Christmas markets in the canton of Bern 2026
Still open on Christmas Eve: Bern (Kleine Schanze, Waisenhausplatz and Münsterplatz).
✓ Checked at the source · as of 20 October 2026
Christmas markets in the canton of Bern
Tap a place: every time slot and what to know before you go, on one page.
📅 7 markets 2026 with run and closure days
- Start
- 16:00
- Opening hours
- Market: Mon–Sat 11:00–22:00, Sun 11:00–20:00 · Food and drink: Mon–Sat 11:00–24:00, Sun 11:00–22:00 · 24 December until 16:00 · 25 December closed · Opening Thu 19 November at 16:00
- Meeting point
- Kleine Schanze, Bern
- Organiser
- Berner Sternenmarkt
Entirely cashless: only cards and Twint are accepted. And it runs until 27 December – with exactly one rest day in between, 25 December.
Good to know- Around 80 huts with changing offerings; a children's chalet on the square.
- Closed on 25 December – the market pauses for exactly one day and reopens on the 26th.
- There is no parking around Taubenstrasse and Rainmattstrasse; the organiser expressly asks visitors to come by public transport.
Everything on Bern · Kleine Schanze →
Source: bernersternenmarkt.ch · checked on 8 September 2026
- Start
- 13:00
- Opening hours
- Wed 25, Thu 26 and Fri 27 Nov 13:00–22:00 · Sat 28 Nov 10:00–22:00 · Sun 29 Nov 10:00–18:00
- Meeting point
- Städtli Huttwil
- Organiser
- Pro Regio Huttwil
It starts on a Wednesday and stays open until 22:00 on four of its five evenings — anyone parking outside reaches the Städtli by shuttle bus.
Good to know- As of 20.10.2026 the organiser had not yet published the 2026 exhibitor list or site plan ('coming soon').
Source: regio-huttwil.ch · checked on 20 October 2026
- Meeting point
- Waisenhausplatz, Bern
- Organiser
- Stadt Bern
The Christmas market closes on 24 December – the square does not: the same Waisenhausplatz then hosts the year-end market from 28 to 31 December 2026 and the New Year market from 4 to 9 January 2027. No other place on this list opens a newly named market after Christmas.
Good to know- Range of goods: mainly ordinary market wares – for handcrafted work, Bern's address is the Münsterplatz.
- As of 8 September, the operator had not yet published detailed opening hours for 2026; its website still showed the 2025 times.
Everything on Bern · Waisenhausplatz →
Source: bern.ch · checked on 8 September 2026
This date comes from an events portal, not from the organiser itself.
- Opening hours
- 27 to 29 November and 4 to 6 December 2026: Fri–Sat 11 am–8 pm, Sun 10 am–5 pm · Liechtli-Weg Fri–Sat 4–8 pm
- Meeting point
- Kambly Erlebnis, Mühlestrasse 4, Trubschachen
- Organiser
- Kambly Erlebnis Trubschachen
A market over two weekends rather than in one run, around the Kambly Erlebnis — with the Liechtli-Weg and a campfire on Friday and Saturday evenings.
Good to know- On the programme: Punch and Judy theatre, gingerbread decorating with the Kambly maîtres confiseurs, candle dipping.
- By train without changing: 35 minutes from Bern, 47 minutes from Lucerne.
Source: bls.ch · checked on 13 October 2026
- Start
- 11:00
- Opening hours
- Market Mon–Sat 11:00–20:00 · Sun 11:00–18:00 · food and drink until 28 Dec: Mon–Sat 11:00–22:00 · Sun 11:00–20:00
- Meeting point
- Rund um das Waisenhaus und den Mühleplatz, Thun
- Organiser
- Kommission Thuner Weihnachtsmarkt
New from 2026: the market runs until 23 December — and the food and drink stays open on 27 and 28 December too, long after the stalls have gone.
Source: thuner-weihnachtsmarkt.ch · checked on 20 October 2026
- Opening hours
- Open daily · Christmas Eve 24.12.2026 only 10:00–16:00 · Märit-Kulturbeiz Dreierlei daily 10:00–22:00
- Meeting point
- Münsterplatz, direkt vor dem Berner Münster
- Organiser
- Verein Berner Münster Weihnachtsmarkt
The only market on the list with an admission rule instead of a list of goods: whoever exhibits here must produce in their own workshop and make one-off pieces – for almost 40 years now.
