When do Christmas markets open in Switzerland in 2026?

There is no shared date. The earliest verified market opens on 18 November 2026, the latest closes on 10 January 2027 — a span of 54 calendar days. The large majority start between 19 and 28 November.

On which day are the most Swiss Christmas markets open?

On 5 December 2026. According to the ConvivaPlus analysis, 45 of the 77 markets run simultaneously that day — more than on any other day of the season.

Which Christmas markets are open on Christmas Eve?

13 of the verified markets run through to and including 24 December 2026 — among them the market at Zurich main station, the three Bern markets, St. Gallen, Montreux and Geneva. The majority, however, close on 23 December, and hours on the 24th are usually shortened.

Is there a Swiss Christmas market that continues after Christmas?

Yes – in three different ways. Three entries simply carry on without a new name: Bô Noël in Lausanne until New Year's Eve, the Winterland in Locarno until 6 January 2027 and Natale in Piazza in Lugano until 10 January 2027. The Berner Sternenmarkt on the Kleine Schanze holds until 27 December 2026, with a single rest day in between, 25 December. And on Bern's Waisenhausplatz a newly named market opens after the Christmas market: the Altjahresmarkt from 28 to 31 December 2026, the Neujahresmarkt from 4 to 9 January 2027.

Which Swiss Christmas market lasts the longest?

Of 77 markets with fixed dates: the Winterland Locarno in Locarno, at 49 days. At the other end sits the market in Steinhausen at a single day — in the same season.

Do Swiss Christmas markets charge admission?

No, the markets in the calendar are free to enter; the one at Zurich main station states «free admission» explicitly. Costs only begin with what you consume — and in part with add-ons such as fondue chalets, which have to be reserved.

Why is my town's Christmas market missing from this list?

Because we only include what we could read at a first-hand source (organiser, municipality or tourist office). A market is missing either because nothing has been published for 2026 yet, or because we did not find its page. Send us the link — we will check it and add the market with its date range and source.

Is an Advent market the same as a Christmas market?

Not in this list. We follow the organiser's own naming: anyone calling their event a Weihnachtsmarkt, Wiehnachtsmärt, Christkindlimarkt or marché de Noël appears here. Events that call themselves an Advent market — such as «Advent im Kloster» at the Capuchin monastery in Solothurn — will get their own overview.

✨ Days out

Swiss Christmas Markets 2026: 77 markets — on 5 December 2026, 45 are open at once

Almost every overview lists places. Almost none says how long a market is actually open. That is exactly where planning fails: 54 days separate the first from the last market day of this season, yet not a single market runs the whole way through. We checked 81 Swiss Christmas markets one by one at the organiser's own source — start, end, opening hours and closure days; 77 of them have already fixed their 2026 dates.

Key takeaway

The Swiss Christmas market season 2026 runs from 18 November 2026 to 10 January 2027. Within that window, 77 markets are open across 26 cantons — 1105 market days in total. The busiest day is 5 December 2026: that day, 45 of the 77 markets are open at the same time. There is no nationwide date; every market sets its own dates and hours.

The ConvivaPlus Christmas market calendar

20 October 2026·Every date checked individually at the source

Swiss Christmas Markets 2026: 77 markets — on 5 December 2026, 45 are open at once

verified date ranges

across 26 cantons

5 December 2026

busiest day

45 markets open at once

1105

market days in total

spread over 54 calendar days

49 days

longest run

Locarno

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🗓️ When is the Swiss Christmas market season in 2026?

The verified Swiss Christmas markets of 2026 run from 18 November 2026 to 10 January 2027. There is no shared opening or closing date — the span is 54 calendar days.

«Christmas markets open in late November» is the most convenient half-truth of Advent. In reality the earliest market in this analysis opens on 18 November 2026 — more than two weeks before the first Sunday of Advent — and the last one closes on 10 January 2027, that is, after Christmas. In between, there are 54 calendar days on which something is constantly starting and ending. To visit a market you therefore do not need its date, you need its date range — and that is precisely what almost every list omits. We read it for every entry at the organiser's own source, together with the opening hours and, where they exist, the closure days in the middle of the run. If you are planning the whole of Advent, the run-up is in our turnip lantern parade calendar and the middle in candle dipping.

