Munich Christmas Markets 2026

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  Holiday market · Munich

  Märchenbazar Christmas Market (Fairytale Bazaar)

  🧒 With kids✨ Date night🎉 With friends

  What's there

  • ★Tents and fairytale decorations in the Olympiapark
  • ★Food from all over the world
  • ★Free children's programme: fairytales, puppet shows, candle-making
  • ★Concerts and DJs in the evening

  What visitors sayGoogle 4.5 ★ · 592 reviews

  Many call it Munich's most beautiful and unusual Christmas market - alternative, lovingly decorated, a bit like a mini Tollwood. Families praise the free children's programme and the heated tents. With a pushchair the gravel ground is hard going, depending on the weather.

  The best choice in Munich for families and for anyone who has had enough of the Marienplatz bustle.

  2026

  26 Nov - 28 Dec 2026

  Cost

  Free entry; children's programme mostly free.

  Getting there and parking

  • Olympiapark Süd: bus 144 to Olympiaberg or tram 12 / bus 53 to Infanteriestraße.
  • The organiser asks visitors to come by bus, train or bicycle.

  Worth knowing

  • Dogs on a lead are welcome.
  • The site is only partly suitable for wheelchairs (gravel).
  • Also runs after Christmas until New Year's Eve.

  Spiridon-Louis-Ring 100, 80809 MünchenOfficial site
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  Holiday market · Munich

  Munich Christkindlmarkt

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  What's there

  • ★On Marienplatz in front of the Town Hall
  • ★Large Christmas tree
  • ★Nativity market and Kripperlmarkt
  • ★Glockenspiel

  What visitors sayGoogle 4.6 ★ · 134 reviews

  The backdrop in front of the Town Hall with the big tree is for many the epitome of a Christkindlmarkt. The criticism, however, is clear: completely overcrowded, loud, expensive and many identical stalls. When the Glockenspiel plays, you hardly get through.

  Worth seeing once, but keep it short - for atmosphere, go to the Märchenbazar or smaller markets instead.

  Dates

  2026 dates to be confirmed

  Cost

  Free entry; prices at the upper end.

  Getting there and parking

  • Marienplatz S-Bahn and U-Bahn.

  Worth knowing

  • On weekday mornings it is most bearable.

  Marienplatz, 80331 MünchenOfficial site
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  Holiday market · Munich

  Christkindlmarkt under the Maypole (Christkindlmarkt unterm Maibaum)

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  What's there

  • ★District Christkindlmarkt under the maypole
  • ★Ice surface with skate hire
  • ★Wooden floor - no mud
  • ★Covered tables

  What visitors sayGoogle 4.3 ★ · 83 reviews

  An atmospheric little neighbourhood market with an ice rink and good food. Much of the criticism concerns the expensive, poorly supervised ice rink (almost EUR 30 for a parent with a toddler) and steep prices for crêpes and nuts.

  Nice for locals - check the ice rink carefully beforehand.

  Dates

  24 Nov - 23 Dec 2025

  Cost

  Free entry; mulled wine around EUR 5, crêpe up to EUR 7.

  Getting there and parking

  • By U-Bahn or tram into the district; then on foot.

  Worth knowing

  • The ice rink is not very suitable for toddlers.

  Luise-Kiesselbach-Platz 13, 81377 MünchenOfficial site
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  Holiday market · Munich

  Pink Christmas Munich

  🎉 With friends

  What's there

  • ★LGBTQ Christmas market at Stephansplatz
  • ★Pink lighting and music to dance to
  • ★Stage programme
  • ★Mulled wine variations

  What visitors sayGoogle 4.8 ★ · 71 reviews

  Cheerful, lively and safe, with pink light, music and performances - smaller than the traditional markets but with special charm. It can get full in the small space; non-alcoholic punch is rare.

  Munich's most colourful market - a charming alternative to Marienplatz.

  2026

  20 Nov - 20 Dec 2026

  Cost

  Free entry, drink prices reasonable.

  Getting there and parking

  • U-Bahn to Sendlinger Tor, a few minutes on foot.

  Worth knowing

  • The mood is best in the evening.

  Stephanspl., 80337 München-Ludwigsvorstadt-IsarvorstadtOfficial site
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  Holiday market · Munich

  Haidhausen Christkindlmarkt

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  What's there

  • ★Small district market in Haidhausen
  • ★On Weißenburger Platz
  • ★More a neighbourhood meeting place than a tourist market

  A district market for a mulled wine in the neighbourhood - not worth a trip, but a quiet alternative to central Munich.

  Dates

  2026 dates to be confirmed

  Cost

  Free entry.

  Getting there and parking

  • On Weißenburger Platz in Munich-Haidhausen.

  Worth knowing

  • Check the opening hours on the market's website before visiting.
  • Easy to combine with a stroll through Haidhausen.

  Au-Haidhausen, 81667 MünchenOfficial site
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  Holiday market · Munich

  Moosach Hüttenzauber (Hut Magic)

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  What's there

  • ★Small neighbourhood market in Moosach
  • ★Many standing tables and decoration with real candles
  • ★Carousel for children and event hut
  • ★Blueberry mulled wine
  • ★New, well-kept toilets

  What visitors sayGoogle 4.0 ★ · 50 reviews

  Regulars like the little market as a cosy, family-style meeting place in the district with nice staff, good music and fair prices. There is only food and drink - sausages, burgers, chips - and no stalls with Christmas decorations. Criticised are the lack of seating and that parking in the area is scarce.

  Ideal for a quick mulled wine in northern Munich - not for a whole evening or gift shopping.

  Dates

  2026 dates to be confirmed

  Cost

  Free entry. Red mulled wine around EUR 5, white and rosé around EUR 6.

  Getting there and parking

  • Parking in the immediate area is scarce - better to come by public transport.

  Worth knowing

  • There are only standing tables - unsuitable for people who cannot stand for long.
  • Toilets are available.

  Moosach, 80992 MünchenOfficial site
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  Holiday market · Munich

  Santa's Isarzauber (Isar Magic)

  🧒 With kids✨ Date night🎉 With friends

  What's there

  • ★On Praterinsel in the Isar
  • ★Two children's carousels and a mini Ferris wheel
  • ★Stage with live music and events
  • ★Open fire pit to warm up
  • ★White mulled wine on the Isar beach

  What visitors say

  Many find the still young market small, lovingly designed and pleasantly empty - with a fire pit, live music, good hot mulled wine and food from shashlik to spaetzle; you can pay by card almost everywhere. Criticism: the carousel and Ferris wheel sometimes only run from 5 pm, crêpes at EUR 8 are expensive, and on some days not the whole market was open.

  A relaxed alternative to Munich's crowded city-centre markets - for couples and friends in the evening; with children, better to come after 5 pm.

  Dates

  2026 dates to be confirmed

  Cost

  Free entry. Crêpe with Nutella EUR 8 according to visitors; card payment almost everywhere.

  Getting there and parking

  • Praterinsel 3-4 in the Isar, 80538 Munich.

  Worth knowing

  • Rides often only run from 5 pm according to visitors.
  • Card payment is possible almost everywhere - hardly any cash needed.
  • Visitors rate the plush-toy grabber machines a waste of money.

  Praterinsel 3-4, 80538 MünchenOfficial site