A Festive Guide to Vienna’s Enchanting Easter Markets

Classic Easter decorations and beautifully decorated eggs, food treats and lots of music are on offer at Vienna’s Easter markets in April. There are all kinds of fun things for children to enjoy at Easter.

Vienna not only impresses visitors with fantastic Christmas markets at the festive time, Vienna also welcomes visitors of all ages to its Easter markets. The following guide has a choice of Vienna’s top Easter markets for you to visit, which can make the time sweeter for you and your kids in the run-up to Easter.

The Easter Market before Schönbrunn Palace is one of the most romantic Easter markets. The many exhibitors provide all types of culinary delights as well as beautiful Easter decorations and handicrafts against the baroque setting of the Palace. There is much entertainment for kids at the Easter Market before Schönbrunn Palace: a straw labyrinth, two boules courses, a carousel, a Ferris wheel, a children’s railway and the popular traditional handicraft workshop.

Each year, on the Old Viennese Easter market at Freyung, a quite charming old square in the Old City, the largest egg tower in Europe is constructed using approximately 40,000 hand-painted Easter eggs. There are also numerous Easter specialties ranging from the Osterpinze Easter bread to the roast Easter lamb, handicrafts, floristry and for the very little ones a creative Easter workshop and a Kasperl stage (similar to Punch & Judy). The musical entertainment at the Old Viennese Easter Market starts daily at 4.30 pm.

The Am Hof Easter Market is also completely devoted to Easter traditions with skillfully decorated eggs and flower arrangements, and also has nice handicrafts as well as substantial food. Not only can you look forward to the different goods sold by the booth holders at this Easter market, but also bask in the charm of Vienna city center on a pleasant day.