Christmas Markets

Open from Nov 15s or 20s to Dec 23th or 24th, most Viennese Christmas Markets (“Christkindlmarkt”, “Adventmarkt” or simply “Weihnachtsmarkt”) are not so much for shopping as for eating and drinking. From midday until the late hours of the night, people gather at Christmas markets to drink mulled wine, punch, and chat to one another and the occasional stranger.

More of a fairground than a Christmas market, this is Vienna’s largest and busiest incarnation. Located on the large town square, the Wiener Christkindlmarkt is by far the largest and probably best known christmas market in Vienna. Large christmas tree in front of the townhall, skating possibility, adorned trees in the park, often crowded!

[yes, it's not even 6pm]

n the stalls~~~ WOW!!!

i bought none of the above~~~ too fragile n nowhere to display at home~~~

i merely ‘ate n drank’~~~

and the parliament house is almost just next to this xmas market~~

btw one of the famous people from vienna is~~~

Johann Strauss II (October 25, 1825, St. Ulrich – June 3, 1899, Vienna) was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music andoperettas. He composed over 500 waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, and other types of dance music, as well as several operettas and a ballet. In his lifetime, he was known as “The Waltz King”, and was largely responsible for the popularity of the waltz in Vienna during the 19th century.

IMHO,  Johann Strauss’s most famous works is The Blue Danube.

A statue of the Waltz King in Stadtpark, Vienna

NEXT STOP –> Melk, Austria

1. alice Says:
   February 23rd, 2010 at 11:33 pm

   ahahah u finally “disclose’ ur face in tis blog post seh~~~ cos mostly u upload pics w/o ur face de ahaha…

   heh i lk d cute little cartoon / statue which is holding a heart or star shape de… (beside ur pic) heheh help me buy ahhaha…



2. justina Says:
   February 25th, 2010 at 11:48 am

   i love the pictures!