Step into the joy of christmas with the beautiful streets of vienna as your backdrop punch and chestnut stands draw customers with seasonal treats and stallholders get shoppers in the christmas spirit with handcrafted goods the christmas markets in vienna truly are an age old tradition the forerunners of the present day events date back to the middle ages when in 1298 albrecht i granted viennas citizens the privilege of holding a december market or krippenmarkt since then the character a