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Step by step to the Viennese ball season!!

15. Jan

Annually the Viennese ball season will be held in January and February with lots of dancing and fantastic music. more details

Sand in the city

3. Aug

Beach feeling in the midst of Vienna! Sand in the city is one of the places to be in summer in Vienna. The location, which serves as an ice-skating rink during winter, is turned into a large beach as soon as the first rays of warm sunlight start showing in spring. There are several food stands offering food from all over the world, cocktails are ice-cold and yummy, chairs and sunbeds are inviting and there are even two beach volleyball courts. This year they also built a children’s playground to entertain even the youngest of visitors.

Sand in the city also organizes events. There is a lesson of Zumba every Thursday from 7 to 8 pm or a “cover me in sand”competition.

Admission is free of charge. Sand in the city is open daily from 2pm to midnight. You can reach it by tube U4 Stadtpark, exit Johannesgasse.

Address: Lothringerstr.22, 1030 Vienna

source photo: http://www.sandinthecity.at/neu/en/gallery ((c) Schiffl)

Film festival 2011

29. Jun

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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Styrian Spring Festival Vienna 2011

1. Apr

Styria, the state in the southeast of Austria, bordering Slovenia, has a tradition of hosting the “Styrian spring” festival in Vienna. From Thursday the 7^th of April through to Sunday the 10^th of April, the state represents its 17 districts and regions on Rathausplatz. There is always an interesting programme with Styrian music, typical Styrian specialities in food and drink as well as information about the regions, their tourism and attractions.

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