Christmas in Gothenubrg in December
Gothenburg is very popular to visit during Christmas. The premiere of Christmas at Liseberg usually kicks off Gothenburg's Christmas city. The day before, the large lighted Christmas tree in the Liseberg Tower is lit and the whole of Gothenburg is lit up in beautiful Christmas lights, and there is time for Christmas markets, Christmas shows, Santa Claus, Christmas tables and cozy boat trips.
Some Christmas traditions you can enjoy in Gothenburg during Christmas 2025 are the popular Christmas market in Haga and of course Sweden's largest Christmas market at Liseberg. Head to Brunnsparken for a Christmas kiss or a Christmas hug at the shining heart at Lejontrappan, next door you will find Gustav Adolfs Torg with its annual Christmas tree, stroll over to Kronhusbodarna for lots of Christmas fun, take a Christmas boat trip and eat a delicious Christmas meal on board or pop into a cozy café for a Christmas coffee. Something that is synonymous with Christmas is Christmas shows and Christmas concerts.
Below you will find a selection of Christmas events in Gothenburg.
Goteborg Christmas 2025 starts on Friday November 14 with the lighting of the Christmas lights in Gothenburg city center. There will be a lovely warm lights in the city with all its sparkling lights shining like stars, balls and all sorts of creations. The beautiful red Christmas heart will surely shine again at the Lion Stairs at Brunnsparken. The heart has become a popular place to take photos at. Both old and new events await you as you stroll around a sparkling Gothenburg. The Christmas lights will be lit until January 7, 2026.
Don´t miss to take a ride with the Amphibious Bus in Gothenburg during December or book a Advent brunch with Strömma in Gothenburg archepilago.
A varm welcome to Christmas in Gothenburg 2025!
Gustav Adolfs Torg | Is lit on November 29, 2024, at 3PM
The traditional large Christmas tree is put up as usual on Gustav Adolfs Torg. The tree comes this year from Bergsäter Gård in Ubbhult in Marks municipality and is approximately 25 meters high. The tree will be driven through Gothenburg during the night between November 26 and 27 and placed in place at Gustav Adolfs Torg where it will be decorated with lights. The lighting will be switched on on Friday, November 29, at 3pm. In Gothenburg, this has been a tradition for more than 100 years, with a large Christmas tree centrally located in the city. Last year, the Christmas trees lights were turned off during the day between 9 AM -14 PM, it may probably be the same this year. The tree is lit until the weekend of the twentieth of Knut, January 13, 2025.
The time we've all been waiting for is almost here - Christmas at Liseberg. Come to Gothenburg and visit the popular Christmas at Liseberg. Enjoy the smells and tastes from the market stalls, go to Rabbit Land (Kaninlandet) with the children, ride the Christmas-open rides, meet Santa and just look at all the beautiful Christmas decorations and Christmas lights.
You can choose between two Christmas at Liseberg hotel packages. One that only includes an entrance ticket to Liseberg and the other where you also get a Ride Pass that gives you free rides on all of Liseberg's Christmas-open rides for a whole day.
Season: Nov 15 - Dec 29, 2025
Included in hotel packages: Admission to Christmas at Liseberg + Ride pass (if this option is chosen) + Accommodation + Breakfast
Goteborg | Lucia sings at different places
In 1940, Gothenburg got its first Lucia, 17-year-old Mette Sörvik from Utbynäs. In 2015, the tradition stopped choosing Lucia, but from 2017, the music program at Hvitfeldtska Gymnasium has taken over the tradition with Lucia. They usually spread light and heat and song during December with Lucia concerts in different places in Gothenburg.
Nordstan: 13 december 2024. at 3.30 PM
Gothenburg's official Lucia troupe with students from Hvitfeldtska music program grade 3 visit Nordstans Shoppingcenter with Lucia song.
And also at 12.30 PM with Utmark School choir and at 2 PM with Brunnsbo School Boy choir
Hotell Eggers balcony: 13 december 2024. at 7 & 8.30 AM
It has become a tradition to celebrate Lucia with singing from Hotel Egger's balcony that faces Drottningtorget.
Götaplatsen, Avenyn: 13 december 2024. at 5.30 PM
A Lucia parade goes along the Avenyn at 5 p.m. and ends with a Lucia choir at Götaplatsen at 17.30.