The figure no date list contains

For every calendar day of the season we counted how many markets in the calendar run at the same time. The result is the ConvivaPlus density day: on 5 December 2026, 45 of the 77 markets are open simultaneously — more than on any other day of the season. Anyone planning a trip that should include a Christmas market has the widest choice of the year on that date. And assuming this holds for the rest of Advent is a mistake: the Winterland Locarno runs for 49 days, the market in Steinhausen for exactly one day — same season, two entirely different opportunities.

9 of the 17 one-day events fall on a Saturday

Monday0

Tuesday0

Wednesday4

Thursday0

Friday3

Saturday9

Sunday1

🔦 The ConvivaPlus Christmas market calendar

Every market in one list — showing a date range rather than a single date, filterable by canton and weekday, and fixed dates only at a click.

Exactly what a search engine cannot deliver in its results: not one market, but all of them side by side — with start and end, published opening hours, closure days and a link to the page where we read the dates.

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The places in detail

The longest season is in Locarno: 49 days. In Aarburg it is all over after a single day — 57 pages of their own, each with everything to know before you go.

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🗺️ Where the markets are

66 municipalities in 26 cantons, and the density follows the big railway stations, not the map: Zurich and Bern together hold more markets than half of French-speaking Switzerland.

The darker the canton, the more markets. Each new market darkens its canton — we add it as soon as its dates are published.

Where the Christmas markets glow

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Source: ConvivaPlus Christmas Market Calendar 2026

Canton	Events	date set	First date
ZurichZH	9	9	Wed 18 Nov
BernBE	7	7	Thu 19 Nov
AargauAG	4	4	Sat 28 Nov
Basel-LandschaftBL	3	3	Sat 28 Nov
Basel-StadtBS	3	3	Thu 26 Nov
FribourgFR	3	3	Fri 27 Nov
GenevaGE	3	3	Thu 19 Nov
GrisonsGR	3	3	Fri 27 Nov
JuraJU	3	1	Sat 5 Dec
LucerneLU	3	3	Fri 20 Nov
NidwaldenNW	3	3	Sat 28 Nov
SchaffhausenSH	3	3	Sat 28 Nov
SchwyzSZ	3	3	Fri 27 Nov
SolothurnSO	3	3	Sat 28 Nov
St. GallenSG	3	3	Thu 26 Nov
TicinoTI	3	2	Thu 19 Nov
ThurgauTG	3	3	Sat 28 Nov
VaudVD	3	3	Fri 20 Nov
ValaisVS	3	3	Fri 4 Dec
ZugZG	3	3	Thu 19 Nov
Appenzell InnerrhodenAI	2	2	Wed 2 Dec
GlarusGL	2	1	Fri 4 Dec
ObwaldenOW	2	2	Wed 25 Nov
UriUR	2	2	Sat 28 Nov
Appenzell AusserrhodenAR	1	1	Sat 5 Dec
NeuchâtelNE	1	1	Sat 12 Dec

Advent markets Switzerland: the markets with Advent in their name

7 markets in 7 cantons carry the word Advent in their own name.

Looking for an Advent market? Here they are, with dates and canton pages. In the market calendar above they appear alongside all the others.

Dorf-Advent Hergiswil am See — Hergiswil · Sat 28 Nov–Sun 29 Nov · Nidwalden
Adventsmarkt Neuhausen — Neuhausen am Rheinfall · Sat 28 Nov–Sun 29 Nov · Schaffhausen
Adventsdorf Olten — Olten · Sat 28 Nov–Sun 20 Dec · Solothurn
Adventsmarkt Arlesheim — Arlesheim · Domplatz · Sat 28 Nov · Basel-Landschaft
Advent i de Altstadt Aarau — Aarau · Thu 3 Dec–Sun 20 Dec · Aargau
Riehener Adventsmarkt (Dorfmarkt im Dezember) — Riehen · Sat 5 Dec · Basel-Stadt
Adventsmarkt Weinfelden — Weinfelden · Sat 12 Dec–Sun 13 Dec · Thurgau

🧭 The five planning traps that cost you the trip

The problem is not the place, it is the calendar. Five patterns recur throughout the verified data — and none of the five can be read off an ordinary market listing.

