A rosy-cheeked young woman in a red checkered apron serves me mulled wine in a boot-shaped mug while a musical quartet in matching scarves, gloves, and beanies play “Silent Night” under a glittering ...

While most flock to Germany or Austria for their Christmas markets, another European country is home to a beautiful, hidden ...

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Austrians have spoken: some of the country’s most visited Christmas markets aren’t the ones you’d expect. Here’s where locals are heading this year.

Villagers in the Austrian village of Thal are begging home-grown Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger to pay for their ...

Traditionally in Austria, and elsewhere in Europe, it's not Santa who gives out the gifts but the "Christkindl" ("Christ Child"). And in the village actually called Christkindl, it's busy right now.

While good little boys and girls in America are preparing for St. Nick's Dec. 25 flyby, children in Austria are probably running for their lives because of Santa's not-so-jolly Christmas companion.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. VIENNA (AP) — Austria will allow skiing to ...

VIENNA, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Austria on Wednesday chose a middle way in its standoff with neighbouring countries on whether skiing over Christmas is safe, by letting resorts reopen on Christmas Eve but ...