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Amsterdam Christmas market 2025
Explore our guide to the Amsterdam Christmas Market, when the city comes alive with twinkling lights, festive music and cosy winter markets.
Discover Amsterdam Christmas markets
The Amsterdam Christmas Markets 2025 are spread throughout the city from 15 November 2025 to 5 January 2026, offering a magical festive experience for visitors of all ages.
You can get to Amsterdam in just over 4 hours from London St Pancras with Eurostar, making it easy to spend a weekend skating at Museumplein and hunting for unique gifts at the Amsterdam Christmas markets.
Amsterdam really throws itself into the Christmas spirit, with markets transforming the city’s squares into festive wonderlands. Stalls offer delicious Dutch treats, warm mulled wine, and handcrafted gifts, perfect for stocking fillers or holiday shopping.
Where to find the Amsterdam Christmas markets
Rembrandtplein
Stop to take a selfie with one of the life-sized statues of the Night Watch as you browse the stalls around this atmospheric market.
There are lots of restaurants and bars around the square, so it’s a good place to end a day of Christmas shopping and start your evening.
Leidseplein
This is the place to go for ice skating and eating. Take to the ice to practice your figures of eight, then warm up with a mulled wine and some olibollen, delicious little deep-fried dumplings.
The market opens in early November, getting progressively more Christmassy in December.
Museumplein
Every year, this Amsterdam Christmas market is held in the Museum Quarter, featuring over 50 local and international stalls selling gifts, food and drinks.
The massive basin of the Museumplein fountain is turned into a very popular ice skating rink that draws in thousands of visitors every year.
Dam Square
Your Christmas in Amsterdam would not be complete without seeing the massive 20 ft Christmas tree in front of the Royal Palace. Decorated with 40,000 bulbs, it’s a magical sight sure to get you in the festive mood.
Dutch Christmas traditions
Christmas food in Amsterdam
Everyone needs a sugar boost after shopping, visiting museums, ice skating and sightseeing all day. Don't worry, there's no shortage of sugary snacks during Christmas in Amsterdam. Try traditional New Year treats like oliballen (deep-fried dough balls) or appelbeignets (deep-fried apple fritters) to warm you up.
You’ll also find chocolate letters (great for stocking fillers), pepernoten (square biscuits flavoured with aniseed, cinnamon or clove) and speculaas (spiced biscuits), traditionally eaten for Sinterklaas (St Nicholas’ day).
Sinterklaas and Early Gift-Giving
Christmas in Amsterdam begins earlier than in many countries. The Dutch traditionally celebrate gift-giving on 5 December, not on Christmas Day. On the eve of St. Nicholas Day, Sinterklaas (St. Nicholas) delivers presents to children, creating a festive atmosphere that fills the city with excitement, decorations, and holiday cheer long before Christmas Day itself.
Cheap tickets from London to Amsterdam
Travelling from London to Amsterdam with Eurostar is simple and smart. Go direct from city centre to city centre in just 4 hours 19 mins. And whether you’re going for work or play, we’ll get you there feeling relaxed and rested. Use our lowest fare finder below to grab our cheapest train tickets from London to Amsterdam.
More Christmas inspiration
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