Alter Platz

The oldest square in the city and the heart of the pedestrian zone: it has no regular shape but widens and narrows like a street, opening onto Renaissance arcaded courtyards that are a defining feature of Klagenfurt's old town. The square is home to the Plague Column and the Old Town Hall, built around 1600, whose courtyard contains a fresco of Justice. This is a place to wander without a plan — the historic core lies between the ring roads and is easily explored on foot.