Most beautiful Christmas markets in Vienna

Christmas markets in Vienna

The time of the Christmas markets in Vienna begins in November. With these Vienna travel tips you are well prepared for the Advent season. Even if the Christmas season has not officially started yet, it is completely sprayed Vienna From mid-November, Christmas glitter in the city center and especially at the Christmas markets. One of them opens its doors one by one from the second half of November. We have therefore seized the opportunity and are in winter to Vienna drove to get in the mood for the "stade" time of the year. We like it when the scent of freshly baked gingerbread wafts through the winter air and when hot apple punch invites you to warm your clammy fingers on the cups. It is nice when not only children's eyes start to shine at the sight of the many imaginative and glittering light decorations that illuminate the streets of Vienna's city center and the huts of the Christmas markets in Vienna. Christmas in Vienna is a great experience!

 

 

Officially, there are 18 large and permanent Christmas markets in Vienna. These are joined by countless small and short-open Christmas markets, which are distributed over the entire city of Vienna. As newcomers to the Vienna Christmas season, we limit ourselves to looking at some of the larger markets. A good day and a half are available to us, and we know in advance that we can not see all the Christmas markets in the city. We are planning our tour through the Advent markets meticulously, they differ not only in the offer, but also in their opening times.

 

 

• The Christmas village on the Maria-Theresien-Platz in the Museumsquartier

Opening times: from 17.11. - 26.12.2021 at Maria-Theresien-Platz

We stay in the center of the biggest Christmas markets in the very chic Lifestyle Hotel Sans Souci in Burggasse and on the day of our arrival in Vienna we visit the Christmas village at Maria Theresien Platz, which we can reach in a few minutes on foot from our hotel. We walk past the stands under the eyes of Empress Maria Theresa. There we admire ornate glass balls and brightly colored candle holders. The scents of Christmas spices mix in apple punch or Mulled wine. Freshly baked muffins, gingerbread or cookies make our mouths water.

 

 

 

 

• The Viennese Christmas Market and Viennese Advent Magic on Rathausplatz

Opening hours: November 12rd to December 26st at Rathausplatz (Observe Covid measures)

The next morning we leave after breakfast and get on the subway, which leaves directly in front of our hotel. Our first destination today is the largest Christmas market in Vienna (and all of Austria), the Christmas market on Rathausplatz. It opens its doors at 10.00 o'clock, and when we arrive at the square a few minutes later, many visitors are already strolling among the market stalls. Children stand with their eyes wide in front of stalls where chocolates, cookies or colorful lollipops stimulate the appetite.

 

 

 

Culinary specialties - Christmas markets in Vienna for connoisseurs

We are no different: but we are looking for a specialty that we had learned from a Facebook friend. We are looking for Langos, a Hungarian specialty. This is a kind of flatbread that is fried and served with garlic. I prefer that to sweets in the early morning and, as always, I'm eager to learn something new. And indeed, when we have passed the first hut street of the Christmas market and turn around the corner into the next one, I read on a large wooden sign at one of the huts "Langos", which are offered with or without garlic, or rolled with or without sausage . We choose the conventional form - with garlic as it should be - and bite into the hot bread. It is crispy and has an intense garlic taste. Delicious!

 

 

We watch children as they happily listen to a group of large, knobbly plastic dolls moving to the beat of Christmas carols. In addition, the youngest are led around this "orchestra" on ponies. How nice is Christmas if you still believe in Santa Claus! The fun that children and mothers have is infectious. So we stroll in a good mood through the market, where the white Christkindl-Express trundles towards us. However, we prefer to continue walking past the stalls. Finally we set off for our next goal, that

 

 

• Handicraft market in front of the Karlskirche

Opening hours:19.11.-22.11.2021 at Karlsplatz

We can also reach this market directly by subway. We immediately notice the different character of this market. While the Christmas market at the town hall is traditional with everything that goes with it, here we are in an art-loving environment. Potters display their handmade coffee cups, teapots and candle holders. In addition, a clay artist offers his fantasy animals for sale. There are also musical instruments. We also find homemade jewelry, carvings, woolen hats and scarves, beautiful quilts, second-hand clothes and more.

 

Children love this market

Directly in front of the church, the basin has been filled with hay, where kids are playing and rolling in high haystacks. Even watching is fun. At another corner, we find a colorful carousel on which parents put their toddlers on plastic horses. There are also rotating coffee cups or a colorful Dino. Then they wave to their offspring as they spin leisurely. Only a little girl gets scared when she loses sight of her dad. She screams in her throat until the carousel finally comes to a stop. Hardly her father takes her in the arms, she shines all over her face.

