Weimar

Weimar is a city in the German state of Thuringia, in Central Germany between Erfurt to the west and Jena to the east, 80 km (50 mi) southwest of Leipzig, 170 km (106 mi) north of Nuremberg and 170 km (106 mi) west of Dresden. Together with the neighbouring cities of Erfurt and Jena, it forms the central metropolitan area of Thuringia, with approximately 500,000 inhabitants. Wikipedia

Population 65,566 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Germany

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Germany
Daylight 7 h 57 in Dec, dark by 16:08 · 16 h 31 in Jun
  1. January: 8 h 25 of daylight
  2. February: 10 h 02 of daylight
  3. March: 11 h 49 of daylight
  4. April: 13 h 48 of daylight
  5. May: 15 h 31 of daylight
  6. June: 16 h 31 of daylight
  7. July: 16 h 07 of daylight
  8. August: 14 h 36 of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 41 of daylight
  10. October: 10 h 46 of daylight
  11. November: 8 h 58 of daylight
  12. December: 7 h 57 of daylight
Tourist office · 1.0 km Tourist-Information

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Zwiebelmarkt

    October

    Traditionally a harvest market this is today Weimar's biggest fair, one weekend every year in mid October

    Official site

1 event here has no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Weimar); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

  • Markt

    1. Monday: 24 hours
    2. Tuesday: 24 hours
    3. Wednesday: 24 hours
    4. Thursday: 24 hours
    5. Friday: 24 hours
    6. Saturday: 24 hours
    7. Sunday: 24 hours

    24 hours

    1.0 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 5 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

More train stations: Nohra (Weimar) 3.8 km, Obergrunstedt 4.5 km, Holzdorf (b Weimar) 5.4 km

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.