Candle dipping Wetzikon: the latecomer that stays open every evening until nine
✓ Checked at the source · as of 5 October 2026
In the canton of Zurich the candle-dipping season begins in early November and in many places is over again by the end of the month. Wetzikon only starts then — and keeps its tent open every evening until 9 pm, weekdays included. For anyone who had no time in November, it is the second chance with after-work hours.
📅 Dates 2026 — when and where
Kerzenziehen Wetzikon
✓Wednesday, 2 December 2026 – Saturday, 12 December 2026 · 11 days
- Organiser
- Verein KulturFeld und Freie Evangelische Gemeinde Wetzikon
Source: kerzenziehen-wetzikon.ch · checked on 5 October 2026
🕐 Opening hours 2026
Usually open until 21:00 – only one other event in the whole calendar closes later.
Daily 13:00–21:00 · Saturday and Sunday from 12:00 · Saturday 12 December only until 15:00 · mornings reserved for classes and groups
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.
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🚋 Transport & access with stop
51 metres as the crow flies to the stop – closer than 32 of the 35 events with a stop on record.
- Meeting point
- Beheiztes Zelt an der Langfurrenstrasse 2, Areal der FEG Wetzikon, 8620 Wetzikon
- Nearest stop
- Wetzikon ZH, Friedhof (BUS) — 51 m as the crow flies
Coordinates © swisstopo · Stops: opentransportdata.swiss (FOT)
📋 Good to know before you go
- Priced by weight: a thin candle about 20 cm long costs around 5 francs depending on the wax. Coloured paraffin and beeswax candles are dipped.
- Classes and groups book a 2-hour slot on a morning. Inside the tent there is a café corner with hot drinks, cake and snacks.
✨ Highlights on site
What sets this candle-dipping session apart is not in its run dates.
The start date is the argument. By the time the first wax pot warms up in Wetzikon, 8 other candle-dipping events in the canton of Zurich have already packed up. After Wetzikon, none starts in the canton; on the same day 3 others begin, including the GZ Heuried in Zurich. If you missed the season, this is one of the last open tents in the canton.
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🎯 Practical tips for your visit
Wetzikon dips its candles in a heated tent on an association's grounds.
- 1Mornings for classes and groups onlyThe public dips from midday.
🗺️ Nearby sessions
Wetzikon is among the latest starts — together with 3 others, including the GZ Heuried in the city of Zurich, which also only begins in December. The canton of Zurich has 24 candle-dipping events.
If you want to keep dipping even longer in December, the Uetliberg has the only event in Switzerland that runs past New Year. Nationwide the busiest day of the season is 2 December 2026 with 28 events running at once.
More candle dipping in the canton of Zurich
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Related questions from our magazine
In the canton of Zurich, among others, in Wetzikon and at the GZ Heuried, which both only begin in December, and on Hechtplatz, which runs until shortly before Christmas.
Only the one on the Uetliberg at UTO KULM: it ends on 3 January 2027 – but is open at weekends only.
The earliest documented event in the calendar starts on 23 September 2026 in Stans; in the canton of Zurich the season begins in early November in Winterthur-Veltheim – a good month before Wetzikon.
The ConvivaPlus verdict
For everyone who did not get round to it in November, Wetzikon is the rescue: when it opens, a large part of the canton's competition has gone — and the tent keeps hours that fit a working day. For the Zurich Oberland it is the obvious event anyway.
The only catch is the closing day: on the last Saturday it shuts at 3 pm. If you need fixed hours in the city and want to dip earlier in Advent, you are well served on Hechtplatz.
When we last checked: Run, opening hours, price guide, group slots and organisers (Verein KulturFeld and FEG Wetzikon) come from kerzenziehen-wetzikon.ch, source read on 5 October 2026. How many Zurich events have packed up before the start and how many begin on the same day is counted in the dataset; events with an open end do not count as packed up. Basis: the ConvivaPlus-Kerzenzieh-Kalender 2026, every entry read individually at its source.
Check the latest: ConvivaPlus candle-dipping dataset 2026 – Wetzikon →
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How we check
According to the ConvivaPlus calendar, 42 of the 52 confirmed events this season start earlier than this one and 4 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.
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In the mornings the tent is reserved for school classes and groups; two-hour slots can be booked.
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🕯️ Candle dipping · 5 October 2026