Austria's Most Popular Markets
VIENNA
Naschmarkt
The long esplanade covering the course of the Wien river already served as market place for dairy products as early as the 18th century. Naschmarkt, located between Kettenbrückengasse and Karlsplatz, is a premier open-air fruit and vegetable market that should be on everyone's itinerary. Naschmarkt is an ethnic melting pot full of vibrant life and exotic scents. With endless rows of stalls selling fruit, vegetables, seafood, spices, homemade pasta, pickles of all kinds, cheeses, breads this superb market can satisfy the most demanding culinary requirements. Interspersed are small bistros, as diverse and multi-cultural as the stalls and the market itself. From Asian to trendy, like Vienna’s hippest places to be Deli and do-an.
Naschmarkt is open Monday to Friday from 6am to 6.30pm and Saturday from 6am to 5pm. Mornings are the best time to absorb the markets sights and flavors. The majority of the bars, bistros etc. is open until 10pm, some even later.
Brunnenmarkt
As said before, Naschmarkt is a must for every visitor to Vienna. If you wish to explore the city off the tourist paths then Brunnenmarkt in Wien-Ottakring is a great place to experience multicultural Vienna. Brunnenmarkt, located between Thaliastrasse and Ottakringer Strasse, is best described as an oriental bazaar. A great number of vendors sell all varieties of goods to Vienna’s immigrant community – particularly its large Turkish population. The market dates back to 1786 when Emperor Joseph II. had consented to a marketplace around the fountain (“Brunnen”). In 1880 the fountain had to make way for a horse-drawn train, the market and the name remained though. Brunnenmarkt is one of Vienna’s last street markets which means that all stalls are taken down in the evening and put up again the next morning. A good time to visit is late in the afternoon when the vendors want to get rid of their goods. If you are hungry then you will find plenty of snack stands and inns selling all kinds of ethnic food.
The market is open Friday 6am to 7.30pm and Saturday 6am to 5pm; the bistros are open Monday to Saturday from 6am to 10pm.
Viktor-Adler-Markt
An especially authentic market in Wien Favoriten is the 125-year old Viktor-Adler-Markt offering a great variety of culinary delights including fruits and vegetables, selected wines, first-class oitake the time then there are plenty of things to see, explore and discover here.ls, all kinds of delis as well as local, Turkish, Greek and Indian specialties. Rows upon rows of stalls create veritable lanes and alleyways, and if you In the summer this market is a pleasant place to stroll around as the stalls are protected from the sun by parasols and awnings.
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 6am to 7.30pm, Saturday 6am to 5pm and every fist Saturday per month from 6am to 6pm; inns and bistros are open Monday to Saturday 6am to 10pm.
SALZBURG
Schrannenmarkt
Schrannenmarkt in Salzburg, opposite Schloss Mirabell, is Austria’s third largest street market besides Naschmarkt and Brunnenmarkt in Vienna. On sale are flowers, leatherwear, health foods and foodstuffs in general including everything from eel to plums. The majority of the meat and dairy products are produced by the vendors themselves – which you can taste! There are also plenty of snack stalls selling everything from fried chicken to crullers.
Schrannenmarkt was first held in 1906; its name can has Italian roots: scranna means bench, “Schrannen” were stands for meat and bread, but also warehouses. Schrannenmarkt is open on Thursdays from 5am to 1pm. Is Thursday a bank holiday or the 24th or 31st of December, the market is held on Wednesday.
Kapitelmarkt
Kapitelmarkt is located at the foot of Festung Hohensalzburg and a tourist draw not least thanks to its location. Situated between the Cathedral Arcades and the old St. Peter churchyard, this market sells souvenirs of all kinds, gifts, and tasty tidbits. The Market is open 7am to 10pm from 1 February to 10 November.
Hamburg Fish Market in Salzburg
Why go far when you can find all the great things here? Once a year Südtirolerplatz in front of the Salzburg train station provides the backdrop for a typical fish market from Hamburg. Lovers of sea food will find themselves amply catered for with salmon, scampi, rock lobster and other specialties which you can either eat at the market or prepare at home. There is also live music and entertainment at the market which takes place from the end of May to the beginning of July.
TIROL
Naschmarkt
The long esplanade covering the course of the Wien river already served as market place for dairy products as early as the 18th century. Naschmarkt, located between Kettenbrückengasse and Karlsplatz, is a premier open-air fruit and vegetable market that should be on everyone's itinerary. Naschmarkt is an ethnic melting pot full of vibrant life and exotic scents. With endless rows of stalls selling fruit, vegetables, seafood, spices, homemade pasta, pickles of all kinds, cheeses, breads this superb market can satisfy the most demanding culinary requirements. Interspersed are small bistros, as diverse and multi-cultural as the stalls and the market itself. From Asian to trendy, like Vienna’s hippest places to be Deli and do-an.