Good to know- A 10- to 15-minute walk from Bern station, or by tram/bus to Zytglogge and through Münstergasse.
- In the Mix-Hüsli, young craftspeople each exhibit for one week – so the range changes during the market period.
Everything on Bern · Münsterplatz →
Source: bernerweihnachtsmarkt.ch · checked on 8 September 2026
- Meeting point
- Brienz, Marktgelände
- Organiser
- Weihnachtsmarkt Brienz
On Saturday at 17:30 a Räbeliechtli lantern procession passes through the market — at the end of November, three weeks after most processions in German-speaking Switzerland.
Good to know- 2026 programme according to the organiser: Sat 28 Nov 17:30 Räbeliechtli procession through the market · 17:00 and 19:00 Angels Gospel Singers concert (Reformed church, free entry, collection) · Sun 29 Nov 15:00 CD launch 'Händyfieber uf isem Älpli' (Reformed church). As of 20.10 the organiser did not show the 2026 market hours on its site.
Source: weihnachtsmarkt-brienz.ch · checked on 20 October 2026
🕐 Opening hours closure days included
A market running «28 November to 24 December» still has days when nothing happens — and at the weekend it often stays open two hours longer. That is exactly what stands here, in the organiser's own words.
Market: Mon–Sat 11:00–22:00, Sun 11:00–20:00 · Food and drink: Mon–Sat 11:00–24:00, Sun 11:00–22:00 · 24 December until 16:00 · 25 December closed · Opening Thu 19 November at 16:00
Wed 25, Thu 26 and Fri 27 Nov 13:00–22:00 · Sat 28 Nov 10:00–22:00 · Sun 29 Nov 10:00–18:00
27 to 29 November and 4 to 6 December 2026: Fri–Sat 11 am–8 pm, Sun 10 am–5 pm · Liechtli-Weg Fri–Sat 4–8 pm
Market Mon–Sat 11:00–20:00 · Sun 11:00–18:00 · food and drink until 28 Dec: Mon–Sat 11:00–22:00 · Sun 11:00–20:00
Open daily · Christmas Eve 24.12.2026 only 10:00–16:00 · Märit-Kulturbeiz Dreierlei daily 10:00–22:00
🏘️ 5 municipalities with organiser and run
3 of the 7 markets in the canton of Bern take place in Bern alone — the rest spread across 4 other municipalities. For 6 of them we keep a page of their own: stall count, closure days and what the organiser actually published.
- Bern · Kleine Schanze — Berner Sternenmarkt, Berner Sternenmarkt, 19 November 2026.
- Huttwil — Huttwiler Wiehnachtsmärit, Pro Regio Huttwil, 25 November 2026.
- Bern · Waisenhausplatz — Weihnachtsmarkt Waisenhausplatz, Stadt Bern, 27 November 2026.
- Trubschachen · Kambly Erlebnis — Kambly Weihnachtsmarkt, Kambly Erlebnis Trubschachen, 27 November 2026.
- Thun — Thuner Weihnachtsmarkt, Kommission Thuner Weihnachtsmarkt, 27 November 2026.
- Bern · Münsterplatz — Berner Münster Weihnachtsmarkt, Verein Berner Münster Weihnachtsmarkt, 28 November 2026.
- Brienz — Erlebnis Weihnachtsmarkt Brienz, Weihnachtsmarkt Brienz, 28 November 2026.
📍 Location and access of the markets
Two markets in the same town rarely stand in the same place, and «old town» is not a route. Hence every published location separately — the square, the station, the lane.
- Meeting point
- Kleine Schanze, Bern
- Meeting point
- Städtli Huttwil
- Meeting point
- Waisenhausplatz, Bern
- Meeting point
- Kambly Erlebnis, Mühlestrasse 4, Trubschachen
- Meeting point
- Rund um das Waisenhaus und den Mühleplatz, Thun
- Meeting point
- Münsterplatz, direkt vor dem Berner Münster
- Meeting point
- Brienz, Marktgelände
🎒 Entry and weather — what the organiser announces
Is there an entry fee, is there a programme, and what happens in a storm? These are the details an aggregator drops because they differ from market to market — which is exactly why they stand here.
