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Event dates 2025
Wednesday, November 26 to Wednesday, December 24 2025
Opening hours
26 November (opening): 4 pm to 9 pm
27 November to 23 December: daily 10 am to 9 pm
24 December: 10 am to 2 pm
Location
The Altmarkt is located in the centre of Dresden's old town opposite the Kulturpalast, directly on Wilsdruffer Straße.
The exact location can be found on the city map: Altmarkt
Grand opening programme | November 26
3 p.m.: Ecumenical church service at the Dresdner Kreuzkirche Dresden
3.45 p.m.: Procession from the Dresdner Kreuzkirche to the Striezelmarkt stage
4 p.m.: Opening ceremony of the 591st Dresden Striezelmarkt by Mayor Dirk Hilbert and switching on of the lights. In addition, a 2025-millimetre-long stollen will be cut and distributed.
4.30 p.m.: Start of sales for Striezelmarkt traders
Striezelmarkt highlights
- Advent Calendar Festival
November 29th 2025 - Day of the Dresden Kreuzkirche
November 30 2025 - 30th Dresdner Stollen Festival more Information
December 6th 2025 - Gingerbread Festival
December 7th 2025 - Pyramid Festival
December 13th 2025 - Day of Christmas Handicrafts
December 14th 2025 - Große Bergparade (Great Miner's Parade)
December 20th 2025 - Festival of the Choirs
December 21th 2025 - Farewell to the 591. Dresdner Striezelmarkt
December 24th 2025
Cultural and entertainment programme at Dresden's Striezelmarkt:
- Varied and free cultural programme on the Story stage, the main stage of the Dresden Striezelmarkt
- Showrooms: Arts and crafts from the Ore Mountains and Dresden stollen bakers
- Listen and watch: in the children's worlds, e.g. in the fairytale house and christmas cinema
- Homemade treats: cookies from the christmas bakery, decorating Pulsnitz gingerbread in the gingerbread house and making christmas gifts in the little prun men house
- Puppet theatre at the Advent Calendar
- Santa Claus opens a window on the Advent calendar every day
- Culinary delights with Christmas treats
Große Berparade (Big Miners Parade)
It is one of the great highlights of the 591st Dresden Striezelmarkt: the Große Bergparade (Big Miners Parade) on Saturday, 20 December 2025. From 4 p.m., the grand parade of the miners with over 500 traditional costume wearers and mining musicians from almost all Saxo mining regions as well as from Medenec in the Czech Republic leads through the streets of the historic old town and ends with a grand closing ceremony on the square in front of the Kulturpalast.
Newcomers to the Striezelmarkt in 2025
- 26 November - 2 December 2025
Dresden Chocolate Girls | Gallery & Art Dealers ‘ART-ICALS’ - 3 - 9 December 2025
‘Dresden Manufacture 4.0’: Wondrak Design | Datenwerk 3D | Haptic Prints - 10 - 16 December 2025
Komos studio Michał Gałuszkiewicz - 17 - 24 December 2025
the-olive-oil-project | unimory games | AIKO Fine Jewellery
Travelling and parking
If you want to visit the Christmas markets in Dresden city centre during Advent, the best way to get there is by bus or train. There are designated park-and-ride spaces for visitors from the region. The ‘P7’ car park in Ostragehege is available free of charge. From there, you can take line 10 to the city centre.
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Traditional crafts at the Striezelmarkt
Is a Christmas market just about mulled wine and bratwurst? Not at Dresden's Striezelmarkt! Here, the tradition of craftsmanship has a very special significance. In 2025, 27 traders will be presenting their Erzgebirgische Volkskunst® (Erzgebirge folk art), an offering that is unique in Germany. Visitors can discover lovingly crafted pieces for their own homes at the stalls and experience the master craftsmen up close in the show workshop.
What makes the Striezelmarkt unique?
