Candle dipping in the canton of Aargau 2026
17 days in a row in Aarau — longer than anything else in the canton.
✓ Checked at the source · as of 8 September 2026
Candle dipping in the canton of Aargau
Tap a place: every time slot and what to know before you go, on one page.
📅 3 runs 2026 with start and end
- Start
- 14:00–17:00
- Opening hours
- Wed 18.11 14:00–17:00 · Sat 21.11 10:00–17:00 · Sun 22.11 10:00–17:00 · Wed 25.11 14:00–17:00 · Sat 28.11 10:00–17:00 · Sun 29.11 10:00–17:00 · Wed 02.12 14:00–17:00
- Meeting point
- Tommasini, 5600 Lenzburg
- Food and drink
- Das Kafi Tomm bietet an allen öffentlichen Kerzenzieh-Terminen Getränke, Kuchen, Snacks oder Suppe.
- Organiser
- Elternverein Lenzburg
The only place in the calendar where adults can cast wax lanterns in the evening instead of dipping candles — in addition to the classic offering.
Good to know- Public opening only on Wednesday afternoons and at weekends — seven published dates.
- The adult evenings (Thursday/Friday, wax-lantern casting and candle dipping) are «in the calendar» according to the organiser and carry no dates on the offering page. We therefore list only the published public afternoons.
- Besides school classes, clubs, teams and groups can also book the offering.
Source: elternverein-lenzburg.ch · checked on 8 September 2026
- Start
- 10:00–20:00
- Opening hours
- Mon–Fri 10:00–20:00 · Sat/Sun 10:00–18:00 · doors open on Friday 20 November at 14:00 · final day Saturday 5 December until 18:00
- Meeting point
- Jurte auf dem Bahnhofplatz Baden, 5400 Baden
- Organiser
- Verein Kerzenziehen Baden
Dipping takes place in a yurt on the station square — and over more than 50 years the association has raised over two million francs for projects for people with disabilities, including CHF 700,000 for the new zeka centre in Baden-Dättwil.
Good to know- Dipping is done exclusively with beeswax.
- No prior knowledge needed, no registration for individual visitors — «just drop by spontaneously».
- Finished hand-dipped beeswax candles can also be bought at the stand.
- The association works entirely on a voluntary basis; donations are possible on site or via TWINT.
Everything on Baden · Bahnhofplatz →
Source: kerzenziehen-baden.ch · checked on 8 September 2026
- Start
- 11:00–18:00
- Opening hours
- Monday–Thursday 11:00–18:00 · Friday 11:00–21:00 · Saturday/Sunday 10:00–18:00
- Meeting point
- Markthalle Aarau, Färbergässli, 5000 Aarau
- Organiser
- insieme Aarau-Lenzburg
The 50th edition. Half a century carried by a single association — insieme Aarau-Lenzburg funds its holiday and leisure programme for people with a cognitive disability from it.
Good to know- Beeswax price per 100 g: school classes CHF 4.00, other visitors CHF 4.50.
- ⚠️ The opening line on the organiser's site still carries a date from last year. The published 2026 period (27.11–13.12) and the recurring weekday hours are unaffected; for the opening Friday it is worth checking.
- The organiser recommends coming on foot, by PubliBike or by public transport; by car, the Kasino, City-Märt or Kaserne car parks.
Source: insieme-aarau-lenzburg.ch · checked on 8 September 2026
🕐 Opening hours and last admission
«14 November to 12 December» helps nobody who has to take an afternoon off. Here are the days it actually opens and the hour you are still let in — several venues close admission a full hour before the door.
