Munich Christmas markets 2025 dates: opening times, hour,…

Finally, Munich Christmas markets 2025 are back! Admit it, you’ve been waiting almost the whole year for hot mulled wine, delicious treats and a cosy atmosphere, haven’t you?

In addition to the large and well-known Christmas markets at Marienplatz or Wittelsbacherplatz, Munich also has many interesting smaller markets. Grab your loved ones, snuggle up under fairy lights and with a delicious hot drink in your hand in front of the fire pits (or patio heaters) and make the coming Advent season a beautiful one!

Famous Christmas markets in Munich

City Christmas Market on Marienplatz 

Despite its size of 20,000 square metres, there are cosy corners that makes your hearts beat faster.

• Location: Marienplatz, 80331 Munich
• Dates: 24.11 – 24.12
• Opening hours: 10am – 9pm. Sunday 10am – 8pm.

The original Munich Christmas market, which dates back to the 14th century, has been held on Marienplatz since 1972. The setting is simply dreamlike: directly in front of Munich City Hall and under the large Munich Christmas tree, over 156 huts offering Alpine handicrafts and Bavarian Christmas delicacies.

Christmas market at Sendlinger Tor

The Sendlinger Tor, one of the three remaining city gates of Munich’s former city fortifications, inviting visitors to take a stroll again, as the Christmas market there is one of the smallest in the city.

• Location: Sendlinger-Tor-Platz, 80336 Munich
• Dates: 24.11 – 22.12
• Opening hours: 10.30 am – 9 pm

Pink Christmas 

I am dreaming of a PINK Christmas! That is the motto of the queer Christmas market in the heart of the Glockenbach district.

• Location: Stephansplatz, 80337 Munich
• Dates: 24 November to 22 December
• Opening hours: Monday to Friday 4 pm to 10 pm/ Saturday and Sunday 2 pm to 10 pm

Between tents and magnificently decorated trees, it sparkles and shines especially brightly during Advent. Since 2005, the LGBTIQ* community’s Christmas market has been held in the Glockenbach district. The whole of Munich now meets here – families, friends, guests – regardless of their sexual orientation, because this Christmas market is meant to be a place for everyone!

Munich Medieval Christmas Market

The market takes you back in time – and does so sustainably! It is Munich’s first Christmas market to belong to the association of ‘sustainable entrepreneurs’.

• Location: Wittelsbacherplatz, 80333 Munich
• Dates: 24.11 – 23.12
• Opening hours: 11am – 9pm

Medieval enthusiasts will find all kinds of accessories on offer from the merchants: drinking horns, quills and embossed seals, medieval robes, armour, knight’s equipment and hunting knives. Refreshments are available in the form of hot mead in clay jugs, accompanied by suckling pig, stick bread and smoked salmon. In addition, performances by jugglers, historical dances and show fights, minstrel songs and spectacular fire shows create a unique atmosphere in the heart of Munich.

Fairytale Bazaar Christmas Market 

Cosy family winter time in nostalgic fairground buildings

• Location: Spiridon-Louis-Ring 100, 80809 Munich
• Dates: 27.11 – 28.12
• Opening hours:

Monday to Thursday: 4:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m

Friday 4:00 p.m – 1:00 a.m/ Saturday 11:00 a.m – 1:00 a.m.

Sunday 11:00 a.m – 8:00 p.m / 24 December: Closed

Colourful circus tents, fairground stalls and an enchanting atmosphere reminiscent of the showman’s world of yesteryear await you at the Fairy Tale Bazaar in the Olympic Park. In this fairy-tale world, you can buy and sample homemade, handmade and sustainably produced goods and specialities. There are also readings, workshops and live music on stage every day.

Tollwood Winterfestival

Large-scale fire theatre, a 12-metre-high firebird sculpture or light painting – fire and light elements characterise the Tollwood Festival

• Location: Theresienwiese, 80336 Munich
• Dates: 25.11 – 23.12
• Opening hours: Monday to Friday 2pm – 0 am. Saturday 11am – 0 am. Sunday 11am – 10pm

The Wintertollwood is undoubtedly the largest and most diverse Christmas market in Munich. Its motto is ‘Art washes away the dust of everyday life from the soul,’ and you notice this immediately upon arrival – because here you are greeted by a singing and talking Christmas tree, in a different language every day.

Christmas market at the China Tower

• Location: Englischer Garten 3, 80538 Munich
• Dates: 27.11 – 21.12
• Opening hours: 11am – 8.30pm Every Thursday to Sunday

After a snowy walk through the snow-covered English Garden, be sure to stop by the Christmas market at the Chinese Tower. When the little stalls selling regional handicrafts, freshly prepared delicacies, mulled wine and punch line up around the historic pagoda and the historic children’s carousel starts turning again, Christmas is slowly approaching. In addition, the two curling rinks and carriage rides provide winter fun, and the tower brass band creates a truly atmospheric atmosphere with their music.

Schwabing Christmas Market

Schwabing celebrates its long-standing tradition as a former artists’ quarter. The gift ideas that arise from free artistic creation and remain memorable are the best form of advertising.

• Location: Münchner Freiheit, 80802 Munich
• Dates: 28.11.2025 – 24.12.2025
• Opening hours: 12pm – 8.30pm Monday Friday. Saturday & Sunday 11 am – 8.30pm

Schwabing has always been considered an ‘artists’ quarter,’ and so the Schwabing Christmas Market at Münchner Freiheit is regarded as the most artistic of Munich Christmas markets. At the numerous artists’ stalls, you will find great gift ideas and lovingly crafted products made of glass, wood, paper, metal, ceramics, felt, stone or leather. After strolling through the Christmas market, warm up at one of the mulled wine stalls or the vegan soup stall. By the way: exciting programme highlights await you here every day, including music acts, district tours and performances!

