Christmas in vienna 2016 full#

There are children's adventure rides, musical live acts from Gospel to Soul and Pop and a humorous show program here until 8 January. This year for the first time, there will be a Christmas post office here with its own Spittelberg Christmas stamp.Įntertainment is the word at the Winter Market on Riesenradplatz under the slogan 'The Prater rocks'.

Christmas in vienna 2016 full#

There are also numerous stalls full of artisans' wares in the idyllic tiny alleyways at the Christmas Market on Spittelberg and numerous other vendors with unique culinary gift ideas. Further variety is provided by art installations, show workshops and live bands. The unique palace gardens provide an ideal site for a tranquil Christmas market with elegant handicrafts and culinary delights.Īrt Advent on Karlsplatz offers a diverse children's program and above all handicrafts to buy. The Christmas Village at Belvedere Palace enjoys an impressive Baroque background. The atmospheric market offers traditional handicrafts, hand-made Christmas decorations, Christmas concerts and an extensive children's program, including Christmas workshop. The cultural and Christmas market in front of Schönbrunn Palace offers romance in front of an imperial backdrop, and is converted into a New Year's market after Christmas. Top-quality handicrafts can also be purchased a couple of steps further along at the Am Hof Advent Market. Festive Advent music can be heard on the square from 4.00 pm. A Christmas market was held here as early as 1772 today, it is a place to buy handicrafts, glass decorations, traditional mangers and ceramics. The Old Viennese Christmas Market on Freyung in the city center is committed to tradition. With a children's railway and an old-fashioned carousel, the Christmas Village in the Altes AKH is also a big hit with families. The romantic Christmas Village in the Altes AKH is also a popular meeting place in the run-up to Christmas, especially for a younger crowd from the neighboring university campus.

The Christmas Village is replaced by the New Year's Village on 27 December. Gospel choirs and music groups create a pre-Christmas atmosphere. Over 70 booths offering traditional handicrafts and original gift ideas are set up here during Advent. Not far from here is the Christmas Village on Maria-Theresien-Platz, between the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna and the Naturhistorisches Museum Vienna. In the Volkshalle at City Hall, the little ones can decorate gingerbread cookies, do crafts and write wish lists to the Christkind. Wondrous installations in the park focus on Christmas stories for children.

They can also go curling next to the 4,000 m² ice rink. This year for the very first time, visitors can skate through the park over two large ice rinks and along numerous paths. New lighting is being added to the trees in the surrounding City Hall Park to create a festive sparkle along the Ringstrasse boulevard. The 150 or sales booths at the traditional Christmas Market offer Christmas gifts, Christmas tree decorations, handicrafts, culinary treats, confectionery and warming drinks. Much at this year's Vienna Christmas World at the Christmas Market is new: A tall arched gateway with candles receives visitors at the entrance to City Hall Square. The aroma of Christmas baking and hot punch sets the mood in the run-up to Christmas. From the middle of November until Christmas, Vienna's prettiest squares transform into magical Christmas markets.