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New era of tourism: Vienna presents the Visitor Economy Strategy 2025

22.10.2019 - Following on from the tourism concepts of recent years, the City of Vienna is now …

New Vienna museum: Albertina modern

11.09.2019 - In March 2020 the Albertina will open its second location, the Albertina modern. The new museum will focus on contemporary …

Photo gallery: Beethoven in Vienna

11.09.2019 - Ludwig van Beethoven moved to Vienna at the age of 22. The Austrian capital became the creative centre for the musical …

Vienna, the stage is yours: Inside the Opera

11.09.2019 - What makes Vienna Vienna? What is the essence of this world capital of music and culture? The uniquely Viennese …

Vienna, the stage is yours: a silversmith to royalty

11.09.2019 - What makes Vienna Vienna? What is the essence of this world capital of music and culture? The uniquely …

Thonet and the Viennese coffeehouse

06.08.2019 - Thonet’s Vienna coffeehouse chair is a design icon. The world-famous chair’s unique success story started 160 years ago. …

Vienna, the stage is yours: the sound of Vienna

06.08.2019 - What makes Vienna Vienna? What is the essence of this world capital of music and culture? The uniquely Viennese …

Vienna, the stage is yours: Where Holly met Harry

06.08.2019 - What makes Vienna Vienna? What is the essence of this world capital of music and culture? The uniquely …

Vienna, the stage is yours: Monumental social housing

06.08.2019 - What makes Vienna Vienna? What is the essence of this world capital of music and culture? The uniquely …

Away from the first district: Kettenbrückengasse

06.08.2019 - St. Stephen's Cathedral, Hofburg, Vienna State Opera: Vienna’s historic first district is brimming with sights …

The Vienna City Card just got even more flexible and attractive!

06.08.2019 - Vienna’s official city card added various new benefits in April 2019. The much-loved discounts …

Unrating Vienna

This week the Vienna Tourist Board is launching a new ad campaign entitled ‘Unrating Vienna’. The campaign follows on from the success of 2017’s daring ad …

Three stars for Vienna

03.05.2019 - Vienna has its first three-star restaurant: Amador was awarded three stars by the 2019 Main Cities of Europe Michelin Guide. The gourmet …

New arrivals on Vienna’s hotel scene

03.05.2019 - Lots of attractive accommodation options are coming onto the market for visitors to Vienna all the time. An overview of …

Bar stool summer

03.05.2019 - Vienna’s bar scene is booming right now. The summer season gets going with a number of new arrivals and an intriguing cocktail festival.

Major exhibitions in Viennese museums in the second half of 2019

March 2019 - Vienna’s top museums will be hosting a series of highly impressive shows once again in the …

News from Vienna’s culinary scene

March 2019 - There is always something going on in Vienna’s restaurant scene – as this overview of the latest arrivals confirms.

News from Vienna’s culinary scene

March 2019 - A wine bar on Naschmarkt, a specialist store for amateur bakers, a beer garden in a park, a number of establishments under …

Vienna 2019: the stage is yours!

March 2019 - Vienna's music, theater and exhibition stages enjoy an international reputation. Because Vienna distinguishes itself like no …

100 years of Red Vienna

March 2019 - For Vienna, the period from 1919 to 1934 was shaped by sweeping social reforms and large-scale housing construction projects. In 2019 a …

My Vienna: insider tips from Tamara Mascara

March 2019 - Vienna will host EuroPride from Jun 1-16, 2019. Ahead of the event, some of the top personalities from the LGBT …

My Vienna: Insider tips from drag queen Die Tiefe Kümmernis

March 2019 - Vienna will host EuroPride from Jun 1-16, 2019. Ahead of the event, some of the top personalities …

EuroPride 2019 in Vienna

March 2019 - Vienna is getting ready to host EuroPride for the second time. The Austrian capital will be the center of LGBT life in Europe from …

Tourism record for Vienna: Turnover grew twice as fast as bednights in 2018

23.01.2019 - Vienna’s hotels succeeded in growing their room revenues from January to No-vember …

News from Vienna’s museums

19. December 2018 - New openings, renovations, expansions: the capital’s museum scene never stands still. An overview of the most important …

Ice magic

19. December 2018 - This year the square in front of City Hall and the adjacent Rathauspark will once again be transformed into a gigantic ice rink for skaters of …

News from Vienna’s culinary scene

19. December 2018 - There is always something going on in Vienna’s restaurant scene – as this overview of the latest arrivals confirms.

Imperial emporiums

19. December 2018 - A select group of court-appointed purveyors supplied the imperial household during the time of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. A …

Photo gallery: cemeteries in Vienna

10. October 2018 - Because death is treated as an integral part of life in Vienna, funerals in the city tend to be particularly soulful …

Musical Advent in Vienna

10. October 2018 - Advent concerts at St. Stephen's Cathedral, trumpet recitals in the Annakirche church, gospel choirs and a star-studded festive …

Christmas in Vienna

10. October 2018 - Twinkling lights above the city’s streets, romantic markets on its squares: Vienna certainly knows how to get in the Christmas spirit …

A beacon of light in remembrance

10. October 2018 - The OT project will shine a light on the face of Vienna before the November pogroms of 1938. Light installations showing …

150 years of the Vienna State Opera

10. October 2018 - The Vienna State Opera will celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2019 with nine premieres. The highlight of the …

The season never ends in the world’s ball capital

10. October 2018 - The Viennese people’s love of glittering balls has been the stuff of legend ever since the Congress of …

New arrivals on Vienna’s hotel scene

10. October 2018 - New hotels are going up all the time in Vienna – around Hauptbahnhof, in the old town and in its booming new …

A bird’s-eye view of Vienna

10. October 2018 - The Vienna Tourist Board sent two pairs of eagles up into the skies to capture footage of the city from above: using VR …

Major exhibitions in Vienna in the first half of 2019

10. October 2018 - The female artists of Viennese Modernism, Christian Ludwig Attersee’s oeuvre and Vienna in …

Waltzing drag queens

10. August 2018 - The Viennese waltz’s star is in the ascendency – and not just among the straight crowd. There are plenty of ball events for the LGBT …

150 years of the Vienna State Opera

10. August 2018 - The Vienna State Opera will celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2019 with nine premieres. The highlight of the upcoming …

Culinary odyssey through Vienna’s vineyards

10. August 2018 - Each year, the Wiener Weinwandertag (Vienna Wine Hiking Day) provides a vintage opportunity to explore the …

Vienna Design Week 2018

10. August 2018 - Between September 28 and October 7, 2018 life in the capital will revolve around design. For ten days Vienna Design Week serves up …

Fresh design wind in the city

10. August 2018 - A great opportunity for shoppers looking for something special: in autumn 2018 the capital will host a design market …

A taste of the arts in the evening

10. August 2018 - Numerous museums in Vienna keep their doors open long into the evening, and some of them also provide special culinary …

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Away from the first district: Kettenbrückengasse

11.09.2019 - St. Stephen's Cathedral, Hofburg, Vienna State Opera: Vienna’s historic first district is brimming with sights …