Christmas Market 2025

17 November to 23 December 2025

Please note: The Christmas Market will stay closed on Totensonntag (23.11.).

Christmas Market Programme

The varied programme of this year's Christmas market offers something for everyone:

Opening
Monday, 17 November, 6.15 pm
Opening of the Christmas market with Lord Mayor Hanno Benz, the Darmstadt Showmen's Association and the mulled wine princess.
Venue: Christmas market stage/market square

Daily from 6 pm
Colourful animation of the Christmas tree on the market square, every hour on the hour.

Christmas market stage on the market square
Fridays 7 to 9 pm: ‘Band Friday’ with duos and small bands
Friday, 19 December, from 6 pm: 'vielbunter Freitag', Darmstadt's queer community on stage
Sundays, 3 to 5 pm: programme for families

Visit from St Nicholas
Friday, 6 December, from 4 pm
St. Nicholas is on his carriage with the children's punch princess in the city centre and visits the Christmas market. Together they hand out chocolate Father Christmases and enjoy a little song or poem.

Closing evening 23 December, 7 to 9 pm
Christmas market stage on the market square:
Trio RELOUNGE: Marcel Zocher (vocals), Thomas Markowic (piano) and Thorsten Großkopf (guitar) ensure fun and good vibes.

If you would like to find out more about the Christmas market, you can join the ‘Advent city tour’ on Christmas market Saturdays at 5 pm. Tickets further down the page.

Darmstadt's mulled wine princess at the Christmas market:

•     At the opening, 18 Nov, at 6.15 pm.
•     On 6.12. from around 4 p.m. with St. Nicholas in the city centre and at the Christmas market.
•     On Advent Saturdays in the afternoon in the Luisencenter and at the Christmas market.

Twin cities at the Christmas Market

• 17.11. to 22.11.:
  Liepãja (Latvia)
• 24.11. to 30.11.:
  Liepãja (Latvia), Saanen-Gstaad (Switzerland)   
• 1.12. to 7.12.:
  Gyönk (Hungary), Liepãja (Latvia), Troyes (France)
• 8.12. to 14.12.:
  Gyönk (Hungary), Liepãja (Latvia), Uzhhorod (Ukraine)
• 15.12. to 23.12.:
  Liepãja (Latvia), Uzhhorod (Ukraine)

The huts of the twin towns are located on the east side of the market square, between the Christmas Pyramid and the Residential Palace.

General Information
Opening hours

Monday 17.11. until Monday 23.12.

Monday to Thursday: from 12 am to 9 pm
Friday and Saturday: from 12 am to 10 pm
Sunday: from 12 am to 9 pm


Winterdorf on Ludwigsplatz
Monday to Saturday: from 12 am to 2 pm
Closed on Sundays.

The Christmas Market will be closed on Totensonntag (23.11.).

Getting there

We recommend a journey by public transport to Luisenplatz or Marktplatz, alternatively there is also a flexible journey with the HeinerLiner, the on-demand shuttle of HEAG mobilo. 

Bicycles must be parked outside the event area. Please use the bicycle stations at Luisenplatz, at the Weißer Turm, around the market square and in front of the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt.
From 11 am to 10 pm there is a general ban on cycling on the market square, Ernst-Ludwigs-Platz Ost/Friedensplatz.