Candle dipping in the canton of Basel-Stadt 2026
Not a single weekend start: all 3 begin on a weekday.
✓ Checked at the source · as of 5 October 2026 · 2 dates still to come
Candle dipping in the canton of Basel-Stadt
1 place, with dates and a checked source
📅 5 runs 2026 with start and end
The organiser has published this 2026 date themselves.
- Meeting point
- Gemeindehaus Stephanus, Furkastrasse 12, 4055 Basel
- Organiser
- Reformierte Kirchgemeinde Basel West
The lowest published price for coloured wax: stearin candles at CHF 3.– per 100 grams — the same floor as the Marien parish house in Bern.
Good to know- Prices: coloured stearin candles CHF 3.–/100 g, beeswax candles CHF 4.50/100 g.
- ⛔ The parish publishes the four days but no times. School classes and groups by prior registration with Brigitt Küng, tel. 061 301 65 45.
Everything on Basel · Gemeindehaus Stephanus→
Source: To the organiser's page · checked on 8 September 2026
The municipality has published this 2026 date.
- Start
- 11:00–20:30
- Opening hours
- daily 11:00–20:30 · on 23.12.2026 only until 20:00
- Meeting point
- Barfüsserplatz, 4051 Basel
- Organiser
- Kanton Basel-Stadt, Aussenbeziehungen und Standortmarketing
The event with the latest final day before Christmas: on 23 December, this is the only place in the entire survey where you can still dip a candle — the Uetliberg does run longer, but only at weekends. It is possible because the dipping here hangs on a Christmas market rather than on a volunteer team.
Good to know- ⛔ The candle dipping is an offering WITHIN the Christmas market; what is published are the market hours, not separate dipping times or prices.
- Basel's Christmas market was voted Europe's best Christmas market by «European Best Destinations» in 2021 and awarded «Excellent European Christmas Market» in 2026.
Everything on Basel · Barfüsserplatz→
Source: To the organiser's page · checked on 8 September 2026
The municipality has published this 2026 date.
- Start
- 13:30–19:00
- Opening hours
- Mon–Fri 13:30–19:00 · Sat/Sun 11:00–19:00 (lumberjack bar daily 11:00–20:30)
- Meeting point
- Münsterplatz, 4051 Basel
- Organiser
- Verein Robi-Spiel-Aktionen
Candle dipping is only one of several craft stations here: in the «Märchenwald» there is also tin casting, gingerbread decorating and blacksmithing, and the puppet theatre plays a Christmas story.
Good to know- ⛔ What is published are the Märchenwald's opening hours, not separate candle-dipping times or prices.
- The Märchenwald closes one day before the Christmas market on Barfüsserplatz.
Everything on Basel · Münsterplatz→
Source: To the organiser's page · checked on 8 September 2026
The event usually takes place, but the 2026 date has not been published yet. We keep checking.
- Meeting point
- Tribüne Landhof, ooink ooink Productions Kinder- und Jugendarbeit, 4058 Basel
- Organiser
- ooink ooink Productions, Kinder- und Jugendarbeit Landhof
Good to know- ⛔ The most recent post about candle dipping on this page is from last year. We do NOT carry it forward; the 2026 date is open.
- Structure of the offering according to the organiser (without a year): four days from Wednesday to Saturday, Wed and Fri 14:00–17:30, Thu 14:00–19:30, Sat 11:00–16:00.
Everything on Basel · Wettstein→
Source: To the organiser's page · checked on 5 October 2026
- not published yetBasel · ThomaskircheBSKerzenziehen im Saal der Thomaskirchedate still openOpen page
The event usually takes place, but the 2026 date has not been published yet. We keep checking.
- Meeting point
- Thomaskirche, Hegenheimerstrasse 229, 4055 Basel
- Organiser
- Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche des Kantons Basel-Stadt
On Saturday there is traditionally a spaghetti happening from 18:00 — the only candle dipping in the survey with a supper of its own.
Good to know- ⛔ As of 08.09.2026 the entry in the church's events calendar still carries last year's date. 2026 date open.
- Published structure (without a year): daily 14:00–20:00, Thursday and Saturday until 22:00.
