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Antiques, Auctions and Markets DIRECTORY

Many districts in Vienna have their own markets – and a few antiques. The price quoted Speciality Shops Interiors Books Steffl
Kärnter Strasse 19.
have several – where you can buy arts and crafts, food, is probably not the price Maria Stransky Albin Denk Frick International Map 6 D3. Tel 930560.
flowers and imported and second-hand goods. The city is also that you are expected to pay – Hofburg Passage 2. Graben 13. Map 2 D5 & 5 Schulerstrasse 1–3. Tostmann
known for its Christmas markets, popular with locals in the it’s usually assumed that you Map 5 C4. C3. Tel 5124439. Map 6 D3. Tel 5126905. Schottengasse 3a.
will bargain.
evenings. If you are interested in antiques and bric-a-brac, For better­quality hand­ Tel 5336098. Augarten Heck Map 5 B2. Tel 5335331.
it is worth looking in both the specialist antique shops and crafted goods, head to the Petit Point Spiegelgasse 3. Kärntner Ring 14. Map 4 Antiques
the main auction house. The Naschmarkt, Vienna’s main food Spittelberg market (see p119) Kärntner Strasse 16. Map Map 2 D5 & 5 C3. E2 & 6 D5. Tel 5055152.
4 D1 & 6 D4. Tel 5124886.
market, is packed with bustling ethnic stalls and a mix of near the Volkstheater. Here Tel 5121494. INLIBRIS Gilhofer Edith Stöhr
cultures, making it the perfect place for browsing. artists and craftspeople sell their Pirker Lebkuchen Backhausen Rathausstrasse 19. Stallburggasse 2.
own products rather than mass­ Stephansplatz 7. Map 2 Kärntnerstrasse 6. Map 1 C5. Tel 40961900. Map 5 C3. Tel 5128973.
produced factory goods. This is E5 & 6 D3. Tel 5123433. Map 4 D1 & 6 D4. Shakespeare & Co Kovacs
Antiques Food Markets a fashionable and attractive part R Horn’s Wien Tel 2852 5020. Sterngasse 2. Map 2 E5 & Lobkowitzplatz 1. Map 4
Vienna is justly famous for Between the Linke and Rechte of Vienna and, although the Bräunerstrasse 7. 6 D2. Tel 5355053. D1 & 5 C4. Tel 5879474.
its antique shops. Most are Wienzeile, the Naschmarkt market is small, you are likely to Map 5 C4. Tel 5122507. Gans
located in the Stephansdom (see p142) is worth visiting find gifts to take back home. Steiff Brandstätte 1–3. Newspapers and Kulscar
Spiegelgasse 19. Map 4
Quarter and along Schön­ even if you don’t buy anything. There are also small galleries Bräunerstrasse 3. Map 4 D1 & 6 D3. Periodicals D1 & 5 C4. Tel 5127267.
brunner Strasse, where stock Exotic fruit and vegetables, and cafés where artists exhibit Map 4 D1 & 5 C4. Tel 5333560.
ranges from valuable antiques notably Greek, Turkish and their works. Tel 5124896. Gunkel Morawa Sonja Reisch
to second­hand goods. The Asian specialities, crowd the The Kunst und Antikmarkt Tuchlauben 11. Map 2 D5 Wollzeile 11. Map 2 E5 & Bräunerstrasse 10.
Dorotheum (see Auctions), stalls and are piled high in Am Hof is the place to buy Witte Zauberklingl & 5 C3. Tel 5336301. 6 D3. Tel 5137513450. Map 5 C4. Tel 5355215.
the Kunst und Antikmarkt the shops. It is a fascinating exquisite antique paintings, Linke Wienzeile 16. Clothes and Auctions
and the Floh markt (see place to wander around and books and coins. Intricately Map 3 A4. Tel 5864305. Ostovics Accessories
Artisan Markets) should not observe life. Open all year designed stone, clay and Music Stephansplatz 9. Map 6 Dorotheum
be missed. Jewellery and round, it acts as a meeting porcelain vessels, Asian artworks D3. Tel 5331411. Bally Dorotheergasse 17. Map
antique paintings can be point for people of different and wooden toys are also Arcadia Schloss Augarten Graben 12. Map 5 C3. 4 D1 &5 C4. Tel 515600.
particularly good finds. nationalities who come to buy available here, while rustic stalls Kärntner Strasse 40. Map Obere Augartenstrasse 1. Tel 5130550.
