Markets in Sigtuna: Sigtuna Möte, the Christmas market and the others

Sigtuna Möte, a Saturday in late August

The town's market day has its roots in the last agricultural fair held in Sigtuna in 1912. The tradition was revived in 1972 under the name Sigtuna Möte and has been held ever since, now with Destination Sigtuna as organiser together with the shops, restaurants and clubs. Market stalls, crafts, food, music and a children's programme, and some of the visitors dressed as in 1912. Aunt Green, Aunt Brown, Aunt Lavender and Uncle Blue from Elsa Beskow's picture books walk the streets.

The market spreads over the main square, Stora gatan, the small square, Borgmästarängen, Drakegården's garden, the museum grounds and the waterfront, from 11 to 16. In 2026 it was held on 22 August and in 2025 on 23 August. Destination Sigtuna says the market returns in 2027, the date is not set. The programme and the map of the market area are published on Destination Sigtuna a few weeks before.

Sigtuna Christmas market, the Sundays of Advent

On four Sundays before Christmas, from 11 to 16, in 2026 on 29 November and 6, 13 and 20 December, Stora gatan and the square fill with market traders, mulled wine, roasted almonds, choirs, a Lucia procession, a book sale, pony rides and Father Christmas. Each Sunday has its own programme. The stalls stand on the main square, along Stora gatan, on Borgmästarängen, along the waterfront, in Drakegården's garden and in front of the museum. Christmas celebrations in town have been organised since 1950 and the market trade was added in the early 1960s. That is what became Sigtuna Christmas market.

These are the town's most crowded days. Central parking is full before lunch, so take bus 570 or 575 from Märsta, or 579 from Arlanda. On the Saturday before the first Sunday of Advent there is Försmak av julen on Stora torget, the main square, with local stallholders, choir singing and the lighting of the tree. The shops on Stora gatan are dressed for Christmas and open every weekend in December.

The Christmas markets around

• Christmas in the Stone Barn, Steninge slottsby. By its own account Sweden's largest indoor Christmas market, 1,500 square metres upstairs in the stone barn by Steninge Palace, open every day from early November to the day before Christmas Eve, weekdays 11 to 18 and weekends 10 to 17. Decorations, flowers, wreaths, gifts, and a Christmas buffet at Steninge Bruk in the same building. Six kilometres from Sigtuna, bus 575. Rain-proof.
• Wenngarn's Christmas market, three Advent weekends (2026: 28 to 29 November, 5 to 6 and 12 to 13 December, 11 to 17). Some forty selected craftspeople in the orangery, open fires and mulled wine in the park, short concerts in the chapel, a Christmas buffet in the castle halls booked separately. Free entry and parking, dogs welcome. Four kilometres north of town.
• Skokloster Castle's Christmas market, the first weekend of Advent, two days. Crafts, local delicacies, winter tours of the castle and gifts in the shop. Across the lake, 45 minutes by car via Bålsta.
• Herresta lada, three Advent Sundays in December. Local exhibitors and the barn's own gifts on a 19th-century farm outside town.

The rest of the year

Sigtuna is not a market town on ordinary days. The main square stands empty except for events. What recurs: Wenngarn has held a craft market in spring, Sigtuna Möte in August, and otherwise it is the clubs' flea markets and the seasonal opening of the farm shop at Österby gård in autumn. Everything announced ends up in the events calendar.