Vienna Christmas Markets 2026: All 16 Advent Markets With Dates

The short answer. Start at the Christkindlmarkt on Rathausplatz (13 November to 26 December 2026), add the Schönbrunn market for the palace setting, and walk the Spittelberg lanes for a smaller one. Several of the markets close on 23 December, so don’t leave it late.

The City of Vienna’s own web page lists 15 markets. Its open data adds a sixteenth, the two-day X-mas Markt, and the table follows the open data. The dates and hours below are the ones the City of Vienna prints in its open data, taken on 12 November 2026, with the tourist board’s Christmas markets page used to cross-check the biggest ones. Markets change hours by weekday and on 24 December, so the opening times are given as the city prints them, and the market’s own website has the last word. Don’t rely on the table alone. Every market is also on the map and the events page.

All 16 markets

Some end dates differ by a day or two between the city’s list and the market’s own page. The tourist board gives the Karlsplatz art market as noon to 8 pm, where the city’s list says 11 am to 9 pm. Check the market’s site on the day.

The tourist board also lists a Winter Market on the Riesenradplatz (20 November 2026 to 6 January 2027, open until 2 am on 31 December) and a Christmas exhibition in the Hirschstetten Botanical Gardens (12 November to 20 December). Neither is on the city’s list of 16.

The ones to pick

Rathausplatz. The biggest and the first on most lists. The tourist board calls it one of the largest Christmas markets in Europe. The Christkindlmarkt’s own page lists the Ice Dream skating at the market from 13 November 2026 to 6 January 2027, closed on 31 December. Trams 1, 71 and D stop at Rathausplatz/Burgtheater, the U2 stops at Rathaus, and the U3 at Volkstheater. The Rathaus is the building behind the stalls.

Schönbrunn. It’s the longest-running, to 6 January 2027, and sits in front of the palace in Hietzing. Schönbrunn’s own site says a light trail called Imperial Lights runs through the palace park on the same dates. The U4 stops at Schönbrunn.

Spittelberg. A market in the lanes of the Spittelberg in Neubau. It opens in the afternoon on weekdays, from 2 pm, and it’s open from 11 am at weekends.

Freyung. The tourist board says a Christmas market was held on the Freyung as early as 1772. This year’s is the 39th Altwiener Christkindlmarkt, in the old town.

Belvedere. The K&K market sits at the palace on Prinz-Eugen-Straße and opens late at weekends. The Upper Belvedere is the gallery behind it.

Stephansplatz. It’s the market round the cathedral, next to the U1 and U3 station. The Stephansdom itself is open daily from 6 am to 10 pm (7 am on Sundays and public holidays), as its own site prints, and visiting hours inside are shorter.

Planning notes

A day with the markets could run Stephansplatz, Am Hof and the Freyung in the old town, then a tram on the Ringstrasse to Rathausplatz. You can walk it, and you’ll want comfortable shoes. Spittelberg’s a short walk further, behind the MuseumsQuartier, and Schönbrunn needs the U4.

Mug deposits and food prices aren’t printed on the pages Roam Vienna read, so ask at the stand. The stalls and hours change from the 24th, and on 24 December several close early, as the table shows.

See where to stay in Vienna if you’re booking a trip around the dates, Vienna travel tips for tickets on the tram and U-Bahn, and the things to do guide for the daytime.

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Photos show the actual places, licensed under Creative Commons and credited to their photographers.

Schloss Schönbrunn Hietzing Photo: Arjan Richter Spittelberg Neubau Photo: Doris Antony, Berlin / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Stephansdom Innere Stadt Photo: Fred Romero from Paris, France / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)