Hamburg Christmas Markets 2026

Holiday market

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  Holiday market · Hamburg

  Santa Pauli Christmas Market

  🎉 With friends✨ Date night

  What's there

  • ★Loud, flamboyant market on the Reeperbahn
  • ★Live music, DJ and shows
  • ★Fair mulled wine prices
  • ★Wood chips on the ground against the cold

  What visitors sayGoogle 4.5 ★ · 448 reviews

  For many Hamburg's best market: colorful, quirky, a bit naughty, with music and dancing. Prices are considered fair. At some stalls there are items that are not for children - several reviews point this out.

  The market for an evening with friends - not really for children.

  2026

  9 Nov - 23 Dec 2026

  Cost

  Free entry.

  Getting there and parking

  • S1/S3 to Reeperbahn or express bus 36/37 to Davidstraße.
  • Parking on Spielbudenplatz is not allowed and around the Reeperbahn it is a matter of luck.

  Worth knowing

  • Open late: until midnight, Fridays and Saturdays until 1 am.

  Spielbudenpl. 24-25, 20359 HamburgOfficial site
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  Holiday market · Hamburg

  Wandsbek Winter Magic (Wandsbeker Winterzauber)

  🧒 With kids

  What's there

  • ★Hamburg's early-opening market with a long run
  • ★Small ice rink
  • ★Idyllic, but small

  What visitors sayGoogle 3.8 ★ · 241 reviews

  Small and idyllic with a well-used ice rink; it opens as one of the first in Hamburg. Many reviews complain about the ice rink (staff, shoe sizes) and high prices.

  A neighborhood market with an ice rink - for residents, not for day trips.

  Dates

  2026 dates to be confirmed

  Cost

  Free entry; ice rink and hire cost extra; bratwurst around EUR 6.

  Getting there and parking

  • U1 to Wandsbek Markt.

  Worth knowing

  • Bring your own ice skates.

  Wandsbeker Marktplatz, 22041 WandsbekOfficial site
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  Holiday market · Hamburg

  Roncalli's Historic Christmas Market (Historischer Weihnachtsmarkt)

  🧒 With kids✨ Date night🎉 With friends

  What's there

  • ★On Rathausmarkt in front of Hamburg Town Hall
  • ★Flying Santa over the market
  • ★Lovingly designed stalls
  • ★Imposing Town Hall backdrop

  What visitors sayGoogle 4.4 ★ · 126 reviews

  For many one of Germany's most beautiful markets: spacious, festive, with the Town Hall backdrop. During Santa's flying show it gets extremely tight; criticism concerns returning the deposit after closing time and that the pushchair ban is hardly enforced.

  Hamburg's classic - the flying show is worth it, but with small children do not stand in the densest crowd.

  2026

  23 Nov - 23 Dec 2026

  Cost

  Free entry; return your mug deposit before closing.

  Getting there and parking

  • U3 to Rathaus or U/S Jungfernstieg.

  Worth knowing

  • Pushchairs are banned - bring a baby carrier.
  • For the flying show find a spot at the edge early.

  Rathausmarkt, 20095 HamburgOfficial site
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  Holiday market · Hamburg

  Marché de Noël - Christmas Market in the Stadthöfe

  ✨ Date night

  What's there

  • ★In the inner courtyard of the Stadthöfe
  • ★Tall tree of lights and a giant Christmas bauble
  • ★Live music at weekends
  • ★Card payment

  What visitors sayGoogle 4.1 ★ · 87 reviews

  Small, lovingly designed and cozy between the historic houses. Criticism: little French flair can be felt, the mulled wine stands work slowly, and at some the pours are too small.

  A pretty courtyard market for a mulled wine in between.

  Dates

  2026 dates to be confirmed

  Cost

  Free entry; mulled wine expensive.

  Getting there and parking

  • U3 to Rödingsmarkt or Rathaus.

  Worth knowing

  • On weekdays it is much quieter.

  Bleichenhof, Große Bleichen 35, 20354 HamburgOfficial site
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  Holiday market · Hamburg

  Christmas Market at the Apostelkirche Eimsbüttel

  🎉 With friends🧒 With kids

  What's there

  • ★Small market at the Apostelkirche
  • ★Winemaker's mulled wine
  • ★Fair prices
  • ★Children's programme on some days

  What visitors sayGoogle 4.2 ★ · 74 reviews

  Small, cozy and family-style with fair prices and a good selection. Overcrowded on Friday evenings; some criticise changes to the food.

