See Vienna's beautiful Stephansdom Christmas Market / Walking Tour Weihnachtsmarkt November 2022!

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Walking Tour Weihnachtsmarkt Vienna Stephansplatz Inner Stadt Wien November 2022

What a beautiful time of year to visit Vienna, Austria for a festive Christmas market! In this video, we'll take you on a tour of the pristine Chrismas market, filled with festive decorations and delicious food.

If you're looking for a festive, Chrismas-themed destination, be sure to check out Vienna! This city is home to some of the most beautiful Christmas markets in the world, and it will be sure to bring a smile to your face!

In this video, we're travelling to Vienna, Austria to visit the Christmas Market! This is a great way to spend a cold winter day, and you don't have to wait long to visit! The Christmas Market in Vienna is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the city, and it's definitely worth a visit!If you're looking for a unique Christmas gift, be sure to check out the Christmas Market in Vienna! There's sure to be something special (and affordable!) for everyone on your list! Thanks for watching!

Back in "days of yore", traders often used the space around a church as a marketplace, particularly if that church also served as a place of pilgrimage. So you could get your relics and radishes at the same time.
The Stephansplatz Christmas market follows the same principle.
Stephansplatz is the square surrounding Stephansdom (St. Stephen's), the huge cathedral that dominates the pedestrianised area at Vienna's heart.
The market, then, harks back to medieval times, with its wooden stands clinging to the sides of the cathedral, offering tourists and city dwellers refreshing victuals and a selection of handicrafts and gifts.
No relics, though. Or, as far as I can tell, radishes.
Two things in particular help the Stephansplatz market stand out.
First, obviously, the location.
Townhouses and other buildings from the time of Mozart (whose former home is but a street away) form the backdrop, not to mention the magnificent gothic cathedral with its mosaic roof.
Fiakers (horse-drawn carriages) also normally collect at one end of the market, adding another historical touch to the ambience.

Second, the booths represent a kind of "best of" selection.
With around 40 stalls, the Stephansplatz market is relatively small compared to say the Christkindlmarkt. But it still manages to cover pretty much the entire spectrum of market stands on my last visit.
So you have your handmade and hand-painted decorations made of wood, tin, glass and other materials, but also Italian truffles, jars of pesto, candles, woolen hats and gloves, artistic candle holders and ceramics, Lebkuchen, jewellery, snow globes, wooden toys and kitchen accessories, specialist chocolates, wine, schnapps, and more.
(Incidentally, if you want Lebkuchen, Vienna's renowned Pirker Lebkuchen store sits opposite the fiakers.)
Of course, mixed in among all this are the stands serving food and drink, seasonal and otherwise.
I found potato fritters, Leberkäse, roasted almonds, hot sausages, soups served in giant bread rolls, Baumkuchen (spit cakes), Käsespätzle (pasta / dumpling with melted cheese and fried onions), and similar. And Weihnachtspunsch (of course).
The wonderful and attractive central area of Vienna Austria
Along with Graben, Kärntner Strasse is one of the most well-known streets in downtown Vienna. It begins at Karlsplatz or Friedrichstrasse and leads past the Vienna State Opera straight to the center of Vienna, Stephansplatz and St. Stephen's Cathedral. There the pedestrian zone continues in a westerly direction from Graben. Rotenturmstraße, which leads to the Danube Canal, connects to the north-east after Stephansplatz.

The Innere Stadt (German pronunciation: [ˈɪnərə ʃtat] (listen); Central Bavarian: Innare Stod) is the 1st municipal district of Vienna (German: 1. Bezirk) located in the center of the Austrian capital. The Innere Stadt is the old town of Vienna. Until the city boundaries were expanded in 1850, the Innere Stadt was congruent with the city of Vienna. Traditionally it was divided into four quarters, which were designated after important town gates: Stubenviertel (northeast), Kärntner Viertel (southeast), Widmerviertel (southwest), Schottenviertel (northwest)

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Video was recorded on an afternoon in Nomember 2022
Air temperature: 5°C