If you're planning a winter city break in Croatia, here is everything I would actually want to know before going, from the best Advent locations and what to eat to where I would stay, how much public transport costs and why I keep recommending one particular hotel.

Vienna in Advent is one of those places I keep coming back to. Literally. I have visited Vienna countless times over the years, I even spent part of my Erasmus here, but somehow, the city feels different every November when the Christmas markets start popping up across its squares. There is something very Viennese about Advent here. The imperial buildings, the coffeehouses, the narrow streets of the historic centre, the smell of roasted chestnuts and cinnamon, and, of course,