Naschmarkt is open Monday to Friday from 6am to 6.30pm and Saturday from 6am to 5pm. Mornings are the best time to absorb the markets sights and flavors. The majority of the bars, bistros etc. is open until 10pm, some even later.
Brunnenmarkt
As said before, Naschmarkt is a must for every visitor to Vienna. If you wish to explore the city off the tourist paths then Brunnenmarkt in Wien-Ottakring is a great place to experience multicultural Vienna. Brunnenmarkt, located between Thaliastrasse and Ottakringer Strasse, is best described as an oriental bazaar. A great number of vendors sell all varieties of goods to Vienna’s immigrant community – particularly its large Turkish population. The market dates back to 1786 when Emperor Joseph II. had consented to a marketplace around the fountain (“Brunnen”). In 1880 the fountain had to make way for a horse-drawn train, the market and the name remained though. Brunnenmarkt is one of Vienna’s last street markets which means that all stalls are taken down in the evening and put up again the next morning. A good time to visit is late in the afternoon when the vendors want to get rid of their goods. If you are hungry then you will find plenty of snack stands and inns selling all kinds of ethnic food.
The market is open Friday 6am to 7.30pm and Saturday 6am to 5pm; the bistros are open Monday to Saturday from 6am to 10pm.
Viktor-Adler-Markt
An especially authentic market in Wien Favoriten is the 125-year old Viktor-Adler-Markt offering a great variety of culinary delights including fruits and vegetables, selected wines, first-class oitake the time then there are plenty of things to see, explore and discover here.ls, all kinds of delis as well as local, Turkish, Greek and Indian specialties. Rows upon rows of stalls create veritable lanes and alleyways, and if you In the summer this market is a pleasant place to stroll around as the stalls are protected from the sun by parasols and awnings.
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 6am to 7.30pm, Saturday 6am to 5pm and every fist Saturday per month from 6am to 6pm; inns and bistros are open Monday to Saturday 6am to 10pm.
SALZBURG
Schrannenmarkt
Schrannenmarkt in Salzburg, opposite Schloss Mirabell, is Austria’s third largest street market besides Naschmarkt and Brunnenmarkt in Vienna. On sale are flowers, leatherwear, health foods and foodstuffs in general including everything from eel to plums. The majority of the meat and dairy products are produced by the vendors themselves – which you can taste! There are also plenty of snack stalls selling everything from fried chicken to crullers.
Schrannenmarkt was first held in 1906; its name can has Italian roots: scranna means bench, “Schrannen” were stands for meat and bread, but also warehouses. Schrannenmarkt is open on Thursdays from 5am to 1pm. Is Thursday a bank holiday or the 24th or 31st of December, the market is held on Wednesday.
Kapitelmarkt
Kapitelmarkt is located at the foot of Festung Hohensalzburg and a tourist draw not least thanks to its location. Situated between the Cathedral Arcades and the old St. Peter churchyard, this market sells souvenirs of all kinds, gifts, and tasty tidbits. The Market is open 7am to 10pm from 1 February to 10 November.
Hamburg Fish Market in Salzburg
Why go far when you can find all the great things here? Once a year Südtirolerplatz in front of the Salzburg train station provides the backdrop for a typical fish market from Hamburg. Lovers of sea food will find themselves amply catered for with salmon, scampi, rock lobster and other specialties which you can either eat at the market or prepare at home. There is also live music and entertainment at the market which takes place from the end of May to the beginning of July.
TIROL
Potters’ Market in Hall
The medieval town of Hall in Tirol will again stage Tirol’s largest Potters’ Market featuring pottery from Austria and its neighboring countries. Children can learn how a clump of clay is turned into a nice vase for mum and practice their newly acquired skills. Master potters will demonstrate step by step how their objects and artworks are being created.
The Potters’ Market is held on 15 and 16 September 2007 at Oberer Stadtplatz in Hall.
Flea Market in Innsbruck
From Tirol’s largest Potters’ Market to Tirol’s largest Flea Market. Where? In Innsbruck, of course! Every Saturday a multitude of vendors, browsers and buyers meet up at the beautiful Alter Hafen. In case of rain the Flea Market is held indoors. To ensure that the market retains its old-day swap meet charm no more than one fifth of the vendors may be commercial exhibitors. Sellers from Asia, Africa and Europe lend the market a colorful and international flair.
The Flea Market is open every Saturday from 7am to 2pm and every first Sunday a month from 9am to 4pm.