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A region's best-known market is often its latestThe Lozärner Wiehnachtsmärt on Franziskanerplatz — named by «Time Out» among the ten most beautiful in Europe — only opens on 3 December. By then Zurich, Zug, Bern and Winterthur have been running for two weeks. Anyone travelling to Lucerne in late November will find nothing at all on Franziskanerplatz; the Lucerne answer for those weeks is called Inseli-Park.
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Closure days in the middle of the runThe Christkindlimärt in Rapperswil-Jona is advertised as «3 to 20 December», yet it does not take place on 7, 8, 14, 15 and 16 December. Five days in the heart of the stated range on which the old town is empty. No date-range field in the world shows this — with us it sits in the entry's notes.
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The final day is not the same everywhereThe majority close on 23 December, 13 markets run through to Christmas Eve, and 5 go beyond. In Basel even two squares in the same city differ: on 23 December, Barfüsserplatz closes at 8 pm, Münsterplatz already at 6 pm.
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Two markets in one town are not the same marketChur has two Christmas markets run by two associations that start on the same day — one is over after two days, the other runs until 23 December. Zurich has four, Bern three, Basel two, Winterthur two and Lucerne two, each with its own dates. The name of the town tells you nothing about opening.
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The opening hours do not cover the whole marketIn Zug, only half the site is open Monday to Friday between 11.30 am and 4 pm. At Zurich main station the non-food stalls close an hour before the food stalls, and those before the bars. If you are planning a late evening, plan around the hospitality hours, not the market hours.

📜 Where the Swiss Christmas market comes from — and what sets it apart today

The pre-Christmas market is a late medieval town market that brought together craft goods and winter supplies. What characterises the Swiss version today is not its age but who runs it: associations, cities and cantons operate side by side.

The breadth of that ownership is visible directly in the data. In Basel the canton itself publishes the opening hours down to the minute of the final day. In Bern a municipal market, an association market and the privately run Sternenmarkt on the Kleine Schanze sit alongside one another — the last of them entirely cashless. On Bern's Münsterplatz an admission rule has replaced a list of goods for nearly forty years: exhibitors must produce in their own workshop and make one-off pieces. In Schaffhausen the setting is the more than 800-year-old cloister of Allerheiligen, the largest in Switzerland. And in Einsiedeln the organiser publishes not only 2026 but the dates all the way to 2028. That is the real difference from the «Christmas market» cliché: not a standard, but 77 independent events that happen to overlap in time. Almost all of them are free — which places them in the same category as our 50+ days out under 20 francs.

🔍 What we still don't know — and why it says so here

Of 81 markets in the calendar, 4 have no confirmed date range for 2026 yet. We list them anyway — as open, not as dates.

On 8 September this paragraph said that nothing verifiable had been published in Ticino for the 2026/27 season, and that Bô Noël in Lausanne showed only the previous edition's summary. Four weeks later all three have published their own run — Locarno and Lugano go on into January 2027, Bô Noël in Lausanne until New Year's Eve. Had we filled in last year's dates back then, the list would have looked more complete — and guessed at exactly these spots. That is why every market shows whether its run is published, calculated from a fixed rule – in Appenzell, for instance, «every first Wednesday in December» – or still open: in Bellinzona the organiser announces the 2026/27 edition without naming a day yet. If you know a run: send us the link, not the date.

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Frequently asked questions about Swiss Christmas markets 2026

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Markets by canton

26 cantons, and none dominates — that is how evenly it is spread across Switzerland. Every canton links to its own page with all the dates.

