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When do Christmas markets open in Slovakia this year?
If you’re trying to research the answer to this question, you may have run into some trouble… that’s because the opening dates for Christmas markets in Slovakia vary by town, city & region.
That’s why we created this page for you, so you can peep the opening dates for Slovakia’s Christmas Markets and events quickly and at a glance.
We hope you find it helpful!
This list is by no means exhaustive, and includes mainly bigger Christmas markets that we could find official websites and dates for. Let us know in the comments if you have any more we should add.
NOTE: Most Christmas markets don’t announce their confirmed dates until a few months before, so please excuse the sparse list for the time being! We’ll be sure to update this list with more dates as soon as they are released. Let us know in the comments if you know of any we should add for 2026!
Christmas Market Opening Dates in Slovakia 2026
Note: Christmas market dates for 2026 will be confirmed later in the year. For now, here are the 2025 dates for your reference.
Let us know in the comments if you have any tips on updates!
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| Location | Christmas Market Name | 2025 Dates | More Info | Hotels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bratislava | Bratislava Christmas Market | Nov 27 - Dec 23 Dec 26 - Jan 6, 2026 | More Info | |
| Bratislava | Medieval market at Bratislava Castle | TBA | More Info | |
| Bratislava | Main Christmas Market | Nov 27, 2025 - Jan 6, 2026 Closed Dec 24 & 25 | More Info | |
| Košice | Košice Christmas Market | Dec 1 - 31 | More Info | |
| Piešťany | Christmas Markets on Spa Island | Nov 27, 2025 - Jan 7, 2026 | More Info | |
| Rožňava | Rožňava Christmas Market | Dec 4 - 6 | More Info | |
| Trenčín | Christmas Under the Castle | Dec 5 - 23 | More Info | |
| Zvolen | Zvolen Christmas Village | TBA | More Info |
Help us improve this list of Slovakia Christmas Market dates!
Do you know of a confirmed Slovakian Christmas Market we should add to our list? Let us know in the comments!
actually that’s Latvia, not Slovakia )
Hi Denis, thank you SO much for pointing this out. Looks like we embedded the wrong date table by mistake. The post has now been corrected 🙂
As of December 11, all Christmas markets in Slovakia are closed. Please update.
Hi, thanks for the heads up! We’ve already changed the dates on our table to reflect cancellations.