  A charming neighborhood market in Eimsbüttel.

  2026

  12 Nov - 21 Dec 2026

  Cost

  Free entry, fair prices.

  Getting there and parking

  • U2 to Emilienstraße or Osterstraße.

  Worth knowing

  • Come on a weekday.

  b. d. Apostelkirche, 20257 EimsbüttelOfficial site

• Holiday market · Hamburg

  Weißerzauber (White Magic) on the Jungfernstieg

  ✨ Date night

  What's there

  • ★White tent landscape on the Binnenalster
  • ★Stylish lighting
  • ★Special stalls, e.g. dog biscuits
  • ★Very good public transport connections

  What visitors sayGoogle 3.8 ★ · 69 reviews

  Elegant and festive in the evening with a view of the Alster. Many, however, find the market cold and bare, with opaque mulled wine prices and chaotic snack stalls.

  Nice for a walk by the Alster - for Christmas romance, go to Rathausmarkt.

  Dates

  2026 dates to be confirmed

  Cost

  Free entry.

  Getting there and parking

  • U/S Jungfernstieg.

  Worth knowing

  • Combine it with the market at the Town Hall.

  Jungfernstieg 1, 20095 HamburgOfficial site

• Holiday market · Hamburg

  CHRISTGRINDELMARKT

  🧒 With kids🎉 With friends

  What's there

  • ★Small neighborhood market in the Grindel quarter on Allende-Platz
  • ★Around ten chalets
  • ★Craft activities for children and a carousel
  • ★Quality mulled wine, vegan food, craft beer
  • ★Live music

  What visitors sayGoogle 4.0 ★ · 41 reviews

  Regulars love the family-style, relaxed mood, very good mulled wine, vegan food and the craft activities for children - and that it is never too full. Criticism concerns the tone at the carousel and expensive Christmas trees.

  A neighborhood insider tip for families and after work - small, but with quality.

  2026

  14 Nov - 22 Dec 2026

  Cost

  Free entry; food and drink at reasonable prices.

  Getting there and parking

  • Allende-Platz in the Grindel quarter, Hamburg-Eimsbüttel.

  Worth knowing

  • Planned for 2026: 14 Nov - 22 Dec.
  • Ideal after work or after the cinema.

  Allende-Platz 1, 20146 EimsbüttelOfficial site

• Holiday market · Hamburg

  Barmbek Christmas Market

  🎉 With friends

  What's there

  • ★Small, easy-to-navigate district market
  • ★Cheap mulled wine (around EUR 3.50)

  What visitors sayGoogle 4.0 ★ · 35 reviews

  For a long time small, peaceful and cheap; more recently criticism of the mulled wine's taste and loud pop music.

  An inexpensive neighborhood market in Barmbek.

  2026

  16 Nov - 23 Dec 2026

  Cost

  Free entry; mulled wine around EUR 3.50.

  Getting there and parking

  • U/S Barmbek.

  Worth knowing

  • Come on a weekday.

  Piazetta-Ralph-Giordano, Hamburg-Nord, 22307 HamburgOfficial site

• Holiday market · Hamburg

  Sternschanze Christmas Market

  🎉 With friends✨ Date night

  What's there

  • ★Hamburg's smallest, most family-style market
  • ★White mulled wine with orange
  • ★Homemade chips and crêpes

  What visitors sayGoogle 4.4 ★ · 34 reviews

  So much heart in so little space: personable stallholders, good food and mulled wine. A few miss music.

  Hamburg's warmest mini market.

  Dates

  2026 dates to be confirmed

  Cost

  Free entry.

  Getting there and parking

  • U3 / S-Bahn to Sternschanze.

  Worth knowing

  • Try the homemade chips.

  Sternschanze 1, 20357 Altona
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  Holiday market · Hamburg

  Winterpride St Georg

  🎉 With friends✨ Date night

  What's there

  • ★Queer Christmas market in St. Georg for queers & friends
  • ★DJs at weekends and lots of music
  • ★Vegan currywurst, crêpes and non-alcoholic apple punch
  • ★A few steps from the main station

  What visitors sayGoogle 3.9 ★ · 34 reviews

  Many like the intimate, cozy mood, friendly staff and fair prices for mulled wine, currywurst and crêpes - a pleasant alternative to the overcrowded city-centre markets. Criticism: the space is small and quickly full, on some evenings security lets nobody else in; the food and design are rated mixed, and the music is sometimes very loud.

