Oslo Christmas Market 2026: Open Into January

The Oslo Christmas Market runs from early November right into January, so it’s one of the few you can still catch after Boxing Day. Free skating is the big draw. The rink in the park usually opens in late November, and you can hire skates if you didn’t pack your own. Come after dark, when the tunnel of lights is on, and the gløgg tents fill up.

Oslo Christmas Market 2026

Dates

Status: Confirmed
Oslo dates: 7th November 2026 to 3rd January 2027
Last checked: October 2026

Update: Dates were announced in May. Sign up for our newsletter to be notified of changes.

Source: Verified by Ultimate Christmas Markets via Jul i Vinterland.

Plan Your Visit

Location and Times

Location: Karl Johans Gate
Opening times:
Monday to Thursday: 12pm to 8pm
Friday: 12pm to 9pm
Saturday: 10am to 9pm
Sunday: 10am to 8pm
22nd December: 11am to 9pm
23rd December: 11am to 7pm
Christmas Eve: Closed
Christmas Day: 11am to 9pm
After Christmas: 11am to 9pm
New Year’s Eve: 11am to 6pm
New Year’s Day: 12pm to 9pm
Final Day: 11am to 6pm

Travel and Accommodation

Recommended tour: This electric fjord cruise is one of the most popular.
Public transport: Metro: Stortinget. Tram: Øvre Slottsgate or Stortorvet.
Parking: Please take public transport to help limit congestion. Onepark Sentrum P-hus has accessible parking.
Where to stay: Hotel Bristol is 3 minutes from the event.

Amenities and Attractions

Admission: Free
Santa: Yes
Ice skating: Spikersuppa Ice Skating Rink
Reason to visit: Heated tents. There is a high chance of snow.

Dietary Options

Vegetarian: Plenty of options.
Vegan: Some options.
Gluten-free: Limited.
Food specialities: Huge range of grilled food like Frankfurters, currywurst and traditional julepølse. Norwegian pancakes sveler and bubble waffles.

Accessibility

Accessible: Yes.
Pet-friendly: Yes, but not advised due to the crowds.

Convenient Hotels

Staying in Sentrum, the city centre, means you can walk to the stalls and the rink and back again whenever the cold gets to you. Hotel Bristol is a comfortable option a few minutes from Karl Johans gate.

Interesting Tours

Try an eco-friendly electric boat tour on the Oslofjord to see the Opera House, Akershus Fortress, and more while learning about the city’s history and marine life.

Alternatively, this street food culture walking tour is an excellent choice if you’re keen to get into Oslo’s culinary scene.

Visitor Feedback

What Visitors Loved

• Most people remember the lights, especially the tunnel of lights over the stalls, and the market looks its best once it’s dark.
• Sitting in a warm tent with a cup of gløgg and watching the skaters is a favourite way to thaw out, and the rink itself is free if you bring your own skates.
• The sweet stalls get plenty of praise, particularly the burnt almonds and caramelised apples.
• Visitors who make it out to the Folk Museum fair find it more charming than the city centre, with far more local makers among the stalls.

Common Complaints

• Prices are steep even by Norwegian standards, with a mulled wine or a corn dog costing well over 100 kroner, so expect a snack, a drink and a ride to add up fast.
• Some find the stalls repetitive and not especially Norwegian, with a lot of international street food. The knitwear and glass stalls are where you’ll find local goods.
• Saturday evenings close to Christmas are packed, and the rides have long queues. Weekday afternoons, or arriving right at opening, are far calmer.

Location

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Norsk Folkemuseum

The open-air Norsk Folkemuseum on Bygdøy gathers old farmhouses and townhouses from across Norway, and for its Christmas fair, each one is decorated for the period it comes from. More than 100 stalls sell handmade gifts, woollens, and decorations, and the event includes horse-and-carriage rides, folk dancing, a Santa’s workshop for children, and a short Advent gathering in the medieval Gol Stave Church. Look out for freshly baked lefse, a soft Norwegian flatbread, and Christmas porridge at Santa’s farmstead. Entry is ticketed, but under-18s go free.

Status: Confirmed
Norsk Folkemuseum dates: 5th to 6th and 12th to 13th December 2026
Location: Museumsveien 10, Bygdøy
Opening times: 10am to 4pm
Information: Plan your visit.

What to Expect

Jul i Vinterland (Christmas in Winterland) runs for close to two months along Karl Johans gate, in the park strip between the Parliament building and the National Theatre, with the Royal Palace at the top of the street. About 50 stalls line the main lane, with more than half selling food, plus a Ferris wheel and carousels. The programme also includes free theatre and concerts, some featuring well-known Norwegian names.

The Spikersuppa rink is the heart of it. It usually opens in late November; skating is free, and skates can be hired, and after dark it’s ringed by people with cups of gløgg who’ve come to watch rather than skate. Families will find the LEGO booth hard to walk past.

Food Specialties

• Christmas porridge (julegrøt): Warm rice porridge with butter, sugar and cinnamon, ladled out at Julenissens Gløgghus.
• Pølse i lompe: A hot dog wrapped in lompe, a soft Norwegian potato flatbread, instead of a bun.
• Gløgg: Scandinavian mulled wine, served in a cup with raisins and almonds.
• Grilled elk: Elk meat from Bekkereinan, grilled over an open flame.
• Burnt almonds (brente mandler): Almonds roasted in sugar and sold warm by the bag, their smell will follow you down the lane.
• Smultringer: Old-fashioned Norwegian ring doughnuts, fried fresh at Viggo’s stall.
• Cured meats: Spekestua sells spekemat, the dried and cured meats that end up on Norwegian Christmas tables.
• Norwegian salmon: Look for Lakseboden, the salmon stall.

Gifts and Stocking Fillers

• Decorative rolling pins: Wooden Corner’s carved rolling pins press patterns into biscuit dough, and plenty of people buy them just to hang on the kitchen wall.
• Glass art: Handmade glass ornaments and door signs from Birk Glas, a family-run business, and from Nielgaard Glaskunst.
• Norwegian knitwear: Wool jumpers, mittens and hats in traditional patterns, made to last for years.
• Alpaca wool: Soft scarves and socks from Natur Alpakka, which sets ethical and fair trade requirements for its producers.

Sustainability Tips

• Juice from garden apples: Eplemottaket collects apples from local home gardeners every autumn and presses them into pure apple juice, sold at reduced prices at its stall.
• Take the metro or tram: Oslo’s metro and trams already run emission-free, and Stortinget station comes up almost beside the rink.
• Bus 30 to the Folk Museum: The Bygdøy ferry only runs in the warmer months, so take bus 30 from the National Theatre or Central Station to the Folkemuseet stop, on a city bus fleet that’s now mostly emission-free.