Candle dipping Uster: the only place with two evenings until ten
Candle dipping is almost everywhere an afternoon activity: by 5.30pm the pots are cold, and anyone working until seven arrives too late. Uster is the exception – twice, on a Friday.
📅 Run, opening hours and what the organiser actually published
Kerzenziehen in der Kirche Neuwies
confirmedSunday, 8 November 2026 – Sunday, 22 November 2026 · 15 days
- Opening hours
- Sun 08.11 12:00–18:30 · Wed 11.11 14:00–18:30 · Fri 13.11 18:00–22:00 · Sat 14.11 12:00–18:30 · Sun 15.11 12:00–18:30 · Wed 18.11 14:00–18:30 · Fri 20.11 18:00–22:00 · Sat 21.11 12:00–18:30 · Sun 22.11 12:00–15:30
- Meeting point
- Kirche Neuwies, Neuwiesenstrasse 10, 8610 Uster
- Organiser
- Kirche Neuwies Uster
Two Friday evenings until 22:00 — the latest dipping time in the whole survey, and the only place to offer it twice (the Guthirt youth centre in Zurich-Wipkingen reaches it on a single evening). Anyone who only has time after work finds a window here that barely exists anywhere else.
- Prices: paraffin wax CHF 3.60/100 g, beeswax CHF 4.60/100 g.
- Nine published opening days across two weekends — in between it is not open continuously.
Source: To the organiser's page · checked on 8 September 2026
Kerzenziehen im Kirchgemeindehaus Zentralstrasse
date still opennot published yet
- Meeting point
- Kirchgemeindehaus, Zentralstrasse 40, 8610 Uster
- Organiser
- Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche Uster
Uster has two independent candle-dipping offerings — the Neuwies church and this one. The second has no date yet for 2026.
- ⛔ As of 08.09.2026 the parish still lists last year's dates on this page. We do NOT carry them forward. As soon as the parish publishes 2026, the date will appear here.
- Published structure of the offering (without a year): first a week for schools, then around two weeks of public candle dipping; on Wednesdays also in the evening.
Source: To the organiser's page · checked on 8 September 2026
📅 Visit-day check
Pick the day you are free — the answer comes from the verified ConvivaPlus dataset, not from a run you have to work out in your head.
| Session | Run | Opening hours | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kerzenziehen in der Kirche Neuwies | Sun 8 Nov – Sun 22 Nov15 days | Sun 08.11 12:00–18:30 · Wed 11.11 14:00–18:30 · Fri 13.11 18:00–22:00 · Sat 14.11 12:00–18:30 · Sun 15.11 12:00–18:30 · Wed 18.11 14:00–18:30 · Fri 20.11 18:00–22:00 · Sat 21.11 12:00–18:30 · Sun 22.11 12:00–15:30 | confirmed |
Calculated from the ConvivaPlus dataset — every row with its own source above.
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.
🔎 What sets this candle-dipping session apart
Anyone wanting to dip candles after work has a problem in Switzerland: most offerings are built around children and afternoons and close between 5pm and 6.30pm. In the whole survey exactly two places reach 10pm – and only one offers it twice: the Neuwies church in Uster, on both Fridays of its run. The Guthirt youth room in Zurich-Wipkingen also reaches 10pm, but on a single evening.
The second point is the structure of the run. Uster does not run continuously but on nine published days across two weekends – closed in between. And the days differ sharply: Sundays 12pm to 6.30pm, Wednesdays only from 2pm, Fridays 6pm to 10pm, the last Sunday only until 3.30pm. Read a run instead of a day calendar here and you will very likely plan wrong.
And the third: Uster has two independent offerings, not one. Alongside the Neuwies church, the Reformed Church of Uster runs a second at the Zentralstrasse parish house. It has no 2026 date yet – as of 8 September 2026 the parish still showed last year's dates. We do not carry them over. Only the structure is known: first a week for schools, then around two weeks open to the public, with Wednesday evenings on top.
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🎯 How to plan the visit without arriving at a cold wax pot
In Uster the individual day decides, not the run. Four points make the difference.
