Christmas markets in the canton of Solothurn 2026
3 verified Christmas markets in the canton of Solothurn – with date range, opening hours and source for every entry.
Checked at the source: 3 of 3 dates confirmed · as of 6 October 2026
Christmas markets in the canton of Solothurn
1 place, with dates and a checked source
📅 3 markets 2026 with run and closure days
Olten opens the season in the canton of Solothurn, on Saturday, 28 November 2026. 3 of the 3 markets carry a run documented at the source; filter by place, weekday and evidence status.
The first verified Christmas market in the canton of Solothurn opens on Saturday, 28 November 2026.
The organiser has published this 2026 date themselves.
- Meeting point
- Innenstadt Olten
- Organiser
- Kein Ding GmbH
A little over three weeks of Christmas market in the heart of Olten, in 2026 for the sixth time – the organiser combines market and Advent programme on one square.
Source: To the organiser's page · checked on 6 October 2026
This 2026 date comes from an events portal, not from the organiser itself.
- Meeting point
- Altstadt Solothurn
- Organiser
- Chlausemäret Solothurn
A market that pays no heed to the weekend: it always falls on the first Wednesday and Thursday in December – plan for the weekend and you miss it every time.
Good to know- More than 70 market stalls.
- The Samichlaus comes to the square with his donkey and hands out mandarins and peanuts.
Source: To the organiser's page · checked on 8 September 2026
The organiser has published this 2026 date themselves.
- Meeting point
- Kreuzackerpark, Solothurn
- Organiser
- Verein Pro Vorstadt Solothurn
Solothurn has two markets two weeks apart: the Chlausemäret in early December in the old town and this five-day Wiehnachtsmäret just before Christmas across the Aare in the Kreuzackerpark.
Source: To the organiser's page · checked on 6 October 2026
🏘️ 2 municipalities with organiser and run
2 of the 3 markets in the canton of Solothurn take place in Solothurn alone — the rest spread across one other municipality. For 1 of them we keep a page of their own: stall count, closure days and what the organiser actually published.
- Olten — Adventsdorf Olten, Kein Ding GmbH, 28 November 2026.
- Solothurn — Chlausemäret Solothurn, Chlausemäret Solothurn, 2 December 2026.
- Solothurn · Kreuzackerpark — Soledurner Wiehnachtsmäret, Verein Pro Vorstadt Solothurn, 16 December 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
- Innenstadt Olten
- Meeting point
- Altstadt Solothurn
- Meeting point
- Kreuzackerpark, Solothurn
🎒 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
- More than 70 market stalls. · The Samichlaus comes to the square with his donkey and hands out mandarins and peanuts.
📊 Season comparison of the markets in this canton
The market in Olten runs 23 days, the one in Solothurn just 2 — same canton, a season of 23 calendar days. The bar shows where each market sits in the window, and who has closed before others open.
- Olten
- Solothurn · Kreuzackerpark
🗺️ 19 cantons compared
4% of all markets we verified across Switzerland fall in the canton of Solothurn: 3 of 73. The table sets it beside the other 18 cantons with a page of their own — and shows where the survey grows next.
In the canton of Solothurn we list 3 Christmas markets across 2 towns, 3 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 | of which confirmed | First date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zurich | 6 | 6 | 18 November 2026 |
| Aargau | 3 | 3 | 3 December 2026 |
| Basel-Landschaft | 3 | 3 | 28 November 2026 |
| Basel-Stadt | 3 | 3 | 26 November 2026 |
| Bern | 3 | 3 | 19 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 3 checked entries for the canton of Solothurn, not estimated.
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