Gluten-free at the Gothenburg Christmas market: what a coeliac can actually eat

The short answer

Gothenburg’s Christmas draw is Christmas at Liseberg, the amusement park, where Christmas-market stalls fill several themed areas between the rides. It’s a mixed setting, not a gluten-free one. At the stands, the reliable things are the Swedish Advent basics: roasted chestnuts and the glögg in your mug once you’ve asked what’s in it; candied almonds are ask-first. Pepparkakor and most baked things are wheat. Off the park, Gothenburg has a gluten-free bakery and a restaurant listed as dedicated, and a bar with gluten-free options we’ve read against its own information.

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This season’s market

Jul på Liseberg (Christmas at Liseberg) turns the park into a Christmas setting with market stalls in themed areas, among them a Tyrolean market, an old-fashioned Christmas, a winter market and a Santa’s village, as the organiser describes them. The organiser hasn’t printed the 2026 season dates on its Christmas page yet. This year’s dates are on the organiser’s page: liseberg.se, with daily hours in its calendar.

It’s an amusement park with food stands throughout, not a gluten-free market, so treat it the way the hub describes.

What’s likely gluten-free at the stalls, and what isn’t

The stands lean on the Swedish Advent set: glögg (hot spiced wine), roasted chestnuts, candied almonds (brända mandlar) and pepparkakor (thin ginger biscuits). Roasted chestnuts are naturally gluten-free, handling permitting. Glögg is an alcoholic drink, and like any drink over 1.2% alcohol it needs no ingredient list, but the seller must still be able to tell you if it contains a gluten allergen. Ask what’s in it, especially if it comes from a ready mix. Candied almonds are ask-first: ask whether anything is dusted on after roasting.

Pepparkakor are a pass. Wheat flour is one of the main ingredients. Treat them as a no unless a stand shows you a labelled gluten-free version.

The three questions to ask a stall

Where to eat gluten-free in Gothenburg

Always tell them you have coeliac disease and confirm how they handle it on the day.

Listed as dedicated gluten-free, not yet checked by us

• Göteborgs glutenfria bageri, bakery. The name means “Gothenburg’s gluten-free bakery”.
• BODYBUDDY Masthuggskajen, restaurant.

Gluten-free options, read against the venue’s own info

• Brewers Beer Bar, restaurant and bar. Beer itself contains gluten, so ask about the food and about any gluten-free beer.

Gluten-free options, listed by a directory or Google, not yet checked by us

• Deg, restaurant
• En Deli Haga, café
• Yubi – Asiatisk Restaurang, restaurant (Asian)
• Kopps, café

Options are not dedicated kitchens. If you’ve eaten well near Liseberg, or know a gluten-free-friendly kitchen in Gothenburg we should look at, tell us. A reader’s tip is how this page grows.

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Getting there and staying

The organiser puts Göteborg Central Station a 10 to 15 minute walk from the park, with trams and buses as the alternative. We don’t yet have a gluten-free breakfast we can vouch for at a Gothenburg stay, so we don’t name one here. Whichever hotel you pick, ask about the gluten-free breakfast when you book.

FAQ

What can I eat at the Gothenburg Christmas market if I’m coeliac?
The whole things: roasted chestnuts and the glögg in your mug once you’ve asked what’s in it. Candied almonds are ask-first. Pepparkakor and most baked stand food are wheat. Ask before you eat anything assembled.

Are pepparkakor gluten-free?
Not the standard kind. Wheat flour is one of the main ingredients. We haven’t found a gluten-free version at Liseberg, so ask, but expect a no.

Are there dedicated gluten-free places in Gothenburg?
Göteborgs glutenfria bageri and BODYBUDDY Masthuggskajen are listed as dedicated gluten-free, but we haven’t checked them ourselves yet, so we label them “listed”, not “checked”.

Is glögg gluten-free?
Ask. Like other alcoholic drinks over 1.2%, it needs no ingredient list, but the seller still has to tell you if there’s a gluten allergen in it. Ask especially about a ready mix.

Sources and review

Market description, the fact that 2026 dates aren’t printed on the Christmas page yet, and the walk from Central Station from Liseberg’s own pages (Jul i Lisebergsparken, julmarknad, hitta hit), last verified 24.09.2026. Pepparkakor from Swedish Wikipedia’s Pepparkaka entry, last verified 24.09.2026. Food and labelling facts: EU 1169/2011 and the German coeliac society DZG (allergen declaration on alcoholic drinks, almonds, beer), and the Swiss coeliac society IG Zöliakie (chestnuts). Venues from the HTGF Atlas, each with the evidence label shown above. We haven’t walked this market in person yet: this page is answer-first and grows after a visit or a reader’s verified tip.

Reviewed for the 2026 season. What we promise: /what-we-promise/

Next stop

Gothenburg to Stockholm, Sweden’s other market in this set, where the dedicated bakeries are, or across to Copenhagen. Back to the method, or see everywhere else in the region on the Scandinavia Atlas page.