Candle dipping in the canton of Basel-Stadt 2026
Not a single weekend start: all 4 begin on a weekday.
✓ Checked at the source · as of 21 October 2026 · 1 date still open
Candle dipping in the canton of Basel-Stadt
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📅 5 runs 2026 with start and end
- 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: erk-bs.ch · checked on 8 September 2026
- 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 calendar 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: bs.ch · checked on 8 September 2026
- 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: bs.ch · checked on 8 September 2026
- Start
- 14:00
- Opening hours
- Wed 9.12 14:00–17:30 · Thu 10.12 14:00–19:30 · Fri 11.12 14:00–17:30 · Sat 12.12 11:00–16:00 (Landhof fair)
- Meeting point
- Tribüne Landhof, ooink ooink Productions Kinder- und Jugendarbeit, 4058 Basel
- Organiser
- ooink ooink Productions, Kinder- und Jugendarbeit Landhof
Good to know- The dipping runs Wednesday to Friday before the third Sunday of Advent and ends on Saturday 12 December at the Landhof fair, with a Christmas bazaar and food stalls in and in front of the grandstand.
Everything on Basel · Wettstein →
Source: landhof.ch · checked on 21 October 2026
- not published yetBasel · ThomaskircheBSKerzenziehen im Saal der Thomaskirchedate still openOpen page
The event usually takes place, but the 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 calendar 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: erk-bs.ch · checked on 21 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)
Wed 9.12 14:00–17:30 · Thu 10.12 14:00–19:30 · Fri 11.12 14:00–17:30 · Sat 12.12 11:00–16:00 (Landhof fair)
🏘️ 1 municipality with organiser and run
All 5 venues 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, 9 December 2026.
- 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 dipping runs Wednesday to Friday before the third Sunday of Advent and ends on Saturday 12 December at the Landhof fair, with a Christmas bazaar and food stalls in and in front of the grandstand.
- 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
From the first to the last documented day in the canton of Basel-Stadt, 31 calendar days pass. The bar shows where each venue sits in the window, and who has closed before others open.
📭 1 date open — and why they stay listed
1 venue in the canton of Basel-Stadt has no published 2026 run yet — and stays 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.
- Basel · Thomaskirche — not published yet. Source
🗺️ 5 cantons compared
9% of all venues 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 calendar grows next.
In the canton of Basel-Stadt we hold 5 candle-dipping venues in 1 places, 4 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 5 checked entries for the canton of Basel-Stadt, not estimated.
🗓️ At the same time in the canton of Basel-Stadt
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.
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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