When is candle dipping in Kloten in 2026?

From 14 November 2026 to 2 December 2026 in the VFK rooms in the basement of the Schluefweg centre.

Why are there no opening hours here?

Because the organiser has not published any for 2026. An hour taken from last year would look like information but would be a guess. We will add them as soon as the VFK announces them.

Where exactly does the dipping take place?

In the VFK rooms in the basement of the Schluefweg centre, Schluefweg 10 in Kloten – not on the ground floor and not in the sports area.

🕯️ Candle dipping

Candle dipping Kloten: the wax pot is under the swimming pool

✓ Checked at the source · as of 8 September 2026

In this calendar candles are dipped in tents, yurts, church basements and community centres. In Kloten it happens in the basement of a sports and leisure centre – two course rooms beneath the indoor pool. Anyone who does not know that searches the building twice.

Key takeaway

The VFK candle dipping runs from 14 November 2026 to 2 December 2026 – 19 days – in the VFK rooms in the basement of the Schluefweg centre. For 2026 the organiser has so far published only a start and an end, no daily opening hours. We therefore carry none over from last year. Target audience per the listing: «young and old».

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8 September 2026

Candle dipping Kloten: the wax pot is under the swimming pool

📅 Dates 2026 — when and where

VFK-Kerzenziehen am Schluefweg

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Saturday, 14 November 2026 – Wednesday, 2 December 2026 · 19 days

Organiser: Vereinigung Freizeit Kloten (VFK)

Source: vfk-kloten.ch · checked on 8 September 2026

Season in Kloten next to Bülach, Zurich · Hechtplatz and Zurich · Uetliberg

Each bar is a documented run. Dark = this session, pale = the nearest ones. Read a single date and you miss that the neighbouring village has already packed up when the wax here is only just warming.

OctNovDecJan

KlotenVFK-Kerzenziehen am Schluefweg
BülachZH
Zurich · HechtplatzZH
Zurich · UetlibergZH

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✅ Yes — one session runs here on that day.VFK-Kerzenziehen am Schluefweg

Calculated from the ConvivaPlus dataset — every date with its own source above.

🚋 Transport & access with stop

222 metres as the crow flies from the stop, about 4 minutes on foot.

Meeting point: VFK-Räume im Untergeschoss des Zentrum Schluefweg, Schluefweg 10, 8302 Kloten
Nearest stop: Kloten, Schluefweg (BUS) — 222 m as the crow flies

🗺️ Open route

Coordinates © swisstopo · Stops: opentransportdata.swiss (FOT)

📋 Good to know before you go

For 2026 the organiser so far publishes only the outer dates «Sat 14.11.2026 10:00 – Wed 02.12.2026 18:00». Day-by-day opening hours for 2026 were not yet announced as of 08.09.2026 — so we do not copy last year's.
Target audience according to the listing: «young and old».

✨ Highlights on site

What sets this candle-dipping session apart is not in its run dates.

The Vereinigung Freizeit Kloten has published exactly two things for 2026: a start time and an end time. Daily hours are missing. We could copy them from last year – many overviews do – but then a figure would stand here that no 2026 source supports. For a family activity that is precisely the most expensive mistake.

19 days is long for an event of this size: Winterthur runs eleven days, Bern eight, Bülach three. That puts Kloten in the upper third of the calendar – and it starts on the same day as the Zürcher Kerzenziehen while closing almost three weeks earlier.

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🎯 Practical tips for your visit

Kloten is easy to reach by train and bus, and the Schluefweg centre is central.

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Call or check before setting offAs long as no daily hours are published, a call to the VFK is the only reliable information. We will add the hours here as soon as the organiser announces them.
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«Young and old» means: no published age limitUnlike several Zurich community centres, Kloten states no lower limit. With very small children it is still worth asking first – elsewhere under-fives are excluded for safety reasons.

If this run does not work:

Bülach →

Zurich · Hechtplatz →

Zurich · Uetliberg →

🗺️ Nearby sessions

Kloten starts on the same day as the Zürcher Kerzenziehen on Hechtplatz – there it is open daily with fixed hours, here the run is shorter and the hours question is still open. The canton of Zurich has 24 sessions.

Nationally the densest day of the season is 2 December 2026, with 28 sessions running at once; the season spans 23 September 2026 to 3 January 2027.

More candle dipping in the canton of Zurich

All of the canton of Zurich →

BülachFri 27 Nov – Sun 29 NovOpen page Zurich · HechtplatzSat 14 Nov – Mon 21 DecOpen page Zurich · UetlibergSat 7 Nov – Sun 3 JanOpen page ZurichWed 4 Nov – Thu 17 DecOpen page Winterthur · VeltheimMon 2 Nov – Thu 12 NovOpen page DietikonSat 14 Nov – Sun 13 DecOpen page UsterSat 7 Nov – Sun 22 NovOpen page GossauSat 7 Nov – Sun 15 NovOpen page WetzikonWed 2 Dec – Sat 12 DecOpen page StäfaWed 2 Dec – Sun 13 DecOpen page

Candle Dipping in Switzerland 2026

Every verified Swiss candle-dipping session · Every session in the calendar in the canton of Zurich

❓ FAQ — answered

Answers from the verified dataset – no date carried over from last year.

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The ConvivaPlus verdict

⚠️ Hours still open

For families in the Zurich Unterland, Kloten is the obvious session: almost three weeks long, in the middle of town, easy to reach, with no published age limit. For an offering of this size the run is above average – most comparable events in the calendar last one to two weeks.

What makes it hard to plan today is the missing hours. Until the VFK publishes them, the phone is the only option. Anyone who would rather not will find fixed hours and daily opening on Hechtplatz.

When we last checked: The organiser has so far published only a start and an end for 2026. As soon as daily hours are listed they will appear here – until then we carry nothing over from last year. The basis is the ConvivaPlus-Kerzenzieh-Kalender 2026: every entry was read individually at its source for the ConvivaPlus calendar — this ConvivaPlus verdikt rests on nothing else.

Check the latest: ConvivaPlus candle-dipping dataset 2026 – Kloten →

🗓️ At the same time in the canton of Zurich

Everything for the canton of Zurich →

How we check

According to the ConvivaPlus calendar, 14 of the 52 confirmed events this season start earlier than this one and 35 later.

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.

Written by

Jana Meier

ConvivaPlus Editor · Family & Day Trips

Writes about day trips, family and local life – honestly assessing what's worth it.

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Sources & methodology3

Researched & source-checked · for Switzerland

As of: 8 September 2026

VFK-Kerzenziehen am Schluefweg — Vereinigung Freizeit Kloten (VFK) →Kloten · checked on 8 September 2026

Service points — opentransportdata.swiss (FOT) →Nearest stop as the crow flies, calculated by us

All information without guarantee. Found an error? → support@conviva-plus.ch

💡Did you know?

If you do not know the building, ask at reception.

Source: ConvivaPlus candle-dipping dataset 2026 – Kloten

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