Press Releases

8.5.
Vienna Tourist Board initiates design award for Vienna souvenir
Under the Vienna Tourist Board's new design competition, European Home Run, designers from six European countries have been invited to submit their proposals for a quintessentially Viennese souvenir for the very first time.
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3.5.
Summer of fashion
The various cultural institutions that call Vienna's MuseumsQuartiers (MQ) home will be pooling resources in the name of fashion from June 14-September 16, 2012. The MQ Summer of Fashion will bring fashion to life in an unprecedented exploration of the subject and its ties to art. A packed twelve-week program will feature exhibitions, films, performances, fashion shows, guided tours and expert discussions.
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24.4.
My Vienna
The inside line on the Austrian capital with Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, director of the MAK - Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art.
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19.4.
Prater Party
It didn't take long for Pratersauna to make the transformation from a down-at-heel sauna in Vienna's Prater park into one of the most popular club venues in the Austrian capital. The poolbar and Prater Unser festivals make it easy to see why Pratersauna is regarded as one of the best clubs in Europe.
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17.4.
Coffee capital
From June 13-15, 2012 Vienna will be at the heart of the coffee cosmos. SCEA World of Coffee will give trade experts and coffee lovers an insight into the latest industry trends. This festival of all things coffee also includes the World Barista Championship.
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12.4.
Major opera for minors
In Vienna, classical music is not just something for the grown-ups. Many of the capital's most popular cultural institutions now offer programs that have been specially adapted with young people in mind.
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5.4.
Vienna's art dealers celebrate Klimt
The Austrian capital's art trade will be marking the 150th anniversary of Gustav Klimt's birth in style. A series of special events in 2012 will pay tribute to the artist, who was a leading light in the Vienna Secession movement and a trailblazing pioneer of modernism.
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4.4.
Messing about on the river
Spring is the perfect time to discover Vienna's rivers and wetlands by boat: choose from the DDSG Blue Danube cruisers, the Twin City Liners or the National Park Boat.
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30.3.
Summer of contemporary dance in Vienna
Now in its 29th season, the ImPulsTanz Festival will showcase the latest in international contemporary dance and put the spotlight on the nation's own dance scene from July 7 to August 12, 2012.
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28.3.
Vienna and Trieste around 1900
Rudolf Kalvach was a painter and printmaker whose genre-spanning works straddle the line between art nouveau and expressionism. For the first time the Leopold Museum at the MuseumsQuartier will be devoting an exhibition (Fantastic! Rudolf Kalvach) to the artist's impressive oeuvre.
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22.3.
Land of milk and honey
It's hardly a secret that Vienna is an unusually green capital city. But most people won't be aware of the fact that somewhere in the region of 200 million bees can be found buzzing about the capital in the summer - a consequence of the ideal natural habitat that the Austrian capital can offer these creatures.
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14.3.
Life Ball #20
This year Vienna's Life Ball will celebrate its twentieth anniversary. Held on May 19, the charity extravaganza will play out under the banner of Fight the Flames of Ignorance in 2012.
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9.3.
Vienna Card price increase
The Vienna Card is Austria's best-selling visitor card. These rover tickets entitle holders to 72 hours' unlimited travel on the subway, bus and tram, as well as 210 discounts and special concessions at participating ventures throughout the city. In line with rising public transportation costs, the price of a Vienna Cards will increase to EUR 19.90 in May 2012.
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7.3.
Typically Viennese - Funeral Museum
Coffins and hearses as exhibits? It must be the Funeral Museum, which offers an unapologetic celebration of Vienna's much-vaunted morbid side.
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2.3.
Park delights
From May 11-13, 2012 Vienna's Stadtpark will be transformed into a culinary wonderland overflowing with specialty foods from all over Austria.
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28.2.
Live opera on tap
In April, May June and September the Vienna State Opera will broadcast selected opera and ballet performances live on a 50 square meter screen outside the opera house.
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22.2.
Visuals and VJs
The sound:frame festival brings together international visual producers, VJs, DJs, video artists, sound producers and media artists from all over the world. Set to enter its sixth year, sound:frame will play out in selected venues throughout the city this spring.
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17.2.
Luxury zone growing all the time
An extensive remodeling project is underway in Vienna's city center, which will extend the high-class shopping area of Graben and Kohlmarkt to Tuchlauben. A new pedestrian zone will also be created in the area in 2013.
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7.2.
Easter markets in Vienna
For two weeks Vienna's Easter markets will get people in the mood for Easter with arts and crafts and mouthwatering delicacies.
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2.2.
Highlights for wine lovers
A pair of events will raise the profile of wine in Vienna this spring. From March 14-17, 2012 the Palais Coburg will play host to a group of top winegrowers and leading gourmet chefs at the World Wine Festival. The following month, from April 20-21, 2012 the Viennese Wine Tours will give a look behind the scenes at some the city's leading wineries.
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1.2.
All change at the Liechtenstein Palace
From the beginning of 2012, the Liechtenstein Palace will cease its current museum operations. The palace will re-focus on events and pre-booked guided tours of the princely collections.
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25.1.
New record for Vienna: 11.4 million visitor overnights in 2011
Vienna's tourism industry can look back on an all-time best year in 2011: growth of 5% meant a new record level of 11.4 million visitor overnights for the Austrian capital.
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25.1.
Night at the store
Urbanauts is a new Viennese accommodation concept, converting disused stores into hotel rooms.
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19.1.
Museums packed with attractions for kids
Vienna's museums are cooking up more and more ideas to captivate their youngest visitors, from art workshops to children's guided tours.
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13.1.
City of Klimt
Austria will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of one of its most famous sons in 2012: Gustav Klimt (1862-1918). There will be more works by this genius painter and modernist pioneer on show in Vienna than ever before during this special jubilee year. Countless special exhibitions throughout 2012 will give art lovers unprecedented access to this artist's prolific output.
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10.1.
Green jubilee
The City of Vienna's municipal gardens department will celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2012 with a special display at the Kagran School Gardens (Gartenbaumuseum) and a two day celebration in the Stadtpark.
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