  The best meeting point in St. Georg for a mulled wine with friends - on a weekday or Sunday afternoon, when there is still room.

  2026

  18 Nov - 23 Dec 2026

  Cost

  Free entry; prices fair according to visitors.

  Getting there and parking

  • Corner of Lange Reihe/Kirchenallee, a few metres from Hamburg main station (Kirchenallee exit).

  Worth knowing

  • Opening hours according to the organizer: Mon-Fri 13:00-22:00, Sat 12:00-24:00, Sun 12:00-22:00; closed on 22 Nov.
  • On Friday and Saturday evenings it gets so full that entry is stopped at times.
  • Watch your bags and phones near the station.

  Lange Reihe 2, 20099 HamburgOfficial site

• Holiday market · Hamburg

  Hüttenzauber Neuer Wall (Hut Magic)

  🎉 With friends✨ Date night

  What's there

  • ★Alpine hut with restaurant service
  • ★Small market on Bürgermeister-Petersen-Platz
  • ★DJ evenings
  • ★Hot Aperol

  What visitors say

  Praised are the rustic alpine hut, the food (e.g. beef rolls) and the mood when a DJ plays - also popular for Christmas parties. Criticism concerns long waits for drinks and service, drinks stopping earlier than stated, and trouble with the deposit return.

  More a hut bar with après-ski mood than a classic market - good for after work with friends.

  2026

  19 Nov - 23 Dec 2026

  Cost

  Free entry; mug deposit (2025: EUR 4 per mug according to visitors).

  Getting there and parking

  • Neuer Wall / Bürgermeister-Petersen-Platz in Hamburg's city centre.

  Worth knowing

  • Planned for 2026: 19 Nov - 23 Dec.
  • Keep your deposit tokens - no token, no refund.

  Bürgermeister-Petersen Platz, Neuer Wall, 20354 HamburgOfficial site

• Holiday market · Hamburg

  Osterstraße Christmas Market

  🧒 With kids🎉 With friends

  What's there

  • ★District market on Fanny-Mendelssohn-Platz in Eimsbüttel
  • ★Children's carousel
  • ★Fried pastries, potato pancakes and bratwurst
  • ★Winemaker's mulled wine

  What visitors say

  For residents a small, fine market with everything that belongs, and one of the first in Hamburg to open. Praised are sausage, fried pastries and winemaker's mulled wine at fair prices, sometimes without deposit. Criticism concerns crowding on the small square, the lack of Christmas music, a neighbouring building site and a few unfriendly sellers.

  A nice neighborhood market for a mulled wine after work - not worth a long journey.

  Dates

  2026 dates to be confirmed

  Cost

  Free entry. Winemaker's mulled wine from around EUR 3.50 according to visitors.

  Getting there and parking

  • Fanny-Mendelssohn-Platz on Osterstraße in Hamburg-Eimsbüttel.

  Worth knowing

  • Opens early in November - good for the first mulled wine of the season.
  • The square is small; at after-work time it gets full.

  Fanny-Mendelssohn-Platz, 20255 EimsbüttelOfficial site

• Holiday market · Hamburg

  Winterzauber Lurup (Winter Magic)

  🧒 With kids

  What's there

  • ★Small children's carousel
  • ★Fresh fried pastries and crêpes
  • ★Hot chocolate with cream and roasted almonds
  • ★Magician for children on one Advent evening (2024)

  What visitors say

  Neighbours love the little market on their doorstep: everything you need without the city-centre crowds, with fluffy fried pastries, tasty mulled wine, friendly staff and a carousel that delights children. There was annoyance when the market was closed on Totensonntag but listed online as open.

  A relaxed neighborhood market for families from Lurup and Altona - not a destination, but a nice meeting place.

  Dates

  2026 dates to be confirmed

  Cost

  Free entry.

  Getting there and parking

  • Elbgaustraße 116 in Hamburg-Lurup.

  Worth knowing

  • Closed on Totensonntag.
  • Ideal in the early evening with children.

  Elbgaustraße 116, 22547 Altona

• Holiday market · Hamburg

  Petit Noel

  ✨ Date night🎉 With friends

  What's there

  • ★In the inner courtyards around the Tortue on Stadthausbrücke
  • ★Wood-chip flooring
  • ★Restored historic buildings and a sea of lights

  What visitors say

  Visitors describe a stylish, cozy insider tip in the middle of Hamburg: lovingly decorated courtyards, warm light, quieter than the big markets. In 2024, however, it was already much fuller.

