When the Helsinki Christmas Markets open in 2026
FunDesign Christmas Market (6) opens first among the markets with confirmed dates, on Saturday 21 November 2026. The Helsinki Christmas Market (1) follows on Senate Square on Friday 27 November, and Manta's Christmas Market (2) closes latest, on Wednesday 6 January 2027. Seven markets on the map fall between those two Helsinki Christmas Market dates; the Suomenlinna Craft and Art Christmas Market (8) waits, with its 2026 dates not announced yet.
November has four of the seven. FunDesign takes over the Merikaapelihalli hall of the Cable Factory for Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 November. Six days later the Senate Square market begins its run, and over the weekend of Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 November two more two-day markets follow: the City Museum's Holiday Market (5) inside the Helsinki City Museum and the Traditional Christmas Market at Annala (7) in Vanhakaupunki.
December brings the remaining three. Manta's opens beside its covered ice rink on Havis Amanda Square on Friday 4 December, the Vanhan Joulutori Christmas Market (3) starts on two floors of the Old Student House on Tuesday 15 December, and the Teurastamo Christmas Market (4) spreads across the former abattoir area in Hermanni on the weekend before Christmas, Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 December.
An overview of the Christmas Markets in Helsinki gives each market's stalls, food and setting, in map order.
Christmas Market Helsinki calendar, opening and closing dates
The Helsinki Christmas Market calendar for 2026, in map order:
| # | Christmas Market | Opens | Closes | Open days |
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| 1 | Helsinki Christmas Market | Fri 27 Nov 2026 | Tue 22 Dec 2026 | daily |
| 2 | Manta's Christmas Market | Fri 4 Dec 2026 | Wed 6 Jan 2027 | daily; holiday hours not announced |
| 3 | Vanhan Joulutori Christmas Market | Tue 15 Dec 2026 | Tue 22 Dec 2026 | daily |
| 4 | Teurastamo Christmas Market | Sat 19 Dec 2026 | Sun 20 Dec 2026 | Sat and Sun |
| 5 | City Museum's Holiday Market | Sat 28 Nov 2026 | Sun 29 Nov 2026 | Sat and Sun |
| 6 | FunDesign Christmas Market | Sat 21 Nov 2026 | Sun 22 Nov 2026 | Sat and Sun |
| 7 | Traditional Christmas Market at Annala | Sat 28 Nov 2026 | Sun 29 Nov 2026 | Sat and Sun |
| 8 | Suomenlinna Craft and Art Christmas Market | dates pending | dates pending | dates pending |
| # | 1 |
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| Christmas Market | Helsinki Christmas Market |
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| Opens | Fri 27 Nov 2026 |
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| Closes | Tue 22 Dec 2026 |
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| Open days | daily |
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| # | 2 |
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| Christmas Market | Manta's Christmas Market |
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| Opens | Fri 4 Dec 2026 |
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| Closes | Wed 6 Jan 2027 |
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| Open days | daily; holiday hours not announced |
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| # | 3 |
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| Christmas Market | Vanhan Joulutori Christmas Market |
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| Opens | Tue 15 Dec 2026 |
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| Closes | Tue 22 Dec 2026 |
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| Open days | daily |
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| # | 4 |
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| Christmas Market | Teurastamo Christmas Market |
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| Opens | Sat 19 Dec 2026 |
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| Closes | Sun 20 Dec 2026 |
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| Open days | Sat and Sun |
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| # | 5 |
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| Christmas Market | City Museum's Holiday 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 and Sun |
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| # | 6 |
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| Christmas Market | FunDesign Christmas Market |
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| Opens | Sat 21 Nov 2026 |
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| Closes | Sun 22 Nov 2026 |
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| Open days | Sat and Sun |
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| # | 7 |
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| Christmas Market | Traditional Christmas Market at Annala |
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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 and Sun |
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| # | 8 |
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| Christmas Market | Suomenlinna Craft and Art Christmas Market |
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| Opens | dates pending |
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| Closes | dates pending |
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| Open days | dates pending |
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The Helsinki Christmas Market and Vanhan Joulutori trade on each day of their runs, and Manta's daily season has its holiday hours still to be announced. Markets 4 to 7 each keep to one Saturday and Sunday.
The organiser's 2026 dates for the Helsinki Christmas Market come with its daily opening hours and notes on the carousel and the food court.
Which Helsinki Christmas Markets stay open after Christmas?
