Aalborg Christmas Market

The Aalborg Christmas Market sets up on Gammeltorv, the square at the heart of the city centre, from 13 November to 23 December 2026. Six weeks of opening, free entry, chalets of treats and crafts: Aalborg City Julemarked is North Jutland’s Christmas gathering, with its half-metre hot dogs and its gløgg made with rum-soaked raisins.

Aalborg Christmas Market 2026: dates and opening hours

Aalborg City Julemarked opens on Friday 13 November 2026 and closes on Wednesday 23 December. From Monday to Thursday the chalets open from 1pm to 6pm, on Friday from 1pm to 8pm, on Saturday from 10am to 8pm and on Sunday from 1pm to 6pm. On Sundays, the artisans’ chalet runs from 11am to 4pm.

Christmas week has its own timetable. From 19 to 22 December, the market is open from 10am to 8pm every day, and on 23 December from 10am to 5pm.

What to eat on Gammeltorv: half-metre hot dog and gløgg

People come to the Aalborg market first and foremost to eat. Grillhytten, there for the 23rd year, serves its half-metre-long hot dog at lunchtime and in the evening. ROMeriet pours a gløgg with rum-soaked raisins and a rum toddy, with or without alcohol. Roasted almonds, æbleskiver and churros round off the tour. For gifts, the chalets sell ceramics and blown-glass Christmas baubles designed in Denmark.

A city market run by local traders

Aalborg City, the city-centre traders’ association, organises the market and publishes its programme. The number of chalets is not announced, nor is the year of the first edition: Grillhytten’s 23 years on the square give an idea of the scale. The market remains above all a Danish gathering, little known outside the country. It works best as a stop on a trip through Jutland.

Where to find the Aalborg Christmas Market

The market takes place on Gammeltorv, right in the centre of Aalborg, in North Jutland. For a first trip to Denmark, the Copenhagen Christmas Market remains the obvious starting point, and our page on Christmas markets in Denmark brings together every listing in the country. Further south, in Aarhus, Christmas at Den Gamle By opens every day until 31 December.