Not a place you can usually access outside an official tour, so it was worth going just to get closer to the Lipizzaner horses. I’m unsure if this event will ever repeat, though. The stables of the Spanish Riding School hosted a small, atmospheric market in 2019. The Gartenpalais Liechtenstein provides a classic ambience for an advent market, too (2023 dates TBA).The Transport Museum has an advent market on selected days (details TBA for 2023) and typically includes an opportunity to take a trip on an old timer tram on Sundays.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 (2023 dates TBA): 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 rather nice markets normally spring up for just a couple of days: (Share some mead with a dragon at the medieval advent market) Both museums look gorgeous lit up at night and the square’s topiary has its own tasteful illuminated decorations (unless an energy crisis strikes). The market feels particularly magical and atmospheric after dusk. One of the biggest Christmas markets and another glorious central location, sandwiched between the Natural History and Art History museums, and under the watchful eye of Empress Maria Theresa. The Freyung market has an authentic feel, thanks to the smaller size and, particularly, the mix of historical buildings that surround it: medieval churches, Baroque townhouses, and 18th-century apothecaries. Try the Bergkäse cheese: it’s sharp as a knife. Just up from Am Hof is the Altwiener Christkindlmarkt on the Freyung.Īlso notable for the adjoining organic farmer’s market with its wonderful specialties from the more rural parts of Austria. (The backdrop is the Schottenstift abbey that dates back hundreds of years) That rather clinical description fails to do justice to the concept, though. 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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