These Are the Most Beautiful Advent Markets in Lower Austria 2025

Advent in Lower Austria also offers a variety for all senses in 2025: Between historic castles, forest backdrops, cellar lanes, and Christkindl trains, a festive Christmas season unfolds for the whole family. Here is an overview:

Christmas Markets in Lower Austria: Traditional to Innovative

In culturally and historically significant and architecturally impressive settings, Christmas spirit arises - almost with a "guarantee of success": For example, at the Burgadvent Aggstein in the Wachau, as well as at the Flaming Christmas or the Sparkling Village Christmas along the Most and Iron Road to the Christkindl markets at castles like Grafenegg, Schloss Hof, Kottingbrunn, Marchegg, Reichenau or Weitra, there are excellent opportunities for this.

The winter nature in Lower Austria also provides a suitable "backdrop" for the Christmas magic. Found, for example, at the Advent Magic in the Kittenberger Experience Gardens, which runs with hundreds of thousands of magical lights and torches, Advent concerts, and programs for children and adults even until early January. Also at the Mountain Christmas on the Rax or in the Johannesbachklamm in Würflach, there are beautiful opportunities to let the landscape and nature take effect and to experience a calm introduction to the contemplative Advent season.

The pre-Christmas events in the cellar lanes, so typical for Lower Austria, like Hadres, in the Loamgrui/Unterstinkenbrunn, at the historic Kellerberg of Mannersdorf a.d.March or in Zipf, also spread a special flair. With fire pits, torches, handicrafts, typical culinary specialties from the region, mulled wine, and special wines to taste, you can enjoy a stress-free and delightful introduction to the Christmas season.

Advent Events to Join and Participate In

If you want to combine Christmas shopping not only with tea, mulled wine, and cookies but also want to make the gifts yourself, then Christmas events like crafting Christmas decorations, ceramics, and blacksmithing, up to sensory training for wine, are just right for you. In the Waldviertel, you can try out various businesses and their products made of wood, stone, textile, clay, and glass and also shop during the third Advent weekend at the Waldviertler Workshop Christmas.

The youngest can also unleash their creativity in the children's wood workshop at the Forge Christmas in Ybbsitz, where pyrography, turning, and crafting are on the program. At the Christkindl Market in the Theater Park Berndorf, children can head to the bakery. In Wiener Neustadt, a special Children's Advent with carousel rides, a visit from the Christkind, and many other magical experiences takes place at the main square this year. The Fairytale Advent like in Bad Vöslau or the Crib Museum in Vösendorf are sure to bring joy to children's eyes.

A special experience in the pre-Christmas season is also a special ride with the nostalgia train: The Wachaubahn takes guests to the Wachau Advent in Dürnstein, Austria's first and only floating Advent market. The Mariazellerbahn offers special rides with St. Nicholas and Krampus or as a Christkind train, with the Waldviertelbahn heading to the Litschau and Weitra Advent, and on December 24th, there is even a Christkind train. The Reblaus Express and Schneebergbahn also offer special rides around St. Nicholas and Christmas Day as Christkind trains.

Information and dates can be found in the free brochure "Advent in Lower Austria. Markets and Events 2025" and on www.niederoesterreich.at

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