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The Salzburg Christmas market on Domplatz is the oldest in the city. The stalls, which smell temptingly of fresh gingerbread, hot mulled wine or apple punch and sausages with cabbage, are grouped around the cathedral on Domplatz and Residenzplatz.
However, none of the Salzburg Christmas markets is as contemplative as the Christmas market at the Hohensalzburg Fortress. He's not as big as the others. In return, he conveys the spirit of Christmas better with his wooden huts in the courtyard of the Hohensalzburg Fortress.
The Kramperl parades show what you can experience in Salzburg at Christmas time. With their terrifying masks they spread fear and anxiety and want to drive away the horrors of winter. But there is even more to experience in Salzburg. We show this in this article.
Shopping in Salzburg is fun. But there is more. Salzburg shops with tradition tell stories from the old Salzburg region and Austria. Many of the shops in Mozart's city are reminiscent of life in the past.
The most beautiful Salzburg Christmas market for us is the Christmas market in Hellbrunn Palace. In the time before Christmas, a whole forest decorated with thick red Christmas tree balls stands in the courtyard of Hellbrunn Palace in Salzburg.
When Krampus and Perchten are around at Christmas in Salzburg, all hell breaks loose in the Gnigl district. The rough fellows accompany Saint Nicholas on his way through the Salzburg foothills of the Alps before December 6th.
We are on our way in search of the true story of the Trapp family's escape from the National Socialists, not the Hollywood version of the film "The Sound of Music", which made the family world famous.
We can recommend three Christmas markets in Salzburg. Christmas is especially beautiful in this city. Due to its location on the northern edge of the Alps, Salzburg is predestined to spread a Christmas spirit.
The Christmas wonderland in the courtyard of the Stiftskeller St. Peter in Salzburg is a real gem. Nowhere can you experience Salzburg Christmas more beautifully than there. Not only that you can eat well in the monastery cellar, there is also Salzburg's most beautiful Christmas tree.
Salzburg is so well known that almost everyone knows some of Salzburg's specialties. When you visit Salzburg, you can hardly avoid some of them. Nevertheless, there are some special features in the culinary arts of Salzburg that you have probably not heard of.
