 Nov |
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The Artists' Christmas Market keeps one date range for each of its two buildings. The Swedish, Finnish and Höchst markets trade on those two weekend days only.
For market 1, the organiser's 2026 programme for the Frankfurt Christmas Market lists the season dates together with the opening ceremony, the tower horn evenings and the visit of St Nicholas. For market 4, the Swedish Church's 2026 Christmas Market page (in Swedish) gives Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 November as market days, with the church's street address.
When do the Christmas Markets in Frankfurt end?
The Swedish, Finnish and Höchst markets close after two days, on Sunday 29 November 2026. In December the Artists' Christmas Market ends in two stages: its exhibition in St Paul's Church on Sunday 20 December and its exhibition in the Römer halls on Monday 21 December 2026. The Frankfurt Christmas Market stays until Tuesday 22 December 2026, its final market day on Römerberg and the other squares.
No market day at any of the markets with 2026 dates falls after Tuesday 22 December, so Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day lie outside their seasons, and nothing runs into January. With its 2026 edition not yet dated, the Sachsenhausen market has no known closing day.
Past opening dates of the Frankfurt Christmas Markets
Dates from the 2025 and 2024 seasons for four markets on the map:
| # | Christmas Market | Year | Dates |
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| 1 | Frankfurt Christmas Market | 2025 | Mon 24 Nov to Mon 22 Dec 2025 |
| 1 | Frankfurt Christmas Market | 2024 | Mon 25 Nov to Sun 22 Dec 2024 |
| 3 | Frankfurt Artists' Christmas Market | 2025 | Tue 25 Nov to Sun 21 Dec 2025 (St Paul's Church); Thu 4 Dec to Sun 21 Dec 2025 (Römer halls) |
| 4 | Swedish Christmas Market | 2024 | Sat 30 Nov and Sun 1 Dec 2024 |
| 5 | Finnish Christmas Market | 2025 | Sat 29 and Sun 30 Nov 2025 |
| 5 | Finnish Christmas Market | 2024 | Sat 30 Nov and Sun 1 Dec 2024 |
| # | 1 |
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| Christmas Market | Frankfurt Christmas Market |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Dates | Mon 24 Nov to Mon 22 Dec 2025 |
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| # | 1 |
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| Christmas Market | Frankfurt Christmas Market |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Dates | Mon 25 Nov to Sun 22 Dec 2024 |
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| # | 3 |
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| Christmas Market | Frankfurt Artists' Christmas Market |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Dates | Tue 25 Nov to Sun 21 Dec 2025 (St Paul's Church); Thu 4 Dec to Sun 21 Dec 2025 (Römer halls) |
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| # | 4 |
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| Christmas Market | Swedish Christmas Market |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Dates | Sat 30 Nov and Sun 1 Dec 2024 |
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| # | 5 |
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| Christmas Market | Finnish Christmas Market |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Dates | Sat 29 and Sun 30 Nov 2025 |
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| # | 5 |
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| Christmas Market | Finnish Christmas Market |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Dates | Sat 30 Nov and Sun 1 Dec 2024 |
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The Frankfurt Christmas Market finished its 2024 season on Sunday 22 December 2024, after 28 market days. Both exhibitions of the Artists' Christmas Market, in St Paul's Church and in the Römer halls, closed on Sunday 21 December 2025. Records of markets held in Frankfurt at Christmas time go back to 1393.
