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Christmas in Edinburgh 2026 — the market in East Princes Street Gardens at dusk beneath Edinburgh Castle, with festive lights and the Big Wheel

Christmas in Edinburgh 2026: Markets, Lights, Ice & Hogmanay

Edinburgh is the one European Christmas city where the season does not end at Christmas. It runs for seven weeks, from mid-November into early January, and then it changes gear entirely: the market crowds give way to the Torchlight Procession, the Night Afore Party, and the world-famous Hogmanay Street Party under the castle fireworks. Few […]