The Dresden Striezelmarkt is Germany's oldest Christmas market and one of the most famous worldwide. Every year, it delights visitors of all ages with its lovingly and individually designed stalls (over 200 in total), Christmas music and typical Saxon cosiness.
This visitor magnet attracts crowds with superlatives such as the world's largest 14.61-metre-high Erzgebirge step pyramid, the world's largest walk-in Schwibbogen (decorative candle arch), the XXL nativity scene under Dresden's most beautiful Christmas tree and a daily Christmas cultural programme for young and old.
A popular souvenir is the Dresden Pflaumentoffel (little prune man): an edible figure made of prunes, which is considered a lucky charm and is a typical symbol of Christmas in Dresden and the Striezelmarkt.
The historic Ferris wheel adds a touch of romance, with a ride that feels like a little journey through time over the glittering huts of the market, with the scent of roasted almonds and spicy mulled wine in the air. A visit to the Striezelmarkt is an unforgettable Christmas experience that appeals to all the senses.
Showroom Bakery
Dresdner Christstollen
Welcome to the true old (and young) masters of the city. In the Showroom Bakery, Dresden's stollen bakers demonstrate their skills and reveal the secrets of the Dresden original to visitors while Dresdner Christstollen is baked in a wood-fired oven. Listen to Stollen-stories, and, above all, taste it.
Opening hours
daily: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Showroom Handicrafts
Erzgebirgische Volkskunst
At this Showroom, you can touch and experience the art of the very famous original handicafts from the Ore Mountains, called Erzgebirgische Volkskunst. Experienced craftsmen and -women show and explain their traditional woodturning and carving skills to visitors.
Opening hours
daily: 11 am - 6 pm
Funfair rides at the Striezelmarkt
- Nostalgic 2-storey carousel and historic Ferris wheel
- children‘s carousel
- fairytale forest with children´s train
Christmas cinema
Watch wonderful short films for young and old and enjoy a daily changing film programme.
Opening hours
Monday to Thursday: 3 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Friday: 3 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Saturday: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sundays: 12 a.m. – 6 p.m.
free entry | donation requeste
Puppet Theater
daily from 3:45 p.m. on the Advent calendar
Fairytale house
daily 10 a.m.–3 p.m.
free entry | A storyteller reads stories and fairy tales. The offer is addressed to children day-care centres. Pre-booking at info@alexander-und-partner.de
daily 3–9 p.m.
3 euros or 2 euros for children | Striezelmarkt stories
Christmas Bakery
Young bakers can make their own biscuits under the guidance of experienced master bakers.
Opening hours
November 26th: 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Monday to Friday: 1.30 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Little prune man house
26.11. 4 p.m.–7 p.m. | Fr 2 p.m.–7 p.m. | Sa 10 a.m.–7 p.m. | Su 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Christmas craft centre: Children can make Christmas presents under supervision and take them home for a small fee.
Gingerbread house
26.11. 4 p.m.–7 p.m. | Fr 2 p.m.–7 p.m. | Sa 10 a.m.–7 p.m. | Su 10 a.m.–6 p.m.| 7 Euro
Decorate your famous Pulnitzer gingerbread to your heart's content in the Ginger Bread House and take home a unique Striezelmarkt souvenir.
Striezelmarkt mugs and Striezeltaler coins
The 591th edition of the Striezelmarkt will once again feature a new edition of the popular collector’s cups and taler coins, which are available for purchase here in the shop.
Experiences and accommodation
Whether you prefer to stay in cosy baroque surrounds, the hip, lively Neustadt district, or away from all the Christmas hustle and bustle on the city’s outskirts, the team from the Dresden Information Office will be glad to help you find a room – with no obligation. Visit your hotel or guesthouse directly online or contact the service centre.
The Dresden Information Office also provides extensive tips on events and exciting adventure tours through Dresden and the Elbland region. More information is available here.
Press
For press and media representatives: Please contact the organiser, Landeshauptstadt Dresden, by email at presse@dresden.de for enquiries and information material.