Zurich: from 18 Nov →9 · Wed 18 Nov

Bern: 3 on 27 Nov →7 · Thu 19 Nov

Aargau: 28 Nov–20 Dec →4 · Sat 28 Nov

Basel-Landschaft: 28 Nov–20 Dec →3 · Sat 28 Nov

Basel-Stadt: 26 Nov–23 Dec →3 · Thu 26 Nov

Fribourg: only from 12:00 →3 · Fri 27 Nov

Geneva: 19 Nov–24 Dec →3 · Thu 19 Nov

Grisons: 27 Nov–23 Dec →3 · Fri 27 Nov

Lucerne: one starts at 17:00 →3 · Fri 20 Nov

Nidwalden: one on 5 Dec only →3 · Sat 28 Nov

Schaffhausen: open on Christmas Eve →3 · Sat 28 Nov

Schwyz: only from 17:00 →3 · Fri 27 Nov

Solothurn: 28 Nov–20 Dec →3 · Sat 28 Nov

St. Gallen: open on Christmas Eve →3 · Thu 26 Nov

Ticino: open until 10 Jan →3 · Thu 19 Nov

Thurgau: one on 28 Nov only →3 · Sat 28 Nov

Vaud: 20 Nov–31 Dec →3 · Fri 20 Nov

Valais: up to 19 days in a row →3 · Fri 4 Dec

Zug: up to 35 days in a row →3 · Thu 19 Nov

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🏆 The ConvivaPlus verdict

The ConvivaPlus verdict on the 2026 Christmas market season

77 verified date rangesBusiest day: 5 December 202654-day span4 still open

The 2026 season is not a period, it is a timetable. It begins more than two weeks before the first Sunday of Advent and ends after Christmas, and in between something is constantly opening and closing. Two figures decide whether a trip works, and neither of them is the name of the town: the concrete market's date range and its opening hours on the chosen weekday. Plan by place alone and you will most likely end up at a square that has not been set up yet, has already been dismantled, or is simply closed that day.

When we last checked: on 20 October 2026 — 81 markets, each read at the organiser's source; for 77, the 2026 dates are fixed. Is yours missing? Tell us — it goes in as soon as its dates are published.

Check the latest: ConvivaPlus Christmas Market Calendar 2026 →

💎 Golden nuggets

The non-obvious — researched, not copied

◆The busiest day of the season is 5 December 2026. 45 of the 77 markets run simultaneously that day. On the first day of the season there was exactly one. That figure appears in no market overview — it can only be calculated if you hold the start AND end of every market.
◆Central Switzerland's most famous market opens among the last. The Lozärner Wiehnachtsmärt on Franziskanerplatz only starts on 3 December — two weeks after Zurich, Zug and Bern. Anyone visiting Lucerne in late November has to fall back on the Inseli-Park.
◆Rapperswil-Jona has five closure days in the middle of its run. The Christkindlimärt is advertised as «3 to 20 December» but does not take place on 7, 8, 14, 15 and 16 December. Arrive on one of those days and you are standing in an empty old town.
◆In Basel, two squares in the same city close two hours apart. On 23 December 2026 Barfüsserplatz finishes at 8 pm, Münsterplatz already at 6 pm — officially published by the canton, yet almost never quoted.
◆One organiser is already publishing the 2028 season. The Einsiedeln Christmas market lists, alongside 2026, both 26 November to 5 December 2027 and 1 to 10 December 2028. No other market on the list reaches beyond the current season.
◆Zurich's main station market is no longer called Christkindlimarkt. The station concourse is run under the name Polarzauber; the old christkindlimarkt.ch domain 301-redirects to a third-party event platform. And at Bellevue the «Wienachtsdorf» bowed out after ten years — in 2026 the square hosts Bellevue Noël.

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As of: 20 October 2026 — every date range read individually at its source.

Zurich (9)

Winterthurer Wintermarkt — Winterthurer Wintermarkt →Winterthur · Teuschelweiherplatz · checked on 8 September 2026

Polarzauber – Weihnachtsmarkt im Zürich Hauptbahnhof — Polarzauber →Zurich · Hauptbahnhof · checked on 14 October 2026

Bellevue Noël — Bellevue Noël →Zurich · Sechseläutenplatz / Bellevue · checked on 8 September 2026

Wiehnachtsmärt am Singing Christmas Tree — The Singing Christmas Tree →Zurich · Werdmühleplatz · checked on 14 October 2026