Liseberg | Premiere Nov 15, 2025 - Jan 7, 2026
This year we are looking forward to Christmas fun at Liseberg. Don't miss their Christmas market with various artisans, good Christmas food and a visit with Santa. This year there will also be a winter market at Liseberg's ice rink and you can also go ice skating here.
Of course, there will be cozy Christmas stalls where you can buy Christmas presents before Christmas Eve or why not go there after Christmas Eve and enjoy the last days of the year before New Year's Eve. For those of you who can't get enough of Christmas at Liseberg, they stay open until January 7, 2026. Between December 31 and January 7, 2026, Liseberg is open for Winter Fun in the Rabbit Land (Kaninlandet). Liseberg is closed during Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
More about Christmas at Liseberg.
Included in the package: Admission to Christmas at Liseberg + Ride pass (if this option is chosen) + Accommodation + Breakfast.
A wintry sightseeing tour with the Paddan boat to Liseberg is a cosy sightseeing tour. You need to show a valid entrance ticket to Liseberg when boarding. If you have booked a Christmas at Liseberg Hotel Package please show your booking confirmation. Before the trip, mulled wine and gingerbread are served on the quay.
The boat trip takes you from Kungsportsplatsen, through the moat past Trädgårdsföreningen, under Slussbron, via Fattighusån, past Ullevi and via Gullbergsån. After about 40 minutes, Paddan docks at Liseberg's jetty inside the Christmas-decorated Liseberg. Now all you have to do is step off and experience the Christmas atmosphere at Liseberg.
The ticket includes a boat trip, mulled wine and gingerbread.
More information about the Christmas Paddan here »
Season: 29 nov - 28 dec, 2025
Departs: Kungsportsplatsen Time: 40 min
Karlatornet on Hisingen in Gothenburg is currently the tallest building in the Nordic region at 246 meters. Karlatornet has 74 floors and on floor 58 are the Clarion Hotel Karlatornet's highest hotel rooms and suites - Sky level rooms. Now you have the opportunity to experience an overnight stay on floor 58 which also includes a bottle of sparkling wine for your room
Season: 11 july - 30 dec, 2025
Included in hotel package - A Sparkling Stay: Overnight stay in Sky level room on the 58th floor + 1 bottle of sparkling wine + Breakfast
Try a trip during Christmas with the amphibious bus in Gothenburg. The tour starts out as a bus but then turns into a boat. The bus takes you past several famous sights on land and then the bus goes straight into the water. Now the amphibious bus has become a well-known feature in Gothenburg since the first tour in 2019. It gets even a little cozier when you can ride around a Christmas-decorated Gothenburg.
You pass several famous attractions in Gothenburg. Guided tour included.
Season: spring - end of Dec 2025
Time: approx 60 min
Haga | Christmas Market Saturdays and Sundays Nov 29 - Dec 21, 2025 at 11 am - 4 pm.
Every year, the Christmas lights are lit up in the area Haga and the Christmas feeling begins to appear. Shop in the cozy shops along Haga Nygata and slip into a café and drink some hot chocolate along with something good. On the Advent weekends, there is a Christmas market on the streets, where you will find everything from crafts to good Christmas food. Ongoing every Saturday and Sunday for four Advent weekends.
Drottningtorget | Dec 6, 2025 at 11 AM - 3 PM
Donate Christmas presents to those in need in Gothenburg. Donate to children and the elderly who are having a hard time. The Stadsmissionen takes care of the packages and distributes them further. The tram takes a tour in the center of Gothenburg. Start and stop are at Drottningtorget. The tram also stops at the following places: Majorna, Valand, Härlanda, Sankt Sigfrids plan, Linnéplatsen, Drottningtorget and Wieselgrensplatsen. One tram will be situated at Drottningtorget between 11 AM - 3 PM. A collaboration between Stadsmissionen and Spårvägssällskapet Ringlinien.
NK | Sunday 17 Nov, 2024. The store front windows are unveiled at 10.50 AM
What will be the theme this year? Always just as exciting to see what is hidden in the large shop windows outside NK. If you want to see the shop windows unveiled, come before 10.50 because then the curtain falls. Santa arrives at NK by horse and carriage and opens the NK store.
Santa is on site in the department store to receive Christmas wishes and Santa's children hand out candy.
After November 17, Santa will be in place on Saturdays from 11 am to 4 pm and Sundays from 12 pm to 4 pm from November 23 until December 22, 2024.
