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About four weeks before Christmas Innsbruck starts its Christmas Markets - the start for the festive season: stalls invite to look and maybe buy a present.
Have a drink of hot tea or the stronger "Glühwein" (hot spicy wine) or try some of the spicy or sweet Christmas food.
Visit one of our four Christmas Markets in Innsbruck:
Old Town
Marktplatz
Maria-Theresien-Straße
Hungerburg Hill
Have a drink of hot tea or the stronger "Glühwein" (hot spicy wine) or try some of the spicy or sweet Christmas food.
Visit one of our four Christmas Markets in Innsbruck:
Old Town
Marktplatz
Maria-Theresien-Straße
Hungerburg Hill
Christmas Caroll Singers, nativity scenes, St. Nicholas, the "Christkind" and many more traditional Christmas events take place now: find them all here at one glance!
Even more traditional are some of the customs in our villages, Advent and Christmas Markets, "Krampusse" to remind children to be good, farmers Christmas Food and Drinks . Take a look...
St. Nicholas is often preceded by Krampus, a scary looking figure dressed in an animal-fur suit and horned mask, ringing a cowbell. Parents warn children that Krampus will carry them away if they don't behave...
In the very heart of Innsbruck, a hundred metres west of the famous Golden Roof, you will find the Café Munding at Kiebachgasse 16, in Mundingplatzl. Here, in what was earlier known as the GUMPPHAUS, the Munding family have carried on the business of Tirol's oldest Konditorei-Café since 1803.
In the Old Town, the Kiebachgasse and Köhleplatzl will be transformed into
the "Fairy Tale Alley” ...
the "Fairy Tale Alley” ...
In the Tyrol the traditional Christmas focuses on the crib. Figurines made of wood, wax, clay or cardboard are placed against a backcloth of imaginary scenery and are moved around to correspond to the various scenes described in the Bible.
21.12.2008 - 5:00 pm
The Christkind ("Christ Child") is the traditional Christmas gift bringer in Austria.
The Christkind ("Christ Child") is the traditional Christmas gift bringer in Austria.
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