Last updated: December 01, 2024
Discover the holiday highlights in Vasastan! Our guide helps you find the best events in the area, whether you're a local or a visitor wanting to experience the Christmas atmosphere in this charming district.
From the atmospheric Christmas market at Sankt Eriksplan to the festively lit shop windows along Odengatan, there's much to experience. Vasaparken transforms into a winter oasis with ice skating, and around Odenplan you can enjoy traditional Christmas crafts and local delicacies. The historic buildings along Karlbergsvägen provide a perfect backdrop for the winter coziness.
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Vasastan Holiday Light Displays
Stockholm Christmas Lights
Stockholmsjul is an annual festival that decorates over 40 streets and squares in Stockholm with one million LED lights. Traditional Christmas icons like reindeer, angels, and pine trees are given a modern, illuminated makeover.
Nordiska Kompaniet's Christmas display
Nordiska Kompaniet presents this year's Christmas display with a unique and surprising experience. Santa arrives with a horse and cart and unlocks the store, while visitors can enjoy a day filled with offers, music, and shopping.
Vasastan Holiday Markets and Shopping
Skansen Christmas Market
Skansens julmarknad is a historical Christmas market dating back to 1903, where you can buy everything from handicrafts and design to sweets and handmade candles. The market features many stalls filled with delicacies for the Christmas table, marzipan, Christmas bread, and locally produced crafts.
Stortorget Christmas Market
Stortorget's Christmas Market in Gamla Stan is one of Stockholm's most popular Christmas markets, featuring 32 stalls and 41 vendors offering Swedish quality products in craftsmanship, wood, ceramics, and more. You can also find candies, mulled wine, roasted almonds, bread, and game meat.
Christmas in Stenladan
Jul i Stenladan is a Christmas celebration that creates a warm and cozy atmosphere with Christmas decorations, festive food, flowers, and wreaths. You can enjoy Christmas treats, sausages, and cheese in a charming setting with shops like Steningekompaniet and Eld & Design.
Wasa Christmas Market
Wasa Christmas Market is a traditional Christmas market in the heart of Stockholm, featuring around 35 vendors offering products related to Christmas, including eco-friendly boards focusing on second-hand items.
Beckman's Christmas Market
Beckmans Christmas Market is a traditional event where you can find unique creations in design, fashion, and visual communication signed by the students themselves.
Sigtuna Christmas Market
Sigtuna Christmas Market is a classic Christmas market held four Sundays before Christmas in Sigtuna town. The market offers a variety of stalls, food market, Christmas music, Lucia processions, and more. You can find traditional Christmas gifts and handmade crafts, as well as innovative products from young school students at the young Christmas market.
Vasastan Holiday Shows and Entertainment
Lucia Day Celebrations
The Lucia celebration is an important part of Swedish winter traditions, where a white-clad Lucia leads a procession with handmaidens and star boys, and the event includes singing, traditional attire, and candle wreaths.
Vasastan Other Holiday Activities
Santa Run
Stockholm Santa Run is a charity run where participants dress up as Santa and run or walk a 3-6 km route through Stockholm's city center. The event aims to raise funds for charity.