Lucia: On December 13 at 5PM, there will be a Lucia train and singing at NK.Address: Östra Hamngatan
Kronhuset | 27 nov - 21 dec 2025
Christmas at Kronhuset (Kronhusjul) is back again and lights up the winter darkness! Here in Gothenburg's historic heart, you can buy Christmas presents of the highest quality from the craftsmen in Kronhusbodarna as well as various exhibitors in Kronhuset and at Kronhusgården. Christmas market is held all 4 Advent weekends in the Kronhuset Rikssal. Outside on the Kronhusgården there are Christmas stalls with various sales. The Christmas event program is full of Christmas treats at the Kronhusbodarna, so take the opportunity to go there.
With a Go City Gothenburg Pass you can discover Gothenburg at a discounted price. This Gothenburg card is filled with entrances to sights, museums and sightseeing. You pay a fixed price for the card that is valid for different numbers of days: 1, 2, 3 or 5 days. Visit as many attractions as you can of all that is included.
Stay at one of Strawberrys hotels in Gothenburg and enjoy a cozy winter cruise from Lilla Bommen out to the Gothenburg archipelago. You will cruise slowly throught the Gothenburg harbour under the gigantic Älvsborg bridge, past the old fortress Älvsborg who have defended Gothenburg several times through history. Then the sea opens up and all the small islands in the archipelago. On board there is a café for you to enjoy a swedish fika.
If you want to stay close to Lilla Bommen and the city center you can choose to stay at Comfort Hotel Göteborg right next to the Gothenburg harbor just a short walk to Lilla Bommen.
Season: til Dec 20, 2025
Included in hotel packages: A 2.5 hour Gothenburg cruise + Accommodation + Breakfast
Nordstans Shoppingcenter | Christmas Market 1 - 23 dec, 2025 at 10AM - 6PM
Inside the Nordstan shopping center there will be a traditional Christmas market in December. This year you can buy Christmas presents from different exhibitors with a variety of products such as: handicrafts, mulled wine, marzipan and confectionery, jewellery, clothes, art, etc.
Even Santa comes here from the North Pole. You can meet him for a few days and leave your Christmas gift wishes. Santa is waiting for you at the big Christmas Tree.
Santa is on site in Nordstan on the following days: 7, 14 och 21 december 2024: at 12 noon - 2PM (we will get back with 2025)
Lilla Bommen | 19 nov - 21 dec, 2025
Enjoy a homemade Christmas buffet on board one of our classic archipelago boats in Gothenburg. Choose between a lunch or dinner cruise and soak in the festive atmosphere while sailing through the scenic winter archipelago.
Lilla Bommen | Nov 7 - Dec 20, 2025
On board the archipelago ship, you'll enjoy a generous buffet with herring classics, salmon prepared in several ways, fresh prawns, mussels and fresh salads – all combined with seasonal touches that bring Christmas to life.
Park Lane | 30 aug 2025 - 6 June 2026
In the fall of 2025, there will be the Anniversary performance "Rockin' all over the World" - which will take you on a musical journey to exciting places all over the world. Come to New York's vibrant cabaret district, dance along to swinging carnival rhythms in Rio de Janeiro. Of course, all the music is 100% LIVE. After the performance on Fridays & Saturdays, the show tavern transforms into one of Gothenburg's most popular nightclubs.
In mid-November, as Christmas approaches, Park Lane also changes to a more Christmas-inspired show and menu.
Included in the ticket: Show ticket with dinner (if that option is selected when booking). It is also possible to book just the show without dinner.
Stay overnight at the Elite Park Avenue hotel right next to Park Lane on the Avenue (Kungsportsavenyn). You can't get any closer to the venue.
Included in the package: Show ticket + Dinner + Overnight stay at Elite Park Avenue + Breakfast.
Every year it happens! Santa Wrestling with boys and girls from ÖIS in Nordstan.
Date: 1 Dec, 2024.
Plats: Nordstan, Gothenuburg Time: at 10AM - 5PM
Christmas is the time of the Christmas markets and in Gothenburg you will find a lot of Christmas markets around the city.
Christmas market in Gothenburg:
Nordstan Christmas Market: Dec 1 - 23, 2025
Inside the Shopping Center Nordstan there is a Christmas market with lots of craftsmen. Everything from food to Christmas items.
