Dresden Christmas Markets 2026

Holiday market

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  Holiday market · Dresden

  Dresden Striezelmarkt (Dresdner Striezelmarkt)

  🧒 With kids✨ Date night🎉 With friends

  What's there

  • ★Germany's oldest Christmas market (since 1434)
  • ★Huge stepped pyramid and Schwibbogen candle arch
  • ★Ore Mountain woodcraft
  • ★Dresden Christstollen
  • ★Historic Ferris wheel

  What visitors sayGoogle 4.7 ★ · 4,689 reviews

  For many the most beautiful Christmas market of all: enchantingly decorated chalets with moving figures on the roofs, traditional crafts, stollen. Prices are high, but most find them appropriate. Very full at weekends, hardly any shelter when it rains, and the cobblestones are difficult for wheelchairs.

  A destination in its own right - anyone who wants to see a classic German Christmas market once should come to Dresden. It is most beautiful on weekdays and right at opening time.

  Dates

  2026 dates to be confirmed

  Getting there and parking

  • In the middle of the Old Town on the Altmarkt; tram to Altmarkt or Prager Straße, about 10 minutes on foot from the main station.

  Worth knowing

  • Daily 10:00-21:00, on opening day from 16:00, on 24 December mornings only.
  • Cobblestones: hard going for wheelchairs and pushchairs.

  Altmarkt, 01067 DresdenOfficial site
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  Holiday market · Dresden

  Augustusmarkt Christmas Market

  🎉 With friends✨ Date night

  What's there

  • ★White pavilions along 500 m of Hauptstraße in the Neustadt
  • ★Ferris wheel behind the Augustus Bridge
  • ★International specialities instead of just bratwurst
  • ★Forged fire bowls

  What visitors sayGoogle 4.7 ★ · 122 reviews

  Even locals are surprised how relaxed the Augustusmarkt is compared with the Striezelmarkt: tastefully designed, friendly, with stalls you will not find elsewhere, and fair prices. On weekend evenings the paths between the chalets get tight.

  The best alternative to the Striezelmarkt - fewer tourists, more variety, and the Ferris wheel with a view of the Old Town.

  Dates

  2026 dates to be confirmed

  Cost

  Free entry, prices within the usual range.

  Getting there and parking

  • On foot across the Augustus Bridge from the Old Town in a few minutes.
  • Tram to Albertplatz or Neustädter Markt.

  Worth knowing

  • Come on a weekday or early in the evening - on Saturday evening it gets tight.
  • Combine it with the Striezelmarkt on the other side of the Elbe.

  Hauptstraße, 01097 NeustadtOfficial site
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  Holiday market · Dresden

  Traditional Christmas Market at the Frauenkirche

  ✨ Date night🎉 With friends

  What's there

  • ★Through Münzgasse between the Frauenkirche and the Brühl Terrace
  • ★Traditional craftsmanship, ceramics and leather
  • ★Baumstriezel (spit cake) and fire pits
  • ★Live music on Advent Sundays

  What visitors sayGoogle 4.8 ★ · 47 reviews

  For many Dresden's most beautiful market: smaller and quieter than the Striezelmarkt, with high-quality crafts, very good bratwurst and Baumstriezel; the Frauenkirche is always present. You sit by the crackling fire and hardly notice where the Neumarkt market ends.

  The most atmospheric small market in Dresden's Old Town - for crafts and an evening for two.

  2026

  25 Nov - 24 Dec 2026

  Cost

  Free entry.

  Getting there and parking

  • Tram to Altmarkt or Synagoge, then on foot to the Frauenkirche.
  • About 20 minutes on foot from the main station via Prager Straße.

  Worth knowing

  • Walk all the way to the Brühl Terrace - the view over the Elbe is worth it.
  • There is live music on the Advent Sundays.

  Münzgasse, 01067 Dresden-AltstadtOfficial site
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  Holiday market · Dresden

  Stallhof Christmas Market

  🎉 With friends✨ Date night

  What's there

  • ★Medieval market in the Stallhof - the oldest surviving tournament ground
  • ★Thuringian Mutzbraten (grilled pork)
  • ★Handmade goods
  • ★Until 6 January

  What visitors sayGoogle 4.6 ★ · 32 reviews

  The only Dresden market with an entry fee (EUR 5) - in return it is not so overcrowded, with lovely chalets and crafts. Some find it small for the price.

  The medieval break from the Striezelmarkt bustle.

  Dates

  2026 dates to be confirmed

  Cost

  Entry around EUR 5.

  Getting there and parking

  • Tram to Theaterplatz or Altmarkt; entrance at the Residenzschloss.

  Worth knowing

  • Also worth it after Christmas - open until 6 January.

  Schössergasse 27, 01067 Dresden
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  Holiday market · Dresden

  Trachau Christmas Market of the WGN eG

  🧒 With kids

  What's there

  • ★Small market in the Hans-Richter-Siedlung
  • ★Mother Hulda and Santa Claus
  • ★Children's train for 50 cents, craft stand

  What visitors say

  Small, family-style and organised with a lot of effort - with a programme and activities for children.

  A neighbourhood market for families in Dresden-Trachau.

  Dates

  2026 dates to be confirmed

  Cost

  Free entry.

  Getting there and parking

  • Tram to Trachau.

  Worth knowing

  • Bring your own mug.

  Pieschen, 01129 DresdenOfficial site
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  Holiday market · Dresden

  Loschwitz Christmas Market

  ✨ Date night🎉 With friends

  What's there

  • ★Small market in Loschwitz
  • ★Dresden crafts and local products
  • ★Fire pits
  • ★Lovely setting

  What visitors say

  For some Dresden's most beautiful market: small, with local crafts, fire pits and good food. On Saturdays it is so full, according to visitors, that you have to park very far away.

  A fine counterpoint to the Striezelmarkt - come on a weekday and by public transport.

  Dates

  2026 dates to be confirmed

  Cost

  Free entry.

  Getting there and parking

  • Loschwitz, Dresden - parking is difficult, better to arrive by public transport.

  Worth knowing

  • Avoid Saturdays.

  Loschwitz, 01326 Dresden