🧒 With kids
- Christkindlmarkt Bethlehem · SteelStacks
- Christmas City Village · Historic Downtown
🎉 With friends
- Christkindlmarkt Bethlehem · SteelStacks
IllustrationEuropean-style market · SteelStacks
Christkindlmarkt Bethlehem
Heated tents of artisans, German food and St. Nicholas visits under the old blast furnaces; 2026 is its 34th year.
🧒 With kids🎉 With friendsWhat's there
- Huge covered market at SteelStacks
- Glassblowing, artisans, samples
- Food hall
What visitors sayGoogle 4.2 ★ · 446 reviews
Beautiful setting and decorations; complaints about the entrance fee, cramped aisles and some mass-produced stock among the true crafts.
Worth the trip to 'Christmas City' — go on a weekday and buy tickets from ArtsQuest directly.
- 2026
- Nov 13–15, 20–22, 27–29; Dec 3–6, 10–13, 17–20, 2026
- Last season
- Weekends, mid-Nov – Dec 21, 2025
- Cost
- $14 Thu–Fri, $16.50 Sat–Sun (2025); 5 and under free; free entry Fri 5–8 pm
Getting there and parking
- Parking across the street in the RE Lot; ADA spaces across the SteelStacks campus
Worth knowing
- Weekends only (Thu–Sun), mid-November to just before Christmas
- Free Friday evenings get busy
- Mostly under heated tents
- Illustration
European-style market · Historic Downtown
Christmas City Village
A free German-inspired hut village beside City Hall, a short walk from Main Street.
🧒 With kidsWhat's there
- Free photos with Santa at Santa's Haus
- 24+ restaurants and taverns on Main Street
Free and charming — pair with the Christkindlmarkt.
- 2026
- Fri–Sun, Nov 20 – Dec 20, 2026, 11 am – 7 pm (Nov 20–22, 27–29; Dec 4–6, 11–13, 18–20)
- Last season
- Fri–Sun, Nov 13 – Dec 20, 2025, 11 am – 7 pm
- Cost
- Free
Getting there and parking
- Payrow Plaza next to City Hall; municipal garages on Walnut St and North St
Worth knowing
- Fri–Sun only
- Combine with Main Street's shops and the Moravian Star on South Mountain
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