Christmas Fair on the Small Market Square in Kraków 2025

Christmas goods, arts and crafts created by lace makers and embroiderers, ceramic artists, wood carvers, stained glass artists, weavers, calligraphers, makers of wooden and textile toys, jewellers, paper and graphics studios, candle and ornament makers, textile studios and authors of Kraków nativity scenes - the Small Market Square Christmas Fair is more than just a marketplace. Here, every stall and every booth tells the story of the creators, their studios and the traditions passed down from generation to generation. The stalls offer hand-crafted objects made in small studios and manufactured in short series, with respect for raw material and technique. As the organisers, the location chosen for the fair is also not a coincidence - taking place in the shadow of the towers of St Mary's Cathedral, the event becomes a contemporary variant of the historic indulgences and church fairs, where the exchange of goods was combined with the exchange of values, stories and experiences. Even the very Polish word for a fair (kiermasz, from German Kirchmesse/Kirmes - church consecration mass combined with a fair) hints at its communal, festive nature.