LINZ
Flea Market on the Linz Hauptplatz
Every Saturday Hauptplatz in Linz is turned into marketplace where all kinds of odds and ends are sold from one-armed dolls to glittering chandeliers. Between November and February the flea market is held in front of the Neues Rathaus.
Linz Hauptplatz: 1 March to 9 November
Neues Rathauses: 10 November to end of February
Every Saturday from 7am to 2pm.
CARINTHIA
Farmers’ Market at Kaiser-Josef-Platz
In Mediterranean-style Graz you always feel a little bit closer to the South. This feeling is especially strong on Kaiser-Josef Markt, a small and friendly farmers’ market where you can buy healthy and locally produced food such as meat, cheese, fruit and vegetables. Not to be missed is the culinary specialty of Styria: the highly esteemed “Kürbiskernöl” (pumpkinseed oil) which is made by pressing the roasted seeds of pumpkins.
Open Monday to Saturday from 6am to 1pm.
Farmer’s Market on Lendplatz
Local growers and producers come to the Farmers’ Market on Lendplatz to sell their fresh produce. In the summer a pleasant way of spending one’s afternoon is to sit in one of the shady beer gardens (e.g. at Gasthaus Lendplatzl) and watch the vibrant life and colorful goings-on of the market. Lendplatz has always been a popular meeting place for the Graz suburbanites who come for the market just as much as for the quaint inns.
The market is open Monday to Saturday from 6am to 1pm.
Grazer Fetzenmärkte
In Styria flea markets are called “Fetzenmarkt” (= rag market). It’s quite obvious where the name comes from but it would be wrong to believe that all you get is junk and old rags. Quite the contrary is true actually: old watches, china, small antiquities, lamps, antiquarian books and old picture postcards set collector’s hearts at flutter. Markets have been held here since 1749, the year Empress Maria Theresia granted the right to set them up, and meanwhile the largest flea markets have turned into veritable town fairs. And since neither browsing nor shopping are fun with an empty belly, breakfast is available form 5am. Later on food stalls open up selling roast pork, sausages, fried chicken and Kebab. Fetzenmärkte are always held at the Grazer Messe, Fröhlichgasse parking lot.
• Mittfastenmarkt: Fri, 16 March, and Sat, 17 March, 5am to 6pm.
• Portiunkulamarkt: Fri, 13 July, and Sat, 14 July, 5am to 6pm.
• Aegydimarkt: Fri, 31 August, and Sat, 1 September, 5am to 6pm.
• Andrämarkt: Fri, 30 November, and Sat, 1 December, 5am to 6pm.
The medieval town of Hall in Tirol will again stage Tirol’s largest Potters’ Market featuring pottery from Austria and its neighboring countries. Children can learn how a clump of clay is turned into a nice vase for mum and practice their newly acquired skills. Master potters will demonstrate step by step how their objects and artworks are being created.
The Potters’ Market is held on 15 and 16 September 2007 at Oberer Stadtplatz in Hall.
Flea Market in Innsbruck
From Tirol’s largest Potters’ Market to Tirol’s largest Flea Market. Where? In Innsbruck, of course! Every Saturday a multitude of vendors, browsers and buyers meet up at the beautiful Alter Hafen. In case of rain the Flea Market is held indoors. To ensure that the market retains its old-day swap meet charm no more than one fifth of the vendors may be commercial exhibitors. Sellers from Asia, Africa and Europe lend the market a colorful and international flair.
The Flea Market is open every Saturday from 7am to 2pm and every first Sunday a month from 9am to 4pm.
LINZ
Flea Market on the Linz Hauptplatz
Every Saturday Hauptplatz in Linz is turned into marketplace where all kinds of odds and ends are sold from one-armed dolls to glittering chandeliers. Between November and February the flea market is held in front of the Neues Rathaus.
Linz Hauptplatz: 1 March to 9 November
Neues Rathauses: 10 November to end of February
Every Saturday from 7am to 2pm.
CARINTHIA
Ursulamarkt
Ursulamarkt has a 700-year old tradition. The market at the Klagenfurt Trade Fair area attracts some 330 vendors selling goods like pottery and wooden toys. For kids there is a petting zoo and there are stalls selling fried sausages, roast chestnuts, mulled wine and the like.
Ursulamarkt is always held in October, around the feast day of St. Ursula on 21 October.
Ceramics and Pottery Market in Villach
Another traditional market, although more because of its handicrafts then its age: since 1988 Villach has been playing host to the meanwhile quite famous Alpen-Adria Keramikmarkt . Every year some 80 potters from across Europe meet up here to present and sell their objects including home and garden items, decorative pottery, home accessories, ceramic pottery, decoration, assorted pottery, jewelry and much more. The market is complemented by an exhibition on international ceramics art.
