Enjoy Christmas Markets of Skåne

During winter, there is a very special Christmas atmosphere all over Skåne. You can find delightful Christmas gift shops in several of our towns and cities. Enjoy the St Lucia celebration December 13, or visit one of the traditional Christmas markets, which are held in manor houses and estates all over Skåne starting in November. Find what you want for your Christmas table, some traditional and some a little more exotic.

Daily opened traditional Christmas market at Södertull Malmö city in December 11:00 am until 05:00 pm. No entrance fee.
Here you will find small stands with handicrafts, food and beverages. In addition to Christmas items there are many other sorts of creations made from wood, metal, straw and textiles. Skilled local craftspeople are represented to show and tell about their genuine handwork. A perfect opportunity to buy unique Christmas gifts for your near and dear! Located just outside the inner city and old town area.

Christmas fair at the Katrinetorp farm, 9-10 December 10:00 am – 05:00, Entrance fee: SEK 40. -
Experience a genuine traditional Christmas market. Some 60 exhibitors will be displaying handicraft, food and antiquities, and a brass band and choir will provide live entertainment. Food, glögg (mulled and spiced wine) and much more is offered. Merchant Erland Bager built this country manor on the outskirts of Malmö in 1813. The home was a “country manor”, a manor house where agriculture was also pursued.
Located in Malmö, suburb Fosie, Bus No 33, Bus stop Almvik, 5 minutes walk from there.

Medieval Christmas Market
Malmö has a medieval Christmas market is held December 9-10 (starting up December 8), opening hours 10.00-16.00, and entrance fee: SEK 40. -
Kogg Museum (Cog Museum) is an experience centre built around full-scale replicas of two medieval cog ships – trading ships that sailed the Baltic Sea in the 14th century.
Visitors are treated to the unique history surrounding the ships and can even go aboard the world’s largest cog ship!

Lucia – Queen of Light
Traditional farmhouse holiday market or exotic medieval – you can have them both if you are staying in Malmö in December 9th-10th. Stay for two nights more and you will have time to get a real holiday traditional treat including celebration of Lucia, queen of light.
On Wednesday December 13 the City of Malmö celebrates the traditional coronation of its very own Lucia. This uniquely Swedish celebration of light – the figure of the saint, dressed all in white with a candle wreath in her hair, has come to symbolise the banishing of darkness and night. Follow Lucia and her maids on a horse-drawn procession from the St Johannes Church through the city streets to the Stortorget, where they will be performing from the balcony of the Residenset (the Governor’s Palace)

More Christmas Markets

About 24 kilometres south of Malmö – Drive your own car

November 23-26 A Skåne Christmas at Ängavallens Gård – Meet 60 of the country’s most skillful craftsmen and small food producers at Ängavallens Gård. You can shop for everything from Christmas art to ceramics, metal goods, Christmas elves and handicrafts. Don’t miss the food shop with different fantastic delicacies, for example snaps herring, smoked roe deer, marzipan, home baked bread, cheese cake, and the ecological char products and so on. Thursday 12-20, Friday 10-6, Sat 10-7, Sun 10-6. Entrance fee: SEK 60, -

Drive your own car or public transport to Helsingborg

It is easy to go by public transport so why not try one of the genuine Christmas markets in Helsingborg, approx 70 kilometres north of Malmö?

Beautiful pictures from Christmas market at Sofiero Castle

In November 24 – 26 Christmas festivities will take place at Sofiero Castle beautifully illuminated with an abundance of torches. Feel a true Skånsk Christmas.
Here you will experience beautiful preparations in a castle surroundings; flowers, wreathes, beautiful table settings and decorations as Advent and Christmas approach as also ideas for winter gardens. Christmas elf fathers and mothers wait for children and children’s garden maid Maja prepares for winter in the yard. Culinary exhibitions with accompanying delicacies from the whole world will be served at Sofieros Castle Restaurant and Ice Cream Veranda and Café that invite you to sample the most delicious Christmas dishes.
Opening days Friday Sunday November 24-26 between p. 1:00 pm -06:00 pm
Entrance fee Sofiero: SEK 90,00

Suggestion for Travel Plan Malmö with public transport – Sofiero, Helsingborg
Easiest way to go there is by local train from Malmö and then a bus, which stop just outside the castle.
You can buy your ticket for the whole journey on the bus or in an automated ticket machine (cash or debit/ credit card) in one of the train stations.
Price: SEK 84,00 one-way
Departure: From Malmö by train e.g. p.m. 01:37 (arrival 03:08 Bus Stop Sofiero Castle)
Duration: 01h23 Changes: 1 – to bus in Helsingborg -
Detour trip p.m. 05:51 from Bus Stop Sofiero
Departure Helsingborg Station 06:15 pm
Arrival Malmö station 07:21

December 8 – 10 Christmas at Fredriksdal in Helsingborg is a fantastic experience including old as well as new Christmas traditions.

Christmas at Fredriksdal is genuine, beautiful and atmospheric. In country cottages and city houses, both the outside and the inside is inviting with beautiful decorations, Christmas food, handwork, and festive crowds, a Christmas decorated country house, Christmas preparations at Lillarydsgården, dancing around the Christmas tree, Helsingborgs Lucia and much more. Christmas atmosphere and activities for children and adults are held over all of Fredriksdal.
Opening hours Fri. 11:00-07:00, sat-sun p.m. 01.00-07:00

Suggestion for Travel Plan with public transport – To Sofiero, Helsingborg
Easiest way to go there is by local train from Malmö and then a bus, which stop just outside the castle. You can buy your ticket for the whole journey on the bus or in an automated ticket machine (cash or debit/ credit card) in one of the train stations.

Departure: From Malmö by train e.g. p.m. 01:37 (arrival 03:08 Bus Stop Sofiero Castle)
Duration: 01h13 Changes: 1 – to bus in Helsingborg 02:42 pm
Detour trip p.m. 05:51 from Bus Stop 2 km north east of Helsingborg town centre
Bus 1 and 7, bus stop “Zoéga”)
Departure Helsingborg Station 05:56 pm
Arrival Malmö station 07:21

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