Marching in ghoulish fashion at the beginning of December are the Perchten. They wear hand-carved scary masks, shaggy fur, and heavy bells to scare away winter.
These creatures are usually a pretty frightful sight, but this Sunday, you can brave a ‘family-friendly’ Perchten parade at Prater.
Free!
Recommended if you like:
wearing fur and horns, being devilish, runs where you don’t actually have to run, scaring the kids, harking back to your childhood to get in the Christmas mood, doing something a little different on a Sunday, dressing up in costumes, ancient traditions still being practiced
Other similar events you might be interested in
This Human World Film Festival 2024
multiple locations, check out website!
Wed. 27th Nov — Tue. 10th Dec
Adventzauber @ Heeresgeschichtliche Museum 2024
Thu. 28th Nov — Sun. 01st Dec