 

 

In addition to the alternative character of this Christmas market, there is also a carousel of a different kind. For this, scraps have been used to create seating for the children. There's an old tin bathtub as well as a metal barrel that you've missed wings. Lustig is an ancient bicycle that promises a journey back in time.

 

 

Gastronomic stands are just as rare here as on the first two Viennese Christmas markets. Here we can try Glühmost. Kling interesting, right?

 

 

• Gourmet Advent market in the Mahlerstraße

Opening hours:

MAHLERSTREET 6
1010 VIENNA
12.11.2021-31.12.2021
DAILY 11.00 a.m. - 21.00 p.m.
* Closed on December 24.12.2021th, XNUMX *
* 31.12.2021 until 2.00 a.m. *

The 2G rule applies.

However, we will curb our appetite a bit, the next Christmas market in Mahlerstrasse is directly opposite the opera as a gourmet market. We have the opportunity to do so at one of the first stands. There is everything a connoisseur's heart desires on this market. Vulcan ham from Styria, apricot liqueur from the Wachau, wines and liqueurs from the Kamp Valley. However, an Italian stand owner tempts us to try his cheese with truffles. "You don't need money. It's Christmas! Just costs ". Who can resist such words, especially if the cheeses look as good as his. "Stop! Stop! You also have to taste the Pecorino, ”he holds us back when we want to go further. And with a grand ceremony he slices some hard cheese into our hands.

 

 

• The Advent market at St. Stephen's Cathedral

Opening hours: 12.11. - 26.12.2021 at Stephansplatz

12.11. - 26.12.2021: from 11 a.m. to 21 p.m.
24.12.2021: from 11 a.m. to 16 p.m.
25.12. - 26.12.2021: from 11 a.m. to 19 p.m.

We continue our walk through the pedestrian zone to St. Stephen's Cathedral. There are many regional specialties from the surrounding wine and fruit regions.

 

 

From here we take the subway back to our hotel. There we rest a bit, before we leave again in the evening for the most beautiful Christmas market in Vienna.

 

 

• One of the most beautiful Christmas markets in Vienna on Spittelberg

Opening times: from 12.11.2021 to 23.12.2021 at Spittelberg (Observe Covid measures)

Perhaps it is because we visit him in the evening when the light decorations are at their best? But I think it's more the romantic Biedermeier alleys with their gate entrances decorated with garlands. The small illuminated windows, behind which Christmas decorations stand, give the whole a homely character. In any case, not even the rain disturbs us here. And obviously not the many other visitors either. The Christmas market on Spittelberg is tight. The view of beautiful Biedermeier facades in the evening light of the Christmas lights continues to lure us. Advent calendars wish "Merry Christmas". Colorful ceramic plates, cups and jugs seduce. After all, potato pancakes with bear punch ensure that we feel good at the Spittelberg Christmas market.

 

 

And as we walk back through the neighboring streets to our hotel, the real spirit of Christmas blows through the streets. We look through opened gates to large illuminated poinsettias. In addition, beautifully decorated Christmas trees and garland-wrapped windows awaken Christmas spirit. It is almost as if we are in this alley again the original feeling of Christmas, as we knew it in our childhood.

 

 

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Travel organization for the Christmas markets in Vienna:

Arrival for the Christmas markets in Vienna

Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines and Swiss fly to Vienna. Possible is the journey by train to Vienna. In addition, long-distance buses go to Vienna.

Car Rental - Christmas Markets in Vienna :

Book your rental car here *

Accommodation for the Christmas markets in Vienna:

around the Spittelmarkt and the Christmas village *

near the Rathausplatz *

around the Karlsplatz *

near St. Stephen's Cathedral and the Genussmarkt in Mahlerstraße *

Excursions and guided tours in Vienna:

You can book excursions and city tours here *

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And if your great Tips for the time after Christmas in Vienna seek, then you will find this here. There are tips for more Christmas markets in the blog parade I love Christmas market from Janina. Or look at the blog parade Dhe most beautiful Christmas markets by Thomas Limberg over.

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Source: own research on site with a friendly invitation of Wien Tourismus. Our opinion remains our own.

Text: © Copyright Monika Fuchs, TravelWorldOnline
Photos: © Copyright Monika Fuchs, TravelWorldOnline
Video: © Copyright Petar Fuchs, TravelWorldOnline