Practical information
20 November 2026 to 3 January 2027
Dates shown are those of the Saint Nicholas Festivities as a whole, confirmed by the city.
2026 hours for the villages are not published yet. In 2025 the Grand Village on Place Charles III opened Monday 12–8pm, Tuesday–Friday 11am–8pm, weekends 10am–8pm, closing at 5pm on 24 December and shut on 25 December.
Place Charles III (Grand Village de Saint-Nicolas)
Place de la Carrière (big wheel, ice rink)
Place Vaudémont, Porte de la Craffe, Place Saint-Epvre (food hamlets)
Place Stanislas (lit tree, end of the parade)
Hôtel de ville façade (video mapping)
More than 60 chalets in the Grand Village alone in 2025; the 2026 figure is not announced.
Free entry
Nancy-Ville station is about 10 minutes' walk from Place Stanislas. Stan buses and tram serve the centre; expect diversions on parade day.
Worth knowing
- Nancy celebrates Saint Nicholas, patron saint of Lorraine, rather than Christmas alone: the Grand Parade is on Saturday 5 December 2026.
- Video mapping on the town hall façade every evening, telling the legend of the three children.
- Several food hamlets scattered through the old town, plus a big wheel and ice rink on Place de la Carrière.
What else to see in and around Nancy
Places from our guide within 40 km of the market.
Sources and updates
Official source: saint-nicolas.nancy.fr · saint-nicolas.nancy.fr
Last checked: 17 October 2026. Dates come from official city or tourist-office sources. Where a date has only been published by the specialist press, it is flagged as such with its link. Markets with no published date are marked as unconfirmed.