Salzburg: Christmas Market at Residenzplatz

Salzburg Christkindlmarkt

The ‘ber months have arrived.  SeptemBer, OctoBer, NovemBer… Christmas is next! I’m embarrassed that I’m still in the midst of posting about our 2018 Christmas trip when the next Christmas is just around the corner.  Anyway, I hope you’ll find some inspiration in the next few posts especially if you’re thinking of visiting Austria this advent season…

The moment we came back down from our visit to the Hohensalzburg Fortress, we excitedly marched into the charming Residenzplatz Christmas Market.  This was the Christkindlmarkt that I was most looking forward to.

It is adjacent to the Salzburg Cathedral which made the market even more special.  The market actually has two parts, one beside the church (Residenzplatz) and the other in front of it (Domplatz). 

It is where I bought most of my pretty little ‘houses’ to add to my Christmas village back home in Singapore.

I think that compared to the other markets that we’ve been to, this one had the prettiest collection of Christmas crafts.

I regret not getting one of these enchanting globes.  My husband was very supportive actually and was encouraging me to have a few more items from the market.  He ended up buying me an additional suitcase the following day.

 

In between shopping, we munched on grilled bratwurst and sweet crepe and  paired them with Gluhwein and Kinderpunsch.  It was very cold according to the boys and that they needed a few cups of hot chocolate each, but I was literally sweating underneath my few layers of clothes and on my forehead.  Ah, the very possible hazard of shopping I suppose hahah…

After the Christmas market, we had time to check out the lighted streets of the Old Town and buy the intriguing Mozart Balls.  We planned for a Sachertorte dessert at Hotel Sacher which was just across the river, but we somehow let ourselves get caught up in the moment, and continued wandering along the cobbled streets of the Old Town.

-xoxo-

Here are the other posts from our Bavaria and Austria Christmas holiday

1. Munich: Start of our family’s tales from last winter
2. Munich: Viktualienmarkt Biergarten
3. Munich: BMW Museum and BMW Welt
4. Munich: Theatine Church and Odeonplatz
5. Munich: Christmas Markets
6. Munich: Hofbrauhaus Beer Hall
7. Munich: City Aparthotel München
8. Salzburg: Birthplace of Mozart and Silent Night
9. Salzburg: Hohensalzburg Fortress 
10. Salzburg: Residenzplatz Christmas Market
11. Salzburg: Salzburg Cathedral
12. Salzburg: Silent Night 200 at Salzburg Museum
13. Salzburg: Silent Night Tour by Bob’s Special Tour
14. Salzburg: Silent Night at Oberndorf and Laufen
15. Salzkammergut: Road Trip to Hallstatt
16. Salzkammergut: Christmas Market at St Wolfgang
17. Salzburg: Krampus Run at Hellbrunn Palace
18. Salzburg: Imlauer Hotel Pitter Salzburg
19. Obergurgl: A Week in the Austrian Alps
20. Obergurgl: Chalet Obergurgl Luxury Apartments
21. Obergurgl: Hohe Mut Alm Mountain Restaurant
22. Obergurgl: Snowstorm on Christmas Eve
23. Obergurgl: Day After the Storm
24. Obergurgl: Snowshoeing
25. Hochgurgl: Tobogganing
26. Hochgurgl: Hochgurgl Cable Car Ride
27. Vienna: First Impressions
28. Vienna: Hofburgkapelle and Imperial Armoury
29. Vienna: Schönbrunn Palace
30. Vienna: Imperial Treasury and Hofburg
31. Vienna: Prater
32. Vienna: New Year’s Eve Fireworks and Waltz
33. Vienna: Hilton Vienna Plaza
34. Stuttgart: The Mercedes-Benz Museum
35. Stuttgart: The Porsche Museum