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Kerstmarkt: Pella's Dutch Christmas Market
Pella, IA · Holiday
- When
- December 3–5, 2026
- Where
- Molengracht Plaza, 700 Main St · Pella · IA
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule
An outdoor Dutch-style Christmas market set along Pella's Molengracht canal in Molengracht Plaza, now in its fourth year. It runs the same weekend as the town's Christmas Tour of Homes, separate from Pella's spring Tulip Time festival.
The history within reach
- Pella Tulip Time Festivalsame spot
Pella's Dutch-founded downtown turns out in traditional costume for three days of klompen dancing, a flower-strewn parade, and street scrubbing that has run since 1935.
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