Kampen Christmas Market

Kampen — the chic village on Sylt

Kampen on Sylt is famous for its thatched-roof houses, its red cliffs, and the fact that it has been considered the most sophisticated place on the island since the 1950s — a meeting point for German artists, writers, and industrialists. With only around 500 inhabitants, it remains a quiet village. In winter, when most summer tourists have left the island, a special tranquility sets in — and it is precisely into this tranquility that the Christmas market falls.

The Kaamp-Hüs

The venue is the Kaamp-Hüs at Hauptstraße 12 — one of the most beautiful and interesting event houses on the island: a historic thatched-roof estate with traditional Sylt architecture, which hosts exhibitions, readings, and concerts in the summer. During Advent, the entire house transforms into a Christmas market: stalls inside with arts and crafts, jewelry, local food products, and a Christmas village outside with huts, fir trees, and fairy lights.

What to eat and drink

The Sylt Advent market tradition has its own specialties: Glühwein (mulled wine) from regional wineries, punch with Friesengeist, kale soup from North German tradition, and Futjes — the round yeast balls with raisins that are as much a part of Christmas on the island as stollen is elsewhere.

Embedded in the Island's Advent Season

The Kampen Christmas market is part of a whole series of Sylt Christmas markets, which runs from the end of November to the beginning of January: Sylt Winter Market in Westerland (continuous), Sturmhaube's Winter Magic in Wenningstedt, List Christmas Market, Keitum Barn Market, Hörnum Christmas Market. Those who make a multi-day Advent visit to the island typically combine them.