Osterholz-Scharmbeck Christmas Market
Visitors can browse more than 100 stalls offering handmade gifts, crafts, and a wide selection of international and regional specialties ranging from smoked fish to roasted treats. Highlights include traditional communal singing, a nativity exhibition inside the St. Willehadi Church, and a medieval encampment hosting archery, bone carving, and fire shows. Young guests can meet Santa Claus, craft glowing snow jars with the Snow Fairy, and enjoy festive storytelling with Mother Frost and Frau Holle.
What to Expect
Winter village featuring over 100 exhibitors and a medieval camp.
Event Details
Ages
All ages
Timed Entry
No
Organizer
Stadt Osterholz-Scharmbeck
Food & Drink
The market offers regional and international dishes, including grilled food, smoked fish, crêpes, waffles, and Schmalzkuchen, plus hot and cold cocktails; the craft-tent café serves coffee, cocoa, cake, cold drinks, and savoury snacks.
Local Insight & Ratings
Family Friendly
Best For
Families and christmas-market shoppers
Vibe
Festive and welcoming
Energy Level
Moderate
Photo Friendly
High
Weather Sensitivity
Moderate
Location
Know Before You Go
- Hours: Fri 16:00–22:00; Sat 14:00–21:00; Sun 12:00–18:00.
Tips & Advice
- Come on Friday evening to combine the market with Moonlight-Shopping, when the surrounding shops stay open late for your first Christmas gifts.
- Head to the church forecourt on Friday or Saturday evening for the Liberi Effera fire show at the medieval camp.
- Have the kids bring their wish lists, since the Weihnachtsmann visits on all three days and takes wishes and lists in person.
- On Sunday, which is Nikolaustag, have the kids prepare a song or poem for Kirchenstraße, where they get a small surprise.
- Warm up at the camp kitchen by the church or at the Christmas café in the craft tent under the oak.
Special Events & Promotions
- Friday: Moonlight-Shopping in the surrounding shops runs alongside the market's opening evening.
- Weihnachtswarmsingen with Detlef Gödicke on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
- Fire show by Liberi Effera at the medieval camp on Friday and Saturday.
- Nikolaustag (Sunday): children who sing a song or recite a poem in Kirchenstraße get a small surprise, and the Nikolaus is there.
- Back this year: Liberi Effera sets up its medieval camp on the church forecourt for the first time in a while.
Quick Actions
Frequently Asked Questions
What is there for children?
The Weihnachtsmann visits on all three days, and kids can whisper their wishes or hand over a wish list. The Schneefee helps children make snow jars to put in the window at home. Frau Holle and Väterchen Frost have a program at the medieval camp. In Kirchenstraße, kids can do crafts and decorate cookies.
What food and drink is there?
There are specialties from many countries and regions: Asian dishes, pretzels, grilled food, smoked fish, crêpes, waffles and Schmalzkuchen. Hot and cold cocktails are also served.
What's at the medieval camp?
Liberi Effera sets up on the church forecourt with a witch's cauldron, a fortune teller, bone carving and archery. There's a camp kitchen where you can warm up, and a fire show on Friday and Saturday.
Where can I find handmade gifts?
Haus im Markt has a craft bazaar. The large craft tent under the oak has creative stalls and the Christmas café run by the Gymnasium's graduating class, with coffee, cocoa, cake, cold drinks and savory snacks.
How can I get a stall?
The city has application forms for the craft tent and Haus im Markt, and a separate one for Kirchenplatz and Marktplatz. Sonja Sancken at the Rathaus is the contact.
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