22.11.2024 – 27.12.2024

Tallinn Christmas Market

Tallinn Christmas Market at the Town Hall Square invites you to experience a Christmas fairytale!

Christmas Market at the Town Hall Square in Tallinn, 22 November – 27 December 2024

The traditional Tallinn Christmas Market is back, this year running from 22 November to 27 December. Step into a winter wonderland with a diverse program, a Christmas tree shining with lights, unique handicrafts, and delicious treats!

This year, Tallinn Christmas Market has some exciting news: Forbes magazine included it in its list of the top 10 Christmas markets in Europe to visit in 2024!

This year the market begins a week earlier than last year, a decision warmly welcomed by locals and Scandinavian tourists who embrace the Christmas spirit as early as November and want to enjoy this festive fairytale as soon as possible.

This time, the capital’s oldest square is decorated with a nearly 16-meter-tall spruce tree, which arrived here from Saku. The Christmas tree is decorated with thousands of lights. The tree’s warm and cool glowing lights illuminate the elf-house-style stalls below.

As always, local producers are prioritized, many of whom are already familiar to visitors. Here Santas have a rare opportunity to fill their bag with unique presents that can’t be found in regular stores. You can interact with artisans, discover a wide range of Christmas ornaments, or find handcrafted items of new designs and patterns. Those who appreciate self-made gifts can craft a beautiful Christmas wreath under the guidance of designer Kärt Põldmann. There’s also a broad selection of alpaca wool products—ideal gifts for anyone who values luxury, sustainability, and Estonian design. Local designers and entertainers showcase their work at the Culture Kiosk.

Good news for those who have been eagerly awaiting Tallinn Christmas Market’s famous handcrafted truffles for the past ten months: they are back this year, and exclusively available here! For the first time, Võido Farm from Põlva County will offer homemade jams, Christmas pumpkin preserves, and other holiday treats. Returning favourites include the Sweet House, easily located by its enticing aroma of freshly baked cinnamon-cardamom rolls. You will also find éclairs, macarons, cakes, cookies, and other delights to satisfy your sweet tooth.

For those seeking heartier meals, the market offers a wide selection of Christmas and blood sausages, holiday roasts, sauerkraut, and various potato dishes, along with such favourites of recent years like lamb cutlets and elk sausages. For gourmets, there are new dishes to try, including slow-cooked duck confit, spiced grilled beef, venison-onion skewers, smoked pork neck, ciabatta with raclette, and much more.

Our northern neighbours, the Finns, bring Nordic flavours with dishes like smoked reindeer cheese soup, reindeer pies, and game sausages, as well as vegetarian pies with vegan bratwurst. Newcomers this year include Asian-style bao sourdough buns, which will delight fans of both plant-based and meat-based food.

As is fitting for the season, the market boasts a rich selection of hot drinks. The Finns contribute hot chocolate spiced with Bailey’s and peppermint, along with Finnish-style mulled wine available with or without alcohol. The mulled wine selection expands yearly with surprising flavour combinations like cranberry-cherry, limoncello glögg, organic raspberry-blackcurrant glögg from Setomaa, sea buckthorn-mandarin punch, and more. Tallinn Christmas Market proudly offers one of the most extensive mulled wine selections in Europe!

For the second year already, the Christmas market emphasizes an environmentally sustainable way of thinking – this time reusable dishes with the Tallinn Christmas Market logo are being used, with a two-euro deposit. These can be returned to a collection point, and the deposit will be returned to you.

Every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday the Christmas Market stage comes alive with music and dance, featuring both local and international performers.

On the First Advent Sunday, 1 December, the first Advent candle will be lit in a special ceremony. Tallinn Mayor Jevgeni Ossinovski and Provost Jaak Aus will speak, accompanied by beautiful Christmas carols sung by choirs from the Tallinn congregations of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church. After the candle-lighting, all are invited to enjoy light shows which take place alternately in the Lower Town and on Toompea. More information is available in the program.

Santa Claus will also arrive on the First Sunday of Advent and will remain in his cozy house until the end of the Christmas market, ready to welcome children reciting poems. Gift wishes can be dropped into Santa’s mailbox on his house wall. Little ones can enjoy the carousels – there are three in total, including one brand-new ride! Create joyful memories with family and friends and capture the moment in the Photo House, where you’ll receive your pictures instantly.

The Christmas Market will close its stage, stalls, and symbolic gates on 27 December, only to reopen next year.

Come to the Tallinn Christmas Market and experience the magic of the season! Bring your friends and family!

Christmas Market at the Town Hall Square in Tallinn, 22 November – 27 December 2024

Open daily from 10:00 to 20:00

Hot drinks are offered until 22:00, and until 23:00 on Fridays and Saturdays

Culutural Program

November 22
18:00 Opening of the Christmas market, opening speech by Sander Andla, elder of City Center district, switching on lights on the tree.
Tallinn University’s folk dance ensemble, Soveldaja, will perform with folk musicians.