Weihnachtsmarkt Dörfli im Niederdorf — Weihnachtsmarkt Dörfli im Niederdorf →Zurich · Niederdorf · checked on 5 October 2026

Weihnachtsmarkt Münsterhof — Weihnachtsmarkt Münsterhof →Zurich · Münsterhof · checked on 20 October 2026

Zürcher Weihnachtsallee — Zürcher Weihnachtsallee →Zurich · Europaallee · checked on 20 October 2026

Winterthurer Weihnachtsmarkt — Weihnachtsmarkt Winterthur →Winterthur · Neumarkt · checked on 8 September 2026

Wollishofer Weihnachtsmarkt — Veranstalter noch nicht publiziert →Zurich · Wollishofen · checked on 20 October 2026

Bern (7)

Berner Sternenmarkt — Berner Sternenmarkt →Bern · Kleine Schanze · checked on 8 September 2026

Huttwiler Wiehnachtsmärit — Pro Regio Huttwil →Huttwil · checked on 20 October 2026

Weihnachtsmarkt Waisenhausplatz — Stadt Bern →Bern · Waisenhausplatz · checked on 8 September 2026

Kambly Weihnachtsmarkt — Kambly Erlebnis Trubschachen →Trubschachen · Kambly Erlebnis · checked on 13 October 2026

Thuner Weihnachtsmarkt — Kommission Thuner Weihnachtsmarkt →Thun · checked on 20 October 2026

Berner Münster Weihnachtsmarkt — Verein Berner Münster Weihnachtsmarkt →Bern · Münsterplatz · checked on 8 September 2026

Erlebnis Weihnachtsmarkt Brienz — Weihnachtsmarkt Brienz →Brienz · checked on 20 October 2026

Aargau (4)

Aarburg leuchtet — Aarburg leuchtet →Aarburg · checked on 20 October 2026

Weihnachts- und Christchindli-Märt Bremgarten — Verein Christchindlimärt, Bremgarten →Bremgarten · checked on 14 September 2026

Advent i de Altstadt Aarau — Verein Advent i de Altstadt, Aarau →Aarau · checked on 14 September 2026

Weihnachtsmarkt Baden — Weihnachtsmarkt Baden →Baden · checked on 8 September 2026

Basel-Landschaft (3)

Adventsmarkt Arlesheim — Arleser Märt-Team (AGIV) →Arlesheim · Domplatz · checked on 6 October 2026

Weihnachtsmarkt Liestal — Weihnachtsmarkt Liestal →Liestal · checked on 15 September 2026

Weihnachtsmarkt Muttenz — Gemeinde Muttenz →Muttenz · checked on 6 October 2026

Basel-Stadt (3)

Basler Weihnachtsmarkt Barfüsserplatz — Kanton Basel-Stadt →Basel · Barfüsserplatz · checked on 8 September 2026

Basler Weihnachtsmarkt Münsterplatz — Kanton Basel-Stadt →Basel · Münsterplatz · checked on 8 September 2026

Riehener Adventsmarkt (Dorfmarkt im Dezember) — VRD Vereinigung Riehener Dorfgeschäfte →Riehen · checked on 6 October 2026

Fribourg (3)

Marché de Noël de Gruyères — Office du Tourisme de Gruyères →Gruyères · checked on 14 September 2026

Marché de Noël de Bulle — Marché de Noël Bulle →Bulle · checked on 14 September 2026

Weihnachtsmarkt Murten — Region Murtensee / Région Lac de Morat →Murten · checked on 14 September 2026

Geneva (3)

Noël au Quai — Noël au Quai →Geneva · checked on 8 September 2026

Marché de Noël de Carouge — Commerces et artisanat de Carouge (IC) →Carouge · checked on 6 October 2026

Marché de Noël des enfants — Ville de Genève →Geneva · Parc des Bastions · checked on 6 October 2026

Grisons (3)

Christkindlimarkt Chur — IG Christkindlimarkt Chur →Chur · Bahnhofstrasse · checked on 8 September 2026

Churer Weihnachtsmarkt — Verein Churer Weihnachtsmarkt →Chur · Altstadt · checked on 8 September 2026