Vanhan Joulutori and the Helsinki Christmas Market finish on the same day, Tuesday 22 December 2026, so neither reaches Christmas Eve. The two-day markets are over before that: FunDesign after Sunday 22 November, the City Museum's market and the Annala market after Sunday 29 November, and the Teurastamo market after Sunday 20 December.
Manta's Christmas Market carries on past Christmas and New Year, with its season running to Epiphany, Wednesday 6 January 2027; nothing else among the markets with confirmed dates runs past 22 December. No hours have been announced yet for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, St Stephen's Day, New Year's Eve or New Year's Day. Manta's Christmas Market dates from its organiser give its season from 4 December 2026 to 6 January 2027.
Whether the Suomenlinna market falls in this period is unknown, with its 2026 dates not announced yet.
Past opening dates of the Helsinki Christmas Markets
Dates of the 2025 and 2024 seasons, by number on the map:
| # | Christmas Market | Year | Dates |
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| 1 | Helsinki Christmas Market | 2025 | Fri 28 Nov to Mon 22 Dec 2025 |
| 1 | Helsinki Christmas Market | 2024 | Fri 29 Nov to Sun 22 Dec 2024 |
| 2 | Manta's Christmas Market | 2025 | Fri 5 Dec 2025 to Tue 6 Jan 2026 |
| 3 | Vanhan Joulutori Christmas Market | 2025 | Mon 15 Dec to Mon 22 Dec 2025 |
| 3 | Vanhan Joulutori Christmas Market | 2024 | Sat 14 Dec to Sun 22 Dec 2024 |
| 4 | Teurastamo Christmas Market | 2025 | Sat 20 and Sun 21 Dec 2025 |
| 4 | Teurastamo Christmas Market | 2024 | Christmas week, Wed 18 to Sun 22 Dec 2024 |
| 5 | City Museum's Holiday Market | 2025 | Sat 29 and Sun 30 Nov 2025 |
| 5 | City Museum's Holiday Market | 2024 | Sat 30 Nov and Sun 1 Dec 2024 |
| 6 | FunDesign Christmas Market | 2025 | Sat 8 and Sun 9 Nov 2025 |
| 7 | Traditional Christmas Market at Annala | 2025 | Sat 29 and Sun 30 Nov 2025 |
| 8 | Suomenlinna Craft and Art Christmas Market | 2025 | Sat 13 and Sun 14 Dec 2025 |
| # | 1 |
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| Christmas Market | Helsinki Christmas Market |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Dates | Fri 28 Nov to Mon 22 Dec 2025 |
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| # | 1 |
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| Christmas Market | Helsinki Christmas Market |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Dates | Fri 29 Nov to Sun 22 Dec 2024 |
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| # | 2 |
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| Christmas Market | Manta's Christmas Market |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Dates | Fri 5 Dec 2025 to Tue 6 Jan 2026 |
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| # | 3 |
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| Christmas Market | Vanhan Joulutori Christmas Market |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Dates | Mon 15 Dec to Mon 22 Dec 2025 |
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| # | 3 |
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| Christmas Market | Vanhan Joulutori Christmas Market |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Dates | Sat 14 Dec to Sun 22 Dec 2024 |
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| # | 4 |
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| Christmas Market | Teurastamo Christmas Market |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Dates | Sat 20 and Sun 21 Dec 2025 |
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| # | 4 |
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| Christmas Market | Teurastamo Christmas Market |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Dates | Christmas week, Wed 18 to Sun 22 Dec 2024 |
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| # | 5 |
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| Christmas Market | City Museum's Holiday 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 | City Museum's Holiday Market |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Dates | Sat 30 Nov and Sun 1 Dec 2024 |
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| # | 6 |
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| Christmas Market | FunDesign Christmas Market |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Dates | Sat 8 and Sun 9 Nov 2025 |
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| # | 7 |
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| Christmas Market | Traditional Christmas Market at Annala |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Dates | Sat 29 and Sun 30 Nov 2025 |
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| # | 8 |
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| Christmas Market | Suomenlinna Craft and Art Christmas Market |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Dates | Sat 13 and Sun 14 Dec 2025 |
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The Helsinki Christmas Market ran on Senate Square from Friday 28 November to Monday 22 December 2025, and from Friday 29 November to Sunday 22 December in 2024. For 2024, the Teurastamo dates span the venue's whole Christmas week, Wednesday 18 to Sunday 22 December 2024, a week that closed with its Christmas Markets. FunDesign held its 2025 market at the Cable Factory, the venue it returns to in 2026. Manta's 2025 season ran up to Epiphany, Tuesday 6 January 2026.
