Vienna Christmas market Rathausplatz

The Rathaus Christmas market

Vienna City hall was completed around 1883 and houses the city mayor and Vienna's municipal administration. More than 2000 people work in the building. The building is Gothic in style and is one of the most grand buildings on the Ring Strasse. The park in front of the Rathaus was initially the parade ground but in 1863 Emperor Franz Joseph commissioned a park for the citizens of Vienna . This is the site of the Christmas market, one of the largest in Vienna,

This is a very big tourist attraction, and I am afraid to say it, as a person living in this beautifully city, I would not go there, for the reason it becomes so packed you can hardly move. Now as we have had people visiting us from Grimsby England, we felt it improper not to take them to see this event and true to the popularity it was jam packed with tourists from all around the world, and its fair to say that if you are in Vienna this time of year this should be in your itinerary of things to do in Vienna.

To get there you can walk from the City centre or catch many of the trams that go past, http://www.wienerlinien.at will have the information you need to get there.