Best season to travel to Sweden

Pepparkakor or Gingersnaps in Sweden 2025-2026

The obsession with Christmas starts with these delicious cookies!

Best time: November–January

Christmas

Ginger cookies in Sweden have a distinctive smell of Christmas. Sold and baked in different shapes: hearts, stars, and Christmas trees—all more than delicious. You can find them well after or before Christmas season.

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Christmas Foods

Portugal, December 25

Try a Guinea Pig or Cuy

Bolivia, December 24

Fiji, December 25

Guatemala, December 24–January 1

The Thirteen Christmas Desserts

Provence & French Riviera, December 24–December 25

Christmas Bejgli

Hungary, December 24–December 25

Cyprus, April–May | December

Rio de Janeiro, December 24–December 25

Santorini, December 25

Mexico, December 25–January 6

Mézeskalács or Honey Biscuits

Hungary, December 24–December 25 | February 14

Honduras, December 24–December 25

Greenland, December 24–December 25

Sweet Chestnut Season

England, October–late December

Christmas Foods

Czech Republic, December 24–December 25

Denmark, late November–early January

Speculoos (Speculaas)

Belgium, December 6 (all year round)

Kourampiedes (Kourabiethes)—Greek Christmas Butter Cookies

Greece, early December–early January

Christmas Desserts & Sweets

Argentina, early December–early January

Christmas Treats

Goa, December 25–December 26

Christmas Market Foods

Bavaria, late November–December

Estonia, late December–early January

Romania, December 24–December 25 | December 31–January 1

Cyprus, December

Florence, early December–late December

Julebrus or Christmas Soda

Norway, November–early January

Juleøl or Christmas Beer

Norway, November–early January

Christmas Specialities: Ribbe with Medisterkaker, Pinnekjøtt with Kålrotstappe

Norway, November–early January

Christmas Specialties: Lutefisk and Fresh Cod

Norway, November–early January

Christmas Desserts: Multekrem, Riskrem, Marzipan Christmas Pig

Norway, November–early January

Pepperkaker Biscuits

Norway, November–early January

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Gothenburg Christmas Markets

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The Island of Roses

Sweden, September–November

Sweden, December 31–January 1

Gotland Pelt Sheep

Sweden, April–August

Marking the Reindeer

Sweden, June–July

Walpurgis Eve: Sista April

Sweden, April 30

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