  One of Hamburg's most atmospheric small markets - as a couple best on a weekday.

  Dates

  2026 dates to be confirmed

  Cost

  Free entry.

  Getting there and parking

  • Stadthausbrücke 10 in Hamburg city centre.

  Worth knowing

  • Come on a weekday - at weekends it gets full.

  Stadthausbrücke 10, 20355 Hamburg

• Holiday market · Hamburg

  Sierichs Weihnachtszauber (Christmas Magic)

  🧒 With kids🎉 With friends

  What's there

  • ★In the Sierichs beer garden on the Stadtparksee
  • ★Decorated huts with mulled wine and winter cuisine
  • ★Children's area
  • ★Alpine hut for groups and Puck&Play games
  • ★Plenty of seating

  What visitors say

  Visitors praise a small, cozy market in the Stadtpark with sparkling lights, bratwurst, fried pastries and enough seating; there is something for children too. At weekends it is often very full.

  A lovely meeting point in the Stadtpark for families and friends - if you want calm, come on Friday in the early evening.

  2026

  13 Nov - 23 Dec 2026

  Cost

  Free entry.

  Getting there and parking

  • Südring 5b, 22303 Hamburg, at the Stadtparksee.

  Worth knowing

  • According to the organizer open only Fri-Sun (Fri 16:00-22:00, Sat 12:00-22:00, Sun 12:00-20:00), plus 21-23 Dec.
  • Groups can reserve the alpine hut.

  Südring 5b, 22303 Hamburg-NordOfficial site

• Holiday market · Hamburg

  Winterzauber Waitzstraße (Winter Magic)

  🧒 With kids

  What's there

  • ★Mulled wine hut in the middle of the Waitzstraße shopping street in Othmarschen
  • ★Mulled wine, hot chocolate and hot Aperol
  • ★Fresh fried pastries
  • ★Butcher's stand with sausage, stew and chips
  • ★Leave your shoes for St Nicholas

  A mini market for a shopping stroll in Othmarschen - for a mulled wine after shopping, not as a destination.

  Dates

  2026 dates to be confirmed

  Cost

  Free entry; happy hour Mon-Thu 16:00-18:00 with drinks EUR 1 cheaper (2024 according to IG Waitzstraße).

  Getting there and parking

  • Waitzstraße in Hamburg-Othmarschen, right at Othmarschen S-Bahn station.

  Worth knowing

  • In 2024 according to IG Waitzstraße 22 Nov - 23 Dec, Mon-Sat 12:00-20:00; confirm the 2026 dates with IG Waitzstraße (waitzstrasse-hamburg.de).
  • St Nicholas 2024: leave shoes on 30 Nov from 12:00 to 15:00, collect on 6 Dec in Waitzstraße and at Beselerplatz.
  • Many shops on the street stay open longer on Saturdays in Advent, until 16:00.

  Waitzstraße 19, 22607 Altona

• Holiday market · Hamburg

  Spitalerstraße Christmas Market

  🎉 With friends

  What's there

  • ★Chalets along the Spitalerstraße shopping street
  • ★Between the main station and Mönckebergstraße

  Handy for Christmas shopping - for atmosphere, go to Rathausmarkt or Gänsemarkt instead.

  Dates

  2026 dates to be confirmed

  Cost

  Free entry.

  Getting there and parking

  • Spitalerstraße, a few minutes from Hamburg main station.

  Worth knowing

  • Combine it with the market at the Town Hall and the Gänsemarkt in one walk.

  Spitalerstraße, 20095 HamburgOfficial site

• Holiday market · Hamburg

  Christmas Gänsemarkt (Weihnachtlicher Gänsemarkt)

  ✨ Date night🎉 With friends

  What's there

  • ★Village of gingerbread houses made of wood and natural materials
  • ★Lessing monument in the middle
  • ★Crafts and decorations
  • ★Food and drink until 23:00

  One of Hamburg's prettiest city-centre markets - for mulled wine in the evening after a stroll.

  2026

  18 Nov - 23 Dec 2026

  Cost

  Free entry.

  Getting there and parking

  • Gänsemarkt in Hamburg city centre.

  Worth knowing

  • 2026: 18 Nov - 23 Dec, daily 11:00-21:00; closed on 22 Nov.

  Gänsemarkt, 20354 HamburgOfficial site