Bremen · Germany
Bremen Christmas Market
Bremer Weihnachtsmarkt
23 Nov – 23 Dec 2026 Not confirmed
Official websiteDates and hours may change. Check them on the market's official site.
Key facts
| City | Bremen |
|---|---|
| Country | Germany |
| Location | Bremen, Germany |
| Dates | 23 Nov – 23 Dec 2026 Not confirmed |
| Opening hours | Sun-Thu 11:00-20:30, Fri-Sat 11:00-21:30 (source: https://www.bremer-weihnachtsmarkt.de/oeffnungszeiten/) |
| Official website | Official website |
| Source | Source |
| Map pin | 53.07583, 8.80722. Approximate location from the sources used for this page. |
About the market
The Bremen Christmas Market is held every year in Advent in the city centre of Bremen's Old Town. It is counted among the large Christmas markets in Germany and has about 200 stalls. Visitor numbers are given as up to 3 million a year. A 2015 count found 2.9 million, and 2019 set a record at 3.2 million. The traditional core market, between the Schütting, town hall and cathedral, drew about 1.5 million in 2013. The first market took place in 1857. It began on the Marktplatz between the town hall, cathedral and Roland statue. Over time it spread to the Domshof, the area around the Liebfrauenkirche, part of Obernstraße, the Hanseatenhof and the Ansgarikirchhof. It opens a few days before the first Sunday of Advent and ends on 23 December. The 180 to 200 stalls include tents, sales halls, huts and rides. They offer food and drink, tree decorations, wooden toys and crafts. A large Christmas tree stands on the Marktplatz in front of the Haus der Bürgerschaft. It is a freshly felled fir, usually donated from within the city. In 2014 it was about 14 metres tall and weighed about four tonnes. Opening ceremonies are held, small surprises are handed out to children each afternoon, and Christmas stories and Town Musicians performances are scheduled. The city of Bremen organises the market with the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Bremer Märkte. Two additions are the Schlachte-Zauber, a medieval-maritime market on the Weser since 2004, and a smaller market in the Lloyd-Passage.
Sources: Wikipedia. Some wording is drawn from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
About Bremen
Bremen is the capital and most populous city of the German state of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, a two-city-state that also includes Bremerhaven. It has about 586,000 inhabitants and is the 11th-largest city in Germany. It is the second-largest in Northern Germany after Hamburg. It lies on the River Weser about 60 km upstream from the North Sea. The city traces its origins to a settlement in the early Middle Ages and became the seat of a bishopric in 787. It joined the Hanseatic League in the 13th century and for most of its 1,200-year history was an independent city. Its port, together with Bremerhaven, is the second-largest in Germany after Hamburg. The Norddeutscher Lloyd shipping company was founded there in 1857. The City Hall and the Bremen Roland together form the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen". Other landmarks shown in the article include the Cathedral, the Schütting, the Schnoor and the Marktplatz. Bremen is well known through the Brothers Grimm fairy tale "Town Musicians of Bremen", and a statue of the Town Musicians stands in front of the city hall. It has galleries and museums, including the Overseas Museum and the Weserburg. In 2023 it was named a UNESCO City of Literature. The article describes winters as gloomy, with December averaging hardly more than one hour of sunshine a day.
Sources: Wikipedia. Some wording is drawn from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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