Christmas walks in Vienna
3 walks · 4h 11m in total · Austria
Vienna Christmas Markets: Evening Tour 4K
Video by Prowalk Tours · Dec 2022 · All rights belong to the creator · More from Prowalk Tours →
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Vienna's Christmas markets on Thursday 8 December 2022, from 3:39 pm into the evening. It starts at the biggest one, in front of the City Hall on Rathausplatz, with its ice-skating paths, then visits the traditional Old Viennese market on the Freyung and the market Am Hof. Via Bognergasse and the Kohlmarkt it reaches the little market on Michaelerplatz, walks the Graben to the market at St. Stephen's Cathedral, then follows Kärntner Straße to the artisan market by the Karlskirche. A festive, glowing evening.
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Walk Vienna's Christmas markets on opening night and in the full Advent crowds, from the Christkindlmarkt in front of the neo-Gothic City Hall to the lit trees of the park beside it. Vienna starts the season early: the big markets open in mid-November.
The Rathausplatz market is the largest, with long rows of stalls, hearts and baubles hung in the trees of the Rathauspark and a workshop where children bake biscuits. But Vienna has more than a dozen markets, each with its own character: the Biedermeier lanes of Spittelberg with crafts and art, the square between the two great museums on Maria-Theresien-Platz, the courtyard of Schönbrunn Palace, and the arts-and-crafts market in front of the Karlskirche.
Alongside Glühwein, Vienna drinks Punsch, a hot fruit punch often made with rum, and each market serves it in its own mug that you can return for the deposit or keep. Some markets close on Christmas Eve, while Schönbrunn turns into a New Year market that stays open into January.