November 23
17:00 performance of Rõõmulapsed Music Club
17:15 performance of Irish dance group Solas
17:45 performance of ArteFlamenko Studio
18:30 performance of folk dance group Tuisuline
• The Santa Claus Arlet will lead the evening

November 24
12:00 performance of folk dance group Hopsani
12:45 performance dance studio Alhambra
13:30 performance of Sõleke, a dance ensemble from Hobby Center Kullo
• The evening will be led by the Santa Claus Arlet

November 29
17:00 performance of the dance groups of the ETA Dance School
17:45 performance of Urve Kesküla’s dance groups from Nõmme Hobby Center
18:30 performance of Flamenco Studio Fiesta from Nõmme Hobby Center
• The evening will be led by the Santa Claus Äffy

November 30
17:00 performance of the Ballet Studio from Nõmme Hobby Center
17:45 performance of V.A.T Crew dance studio
18:30 performance of Free Flow Studio
• The evening will be led by the Santa Claus Äffy

December 1
16:00 Lighting of the advent candle
Welcome speeches by Tallinn mayor Jevgeni Ossinovski and Tallinn provost Jaak Aus
Performance of Concert Choir and Canorus Chamber Choir of EELC Tallinn Kaarli Church, Mixed Choir and Aktiva Chamber Choir of St. John’s Church, Chamber Choir of Holy Spirit Church, Mixed Choir Laudate Dominum of the St. Mary’s Cathedral, Bethel Church Chamber Choir, Mission Choir and Tallinn Chamber Choir.
16:30, 17:30 and 18:30 Light Theater “The Gift”Venue: Vilde Square (corner of Harju and Niguliste streets)
17:00, 18:00 and 19:00 Light Theater “Dreamcatcher”Venue: Bishop’s Garden (Toom-Kooli street 21)

December 6
17:00 performance of the vocal studio Delight
17:45 performance of KT Stuudio from Hobby Center Kullo
18:30 performance of folk dance group Lepalind from Vasalemma
• The evening will be led by the Santa Claus Äffy.

December 7
17:00 ¡ZAMBOMBA! – Spanish Christmas carols and dances
Featuring: Northern Flamenco Network, Estonian flamenco dancers, students of the Estonian Music and Theater Academy
17:45 performance of the JJ Street Dance School
18:30 performance of the dance groups from Järva-Jaani: Tuttuued Naised, Jürid -Marid and Pahem on Parem
• The evening will be led by the Santa Claus Äffy

December 8
12:00 performance of the Cantitores choir
12:45 performance of the Singing Studio Lõoke and the singing studio Sinilill from Hobby Center Kullo
13:30 performance of the musical group Canticum Novum
13:55 The Advent message shared by Pastor Joel Aulis of Tallinn Methodist Church
14:00 Pastor Joel Aulis lights the second advent candle
• The evening will be led by the Santa Claus Arlet

December 13
17:00 performance of dance studio Mustad Kassid
17:45 performance of Carolina Dance Studio
18:30 performance of Dance and Modeling School Sixtina
• The evening will be led by the Santa Claus Äffy

December 14
17:00 performance of Marike ja Nõmme Marid, a folk dance group of girls from Nõmme Cultural Center
17:45 performance of Saku dance club Happy Feet
18:30 performance of the dance groups from the Dance and Fitness Club TantsuGeen
• The evening will be led by the Santa Claus Äffy

December 15
12:00 performance of Taisi’s singing children
12:45 performance of girls’ choir Ellerhein from Hobby Center Kullo
13:30 performance of the Gospel Choir of the Mosaic congregation
13:55 The Advent message shared by Pastor Mart Oksa of Tallinn Christian Mosaic congregation
14:00 pastor Mart Oksa lights the third advent candle
• The evening will be led by the Santa Claus Arlet

December 20
17:00 performance of the dance group Kullaketrajad
17:45 performance of the Tallinn dance groups of the Gymnastics Club Janika
18:15 performance of dance group Kolgaküla Lainerid
18:30 performance of the Latin show troupe Panter
• The evening will be led by the Santa Claus Äffy

December 21
15:00 performance of the folk dance groups of the ETA Dance School
15:45 performance of MER Dance Studio
16:30 performance of dance studio Black & White
• The evening will be led by the Santa Claus Äffy

December 22
12:00 performance of the children’s singing studio Nupukesed
12:45 performance of Hiiumaa Boys’ and Girls’ Choir
13:30 performance of the Effata choir
13:55 The Advent message shared by Pastor Ülo Niinemägi of Tallinn Oleviste congregation
14:00 pastor Ülo Niinemägi lights the fourth Advent candle
• The evening will be led by the Santa Claus Arlet

December 24
12:00 Tallinn council chairman Toomas Kruusimägi announces Christmas peace

December 27
17:00 performance of dance studio Dance Hayat
17:45 performance dance studio Zahira
18: 30 performance of Free Flow Studio
19:00 closing of the Christmas market
• The evening will be led by the Santa Claus Arlet