Altdorf bei Nürnberg – Altdorfer Christmas Market 2026

Altdorfer Christmas Market 2026 takes place from Saturday, 28 November, to Sunday, 13 December 2026 in the historic courtyard of Wichernhaus in Altdorf bei Nürnberg. The town confirms the first three Advent weekends as the event period. The Christmas market is closed between weekends.

Altdorfer Christmas Market 2026 at Wichernhaus

The market is in the courtyard of the former Altdorf University, now Wichernhaus, at Silbergasse 2. The historic building and its sandstone walls provide a special Advent setting. There is also a children's Christmas event alongside the market stalls. The town of Altdorf explicitly lists the Christmas market in its cultural and events programme 2026 from 28 November to 13 December. We therefore did not record only the first weekend from the working list.

Three Advent weekends instead of a daily market

The event is open on Saturday and Sunday of the first, second and third Advent weekends: 28 and 29 November, 5 and 6 December, and 12 and 13 December 2026. This makes it particularly suitable for weekend trips. According to this schedule, there are no regular market days from Monday to Friday between the weekends. The two closure periods are therefore listed separately in the calendar.

Altdorfer Christmas Market 2026: provisional opening times

**Provisional opening times, as of 2025:** The town of Altdorf's official event flyer listed opening times of 16 to 21 on Saturdays and 15 to 20 on Sundays. These most recently published official daily times have been provisionally carried over for 2026. The town's cultural overview already lists the current event dates, but does not yet give definitively confirmed times. So check the times again before your visit on the official cultural page of the town of Altdorf.

Crafts and local specialities

The town describes the Christmas market as a joint project involving clubs, food and drink businesses, and craftspeople. The festively decorated stalls traditionally offer handmade gifts and Christmas goods. The previous year's town programme also included performances by choirs and music groups. The specific stage programme for 2026 is separate from this and had not yet been fully published at the time of research. For this reason, no performers from the previous year are listed as confirmed acts for 2026.

Children's Christmas event in the historic courtyard

There is also a children's Christmas area. Last year, for example, the town offered stick-bread baking over a campfire, fairy tales and a historic children's carousel there. Visits from St Nicholas and horse-drawn carriage rides were also part of the programme 2025. These are examples from the previous year, not a final commitment for 2026. The best way to find out which attractions and dates are actually taking place this year is to check the new programme flyer once it is published.

Getting there and other Christmas markets

You can reach Wichernhaus via Silbergasse in Altdorf's old town. If you visit at the weekend, you can combine your trip to the market with a walk around the town centre. As the event is held in a historic courtyard, you should also allow enough time to walk there. Find more Advent events in the region in the Kirmestermine calendar. The town's annual documents we checked did not explicitly mention a general admission price for 2026.