The Vienna silver specialist and sell fruit and vegetables, sell delicious sausages and beer. 4 D2 & 5 C5. Tel 5139568. Map 2 E2. Tel 21124200. D’Ambrosio Markets
is Kulscar, which is also a good tea, herbs and spices. The Doblinger Zur Schwäbischen Jasomirgottstrasse 6. Antiquitätenmarkt
place to go for bronze section near the Karlsplatz Festive Markets Dorotheergasse 10. Jungfrau Map 6 D3. Tel 533041623. Donaukanal-Promenade.
sculptures and porcelain. contains the more expensive Map 5 C3. Tel 515030. Graben 26. Map 2 D5 & Denkstein Comfort Map 6 F2. Open May–
If you are interested in old Viennese­run stalls. These Christmas markets in Vienna are 5 C3. Tel 5355356. Stephansplatz 4. end Sep: 2–8pm Sat,
jewellery, gold and other gradually give way to colourful very special, the most famous of EMI Map 6 D3. Tel 5127465. 10am–8pm Sun.
antiques, Edith Stöhr is worth stands stocking a range of all being the Christkindlmarkt Kärntner Strasse 30. Food and Wine Alt Wiener
a visit. For larger pieces, try international treats. (see p66) held in front of the Map 4 D1 & 6 D4. Flamm Christkindlmarkt
Sonja Reisch on Bräunerstrasse. In addition to the exotic Rathaus. Attractions vary from Tel 5123675. Altmann & Kühne Neuer Markt 12. Freyung. Map 2 D5 & 5
Map 5 C4. Tel 5122889.
Kovacs by the Palais Lobkowitz food stalls, you will see Czechs year to year, but there are always Gramola Graben 30. Map 2 D5 & B2. Open 17 Nov–24 Dec:
has perhaps Vienna’s finest selling hand puppets, Russians sideshows, decorated trees, Graben 16. Map 2 D5 & 5 5 C3. Tel 5330927. H&M 9:30am–7:30pm daily.
antique furniture, as well as selling Babushka dolls and per formances on a temporary C3. Tel 5335034. Julius Meinl am Graben 8. Map 2 D5 & 5 Bauernmarkt
decorative pieces focusing on Turks with stalls piled high stage and lots of stalls, as well Jewellery Graben C3. Tel 0810909090. Freyung. Map 2 D5 & 5
the Art Nouveau period. with clothes. The market is as a workshop for making Graben 19. Map 2 D5 & Hämmerle B2. Open 9am–6pm Fri
also a good spot for late­night Christmas presents and baked Heldwein 5 C3. Tel 5323334. Mariahilferstrasse 105. & Sat.
revellers to feast on highly goodies. Items for sale include Graben 13. Map 5 C3. Map 3 A3 & 5 A5.
Auctions Christkindlmarkt
spiced fish snacks in the early honey cakes, beeswax candles, Tel 5125781. Wein & Co Tel 5336053. At the Neues Rathaus.
Opened in 1707 as a pawn­ hours of the morning. Christmas decorations and Jasomirgottstrasse 3–5. Hartmann Map 1 C5 & 5 A2.
broker for the “new poor”, and Food lovers should not miss various crafts, although the Juwelier Wagner Map 6 D3. Tel 507063121. Singerstrasse 8, Corner of Open Mid-Nov–24 Dec:
Kärntner Strasse 32.
appropriately called the Armen the farmers’ market known as main attraction is the joyous Map 4 D1. Tel 5120512. Zum Schwarzen Lilieng. Map 6 D3. 10am–7pm daily.
Haus (poor house), Vienna’s the Bauernmarkt. A whole atmosphere. It is especially Kameel Tel 5121489. Kunst und
Dorotheum is now the city’s range of organic country magical at night when Köchert Bognergasse 5. Antikmarkt Am Hof
most important auction house. produce is on sale here on everything is lit up. Neuer Markt 15. Map 5 C3. Tel 5338125. Kettner Map 5 C2. Open Mar–
Plankengasse 7.
In 1788 it moved to the site of Friday and Saturday. The Alt Wiener Christ- Map 5 C4. Tel 5125828. Map 5 C4. Tel 5132239. Nov: 10am–6pm Fri & Sat.
a former convent called the kindlmarkt (see p66) at the Schullin Gifts
Dorotheerkirche, which Freyung is a smaller affair. Kohlmarkt 7. Knize Naschmarkt
contained an altarpiece Artisan Markets Two weeks before Easter there Map 2 D5 & 5 C3. Österreichische Graben 13. Map 2 D5 & 5 Map 3 C2. Open 6am–
dedicated to St Dorothea – Antique markets and arts and is also an Easter market here Tel 5339007. Werkstätten C3. Tel 5122119. 6:30pm Mon–Fri,
hence the name. This is an crafts markets are fairly new to with a large selection of blown Kärntner Strasse 6. Loden-Plankl 6am–6pm Sat.
interesting place to browse, and Vienna, but the Flohmarkt (flea and hand­painted eggs. Other Glassware Map 4 D1 & 6 D4. Michaelerplatz 6. Many of the listings have
since buying is not restricted to market) at the end of the Christmas markets take place J & L Lobmeyr Tel 5122418. Map 5 C3. Tel 5338032. multiple branches. Shops
auction times, you can often Naschmarkt (see p142) and in the Spittelberg area, Schloss Kärntner Strasse 26. Swarovski Paul Vienna will be happy to provide
purchase items over the the Antiquitätenmarkt are Schönbrunn, Karlskirche, Map 2 D5 & 6 D4. Kärntner Strasse 24. Kärntner Strasse 14. information of their
counter. It has other branches established hunting grounds Heiligenkreuzerhof and on Tel 512050888. Map 6 D4. Tel 3240000. Map 6 D4. Tel 5129523. nearest branch.
dotted around the city. for second­hand goods and Maria­Theresien­Platz.

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