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When Krampus and Perchten are around at Christmas in Salzburg, all hell breaks loose in the Gnigl district. The rough fellows accompany Saint Nicholas on his way through the Salzburg foothills of the Alps before December 6th.
We are on our way in search of the true story of the Trapp family's escape from the National Socialists, not the Hollywood version of the film "The Sound of Music", which made the family world famous.
We can recommend three Christmas markets in Salzburg. Christmas is especially beautiful in this city. Due to its location on the northern edge of the Alps, Salzburg is predestined to spread a Christmas spirit.
The Christmas wonderland in the courtyard of the Stiftskeller St. Peter in Salzburg is a real gem. Nowhere can you experience Salzburg Christmas more beautifully than there. Not only that you can eat well in the monastery cellar, there is also Salzburg's most beautiful Christmas tree.
The lyrics of the song Silent Night are not only known in German-speaking countries. In the meantime he has conquered the whole world. There is hardly a country where "Silent Night, Holy Night" doesn't blare out of the loudspeakers around Christmas time.
Salzburg is so well known that almost everyone knows some of Salzburg's specialties. When you visit Salzburg, you can hardly avoid some of them. Nevertheless, there are some special features in the culinary arts of Salzburg that you have probably not heard of.
Eating like in South Africa, that's what I wanted for a long time. Every now and then I feel a longing for the countries that I have traveled to in my life. Habits build up and friendships are made that last for years. You get to know restaurants and dishes that keep tempting you.
Of fish, lobster and caviar He is Austria's only producer of caviar: Walter Grüll, who runs his sturgeon farm in Grödig in the Salzburg region. And that's not all! The caviar that he breeds - alongside fish, lobster and oysters - is not just any type of caviar, but white caviar and thus the most expensive food in the world. One gram[…]
Right next to the Cafe Bazar on the north bank of the Salzach is one of the luxury hotels in the city of Mozart with style and tradition: the Hotel Sacher Salzburg. The money nobility feels just as comfortable here as the real nobility and celebrities from politics, business and art.
The city in Austria is not only worth a visit because of its beautiful location. It is worth taking a closer look behind the scenes of the city of Mozart. And that's why we were guests this time on the occasion of the eat and meet festival in Salzburg.
