Last updated: November 22, 2024
Welcome to your complete guide to the Christmas season in Luenen. This practical guide informs you about all festive events and activities in our city.
In the historic city center around the marketplace and St. Georg Church, traditional Christmas markets await you with regional specialties and craftsmanship. Along the pedestrian zone in Lange Strasse, festively decorated stalls line up, while the Hansesaal quarter attracts visitors with its cultural program and winter events. The nearby cities of Dortmund and Münster complement the region's festive offerings with their well-known Christmas markets.
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Luenen Holiday Markets and Shopping
Lünen Christmas Market
- What to Expect
- Special creative huts with changing handmade offers.
- Description
- The Lünen Christmas market transforms the pedestrian zone into the Sternengasse, featuring festively decorated huts offering a diverse range of handmade and artisanal items as well as culinary specialties. Special attention is given to the creative huts, which present changing handmade and creative offers.
- Where
- Lünen | More Info : Lünen Christmas Market
Christmas Bazaar at Hansesaal
- What to Expect
- Handmade Advent decorations and creative works.
- Description
- The Christmas Market in the Hansesaal invites both big and small guests to a cozy stroll through the Lünen Hansesaal. Here, visitors can immerse themselves in handmade Advent decorations, creative and needlework items, knitted and crocheted goods, and much more. Jewelry for loved ones, homemade jam, liqueur, and Christmas cards are popular souvenirs.
- Where
- Lünen | More Info : Christmas Bazaar at Hansesaal
Open Sunday Shopping – 1st Advent
- What to Expect
- Creative huts with changing offers.
- Description
- On December 1, the shops in Lünen will open from 13:00 to 18:00. The pedestrian zone transforms into the "Sternengasse," featuring Herrnhuter stars, Christmas trees, and culinary specialties for the Christmas market.
- Where
- Lünen | More Info : Open Sunday Shopping – 1st Advent
Family Day at the Christmas Market
- What to Expect
- Family days with special offers for young and old.
- Description
- The Family Day at the Christmas Market offers additional offers and activities for families visiting the market.
- Where
- Lünen | More Info : Family Day at the Christmas Market
Christmas Market of the Free Church
- What to Expect
- Handmade products and workshops for adults and children.
- Description
- The Christmas market of the Free Church Community offers handmade products, coffee and cake, grilled sausages, punch, and mulled wine. There are workshops for adults and children as well as Christmas carols to sing along.
- Where
- Lünen | More Info : Christmas Market of the Free Church
Evening Flea Market Total Trödel & Fashion.
- What to Expect
- Unique collector's items and second-hand fashion from approximately 40 private vendors.
- Description
- The Abendflohmarkt 'Trödel & Mode total' offers a variety of second-hand items, including trinkets, collectibles, and fashion. Approximately 40 private vendors will be selling their goods, and anyone can participate. The market takes place on October 12, 2024, from 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM at the Kulturzentrum Mengeder Saalbau in Dortmund. Admission costs 1.50 € per person, with children under 14 years old admitted free.
- Where
- Dortmund | More Info : Evening Flea Market Total Trödel & Fashion.
Luenen Holiday Shows and Entertainment
Nicholas Arrives by Ship over the Lippe
- What to Expect
- Unique event featuring Christmas carols and Stutenkerle distribution.
- Description
- The Nikolaus arrives at the Lippeufer with his ship and is awaited by numerous companions from the world of fairy tales and legends. Mayor Jürgen Kleine-Frauns greets him at the Treppenkaskade at the Lippezentrum. Subsequently, the Nikolaus, accompanied by his entourage, trumpeters, and visitors, proceeds through the Sternengasse to the Alten Markt, where Christmas carols are sung together. Children are invited to the stage to recite a poem or sing a song. Finally, the Nikolaus distributes Stutenkerle.
- Where
- Lünen | More Info : Nicholas Arrives by Ship over the Lippe
Circus Paul Busch - 2024 Tour - Hamm
- What to Expect
- Unique combination of classical and modern circus art.
- Description
- Circus Paul Busch presents a grandiose program full of surprises with top stars from the international circus scene. You can see artists, high-level animal performances, and clowns. The innovative show celebrates its gala premiere in Oberhausen for the new season 2021.
- Where
- Hamm | More Info : Circus Paul Busch - 2024 Tour - Hamm
Starlight Express
- What to Expect
- Unique combination of roller skating actions and modern stage show.
- Description
- Starlight Express is a roller skating musical that has been thrilling audiences in Bochum for 36 years. The show maintains its modern character through regular updates to its songs and content, new rapid choreographies, and detailed costumes. With an captivating light and stage show, visitors are constantly drawn in.
- Where
- Bochum | More Info : Starlight Express
Theater Phoebus - The Little Mermaid
- What to Expect
- Unique staging with lively characters and a charming atmosphere.
- Description
- The Little Mermaid is a theatrical performance held at the Theater Fletch Bizzel in Dortmund. It is a charming and entertaining production that captivates the audience with its lively atmosphere and fascinating characters.
- Where
- Dortmund | More Info : Theater Phoebus - The Little Mermaid
Luenen Other Holiday Activities
Dortmund Gemstone Days 2024
- What to Expect
- Mineral and gemstone exhibition with authenticity testing and gemstone identification.
- Description
- The Edelsteintage Dortmund 2024 offers mineral collectors, gemstone enthusiasts, and jewelry fans a great platform to admire and purchase valuable, rare, and million-year-old "treasures of the earth."
- Where
- Dortmund | More Info : Dortmund Gemstone Days 2024
Skywalk & Blast Furnace Ascent, Dortmund
- What to Expect
- Unique illumination of the disused blast furnace plant
- Description
- The tour takes you over the Skywalk on the old gas pipe and offers breathtaking views of the blast furnace plant and the city of Dortmund. The disused blast furnace plant is impressively illuminated, while you experience the massive construction and technology of a blast furnace plant up close.
- Where
- Dortmund | More Info : Skywalk & Blast Furnace Ascent, Dortmund