Wed 18.11 14:00–17:00 · Sat 21.11 10:00–17:00 · Sun 22.11 10:00–17:00 · Wed 25.11 14:00–17:00 · Sat 28.11 10:00–17:00 · Sun 29.11 10:00–17:00 · Wed 02.12 14:00–17:00
Mon–Fri 10:00–20:00 · Sat/Sun 10:00–18:00 · doors open on Friday 20 November at 14:00 · final day Saturday 5 December until 18:00
Monday–Thursday 11:00–18:00 · Friday 11:00–21:00 · Saturday/Sunday 10:00–18:00
🏘️ 3 municipalities with organiser and run
No two of the 3 municipalities in the canton of Aargau share the same run — each keeps its own calendar. For 3 of them we keep a page of their own: prices, minimum age and the gaps in the middle of the run.
- Lenzburg — Kerzenziehen im Tommasini, Elternverein Lenzburg, 18 November 2026.
- Baden · Bahnhofplatz — Badener Kerzenziehen in der Jurte, Verein Kerzenziehen Baden, 20 November 2026.
- Aarau — 50. Aarauer Kerzenziehen in der Markthalle, insieme Aarau-Lenzburg, 27 November 2026.
📍 Address and access of the venues
Candle dipping rarely happens where you would guess: the parish hall behind the church, a tent on the school grounds, a workshop in a back yard. Hence every published location separately.
- Meeting point
- Tommasini, 5600 Lenzburg
- Meeting point
- Jurte auf dem Bahnhofplatz Baden, 5400 Baden
- Meeting point
- Markthalle Aarau, Färbergässli, 5000 Aarau
🎒 Age and price — the minimum the organiser asks
Below age five some venues take nobody at all; elsewhere you pay by weight and only learn that at the scales. These details sit on no aggregator page — they sit here, as published.
- Good to know
- Public opening only on Wednesday afternoons and at weekends — seven published dates. · The adult evenings (Thursday/Friday, wax-lantern casting and candle dipping) are «in the calendar» according to the organiser and carry no dates on the offering page. We therefore list only the published public afternoons. · Besides school classes, clubs, teams and groups can also book the offering.
- Food and drink
- Das Kafi Tomm bietet an allen öffentlichen Kerzenzieh-Terminen Getränke, Kuchen, Snacks oder Suppe.
- Good to know
- Dipping is done exclusively with beeswax. · No prior knowledge needed, no registration for individual visitors — «just drop by spontaneously». · Finished hand-dipped beeswax candles can also be bought at the stand. · The association works entirely on a voluntary basis; donations are possible on site or via TWINT.
- Good to know
- Beeswax price per 100 g: school classes CHF 4.00, other visitors CHF 4.50. · ⚠️ The opening line on the organiser's site still carries a date from last year. The published 2026 period (27.11–13.12) and the recurring weekday hours are unaffected; for the opening Friday it is worth checking. · The organiser recommends coming on foot, by PubliBike or by public transport; by car, the Kasino, City-Märt or Kaserne car parks.
📊 Season comparison of the runs in this canton
The venue in Aarau runs 17 days, the one in Lenzburg 15 — same canton, a season of 26 calendar days. The bar shows where each venue sits in the window, and who has closed before others open.
🗺️ 5 cantons compared
5% of all venues we verified across Switzerland fall in the canton of Aargau: 3 of 58. The table sets it beside the other 4 cantons with a page of their own — and shows where the calendar grows next.
In the canton of Aargau we hold 3 candle-dipping venues in 3 places, 3 of them with a confirmed run. Every entry was read individually at its source; where nothing is published, that is shown as open and not as an estimate.
| Canton | Events | date set | First date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zurich | 24 | 22 | 2 November 2026 |
| Bern | 6 | 6 | 11 November 2026 |
| Basel-Stadt | 5 | 4 | 23 November 2026 |
| Aargau | 3 | 3 | 18 November 2026 |
| Zug | 3 | 2 | 3 November 2026 |
❓ Common questions about the canton
Short and sourced: every answer is calculated from the 3 checked entries for the canton of Aargau, not estimated.
🗓️ At the same time in the canton of Aargau
How we check
Every date comes from the organiser's, the municipality's or the canton's own site — never from an aggregator, never copied over from last year. Next to each source is the date we last read it.
Something missing or changed? A note below is enough; we check it at the source.
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