Enjoy prowling in the streets with elegant christmas lighting in various shapes and colors. Visit the Christmas market. Top locations are:
- Christkindlmarkt on the Rathausplatz (the biggest)
- Spittelberg
- Karlsplatz
- Freyung
- Schönbrunn (in front of the palace!)
- Am Hof
- Maria-Theresien-Platz
- Belvedere (the best photo op)
- Stephansplatz
- Altes AKH

Attend various events:
-Choir singing and brass bands around the Rathaus Christmas market
-Televised annual musical event (traditional carols to pop classics, opera arias to orchestral compositions) in the main concert hall
-Attend advent concerts:
Stephansdom (St. Stephen’s Cathedral) and Minoritenkirche (church of the Italian community): regular evening advent concerts throughout late November and December
-Vienna Boys Choir: catch their Christmas events in their own concert hall
-St. Peter’s Church houses an annual display of nativity scenes
-Ice Skating

This is the time when you forget about your diet and relish the variety of food here. Few must try food & drinks are: punch or mulled wine, roasted chestnuts, doughnuts, apples coated with red sugar, roasted almonds, marzipan (mixture of ground almonds and sugar), pretzels, gingerbreads