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Christmas market · Akershus
Norway’s Christmas town: white wooden houses, a fjord and Santa’s post office.
Drøbak, 40 minutes down the fjord, calls itself Norway’s Christmas town. Its Christmas house sells decorations all year, but in December the wooden-house streets are lit, children hunt for Santa figures through the town centre and a farm market opens on the first weekend of Advent.
Why it is a winter thing: The decorated streets, the Santa hunt and the farm market run only in late November and December.
Late November to the end of December. In 2025 the farm market was on 29–30 November and the Santa hunt ran all December.
price: ask provider
price: ask provider
Prices are indicative, from the season shown, and change every year. Confirm with the provider before you book.
This works as a day trip from Oslo, so there is no need to stay over. If you want to turn it into a weekend, see how cabin rental works.
Cobbles and the quayside are slippery when icy; wear shoes with grip.
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Glide for kilometres across black ice on long-bladed skates.
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Wood-fired heat, then straight into the winter fjord.
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Two kilometres downhill on a sled, with the metro as the lift.