- 1The two Fridays are the actual offeringFrom 6pm to 10pm – almost nowhere else in Switzerland offers that. Anyone in work without free afternoons plans the visit around one of those two evenings.
- 2Nine days, not two weeksThe run spans two weekends, but it is only open on nine published days. In between the pots are cold. The day list is in the dates block above.
- 3The final day ends three hours earlierThe closing Sunday only runs to 3.30pm instead of 6.30pm. Anyone keeping the last day in reserve loses half the afternoon.
- 4Uster's second offering is not the same – and still openThe Neuwies church and the Zentralstrasse parish house are two separate events from two different organisers. The second has no 2026 date; we list it as open rather than reusing last year.
🗺️ Where this session sits in the season
In the canton of Zurich the dataset records 24 sessions – more than any other canton. Uster falls early in the season: by the time its last day is over, most of the neighbourhood offerings in the city of Zurich have not even started.
Nationally the densest day is 29 November 2026, with 17 sessions running at once; the season spans 2 November 2026 to 3 January 2027. On that densest day Uster is already closed.
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Frequently asked questions about this session
Answers from the verified dataset – no date carried over from last year.
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Related questions from our magazine
In the city of Zurich: three adults' evenings at the GZ Heuried and one at the Lettenkirche with a glass of fizz and live music.
Every candle-dipping spot in the city of Zurich →The Zürcher Kerzenziehen on Hechtplatz: daily, Sunday to Thursday until 8pm, Fridays and Saturdays until 9pm.
Zürcher Kerzenziehen on Hechtplatz →The earliest documented session starts on 2 November 2026 in Winterthur-Veltheim.
Candle dipping Winterthur →The ConvivaPlus verdict
For working people without free afternoons, Uster is the canton's best address – and practically its only one. Two Friday evenings until 10pm, with prices in the lower third of the national range: anyone wanting to dip after work has barely another option.
For a spontaneous visit the place is awkward. Nine separate days with four different time windows across two weekends demand a look at the day calendar – and anyone keeping the closing Sunday in reserve loses three hours. If you want reliability, go to Hechtplatz.
Freshness note: Uster's second session at the Zentralstrasse parish house had no 2026 date as of 8 September 2026. It is flagged as open above; as soon as the parish publishes, the date will appear here. The basis is the ConvivaPlus-Kerzenzieh-Kalender 2026: every entry was read individually at the organiser for the ConvivaPlus survey — this ConvivaPlus verdikt rests on nothing else.
Check the latest: ConvivaPlus candle-dipping dataset 2026 – Uster →
- ◆10pm exists twice in the country: in Uster on two Fridays, at the Guthirt youth room in Zurich-Wipkingen on a single evening. Everywhere else closes by 9pm at the latest.
- ◆The last day is shorter: the closing Sunday ends at 3.30pm instead of 6.30pm – three hours less than every other Sunday.
- ◆Two offerings, two organisers: the Neuwies church and the Zentralstrasse parish house are not the same event at two addresses but two independent events.
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In all of Switzerland there are exactly two places where candles are dipped until 10pm – and only Uster offers it on two evenings. For anyone working until seven, it is the region's only realistic address.
Discussion
3 voices from the community
Die zwei Freitagabende bis zehn sind für Berufstätige Gold wert. Ich habe unter der Woche nie vor sieben Feierabend, und in den meisten GZ ist um halb sechs Schluss. Hier komme ich um acht und habe noch zwei Stunden.
Das ist der Grund, warum wir die Öffnungszeiten tagesgenau führen statt gemittelt: Bei diesem Anlass entscheidet nicht der Zeitraum, sondern welcher der neun publizierten Tage es ist. Zwei davon gehen bis 22 Uhr, einer endet schon um 15.30 Uhr.
Verwirrend ist, dass es in Uster zwei verschiedene Kerzenziehen gibt – die Kirche Neuwies und das Kirchgemeindehaus an der Zentralstrasse. Ich habe jahrelang gedacht, das sei dasselbe, das einfach umzieht.
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🕯️ Candle dipping · 8 September 2026