Festive post-Christmas markets: Discover the most beautiful highlights!
Find out everything about the Christmas markets in Bonn and the surrounding area, which are also open after the holidays. Discover special events and offers until January 6, 2025.

Festive post-Christmas markets: Discover the most beautiful highlights!
In the contemplative time after Christmas, visitors can still expect festive Christmas markets in many German cities. The Dreikönigsmarkt on Remigiusplatz in Bonn will remain open from December 27th to January 6th, 2025. Guests can celebrate here on New Year's Eve, but the market remains closed on New Year's Day. The market is open from Sunday to Thursday from 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. and on Friday and Saturday until 10:30 p.m General Gazette reported.
In addition, the Christmas gleaning is celebrated in Bad Godesberg from December 26th to 31st, where mulled wine and snack bars sweeten the cold days. In Cologne, on the other hand, the Christmas market “Heinzel's Winter Fairy Tale” impresses with over 100 stalls and an ice rink, which remains open until January 5th. Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler also allows visitors to enjoy themselves between the years: the bank lights are illuminated from December 27th to 30th. Visitors can view the festively decorated stands in the evening.
Hessian Christmas markets after the holidays
In Hesse, numerous Christmas markets also attract visitors after the holidays. For example, the fairytale Christmas market in Kassel from November 25th to December 30th offers a festive atmosphere with a fairytale slide and a large fairytale pyramid. Opening hours are daily from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., while food stalls remain open until 10 p.m. The market is only closed from December 24th to 26th, according to information from hessenschau.de.
Another highlight is the Christmas market in Bad Hersfeld, which features an artificial ice rink and fairytale offers and continues on December 27th. The Gießen Christmas market is also held until the end of the year and offers handicrafts and typical gourmet stalls. In Offenbach, the traditional market on Aliceplatz remains open until December 29th, while the children's shooting star market in Wiesbaden delights with a wide range of offers for children until mid-January.