You must try the Food Festival. Bring your appetite- there is great food. Great music and very…read moreinternational feel. I love yo Austria!

Another win for Vienna! Man I really don't mind paying my…read moretaxes to a city that puts on events like this. Just outside the historic and beautiful Karlskirche is a four day mini pop festival with numerous live acts performing throughout the day and night. Plenty of place to chill out and watch the music and enough food and drink stands to quench your thirst or satiate your appetite and NO ENTRANCE FEE AT ALL! Like Charlie Sheen Vienna is WINNIG!

Christmas markets in Vienna are amazing. There are so many food, drink, and souvenir options at…read morethese markets.

Louis R loves traveling to Europe to hit up local Christmas markets…read more Louis R ate local fare and drank local ales at this packed AF Christmas market. Louis R loves that this Christmas market is unlike the 2,846,359 Christmas markets that proliferate through Vienna. Louis R bought all kinds of Christmas gifts for his beautiful friends back home. Louis R will be back.

Hirschstetten Blumengarten Adventmarkt is my favorite Christmas Market in Trans-Danubia Vienna…read more These beautiful gardens are a long way from my home but I did just manage to get over to them today before the holiday market closed for the season. I wanted to see the Christmas dioramas displayed in one of their greenhouses which are always so amazing. This year they were all constructed to the theme of well-known Weihnachtslieder (Christmas Carols). They were really creative ... and colorful. The food and craft stands as well as the other decorations and lights at the Hirschstetten Gardens Christmas Market are all fine without being on the unique side. But I did love the piano at the entrance to the gardens. Totally cool. Tip - You can go in one entrance to the gardens (front or rear) and out the other - no need to retrace your steps. There is public transit at both entrances to whisk you back to the Underground lines. This is Vienna!

The Festival der Nationen (Festival of the Nations) is one of my favorite Fests in Vienna. Why?…read more Because it has the best and most varied food offerings of any of Vienna's festivals. Food from small countries all around the world are served here with many a smile. Such diverse countries that are not ordinarily represented well on the Viennese culinary scene turn up at this appetizing smorgasbord. You will have Armenian food next to Cambodian treats next to Macedonian snacks next to native Bolivian preparations. And if that is not enough you move on to Benin eats or Paraguayan BBQ or specialties from Kurdistan. Yes all these foods and more are here and priced fairly. And of course I shouldn't forget the music and dance cultural performances taking the stage throughout the day. The Heeresgeschichtliches Museum (Military History)where all this takes place is gratis on this Sunday as well. A truly unique highlight of this festival is seeing all the outdoor cannon in front of the museum (once used in war) now being used for either tables for eating or climbing apparatus for the kids! Indeed the festival of the Nations is something to look forward to each year in Vienna!