Weihnachtsmarkt auf dem Arkadenplatz — Gemeinde Davos →Davos · Arkadenplatz · checked on 20 October 2026

Jura (3)

Marché de Noël de St-Ursanne — Marché de Noël du Clos du Doubs →Clos du Doubs · St-Ursanne · checked on 6 October 2026

Marché de Noël à Bure — Grange de Noël, Bure →Bure · checked on 19 October 2026

Marché de Noël de Delémont — Syndicat d'Initiative de la Région de Delémont (SIRD) →Delémont · Vieille Ville · checked on 19 October 2026

Lucerne (3)

RUDOLFS Weihnacht — RUDOLFS Weihnacht →Lucerne · Inseli-Park · checked on 8 September 2026

Lozärner Wiehnachtsmärt — IG Luzerner Herbstmesse und Märkte →Lucerne · Franziskanerplatz · checked on 8 September 2026

Christkindli Märt Willisau — Christkindli Märt Willisau →Willisau · checked on 19 October 2026

Nidwalden (3)

Dorf-Advent Hergiswil am See — OK Dorf-Advent Hergiswil →Hergiswil · checked on 6 October 2026

Beckenrieder Samichlais-Märcht — Samichlais-Märcht Beckenried →Beckenried · checked on 6 October 2026

Stanser Wiänachtsmärcht — Säumer- und Trainvereinigung Unterwalden →Stans · Höfli-/Steinmättli-Areal · checked on 6 October 2026

Schaffhausen (3)

Adventsmarkt Neuhausen — Ortsmarketing Neuhausen am Rheinfall →Neuhausen am Rheinfall · checked on 6 October 2026

Märlistadt Stein am Rhein — Märlistadt Stein am Rhein →Stein am Rhein · checked on 20 October 2026

Schaffhauser Weihnachtsmarkt — Verein Schaffhauser Weihnachtsmarkt →Schaffhausen · checked on 8 September 2026

Schwyz (3)

Einsiedler Weihnachtsmarkt — Einsiedler Weihnachtsmarkt →Einsiedeln · checked on 8 September 2026

Weihnachtsmarkt am See Brunnen — Erlebnisregion Mythen c/o Brunnen Schwyz Marketing AG →Ingenbohl · Brunnen · checked on 6 October 2026

Märt ide Wiehnachtsziit Lachen — Marktkommission Lachen →Lachen · checked on 6 October 2026

Solothurn (3)

Adventsdorf Olten — Kein Ding GmbH →Olten · checked on 20 October 2026

Chlausemäret Solothurn — Chlausemäret Solothurn →Solothurn · checked on 8 September 2026

Soledurner Wiehnachtsmäret — Verein Pro Vorstadt Solothurn →Solothurn · Kreuzackerpark · checked on 6 October 2026

St. Gallen (3)

Sternenstadt St.Gallen mit Weihnachtsmarkt am Gallusplatz — Sternenstadt St.Gallen →St. Gallen · Gallusplatz · checked on 8 September 2026

Christkindlimärt Rapperswil-Jona — Christkindlimärt Rapperswil-Jona →Rapperswil-Jona · checked on 8 September 2026

Weihnachtsmarkt Altstadt Wil — Stadt Wil →Wil SG · checked on 6 October 2026

Ticino (3)

Winterland Locarno — enjoy / Ascona-Locarno Turismo →Locarno · checked on 11 September 2026

Natale in Piazza Lugano — Città di Lugano, Divisione Eventi e Congressi (Lugano Eventi) →Lugano · checked on 5 October 2026

Natale in Città Bellinzona — Città di Bellinzona, Dicastero educazione, cultura, giovani e socialità →Bellinzona · checked on 19 October 2026

Thurgau (3)

Arboner Christkindlimarkt — Stadt Arbon →Arbon · checked on 14 September 2026

Adventsmarkt Weinfelden — Gewerbeverein Weinfelden und Umgebung →Weinfelden · checked on 6 October 2026

Weihnachtsmarkt Frauenfeld — Weihnachtsmarkt Frauenfeld →Frauenfeld · checked on 14 September 2026

Vaud (3)

