Beginning at the end of November and lasting until Christmas Day you can find "Christkindlmarkte" on nearly every corner of most Austrian cities. Small huts provide you with potential Christmas presents, food, and most importantly hot punch and "Glühwein," a sweet, heated mulled wine. Vienna holds many Christmas markets throughout the city however, the best known one is probably the colorful market held in front of the town hall (Rathausplatz). In the Spittelberg (7th) district and at Karlsplatz (4th) you will find arts and crafts markets, at the Freyung (1st) there is the Old Vienna Market, and there is even a market in front of Schönbrunn Palace (13th). Inhale the aroma of mulled wine, grilled sausages, roasted chestnuts, and caramelized, sugared almonds as you wander around the festively decorated wooden stalls.

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