The Salzburg Christmas Market

An experience of the senses

With its tradition and ambience, Salzburg’s Christkindlmarkt offers the ideal setting for getting into the Christmas spirit. The beautiful cathedral square, the old traditional stall forms with the starry sky and the quality of the rich offer enchant the visitors every year.

Let yourself be enchanted by traditional handicrafts, the finest Christmas bakery, fragrant Christmas tree decorations and the many works of art around Christmas.

The Salzburg Christmas Market is an experience for all the senses: the finest scent of mulled wine wafts through the stalls, the stalls glitter and sparkle with noble, playful, old and new things.

The performances of traditional Salzburg choirs and children’s groups from Salzburg schools attract crowds of visitors year after year. Every Saturday at 6:30 p.m. the incomparable tower blowing of the Salzburger Turmbläser takes place at the Residenzplatz.

The Christ Child

At the Salzburg Christmas Market

After a mulled wine or punch, it can happen that you think you are dreaming. Suddenly, figures appear in white and gold celestial robes, with curly heads and feathered wings. The Christ Child with its Engerln visits the atmospheric Christmas market on four Saturdays before Christmas from 3:30 p.m. to about 6:30 p.m.. The delicate creatures enchant visitors as they walk through the Cathedral and Residence Square and make children’s eyes light up. A Christ Child to touch.

The Krampusse and Perchten

At the Salzburg Christmas Market

Much wilder and not at all heavenly is the experience of visiting the Krampusse and Perchten at Salzburg’s Christkindlmarkt. Then wild journeymen dominate the old town of Salzburg. Krampusse teach many a spectator the fear with rods, ringing bells and scary masks. The original task of the Krampus is to accompany St. Nicholas, who rewards the good children. However, the bad children are punished by the Krampus by means of a rod.

During the Krampus run around the cathedral it can therefore also happen that some visitors get to feel the rod.