South Tyrol
Brunico Christmas Market 2026: Dates, Hours and the Kronplatz Base
Brunico Christmas market 2026: open 27 November to 6 January in the Val Pusteria old town, daily hours, 24 December, and the trains to Bruneck and Kronplatz.
Bruneck's Christmas market opens on Friday 27 November and runs to 6 January 2027.
It is the market of the capital of the Val Pusteria.
The stalls spread across three places in the old town, the arcaded Graben, the Oberstadt above it and Paul Tschurtschenthaler Square, open every day from 10:00 to 19:00, according to Bruneck Tourism. It is a compact market, walked in an afternoon.
Brunico, Bruneck in German, is also the valley town for Kronplatz, so a market afternoon and a ski morning fit into the same stay. The station is a few minutes from the centre on foot, which makes it one of the easier South Tyrolean markets to reach by train.
Quick answer
Dates: Friday 27 November 2026 to Wednesday 6 January 2027.
Hours: every day 10:00 to 19:00.
Christmas and New Year: 24 December 10:00 to 14:00, 25 December closed, 31 December 10:00 to 19:00, 6 January the last day.
Where: the Graben, the Oberstadt and Paul Tschurtschenthaler Square, in the old town.
Getting there: a train to Bruneck on the Val Pusteria line; the centre is a few minutes on foot.
The trap: Christmas Eve afternoon. The market closes at 14:00.
Dates and opening hours
The market keeps one simple timetable. Every day from 27 November to 6 January the stalls open from 10:00 to 19:00, with two changes over the holidays.
On Christmas Eve the market closes early, at 14:00. On Christmas Day it does not open at all. New Year's Eve keeps the usual hours, 10:00 to 19:00, and the season runs on through Epiphany to its last day on 6 January.
Where the market is: the Graben and the upper town
The heart of it is the Graben, the arcaded street that runs through the old town, with the stalls under and beside the arcades. From there the market climbs into the Oberstadt, the upper town, and gathers again on Paul Tschurtschenthaler Square near the centre.
It is small next to Bolzano or Merano, and that is the point. Everything is within a few minutes' walk, the pace is slow, and the mountains stand at the end of the streets.
Skiing from the same base: Kronplatz and the Val Pusteria
Brunico sits at the foot of Kronplatz, the ski mountain above the town, and the Val Pusteria line links it to the 3 Zinnen Dolomites further east. The lifts open for the 2026-27 season in late November, so an early-December stay can pair the market with the first days on the snow.
Our guide to the Dolomites ski season 2026-27 has the opening dates area by area, and the Dolomites in winter without a car covers the trains and buses in the valley.
Getting to Brunico by train
Bruneck is on the Val Pusteria railway, which joins the Brenner line at Fortezza. From Bolzano you change at Fortezza; from Munich, Innsbruck or Verona you reach Fortezza on the Brenner line first. Timetables are on suedtirolmobil.info.
From Bruneck station the old town is a few minutes on foot. If your hotel gives you the Bruneck Kronplatz Card, it covers public transport across South Tyrol, so the valley buses and the regional trains come with the room.
Where to stay in Brunico
The old town around the Graben puts the market, the arcades and the restaurants on the doorstep.
The streets near the station are the practical base for trains along the Val Pusteria, to the 3 Zinnen one way and Fortezza the other.
Reischach, at the foot of the Kronplatz gondola, is the choice for a ski-and-market stay, a short bus ride from the centre.
The mistake to avoid
Do not plan the visit for Christmas Day, when the market is closed, or for the afternoon of 24 December, when it shuts at 14:00.
The second mistake is treating Brunico as a full day on its own. It is a compact market. Pair it with Kronplatz, with the Bolzano market down the line, or with a walk in the Val Pusteria.
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