This year the Villach Keramikmarkt is held from Thursday, 24 May, to Saturday, 26 May 2007.
St. Veiter Wiesenmarkt
St. Veiter Wiesenmarkt in Sankt Veit an der Glan is Carinthia’s largest traditional funfair. For almost 650 years now the event has been held every last Saturday in September. Wiesenmarkt traditionally starts with a colorful parade through town in which all culture and heritage clubs of Sankt Veit participate. After the “messengers” has read out the market rules the 10-day festival finally starts. The market has lost some of its traditional character as the amusement park and party marquees have grown in size. Wiesenmarkt nonetheless still features large agricultural shows, animal markets, flea markets and antiquity markets. The spectacle attracts some 500,000 visitors from Carinthia and neighboring Italy and Slovenia.
GRAZUrsulamarkt has a 700-year old tradition. The market at the Klagenfurt Trade Fair area attracts some 330 vendors selling goods like pottery and wooden toys. For kids there is a petting zoo and there are stalls selling fried sausages, roast chestnuts, mulled wine and the like.
Ursulamarkt is always held in October, around the feast day of St. Ursula on 21 October.
Ceramics and Pottery Market in Villach
Another traditional market, although more because of its handicrafts then its age: since 1988 Villach has been playing host to the meanwhile quite famous Alpen-Adria Keramikmarkt . Every year some 80 potters from across Europe meet up here to present and sell their objects including home and garden items, decorative pottery, home accessories, ceramic pottery, decoration, assorted pottery, jewelry and much more. The market is complemented by an exhibition on international ceramics art.
This year the Villach Keramikmarkt is held from Thursday, 24 May, to Saturday, 26 May 2007.
St. Veiter Wiesenmarkt
St. Veiter Wiesenmarkt in Sankt Veit an der Glan is Carinthia’s largest traditional funfair. For almost 650 years now the event has been held every last Saturday in September. Wiesenmarkt traditionally starts with a colorful parade through town in which all culture and heritage clubs of Sankt Veit participate. After the “messengers” has read out the market rules the 10-day festival finally starts. The market has lost some of its traditional character as the amusement park and party marquees have grown in size. Wiesenmarkt nonetheless still features large agricultural shows, animal markets, flea markets and antiquity markets. The spectacle attracts some 500,000 visitors from Carinthia and neighboring Italy and Slovenia.
Farmers’ Market at Kaiser-Josef-Platz
In Mediterranean-style Graz you always feel a little bit closer to the South. This feeling is especially strong on Kaiser-Josef Markt, a small and friendly farmers’ market where you can buy healthy and locally produced food such as meat, cheese, fruit and vegetables. Not to be missed is the culinary specialty of Styria: the highly esteemed “Kürbiskernöl” (pumpkinseed oil) which is made by pressing the roasted seeds of pumpkins.
Open Monday to Saturday from 6am to 1pm.
Farmer’s Market on Lendplatz
Local growers and producers come to the Farmers’ Market on Lendplatz to sell their fresh produce. In the summer a pleasant way of spending one’s afternoon is to sit in one of the shady beer gardens (e.g. at Gasthaus Lendplatzl) and watch the vibrant life and colorful goings-on of the market. Lendplatz has always been a popular meeting place for the Graz suburbanites who come for the market just as much as for the quaint inns.
The market is open Monday to Saturday from 6am to 1pm.
Grazer Fetzenmärkte
In Styria flea markets are called “Fetzenmarkt” (= rag market). It’s quite obvious where the name comes from but it would be wrong to believe that all you get is junk and old rags. Quite the contrary is true actually: old watches, china, small antiquities, lamps, antiquarian books and old picture postcards set collector’s hearts at flutter. Markets have been held here since 1749, the year Empress Maria Theresia granted the right to set them up, and meanwhile the largest flea markets have turned into veritable town fairs. And since neither browsing nor shopping are fun with an empty belly, breakfast is available form 5am. Later on food stalls open up selling roast pork, sausages, fried chicken and Kebab. Fetzenmärkte are always held at the Grazer Messe, Fröhlichgasse parking lot.
• Mittfastenmarkt: Fri, 16 March, and Sat, 17 March, 5am to 6pm.
• Portiunkulamarkt: Fri, 13 July, and Sat, 14 July, 5am to 6pm.
• Aegydimarkt: Fri, 31 August, and Sat, 1 September, 5am to 6pm.
• Andrämarkt: Fri, 30 November, and Sat, 1 December, 5am to 6pm.
