The Gartenpalais Liechtenstein provides a classic ambience for an advent market, too.The Transport Museum has an advent market and typically includes an opportunity to take a trip on an old timer tram on selected days.More markets exist (which I will try and get to eventually). Edelstoff design fair Xmas edition (December 2nd and 3rd): another design market with a special seasonal edition.Weihnachtsquartier (December 1st to 3rd): more a design market than a Christmas market, but great for gifts.Palais Niederösterreich (December 1st and 2nd): the So Schmeckt NÖ Adventmarkt features the cuisine and products of the province of Lower Austria.Medieval advent market (November 30th to December 3rd): a hugely popular event outside the excellent Heeresgeschichtliches Museum with food, drink, and wares matching the historical theme. ![]() Some other market delights that spring up for just a couple of days: (Share some mead with a dragon at the medieval advent market) I’ve not listed every single Christmas market in the city, but these are the more popular and/or central ones… Christkindlmarkt The only downside is the main markets can get busy: fighting your way through the latest bus group sometimes takes the edge off the romanticism (but see my tips for advice on when to go).Ī nice duo is to visit the markets late afternoon as the sun goes down but before the real crowds, and then enjoy the Advent evening ambience at one of the light classical concerts* put on especially for visitors. Numerous Christmas markets pop up across the advent period, varying in size from a couple of stalls selling food to the dozens of stalls that make up the famous Christkindlmarkt on the central Rathausplatz square. That rather clinical description fails to do justice to the concept, though.īooths sell a wide range of potential gift items, for example: sculpted candles, handcrafted decorations, wooden nativity scenes, jewellery, tableware, gourmet condiments, and much, much (much) more. The “dictionary definition” is simply a collection of wooden stalls that sell traditional Christmas foods and beverages, honey, jams, other delicacies, candy and chocolate, decorations, handmade toys, jewellery, and many other arts and crafts…all during the weeks leading up to late December (and sometimes beyond). (I may have exaggerated a little, particularly the number of candles.) ![]() There you have it: a Viennese Christmas market. ![]() Then spread it all out in front of a magnificent historical building. Now throw in the scent of baked potatoes, fresh bread, strudel, candied nuts, and more. Imagine crisp winter air, the glitter of a thousand candles, steaming mugs of punch, laughter, smiles, roasted chestnuts, the tinkle of glass baubles, and the delicate crafts of numerous artisans. The Christmas market goes by various names, but all tend to follow the same pattern… (The main entrance to the Christkindlmarkt in front of city hall)
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