Village de Noël Neuchâtel
Wooden chalets on Neuchâtel’s Place du Coq-d’Inde in the old town, open most of Advent.
Wooden chalets on Neuchâtel’s Place du Coq-d’Inde in the old town, open most of Advent.
Neuchâtel’s lakeside Christmas market has a yurt with fairy tales, face painting, and visits from Père Noël.
St. Gallen’s Christmas market on the Gallusplatz, under more than 600 lit stars across the old town.
Kids run their own stalls in a tent in Geneva’s Parc des Bastions, selling and swapping toys, books, and games they’ve outgrown.
A small Sunday-evening village market in the Simmental where kids decorate gingerbread and meet Samichlous.
Samichlaus and Schmutzli visit Bern’s Dählhölzli zoo with a story and a Chlaus bag for every kid.
A fairy tale and a craft session at Bern’s Dählhölzli zoo for kids aged 4 to 6 with a grown-up.
Basel’s Fauteuil-Märchenbühne does The Jungle Book this season, in Swiss German dialect with songs, for kids from 4.
A small indoor Christmas craft market in Riehen’s Landgasthof hall, with a café, on the first Advent weekend.
Samichlaus walks from Aarau’s town church through the old town on the market’s opening evening, then hands out treats to kids.