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Wochenmarkt

Weekly market

The working market on the Marktplatz, six mornings a week, every week of the year.

Monday to Saturday, all year round

Monday to Saturday, all year round

About Wochenmarkt

Weimar's calendar is full of markets that arrive once a year and get written about accordingly. This is the one that is simply there: Monday to Saturday, all year, on the Marktplatz — the same square the Zwiebelmarkt takes over for three days each October — and on the Goetheplatz when the Marktplatz is otherwise in use. The market office lists it in one line and the tourism pages not at all, which is precisely why visitors miss it, and why it is the most reliable half hour in the city if you want to see Weimar doing something other than being historic.

Dates

Monday to Saturday, all year round

14–15Sep
MarketToday

Herbstmarkt

14–15 September 2026

Two days in mid-September

Two days on the Marktplatz in mid-September, listed by the market office and by nobody else.

10Oct
Sport

Weimarer Stadtlauf

10 October 2026 · Hauptlauf 12:15 Uhr, Staffel 12:25 Uhr

The Saturday of the Onion Market, in October

Eleven kilometres through the old town and the Ilm park, run on the Saturday of the Onion Market.

9–11Oct
Market

Weimarer Zwiebelmarkt

9–11 October 2026

The second weekend in October, every year

Thuringia's oldest and largest folk festival, held on the second weekend of October since 1653.

24 Nov– 3 Jan
Market

Weimarer Weihnacht

24 November 2026 – 3 January 2027

Late November to the first days of January, every year

Four squares of Christmas market from late November into the new year, with an ice rink at the theatre.

Where

MarktplatzGoetheplatz

Marktplatz, moving to the Goetheplatz when the square is given over to a festival.

Organiser

Stadt Weimar

Tickets

Free.

Official website

Facts checked against the organiser on 29 August 2026