Hauptplatz

 

 

Built in the Middle Ages as a trapezoidal market square, the Hauptplatz was the centre of public life. And it still is. There is the town hall, the seat of the mayor and the city administration.

All trams of Graz stop there. The major shopping streets lead to the square. And crowded around the monument to Archduke Johann, there are numerous sausage stands ("Würstelstände") where people like to stand together to have some Krainer or frankfurter sausages with horseradish and mustard, and a pleasant chat.