Haidhausen Christmas Market

It is perhaps the most tranquil Christmas market in Munich, and has been for more than 40 years.

• Location: Weißenburger Platz, 81667 Munich
• Dates: 25 November – 24 December
• Opening hours: 11 a.m to 9 p.m / Christmas Eve: 10 a.m to 2 p.m.

For more than 40 years, the small but charming Christmas market has been held at Weißenburger Platz, delighting not only the Heidhauser neighbourhood every year. The mulled wine and delicacies huts are arranged around the square in two circles. This makes it easy to drink and feast your way from one stall to the next: the Speckhüttn offers wooden boards with South Tyrolean bacon and cheese, the beer stand serves home-brewed beer, and mead, sausages, potato dishes and flambéed salmon also tempt Christmas market visitors.

Sendling Christmas Harbour

Christmas on an old steamboat from the Bavarian lake fleet, topped off with a dash of nomadic culture with yurts – this is the mix offered by the Christmas market on the Alte Utting!

• Location: Lagerhausstraße 15, 81371 München
• Dates: 27 November – 14 December
• Opening hours:

Thursday and Friday: 4 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday: 2 p.m. – 10 p.m.

All aboard! The decommissioned excursion steamer from Lake Ammersee is once again rocking in a sparkling sea of lights in Sendling’s Christmas harbour. You can get really cosy in the snug yurt, at one of the fire pits or in the pirate tent with delicious organic mulled wine, hot Aperol and Hugo. You can also look for individual Christmas gifts such as fine jewellery, ceramics and handicrafts from all over the world.

Feuerzangenbowle

Nostalgic winter festival behind the Schrannenhalle

• Location: Prälat-Zistl-Straße 3, 80331 München
• Dates: 24.11.2025 – 06.01.2026
• Opening hours: 3 pm – 10 pm.

24 December, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
25 December 2025 – 6 January 2026, 12:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
New Year’s Eve, 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 a.m. at the latest

When the air is filled with the scent of cinnamon and orange, over 9,000 litres of fragrant punch made from red wine, rum, cinnamon and oranges blaze in a cauldron over three metres high, and huge sugar loaves are spectacularly burned, then Munich’s Feuerzangenbowle begins.The market combines winter cosiness with a nostalgic cinema experience: images and sounds from the Rühmann classic are projected onto the courtyard walls, creating pure magic.

Interesting Christmas markets in Munich

Kaiserhof Munich Christmas Village

A fairytale forest for the little ones open up between the historic walls of the Residenz

• Location: Residenzstraße 1, 80333 Munich
• Dates: 17.11.2025 – 22.12.2025
• Opening hours: 11 am – 9 pm. Closed on Remembrance Sunday

The Christmas village in the courtyard of the Residence creates a particularly festive atmosphere – secluded from the hustle and bustle of Munich city centre and sheltered from the cold winter weather. In this replica Bavarian farming village, craft workshops are of course a must: glassblowers, goldsmiths, furriers and woodcarvers. The lovingly designed fairy-tale forest with its fairy-tale boxes and snow-covered winter landscapes will delight children and adults alike.

Winterworld Motorworld 

Sparkling cars, fragrant pine branches and glittering lights merge here to create a festive backdrop.

• Location: Lilienthalallee 35, 80939 München
• Dates: 07.11.2025 – 28.12.2025
• Opening hours: 11 am – 10 pm. Monday: Closed

Santa’s Isar Magic on Prater Island

Santa’s Isarzauber, one of Munich’s most atmospheric Christmas markets, located directly on the Isar River

• Location: Praterinsel, 80538 München
• Dates: 14.11.2025 – 28.12.2025
• Opening hours: 2pm – 10 pm

When the historic grounds are bathed in glittering lights and the scent of roasted almonds, fresh fir branches and mulled wine wafts through the winter air, it’s that Christmas time of year again on the Prater Island. For younger guests, the nostalgic children’s carousel and daily visits from Father Christmas, who tells stories and listens to children’s wishes in his garage, are particular highlights.

Winterrausch Christmas market

Every year, the Winterrausch Christmas market takes place around the Hexenhaus, featuring artistic craft stalls and cosy fire pits.

• Location: Pilgersheimer Str. 13, 81543 München
• Dates: 14 November – 23 December
• Opening hours: 4 pm – 11 pm

Winter magic at the Viktualienmarkt

The market in Munich city centre will once again be aglow with Christmas decorations, and the stalls will be offering a variety of winter delicacies. In addition to the large nativity scene at the beer garden, you can also enjoy delicious mulled wine, for example from the Alpenwahn stand.

• Location: Viktualienmarkt 3, 80331 München
• Dates: 21. November 2025 – 5 January 2026
• Opening hours: 11 am – 8 pm

Moosacher Hüttenzauber Christmas market

A romantic little Christmas market in a cosy setting.

• Location: St. Martinsplatz, 80992 München
• Dates: 17.11 – 22.12
• Opening hours: 12 pm – 10 pm. Closed on Remembrance Sunday.

Other Munich Christmas markets dates

• Opportunities Market in Parish Hall of St. Joseph’s Church: 05 – 06.12
• 91st YMCA Christmas Market in CVJM Jugendgästehaus: 29 – 30.11
• Christmas Market in Blutenburg Castle: 04 – 07.12
• Weihnachtsmarkt Hadern in Parish Church of St. Canisius: 06 – 07.12
• Christmas market Cultural Centre in Wasserburger Landstr. 32: 29 – 30.11
• Pasinger Christkindlmarkt in the parish church of Maria Schutz: 29.11 – 21.12
• Christmas market in St. Stephen’s Parish: 29.11 – 30.11

Merry Christmas!