Montreux Noël — Marché de Noël Montreux SA / Fondation Riviera Noël →Montreux · checked on 8 September 2026

Bô Noël Lausanne — Bô Noël Lausanne →Lausanne · checked on 5 October 2026

Vevey Riviera Noël — Vevey Riviera Noël (Riviera Noël) →Vevey · checked on 6 October 2026

Valais (3)

Briger Chrischchindlimärt — Gewerbeverein Brig-Glis →Brig-Glis · checked on 6 October 2026

Marché de Noël de Sion — Marché de Noël de Sion →Sion · checked on 15 September 2026

Marché de Noël de Monthey — Ville de Monthey, Service Culture, Tourisme & Jumelage →Monthey · checked on 14 September 2026

Zug (3)

Zuger Weihnachtsmarkt am Alpenquai — Zuger Weihnachtsmarkt →Zug · Alpenquai · checked on 8 September 2026

Christchindli-Märt Baar — Einwohnergemeinde Baar →Baar · checked on 6 October 2026

Weihnachtsmarkt Steinhausen — Weihnachtsmarkt Steinhausen →Steinhausen · Dorfplatz · checked on 6 October 2026

Appenzell Innerrhoden (2)

Chlöösler — Appenzellerland Tourismus AI →Appenzell · checked on 6 October 2026

Christkindlimarkt Appenzell — Verein Postplatzmarkt →Appenzell · Postplatz · checked on 6 October 2026

Glarus (2)

Weihnachtsmarkt Glarus — Glarus Service →Glarus · Volksgarten · checked on 15 September 2026

Chlausmarkt Näfels — St. Nikolaus-Aktion Näfels →Glarus Nord · Näfels · checked on 6 October 2026

Obwalden (2)

Sarner Weihnachtsmarkt — Sarner Fachgeschäfte (SFG) →Sarnen · Dorfplatz · checked on 5 October 2026

Chlausmarkt Engelberg — Saisonmarkt Engelberg →Engelberg · Kursaal · checked on 6 October 2026

Uri (2)

Weihnachtsmarkt Andermatt — Weihnachtsmarkt Andermatt →Andermatt · checked on 19 October 2026

Christkindlimarkt Altdorf — Gemeinde Altdorf →Altdorf · checked on 15 September 2026

Appenzell Ausserrhoden (1)

Herisauer Christchindlimarkt — Verein Herisauer Christchindlimarkt →Herisau · Ebnet · checked on 15 September 2026

Neuchâtel (1)

Noël des Montagnes — Noël des Montagnes →La Chaux-de-Fonds · Place du Marché · checked on 15 September 2026

Context & tradition

Canton of Basel-Stadt — Basel Christmas market →Official publication of dates and opening hours for Barfüsserplatz, Münsterplatz and Märliwald.

City of Bern — Christmas markets →Municipal overview of the three Bern markets including the year-end and new-year markets.

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On 5 December 2026, 45 of the 77 verified Swiss Christmas markets are open at the same time — the busiest day of the season. On 18 November 2026 it was exactly one.

Source: ConvivaPlus Christmas Market Calendar 2026

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Christmas markets in the canton of Bern

Christmas markets in the canton of Aargau

Christmas markets in the canton of Fribourg

Christmas markets in the canton of Lucerne

Christmas markets in the canton of Ticino

Christmas markets in the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden

Christmas markets in the canton of Grisons

Christmas markets in the canton of Jura

Christmas markets in the canton of Schaffhausen

Christmas markets in the canton of Solothurn

Christmas markets in the canton of St. Gallen

Christmas markets in the canton of Thurgau

Christmas markets in the canton of Vaud

Christmas markets in the canton of Valais

Christmas markets in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Christmas markets in the canton of Basel-Landschaft

Christmas markets in the canton of Basel-Stadt

Christmas markets in the canton of Geneva

Christmas markets in the canton of Glarus

Christmas markets in the canton of Neuchâtel

Christmas markets in the canton of Nidwalden

Christmas markets in the canton of Obwalden

Christmas markets in the canton of Schwyz

Christmas markets in the canton of Uri

Christmas markets in the canton of Zug