New Year's Day in Austria
Photo: Matthias Süßen · CC BY-SA 4.0
About
January 1 is a national public holiday across Austria. Salzburg's main Dom- and Residenzplatz Christmas market publishes reduced hours for its final day, while most shops remain closed.
Highlights
- National non-working day to start the year
- Final published day of the Dom- and Residenzplatz Christmas market
- Reduced market hours from 11:00 to 18:00
Practical tips
- Shops and most attractions close; public transport runs a holiday timetable
- The Christmas market on Dom- and Residenzplatz typically has its final day around Jan 1
- Restaurants book up for New Year's Eve dinner — reserve ahead
Other upcoming events
Assumption Day (Mariä Himmelfahrt) in Austria
August 15 is a national public holiday across Austria honouring the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, with herb-bundle blessings (Kräuterweihe) in churches and a quiet midsummer day off.
Austrian National Day (Nationalfeiertag)
October 26 is Austria's National Day and a national public holiday, commemorating the constitutional law on permanent neutrality adopted on that date in 1955.
All Saints' Day in Austria
November 1 is a national public holiday in Austria. Families visit and decorate graves with candles and chrysanthemums on All Saints' (and All Souls', Nov 2), filling cemeteries with light.