When is the 2027 Strasbourg Christmas market?

Expected 26 November to 24 December 2027 — it opens the Friday before the first Advent. The city confirms the dates in the autumn and has sometimes run to 27 December.

No. The markets are free and open to the street; the cost is the vin chaud and the bed.

Is staying in Germany really sensible?

Kehl is twenty minutes away on tram D and prices like an ordinary German town in December. For a family or a longer stay it is the difference that pays for the trip.

How does it compare with Nuremberg?

Strasbourg is more markets in a smaller space and feels busier; Nuremberg is one great square with a stricter tradition. The dates are nearly identical, so most people pick one.

Which days are quiet?

The first full week, and weekdays between the Advent weekends. The second and third Advent Saturdays are the two days to avoid entirely.

Strasbourg Christmas Market 2027

Name: Strasbourg Christmas Market 2027
Start: 2027-11-26
End: 2027-12-24
Location: Place Broglie

Strasbourg, France

26 Nov – 24 Dec 2027

Expected, based on previous years

Strasbourg opens on the Friday before the first Advent and runs to 24 December, which for 2027 means 26 November. The city confirms in the autumn, and in some years the market has been extended to 27 December — check before booking the last nights.

391days to go

Hotels for these dates

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Our verdict

Go: Any weekday in the first two weeks; avoid both Advent weekends
Stay: Around the station
Book by: June 2027 for a weekend, September for a weekday

The oldest Christmas market in France and the most concentrated of the four on this site: a dozen markets inside one walkable island. That island is also the hotel supply, which is why Strasbourg prices harder than Nuremberg on the same dates — and why the tram to Germany matters.

Illustration: a row of wooden market chalets along a cobbled square at dusk under bare plane trees, garlands and warm lights strung overhead, half-timbered facades behind, people between the stalls — Illustration — a generated image of the kind of scene, not a photograph of the venue.

Which days to go

Day	What happens	Hotel price	Our call
Opening weekend26–28 Nov 2027	The market opens on the Friday evening and the island fills immediately	×2.6	Atmospheric and shoulder to shoulder; come for the opening or come for the quiet
First week29 Nov – 3 Dec 2027	Every stall open, the island working normally, the lights on by four	×1.4	The week to book — the same market, a third of the crowd
Advent weekends4–19 Dec 2027	Peak season; coach parties from across the Rhine and the Vosges	×3	Weekdays in between are still fine; Saturdays are crowd control
The last days20–24 Dec 2027	Locals shopping, shorter queues, the market closing at lunchtime on the 24th	×1.8	Quietly the nicest few days, if you can be away from home that week

Hotel price is what the same hotel costs on these dates against its rate four weeks before the event. Crowd and price are our estimates from how the event has run, not live rates.

Where to stay

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#	District	To the venue	Price	What it is
1	Grande Île	5 min walk	$$$$	The island itself — every market within ten minutes, and every room spoken for
2	Petite France	15 min walk	$$$$	Half-timbered canals at the western end of the island; the postcard, at postcard prices
3	Around the station	15 min walk	$$$	Ten minutes from the island with the TGV at the door; the practical choice
4	Neudorf & Esplanade	20 min tram	$$	Residential Strasbourg south of the centre, on the tram, at ordinary prices
5	Kehl, across the Rhine	25 min tram	$$	Germany, twenty minutes on tram D, where December rooms cost what rooms cost

Hotel	What it is	Book
Grande Île
Hôtel Cour du Corbeau	A sixteenth-century courtyard on the island, five minutes from Place Broglie	Booking Expedia
Maison Rouge Strasbourg Hôtel & Spa	The largest good hotel inside the island, and the first to go for Advent	Booking Expedia
Petite France
Hôtel Les Haras	The old royal stables by the canals; the postcard version of the trip	Booking Expedia
Around the station
Ibis Strasbourg Centre Gare	Predictable, ten minutes' walk from the markets, and still there in October	Booking Expedia

When to book

9 mo beforeFebruary 2027
Grande Île and Petite France for the Advent weekends
6 mo beforeMay 2027
The rest of the island, and the station hotels at a normal rate
3 mo beforeAugust 2027
Neudorf, the tram suburbs and the Kehl side on peak weekends
1 mo beforeOctober 2027
Weekend nights anywhere; midweek stays bookable to the end

Getting there

The TGV from Paris takes under two hours and runs all day; Strasbourg Entzheim is twenty minutes from the centre by shuttle train. From Germany, the ICE network puts Frankfurt and Stuttgart within two hours.

Everything happens on the Grande Île and it is all walkable — a dozen separate markets between Place Broglie, the cathedral and Petite France. The island closes to traffic at busy times.

Tram D crosses the Rhine to Kehl in Germany in about twenty minutes, which is the cheapest useful trick in this guide: German hotel prices, French market, one tram ticket.

Flights to SXB Trains and buses

Tickets

Programme, markets and opening hours (noel.strasbourg.eu)Official

Also on these dates

Cologne Christmas Markets22 Nov – 23 Dec 2027 · Cologne
Nuremberg Christkindlesmarkt26 Nov – 24 Dec 2027 · Nuremberg
Vienna Christmas Market12 Nov – 26 Dec 2027 · Vienna

Questions

When is the 2027 Strasbourg Christmas market?: Expected 26 November to 24 December 2027 — it opens the Friday before the first Advent. The city confirms the dates in the autumn and has sometimes run to 27 December.
Do I need a ticket?: No. The markets are free and open to the street; the cost is the vin chaud and the bed.
Is staying in Germany really sensible?: Kehl is twenty minutes away on tram D and prices like an ordinary German town in December. For a family or a longer stay it is the difference that pays for the trip.
How does it compare with Nuremberg?: Strasbourg is more markets in a smaller space and feels busier; Nuremberg is one great square with a stricter tradition. The dates are nearly identical, so most people pick one.
Which days are quiet?: The first full week, and weekdays between the Advent weekends. The second and third Advent Saturdays are the two days to avoid entirely.

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