Old Town Square hosts Christmas market from 28 November
Published on 11/14/2026 at 09:57 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael MĂĽller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWSMarket programme and historic setting
- Taiko organises the Prague market from 28 November 2026 at Old Town Square.
- Visitors will find Czech products, handmade decorations, food stalls and daily music and folklore.
- Old Town Square dates to the 10th century and covers just over 9,000 square metres.
- Prague’s Historic Centre joined the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1992.
Old Town Square in Prague will host the Old Town Square Christmas Market from 28 November 2026 to 6 January 2027. The event brings stalls, a decorated Christmas tree and a daily cultural programme to one of the city’s best-known historic spaces.
Old Town Square Christmas Market starts on 28 November
Prague City Tourism lists the market at Old Town Square from 28 November 2026 through 6 January 2027. The event page names Taiko as the organiser and places the market at Staré M?sto, Prague 1, while the city’s landmark page confirms the same period.
The programme described by the organiser includes music and folklore. Stalls are due to offer traditional Czech products and handmade goods, including glass and straw ornaments, ceramics, wooden decorations, nativity scenes, lace tablecloths, crocheted toys, bells, cookie moulds and rolling pins. Food stalls will form part of the market, alongside the seasonal tree and cultural activity.
The market’s long run gives the event a different calendar from several smaller Prague markets, which end on 24 December. The central market continues through the Christmas period, New Year and the first week of January, keeping the square connected to Prague’s wider winter programme. The official market listing identifies the venue and organiser.
Prague’s oldest market space frames the Christmas programme
Old Town Square is the oldest and most significant square in Prague’s historic centre. Prague City Tourism traces its role as a marketplace to the 10th century, when it stood near the former customs house known as Ungelt and lay on European trade routes.
The square is surrounded by the Old Town Hall, the Church of Our Lady before Týn, the Baroque Church of St Nicholas, Kinský Palace and the Gothic House at the Stone Bell. This mixture of buildings gives the 2026 market a setting formed by several architectural periods rather than a purpose-built event site.
The square covers just over 9,000 square metres and became a national cultural monument in 1962. Its market tradition is therefore older than the current Christmas format: regular markets took place here for centuries, while the modern Christmas and Easter market tradition has been renewed in recent years.
The setting also belongs to Prague’s wider protected historic centre. UNESCO describes the World Heritage property as an urban ensemble built between the eleventh and eighteenth centuries, with Gothic arcaded houses around Old Town Square among its important elements. The property was inscribed in 1992, placing the market within a protected historic landscape. UNESCO’s Prague entry records the heritage status and the architectural context.
Visiting Old Town Square: what travellers from Western Europe should know
- The Old Town Square Christmas Market takes place at Old Town Square from 28 November 2026 to 6 January 2027.
- The market occupies the square itself, with stalls, a Christmas tree and daily music and folklore; the official listing does not announce a closure of the square.
- Old Town Square stands in Prague’s historic centre, at Starom?stskĂ© nám?stĂ, Prague 1. The square is within the pedestrianised historic area, so visitors should expect to approach on foot from the surrounding Old Town streets.
- The surrounding buildings include the Old Town Hall, the Church of Our Lady before Týn, the Church of St Nicholas, Kinský Palace and the House at the Stone Bell.
- Czech is the official language and the national currency is the Czech koruna.
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Frequently asked questions about Old Town Square
When does the Christmas market take place at Old Town Square?
The Old Town Square Christmas Market runs from 28 November 2026 to 6 January 2027.
What is Old Town Square?
It is Prague’s oldest and most significant historic square, with a market tradition reaching back to the 10th century and major Gothic, Baroque and Rococo buildings around it.
Where is Old Town Square and how do you get there?
The square is in Prague’s Old Town, in the pedestrianised historic centre and within the UNESCO-listed Historic Centre of Prague.
