Kerstmarkt
Visitors can browse open-air booths featuring local artisans selling handmade crafts, glasswork, holiday décor, and artisan gifts. Food vendors offer warm glühwein, hot cider, and Dutch specialties such as stroopwafels, banket, and saucijzebroodjes. Entertainment includes Dickens carolers, handbell concerts, dog sled demonstrations, and visits from Santa and Sinterklaas.
What to Expect
European-style open-air Dutch holiday market featuring local artisans and food.
Event Details
Ages
All ages
Neighborhood
Downtown Holland
Timed Entry
No
Organizer
Holland Area Convention & Visitors Bureau
Food & Drink
Enjoy Dutch specialties such as saucijzebroodjes, speculaas, banket, stroopwafels, and Christmas stollen, plus glühwein, hot chocolate, cider, chai, and other vendor foods; Saturday brunch is available from 9 a.m. to noon.
Local Insight & Ratings
Family Friendly
Best For
Families and holiday shoppers
Vibe
Festive, traditional, welcoming
Energy Level
Moderate
Budget
Free
Photo Friendly
High
Weather Sensitivity
High
Location
Know Before You Go
- Hours: Fridays 3PM-7PM; Saturdays 9AM-7PM.
- Parking: Free parking is available in two nearby lots, on the street, and in parking structures across the street and a few blocks away. Vendor spaces are reserved with orange cones.
- Accessibility: Handicap accessible public bathrooms are located inside the Civic Center during the event.
- Pets: Well-behaved dogs are welcome, but dogs are prohibited in the adjacent Holland Farmers Market area on Saturdays.
Tips & Advice
- Check the weekend vendor list before you go, because full-season vendors are there all five weekends while many others come for just one weekend.
- Come on a Saturday morning for The Beard and The Gal's brunch, with buttermilk biscuits and gravy alongside the market's Dutch treats and hot drinks.
- Leave a dog that doesn't like other dogs at home, since sled dogs come for demonstrations and dogs are banned from the Saturday Farmers Market area.
- Bring cash, a check or a card, since most vendors take all three, and there's an ATM inside the Civic Center near the accessible restrooms.
- Dress for the weather at this open-air market, and warm up with glühwein, hot cider, hot chocolate or hot chai from the stalls.
Special Events & Promotions
- The Beard and The Gal serve brunch every Saturday morning, including buttermilk biscuits and gravy.
- Weekly dinner specials from The Beard and The Gal, such as southern chicken pot pie.
- Dog sledding demonstrations on select dates through the season.
- Sinterklaas and Santa both visit the market during the season.
- New weekend vendors join each weekend, such as Osman's Flowers & Firs with Christmas trees and wreaths on the first weekend only.
Quick Actions
Frequently Asked Questions
What food and drink can I get?
Hot drinks include glühwein, hot chocolate, hot cider and hot chai. Dutch treats include saucijzebroodjes, speculaas, banket, stroopwafels and Christmas stollen. The Beard and The Gal serve soup in sourdough bread bowls, chili, sandwiches and more. Other stalls sell blueberry donuts, hand-dipped chocolates, candied nuts, maple candy and honey.
What is there for families to do?
There are hand bell concerts, dog sled visits, Dickens carolers, visits from Sinterklaas and Santa, and story time hosted by the Herrick District Library.
Can I bring my dog?
Well-behaved dogs are welcome. On Saturdays, though, city ordinance bans dogs from the Holland Farmers Market area next door. Sled dogs are also on site for demonstrations, so keep that in mind if your dog doesn't get along with other dogs.
Where do I park?
Two large free lots surround the 8th Street Market Place. Leave the spots marked with orange cones for vendors. There's also free street parking and free self-serve structure parking across the street on 9th Street and a few blocks away on 7th Street.
Can I still sign up as a vendor?
All vendors for 2026 have been chosen. Vendor selection for 2027 has not started yet.
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