{"id":9085,"date":"2014-06-04T19:32:12","date_gmt":"2014-06-04T19:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/?p=9085"},"modified":"2014-09-16T20:08:10","modified_gmt":"2014-09-16T20:08:10","slug":"viennas-naschmarkt-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/viennas-naschmarkt-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Vienna’s Naschmarkt"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Back to Austria briefly, for a quick trip to the Naschmarkt…<\/p>\n

As I have divulged before<\/a>, \u00a0I have a slight obsession with food markets. \u00a0Typically, they are one of the first things I research before visiting a new place… \u00a0 Apart from showing you how passionate (or not) its citizens are about all matters culinary, quite often they are the heart (or should that be belly?) of a city too, \u00a0and whilst tourists do of course flock to them, the main client\u00e8le is usually local…<\/p>\n

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Don’t think children are averse to spending time in them either (although I imagine mine think a trip to a Food Market \u00a0all part and parcel of any travels that we make), they usually love these colourful bustling places – especially in more exotic countries where there’s all manner of curious things to inspect\u00a0(square\u00a0melon<\/a> anyone?)\u00a0but also in child loving nations closer to home, where clever traders present our offspring with all manner of delicacies in the hope that their parents will be persuaded to buy something (we usually are!), and Vienna’s Naschmarkt is definitely a place they did well out of…<\/p>\n

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The Naschmarkt originated in the 16th century. \u00a0The name is thought to have been derived from the German word for Ash (of the tree not cigarette remnant variety!) – buckets of which were used for transporting milk back in the day – and it has evolved to be the huge market that it is today, with over 120 stalls offering a vast range of produce, from all manner of spices to seafood, flowers to cheese, amazing regional wines, and of course plenty of wurst! \u00a0 It stretches an impressive 1.5 kilometres long – even longer on a Saturday when the popular flea market pitches up.<\/p>\n

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It’s not just about the produce here either, the Naschmarkt contains many a decent Viennese restaurant and (especially in summer months) once the stalls have packed up for the day, the bars and restaurants rule the roost, and this place is lively up until that final plate has been cleared away, and the last wine glass has been washed…<\/p>\n

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If time doesn’t allow for a lengthy sit down meal, do recharge your batteries at the ever popular Neni<\/a> for a bowl of freshly made humous a giant would struggle to finish, bedecked with crispy warm pita breads. \u00a0And afterwards might I suggest you sample a glass of prosecco, some beautiful regional wines, or if you are there later in the year maybe some Sturm (a speciality known as\u00a0Federwei\u00dfer\u00a0down this way – wine still in the fermentation process) at one of the many market wine stalls… <\/span><\/p>\n

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\nThe Naschmarkt is definitely a Vienna must see… \u00a0 Here’s how I feel about the entire city<\/a> in a cup!…<\/span><\/p>\n

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Vienna’s Naschmarkt: Wienzeile 1060, Wien \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 www.wienernaschmarkt.eu<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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