International Day at Modul Tourism College

On Thursday the 29th of March, the annual International Day will take place at Modul Tourism College. This event is a charity event, organized by international hotel management students who usually try to present their nations’ culture, history, facts and of course food and beverage specialties.

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Vienna’s ball season 2012

Vienna is not only known for its coffee culture, Sachertorte and the Lippizzaner, but it is also popular for the many glamorous balls.

More than 300 take place each year from November to March when the city of waltz enjoys long nights in luxurious surroundings. The highlights of the ball season take place in January and February offering programmes for the young and the older generations.

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Cocktail City Tour

On the 24^th of November 2011 a cocktail tour around the city will take place in Vienna. Starting at 7pm you can visit several bars in the 4th, 5th and 6^th district and consume one free cocktail in each of them, all with only one ticket. The cocktails are high quality drinks; most bars also offer non-alcoholic cocktails.

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The “Wiener Wiesn”

The “Wiener Wiesn” is a sort of Octoberfest-Viennese style.

Lebkuchen hearts, steins of beer, Austrian traditional clothes Dirndl and Lederhosen, folk and pop music is what you will get, but also the little something Viennese that comes with it: exquisite Viennese cuisine and of course Viennese wines!!!

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Open air cinemas Vienna

Summer in Vienna is just as exciting as going on holidays. There are numerous events taking place that can make every summer day a very special one. Vienna’s open air cinemas are part of them. There are lots of locations that show films outdoors, choose whether you prefer to sit on the roof of the main library, in front of Rathaus or close to the Danube. Here is a list of Vienna’s open air cinemas and links to the films they show (many of them are shown in the original version with subtitles=OmU). Enjoy your warm days outdoors!!

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Film festival 2011

One of the best places to be in Vienna during summer is the film festival at Rathausplatz. Starting on July 2^nd it will attract thousands of people over the following weeks, providing an “outdoor cinema” free of charge(!) with classical dance-and music films as well as operas on a large video wall just in front of the beautiful scenery of Rathaus. Several films are shown every evening, starting as soon as it gets dark enough and only if it does not rain.

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Summer Night Concert

A special insider tip for our guests!

On the 2^nd of June 2011 the open air Summer Night Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra will take place at the gardens of Schönbrunn Palace. The concert is at free admission and you can enjoy a fabulous event at a beautiful and unique ambience. This year it will be conducted by Valery Gergiev, the Artistic Director of the Mariinski Theater in St. Petersburg. The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra wants to show everybody the beauty of classical music with this concert.

Date: 2^nd of June 2011, 9pm

Place: Schloss Schönbrunn, Schlosspark, U4 stop: Schönbrunn

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author: Anna

Vienna Stadtfest

The city festival Vienna will take place for the 28^th time this weekend. From May 27^th to May 29^th there will be all sorts of events, programmes and shows all over town. “Experience the city” is this year’s theme.

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The Vienna Life Ball

This Saturday, May 21^st, the Life Ball 2011 will take place in Vienna. “Spread the Wings of Tolerance” is this year’s theme, trying to illustrate the invisibility of the HI Virus, as well as of air. Air is one of the 4 elements that have been part of each year’s theme at the life ball.

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Pop-festival Vienna

From the 5^th of May to the 8^th of May 2011 the Pop-festival Vienna will take place in front of the Church of St. Charles (Karlskirche). 41 young and individual musicians will show their music projects. For this year’s opening they have invited a special guest: Skero. He is famous in Austria for his song “Kabinenparty”. This year he will perform with a big band of 15 people and he’ll present a new musician from the Austrian pop-scene, Lylit. 

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