- Good to know
- Around 80 huts with changing offerings; a children's chalet on the square. · Closed on 25 December – the market pauses for exactly one day and reopens on the 26th. · There is no parking around Taubenstrasse and Rainmattstrasse; the organiser expressly asks visitors to come by public transport.
- Good to know
- As of 20.10.2026 the organiser had not yet published the 2026 exhibitor list or site plan ('coming soon').
- Good to know
- Range of goods: mainly ordinary market wares – for handcrafted work, Bern's address is the Münsterplatz. · As of 8 September, the operator had not yet published detailed opening hours for 2026; its website still showed the 2025 times.
- Good to know
- On the programme: Punch and Judy theatre, gingerbread decorating with the Kambly maîtres confiseurs, candle dipping. · By train without changing: 35 minutes from Bern, 47 minutes from Lucerne.
- Good to know
- A 10- to 15-minute walk from Bern station, or by tram/bus to Zytglogge and through Münstergasse. · In the Mix-Hüsli, young craftspeople each exhibit for one week – so the range changes during the market period.
- Good to know
- 2026 programme according to the organiser: Sat 28 Nov 17:30 Räbeliechtli procession through the market · 17:00 and 19:00 Angels Gospel Singers concert (Reformed church, free entry, collection) · Sun 29 Nov 15:00 CD launch 'Händyfieber uf isem Älpli' (Reformed church). As of 20.10 the organiser did not show the 2026 market hours on its site.
🔀 5 run patterns across the municipalities
5 of the 5 municipalities in the canton of Bern hold a period nobody else holds. Anyone hoping to fit two markets into one day reads here which ones actually overlap.
📊 Season comparison of the markets in this canton
The market in Bern (Kleine Schanze) runs 39 days, the one in Brienz just 2 — same canton, a season of 39 calendar days. The bar shows where each market sits in the window, and who has closed before others open.
- Trubschachen · Kambly Erlebnis
🗺️ 19 cantons compared
9% of all markets we verified across Switzerland fall in the canton of Bern: 7 of 81. The table sets it beside the other 18 cantons with a page of their own — and shows where the calendar grows next.
In the canton of Bern we list 7 Christmas markets across 5 towns, 7 of them with a confirmed date range. Every entry is checked individually at its source; where nothing is published, it says open rather than showing an estimate.
| Canton | Events | date set | First date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zurich | 9 | 9 | 18 November 2026 |
| Bern | 7 | 7 | 19 November 2026 |
| Aargau | 4 | 4 | 28 November 2026 |
| Basel-Landschaft | 3 | 3 | 28 November 2026 |
| Basel-Stadt | 3 | 3 | 26 November 2026 |
| Fribourg | 3 | 3 | 27 November 2026 |
| Geneva | 3 | 3 | 19 November 2026 |
| Grisons | 3 | 3 | 27 November 2026 |
| Lucerne | 3 | 3 | 20 November 2026 |
| Nidwalden | 3 | 3 | 28 November 2026 |
| Schaffhausen | 3 | 3 | 28 November 2026 |
| Schwyz | 3 | 3 | 27 November 2026 |
| Solothurn | 3 | 3 | 28 November 2026 |
| St. Gallen | 3 | 3 | 26 November 2026 |
| Ticino | 3 | 2 | 19 November 2026 |
| Thurgau | 3 | 3 | 28 November 2026 |
| Vaud | 3 | 3 | 20 November 2026 |
| Valais | 3 | 3 | 4 December 2026 |
| Zug | 3 | 3 | 19 November 2026 |
❓ Common questions about the canton
Short and sourced: every answer is calculated from the 7 checked entries for the canton of Bern, not estimated.
🗓️ At the same time in the canton of Bern
- ✨ Light trails in the canton of BernSat 17 Oct – Sun 10 Jan
- 🏊 Winter swimming in the canton of Bernfrom Sat 24 Oct
- 🕯️ Candle dipping in the canton of BernWed 11 Nov – Wed 23 Dec
- 🏮 Turnip lanterns in the canton of BernSat 28 Nov
- 🛍️ Sunday shopping in the canton of BernSun 29 Nov · Sun 6 Dec · Sun 13 Dec · Sun 20 Dec
- 🚂 Festive rides in the canton of BernSun 6 Dec – Sun 20 Dec
- 🎅 St Nicholas in the canton of BernSun 6 Dec
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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