The annual Viennese Christmas Market will be in Vienna again in 2014. It is a really popular event before Christmas and thousands of people come every year to enjoy the atmosphere of the market and the Christmas feast.
It is one of the largest tourist attractions and each year more than 3 million people come from all around the world to do their Christmas shopping, drink some hot wine and eat some Austrian specialties at the market. The most famous Christmas Market in Vienna takes place at Vienna Rathausplatz each year since 1975. During the years the market grew itself out to one of the biggest Christmas Markets in Europe and it attracts around 500 000 people from abroad and the number of the visitors are just growing every year. This year the Viennese Christmas Market will be held from the middle of November around when the Advent season will start this year. Visitors at the market can enjoy the best hot wines, cotton candies and the best Austrian food while they look around enjoying the original charm and beauty of the market doing their pre-Christmas shopping.
The Christmas Market will come to Vienna from 15th November until 23rd December, the market will be open daily from 10 in the morning until 9.30 in the evening and on Fridays and Saturdays it will be open until 10 in the evening. 24th December the market will be open until 5 in the afternoon.
For more information on the Christmas Markets in Vienna, click here.