Opening Hours: 10 AM - 6 PM
Address: Nordstan shoppingcenter
Liseberg Christmas Market: Nov 15 - Dec 30, 2025
Come to Liseberg and cuddle around and shop from the exhibitors in the stalls.
Opening hours: see website
Address: The grand entrance opposite the Gothia Tower hotel
Haga: All 4 Advent weekends between Nov 29 - Dec 21, 2025
Christmas market in Haga. Gothenburg's cozy district with cobbled streets, cafes and small shops. Sales in both shops and market stalls along Haga Nygata.
Opening Hours: Saturday and Sunday during four Advent weekends between 11 AM - 4 PM.
Address: Haga Nygata
Kville Saluhall Christmas Market: Saturday Dec 13, 2025
Kvillejul is arranged outside and inside the Kville Saluhall. On site, there is a Christmas market, beautiful Christmas songs and spruce sales. Santa's coming too. Mulled wine and gingerbread are served.
Opening Hours: at 10 AM - 4 PM.
Address: Gustaf Dalénsgatan 2 (Hisingen)
Tjolöholm Slott: Between Nov 21 - 23, 28 -20 and Dec 5 - 7, 2025
Tjolöholm Castle invites you to Christmas atmosphere weekends. Book a ticket for the event. The exhibitors will be in the estate's various premises, including the spacious grain warehouse. Santa will also be there to receive the children's Christmas wish lists.
Opening Hours: Fridays at Noon - 6PM and Saturdays-Sundays at 10AM - 6PM
Stora Holms Säteri: Dec 6 - 7, 2025
The Christmas market is always held the weekend of the second Advent. This year, the market is held indoors in all the farm's premises, such as Stenstallet, Trådgårdhuset and others.
Opeing Hours: 11 AM - 5 PM
Nääs Fabriker: Nov 29 - 30 and Dec 6-7, 2025
The Christmas market will come to Nääs' factories with a wide range of exhibitors of handicrafts, you will be able to buy something good to eat and there will be activities for the children.
Opening Hours: 10AM - 4PM
Bohus Fästning Christmas Market: Nov 29 - 30 and Dec 6 - 7, 2025
Christmas market at Bohus Fortress outside Kungälv. Truly a different place to go to a Christmas market - in an old fortress. Here at the castle, among the wings of history, you will find handicrafts, Christmas gifts and good tasting experiences.
Opening hours: At noon - 6 PM
Address: Bohus Fästning, Kungälv
Höno Klåva Christmas Market: Nov 29, 2025
Go to the Hönö island and the small fish harbour Klåva for a cozy Christmas market. Here, the wind from the sea bites your cheeks. Stroll around among the market stalls and then slip into a café or restaurant and warm up.
Opening hours: at 10 AM - 6 PM
Address: Hönö-Klåva, Gothenburg's Northern Archipelago (car ferry from Lilla Varholmen, Hisingen)
Do not miss the spectacular fireworks at the port of Gothenburg during New Year's Eve. Hotels in Gothenburg also offer New Years Eve hotel packages.
Kvillepiren | Fireworks on New Year's Eve 2025
Come and see the beautiful fireworks that are launched from the Kville Pier by the Göta River. Since 1982, GP has had a tradition of setting off fantastic New Year's fireworks at 5 p.m. It has also become a tradition for many to go into town to see the fine colors and shapes in the sky. It usually shows star bombs, saturn bombs and glittering gold rain. There are several places to see the New Year's fireworks such as: Kvillepiren, SVT House, the Opera, house, Göta Älv Bridge, Lilla Bommen, Stenpiren, Ramberget, Masthugg Church and of course along the river on both sides. Now we just hope for clear and nice weather. Welcome 2026!
You can choose from different types of accommodation in Gothenburg ranging from luxury hotels to hostels. Maybe you want a hotel with a pool or the most important thing is that it is close to a special place in Gothenburg.
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| Popular Christmas Events in Gothenburg 2025 | ||
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| Nov 15 - Dec 29, 2025 | Christmas at Liseberg + Hotel Liseberg Gothenburg |
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| Nov 29 - Dec 28, 2025 | Christmas Paddan to Liseberg Kungsportsplatsen Gothenburg |
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| Nov 7 - Dec 20, 2025 | Christmas Buffet Göteborg Archipelagon Lilla Bommen Gothenburg |
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