Christmas Markets 2007 - UK & European

Latest Christmas Market News... Updated 16th February 2007

Christmas Markets in Vienna

As winter comes to Austria and the Christmas season approaches it will be time for the Austrian Christmas Markets to open their doors again. The fragrance of clove and cinnamon, roasted apples and freshly baked goods will take you in and you might catch yourself quietly humming an old Christmas carol as you wander around the market stalls, warming your hands on a mug of mulled wine or punch…
Starting November 17, the Christmas Market season starts in Vienna again. The essence of the Magic of Advent is the Christmas Market, which has enchanted old and young alike for 700 years. The aromas of candied fruits, cotton candy and other delicacies like Christmas punch and the aroma of roasted chestnuts (known as Maroni in Vienna), wafting around the small wooden stalls of the market, still retain their magical appeal. Market stalls offer a tasteful array of Christmas decorations, objets d’art, handicrafts and toys. At weekends during the Advent season, choirs from all over the world will perform the most beautiful Christmas songs in the Festival Hall of the Vienna City Hall.
The main Christmas Market in Austria‘ s capital city is held in front of Vienna’s City Hall, starting November 18th and running through to December 24th, from 9am to 9pm daily. On Christmas Eve visitors may still gather Christmas cheer until 5pm. More information is available on www.christkindlmarkt.at

Four weeks prior to Christmas, the twinkling Christmas lights illuminate the Palace of Schönbrunn creating a romantic festive atmosphere. This market in its fabulous setting runs from November 24 until December 26. – daily from 10.00am-8.30pm; on Christmas Eve from 10am-4pm and on December 25. and 26. from 10.00am-6.00pm. www.weihnachtsmarkt.co.at.

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Christmas Markets in Innsbruck

Christmas markets, ancient Tyrolean customs, Christmas concerts and Advent events are a distinctive part of the pre-Christmas period in Innsbruck and its holiday villages. A daily attraction are the „Turmbläser“, a brass orchestra, which plays old christmas songs from the city tower, just beside the market (5:30pm).

In Innsbruck’s picturesque medieval Old Town, beneath the world famous Golden Roof, you will find the city’s main Christmas market with countless stalls decked out with Christmas decoration, local wood and glass crafts, Tyrolean loden cloths and much more goodies. The market is open daily from November 18 to December 28, 11am to 8 pm and on Christmas-Eve from 11 am to 3 p.m.
www.christkindlmarkt-tirol.at .

Impressive, snow-covered mountains overlook the Christmas market on the Landhaus Square in Innsbruck which opens on November 23 and runs until December 28, daily from 11am to 9pm.

Another highlight of Christmas in the Tyrol are Guided Tours to the Grassmayr Bell Museum in Innsbruck including a visit to the crib exhibition in the Volkskunstmuseum and tales about Advent and Christmas or to cribs exhibited in churches and old farm houses in Axams, Birgitz, Goetzens and Mutters. For information on the tours to the Bell Museum and the crib exhibitions visit www.grassmayr.at and www.perpedes.at.

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