Last updated: 16.11.2023, 05:15 a.m.
By: Anna-Lena Kiegerl, Alina Schröder
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A video on the Internet shows the high prices at a Viennese Christmas market. Many people don't like that.
Vienna – As soon as November arrives, it becomes increasingly Christmassy. The Christmas markets open their doors again in various cities and entice with delicacies and warm drinks. However, some offers have it all: For example, mulled wine at a Christmas market in Vienna is said to cost a whopping 7.50 euros. Not a bargain.
Punch at the Christmas market for 7.50 euros: "We definitely won't pay for it"
The TikTok video of the profile "Wienliebe" shows a Christmas market that has not yet been opened. Nevertheless, price tags are already attached to the small stands. And this is exactly where the problem lies. A "Schilcher mulled wine", "Uhudler mulled wine", "Orange Havana punch" and also the "Lillet apple strudel punch" cost a proud 7.50 euros to 7.80 euros.
The majority of TikTok users are appalled by the prices presented in the video at the Christmas market in Austria. "If this year is skipped, at these prices it will be a loss. We definitely won't pay," one user commented. Another user remarked: "This year, everyone is walking around the Christmas market with a thermos flask."
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Mulled wine prices at Christmas markets have recently risen
However, there is also understanding for the increased prices: "When you consider that the rent costs extremely much for the time, it's understandable," says one user. According to an information brochure for stall operators, the fixed rent for a punch stand at the Christmas market at the Vienna City Hall amounts to 55,500 euros.
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The prices at a Christmas market in Vienna are met with incomprehension. © Screenshot/Tiktok/Wienliebe/Imago/Volker Preusser
As heute.at reports, however, the signs in question are not to be found on the Rathausplatz, but in the Christmas village on the university campus of the old AKH in Vienna. However, the deposit must also be added. This is not yet included in the 7.50 euros. But it can also be a little cheaper: Classic mulled wine and punch, on the other hand, cost "only" 5.40 euros at the same stand, while children's punch is available for 4.50 euros. But as a result, drinks have become more expensive again this year. In 2022, mulled wine still cost 4.90 euros and children's punch was between 3.90 euros and 4.50 euros.
In Munich, mulled wine caused discussion in 2022. Even in the Bavarian capital, the prices for the winter drink were very high – in some cases, visitors had to put up to ten euros on the table.
This article was created with the help of machine support and carefully reviewed by editor Alina Schröder before publication.