Regensburg Christkindlmarkt at Neupfarrplatz

Regensburg's Christkindlmarkt at Neupfarrplatz is the city's oldest and largest free Christmas market, filling the square around the illuminated Neupfarrkirche with stalls selling straw stars, ornaments, and mulled wine. The 2026 run is November 23 through December 23. On-site artisans — glassblowers, potters, candlemakers — work visibly at their stalls, and regional specialty drinks like Heidelbeerglühwein (Bavarian Forest blueberry mulled wine) and Apfelglühwein (Oberpfalz orchard apple) set it apart from a standard market's drink list. Every Wednesday is Kindertag, with discounted carousel rides and St. Nicholas appearances. This is not the same market as Regensburg's Weihnachtsmarkt Thurn und Taxis, held on the separate grounds of Schloss St. Emmeram elsewhere in the city — that market charges admission and leans into a torch-lit, palace-grounds atmosphere. Neupfarrplatz, by contrast, is free, centrally located, and geared toward daytime and family visits. Multiple sources note visitors regularly mix the two up, so it's worth confirming which one you're planning around before you go. Regensburg runs several smaller Christmas markets concurrently — Lucreziamarkt, the Spitalgarten market, Dörnbergpark — making Neupfarrplatz a natural anchor stop for a fuller old-town Christmas-market circuit in the same visit.