Everything on Basel · Thomaskirche→
Source: To the organiser's page · checked on 5 October 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.
daily 11:00–20:30 · on 23.12.2026 only until 20:00
Mon–Fri 13:30–19:00 · Sat/Sun 11:00–19:00 (lumberjack bar daily 11:00–20:30)
🏘️ 1 municipality with organiser and run
All 5 offerings in the canton of Basel-Stadt sit in a single municipality, Basel — and still at 5 different spots. For 1 of them we keep a page of their own: prices, minimum age and the gaps in the middle of the run.
- Basel · Gemeindehaus Stephanus — Kerzenziehen im Gemeindehaus Stephanus, Reformierte Kirchgemeinde Basel West, 23 November 2026.
- Basel · Barfüsserplatz — Kerzenziehen am Basler Weihnachtsmarkt Barfüsserplatz, Kanton Basel-Stadt, Aussenbeziehungen und Standortmarketing, 26 November 2026.
- Basel · Münsterplatz — Kerzenziehen im Märchenwald auf dem Münsterplatz, Verein Robi-Spiel-Aktionen, 26 November 2026.
- Basel · Wettstein — Kerzenziehen im Advent auf dem Landhof, ooink ooink Productions, Kinder- und Jugendarbeit Landhof, not published yet.
- Basel · Thomaskirche — Kerzenziehen im Saal der Thomaskirche, Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche des Kantons Basel-Stadt, not published yet.
📍 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
- Gemeindehaus Stephanus, Furkastrasse 12, 4055 Basel
- Meeting point
- Barfüsserplatz, 4051 Basel
- Meeting point
- Münsterplatz, 4051 Basel
- Meeting point
- Tribüne Landhof, ooink ooink Productions Kinder- und Jugendarbeit, 4058 Basel
- Meeting point
- Thomaskirche, Hegenheimerstrasse 229, 4055 Basel
🎒 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
- Prices: coloured stearin candles CHF 3.–/100 g, beeswax candles CHF 4.50/100 g. · ⛔ The parish publishes the four days but no times. School classes and groups by prior registration with Brigitt Küng, tel. 061 301 65 45.
- Good to know
- ⛔ The candle dipping is an offering WITHIN the Christmas market; what is published are the market hours, not separate dipping times or prices. · Basel's Christmas market was voted Europe's best Christmas market by «European Best Destinations» in 2021 and awarded «Excellent European Christmas Market» in 2026.
- Good to know
- ⛔ What is published are the Märchenwald's opening hours, not separate candle-dipping times or prices. · The Märchenwald closes one day before the Christmas market on Barfüsserplatz.
- Good to know
- ⛔ The most recent post about candle dipping on this page is from last year. We do NOT carry it forward; the 2026 date is open. · Structure of the offering according to the organiser (without a year): four days from Wednesday to Saturday, Wed and Fri 14:00–17:30, Thu 14:00–19:30, Sat 11:00–16:00.
- Good to know
- ⛔ As of 08.09.2026 the entry in the church's events calendar still carries last year's date. 2026 date open. · Published structure (without a year): daily 14:00–20:00, Thursday and Saturday until 22:00.
📊 Season comparison of the runs in this canton
The offering in Basel (Barfüsserplatz) runs 28 days, the one in Basel (Gemeindehaus Stephanus) just 4 — same canton, a season of 31 calendar days. The bar shows where each offering sits in the window, and who has closed before others open.
📭 2 dates open — and why they stay listed
2 offerings in the canton of Basel-Stadt have no published 2026 run yet — and stay listed anyway, marked open instead of filled in from last year. We write no date we have not read at the source; the gap is information in itself.
🗺️ 5 cantons compared
9% of all offerings we verified across Switzerland fall in the canton of Basel-Stadt: 5 of 58. The table sets it beside the other 4 cantons with a page of their own — and shows where the survey grows next.
In the canton of Basel-Stadt we hold 5 candle-dipping offerings in 1 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 | 20 | 2 November 2026 |
| Bern | 6 | 5 | 11 November 2026 |
| Basel-Stadt | 5 | 3 | 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 5 checked entries for the canton of Basel-Stadt, not estimated.
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.
Where only a fixed rule is published, such as the eve of St Nicholas' Day, we work out the date and label it “calculated from the fixed rule”. Anything not yet published stays open — we don't guess.
Something missing or changed? A note below is enough; we check it at the source.
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