Copenhagen Christmas Market Dates 2026
Which Copenhagen Christmas market dates are actually published for 2026, which are guesses, and which market has been cancelled. Updated 21 October 2026.
Most pages that promise you “Copenhagen Christmas market dates 2026” are last year’s article with the year swapped. This one separates what has actually been published by the people running each market from what is a pattern, a guess, or wrong.
Status as of 21 October 2026. Two markets have published 2026 dates. One has published a cancellation. Nyhavn and Kongens Nytorv still have not, three weeks before the season starts, and neither has Christiania.
Confirmed for 2026
Julemarked Nytorv — 6 November to 21 December 2026
The stall market on the twin squares of Gammeltorv and Nytorv, halfway along Strøget, has published 6 November – 21 December 2026 on its own website. That makes it the earliest opener of the season, a full week before the ticketed garden, and the only stall market in the city with firm 2026 dates.
One thing to note if you are following an older guide: this market moved here from Thorvaldsens Plads, so directions written before 2025 send you to the wrong square. Entry is free.
Tivoli Gardens Christmas season — opens 13 November 2026
The venue gives 13 November 2026 to 3 January 2027 for the Christmas season, and Visit Copenhagen and the Copenhagen Card listing carry the same range. Some of the venue’s own season pages still show last year’s dates in places, so if two of its pages disagree, the 13 November date on its homepage banner is the current one.
The pattern from previous years supports it: the 2025/26 season ran 14 November 2025 to 4 January 2026, which is the same shape — open the second Friday of November, close the first Sunday of January. Entry is ticketed, and it is the one market on this page you need to book: tickets are sold by date, and December evenings are the garden’s busiest of the year. Whether it opens on 24 December is reported both ways for 2026, so check the daily calendar before planning Christmas Eve there. Prices and what each ticket covers are in our Tivoli Christmas tickets guide.
Halloween season — 2 October to 1 November 2026
Not a Christmas market, but relevant if your dates are flexible: the same venue’s Halloween season is confirmed for 2 October – 1 November 2026, with the year explicitly printed. There is a gap between the seasons when the garden is closed entirely, which is worth knowing before you book flights for early November. See our Copenhagen at Halloween guide.
J-Day — Friday 6 November 2026
Not a market either, but the unofficial start of the Danish Christmas season. J-Day always falls on the first Friday of November at 20:59, when Tuborg’s Christmas brew is released and free beer is handed out in bars across the country. The rule is fixed, so 2026’s date is arithmetic rather than an announcement.
Cancelled for 2026
Højbro Plads — not running
The Højbro Plads Christmas market is cancelled for 2026. Its organisers say so on their own website in plain terms, with no reason given and no alternative dates offered.
This is the single most important line on this page, because Højbro Plads was the most traditional of Copenhagen’s markets — Tyrolean-style log cabins, Glühwein and Currywurst alongside the Danish food — and because most articles currently online that carry a 2026 date still list it as open. For the record, the 2025 edition ran 4 November to 21 December 2025 at Højbro Plads 9, by the Gammel Strand metro station.
If it was on your route, the closest substitutes are the Gammeltorv/Nytorv stalls for the shopping and Christiania’s indoor market for the craft.
Announced but undated
Copenhagen Winter Wonderland, Kongens Nytorv — “November 2026”
The organisers’ site confirms the event is returning with the line “See you again in November 2026” and, as of 21 October, nothing more specific. Bear in mind what it is now: a large circular ice rink laid around the equestrian statue of Christian V, with a small attached gastro-market — not the traditional stall market that used to occupy the square. The 2025/26 edition ran 14 November 2025 to 4 January 2026. Entry to the square is free; skating is free with your own skates and paid if you rent.
Not published for 2026
For these, we can give you the previous season’s dates and the usual pattern, and nothing firmer. Do not treat any of these as 2026 dates.
| Market | 2025 dates | Typical pattern |
|---|---|---|
| Nyhavn | 31 October – 28 December 2025 (Visit Nyhavn); other sites disagree | Stalls along the quay from about November to Christmas; 2026 not announced as of 10 October |
| H.C. Andersen market (Gammeltorv/Nytorv) | Sources disagree — mid-November to around 20 December | Overlaps the Nytorv stall market on the same squares |
| Christiania, Den Grå Hal | 6–20 December 2025 | About two weeks in December, indoors |
| Broens ice rink, Christianshavn | Early November to late December (rink runs to February) | Longer than the markets |
| Dragør | Weekends, 22 November – 21 December 2025 | Weekends only, a 30-minute trip from the centre |
| Neighbourhood markets (Jægersborggade, Greenlandic House, ØsterGro and others) | Scattered single weekends in December | Announced late, often only weeks ahead |
Nyhavn deserves a specific warning. It has no official website and no publicly named organiser that we could find. The closest thing to a local source, Visit Nyhavn, said on 10 October 2026 that the 2026 dates had not been announced, and gave 31 October to 28 December for the 2025 run, which is wider than most travel sites claim. Any page giving you exact Nyhavn dates for 2026 today is guessing. Our Nyhavn market guide explains why that matters less than it sounds.
What this means for planning
If you want everything open at once, aim for the last two weeks of November or the first two of December. By mid-November the confirmed openers are running and the undated street markets have historically started; by 21 December the stall markets begin closing, and after Christmas only the ticketed garden is reliably still going.
If you are travelling between Christmas and New Year, expect the garden to be open and most street markets gone. The garden has also typically closed on 24 December itself — widely reported, though not something we could confirm on the venue’s own site, so check the daily calendar before committing to a Christmas Eve visit.
Book the ticketed entry ahead; leave the free markets loose. The free ones need no planning at all. The calendar above shows which Christmas-season dates are still open; the full market-by-market breakdown covers the rest.
Sources: tivoli.dk (Christmas and Halloween seasons), julemarked.dk (Nytorv 2026 dates), julemarked.nu (Højbro Plads cancellation), copenhagenwonderland.com (return announcement), visitnyhavn.com (Nyhavn status, checked 10 October 2026), VisitCopenhagen and the Copenhagen Visitor Service for prior-season dates. Checked 21 October 2026. This page will go stale as organisers publish; always confirm on the market’s own site before booking travel.
Book the Ticketed Christmas Market Before You Fly
The street markets are free and need no planning. The big Christmas market inside Tivoli Gardens does not — it is a ticketed garden, and December evenings are its busiest hours of the year. Booking the entry ticket online through GetYourGuide means you walk past the ticket window. Free cancellation.
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