Food festivals in Vienna worth planning a trip around, by month.
Food festivals in Vienna worth planning a trip around, by month.
The Wiener Christkindlmarkt on Rathausplatz in Vienna is the city's largest Christmas market, the stalls and Bratwurst counters spread across the City Hall square for six weeks each winter.
Focus: Glühwein, Punsch, Bratwurst, Lebkuchen
The Wiener Weinwandertag in Vienna walks four marked routes through the vineyards of Doebling and Stammersdorf, with Heuriger pours and small kitchens open along the way each September.
Focus: Vienna wine, Heuriger small plates
The Schoenbrunn Palace Christmas market in Vienna sets up in the palace forecourt, the food stalls running mulled wine, Maroni, and Kasnocken under the imperial facade from Advent through the New Year market into early January.
Focus: Punsch, Kasnocken, Maroni
The Vienna Coffee Festival in Marx Halle in Vienna is the city's annual specialty-coffee fair, the country's biggest roaster gathering with workshops, brewers' competitions and tastings.
Focus: Specialty coffee tasting and roaster fair
Wiener Eistraum on Rathausplatz in Vienna runs the city's winter ice-rink with food stalls around the perimeter, the Wuerstel and Punsch counters open through the season alongside the skating.
Focus: Hot punch, Wuersteln, Krapfen
Genuss Festival in Vienna's Stadtpark fills the park's lawns for three days in May with around 150 small Austrian producers across all nine federal states, the country's biggest open-air food fair.
Focus: Austrian regional producers, wine, cheese
Peak food season in Vienna is year-round.
Local dining hours: lunch around 12:30, dinner from 19:30.
service is typically included; small extra is welcome but not expected.
Ask the next local you meet what they would order. Vienna rewards trust.