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Europe has many wonderful old traditions, and one of them is the Christmas market.

The December market in Vienna is recorded since 1298, but Innsbruck was actually founded as a market in a field already in 1133 and it could be argued that the December market here would... Read Full Overview

Europe has many wonderful old traditions, and one of them is the Christmas market.

The December market in Vienna is recorded since 1298, but Innsbruck was actually founded as a market in a field already in 1133 and it could be argued that the December market here would... Read Full Overview

Europe has many wonderful old traditions, and one of them is the Christmas market.

The December market in Vienna is recorded since 1298, but Innsbruck was actually founded as a market in a field already in 1133 and it could be argued that the December market here would... Read Full Overview

Innsbruck was founded as a market place in 1133 when the Counts of Andechs bought a field on the left bank of the Inn, today St. Nikolaus. Innsbruck was an important trading post on the Brenner Pass route to Italy some 30 km south, the easiest crossing of the Alps. As part of... Read Full Overview