Advent v Českém Krumlově · Advent in Český Krumlov
Český Krumlov Christmas Market Audio Tour
Advent here happens on one square, under a plague column, below a castle with bears in the moat.
Krumlov is a small town that empties of day-trippers in winter, which is exactly when its Advent weekends are worth the trip. The market square is stop seven; the castle above it stays open, and the bears are still there.
- Market stops
- 3 of 9
- Walking time
- 1–1.5 hours
- Distance
- 0.7 km
The stops inside the market
The Advent v Českém Krumlově occupies Náměstí Svornosti. These stops of the Český Krumlov tour stand on those squares — you can hear them without leaving the stalls.
St. Vitus Church
Gothic spire, dynastic tomb
The Gothic spire visible from nearly every street, begun in the 14th century, on the promontory facing the castle. The Rosenbergs who built that castle are buried here, in permanent view of it.
Náměstí Svornosti
Concord Square — and a plague column
Concord Square, ringed with pastel façades and centred on a Baroque plague column. Behind the postcard: repeated epidemics, the Thirty Years' War, and the postwar expulsion that emptied and resettled the town.
Cloak Bridge
The castle's internal viaduct
Three storeys of arched stone thrown across a ravine between the castle's fourth and fifth courtyards — a private viaduct carrying people and pipes. Stand underneath for the best single view in the complex.
The other 6 stops carry on past the market. See the full Český Krumlov tour.
What the stalls are standing on
The Baroque column the stalls stand around is a plague column — raised in thanks after an epidemic, on a square that has also survived the Thirty Years’ War and a postwar expulsion that emptied the town entirely.
When it runs
The Advent v Českém Krumlově runs across the Advent weekends and the days around Christmas, rather than continuously.
Check the city’s own listing for this year’s exact dates and opening hours. The audio tour works whether the market is on or not.