The Viennese year kicks off with sumptuous costumed balls in January and February. Classical music takes over in March with the month-long Spring Festival and Easter's OsterKlang Festival.
April 23, 2006 (Press Release) --
Events
The Viennese year kicks off with sumptuous costumed balls in January and February. Classical music takes over in March with the month-long Spring Festival and Easter's OsterKlang Festival. The Vienna Marathon is run in May, and the year's cultural highlight is the month-long Vienna Festival, featuring a wide-ranging program of the arts. Musical events pop up all over the city during the July-August KlangBogen Festival, Opera Film Festival and International Dance Festival. Trade fairs come to town in September, and October features the annual Viennale Film Festival. November's Wien Modern festival focuses on avant-garde music for a change, and the year winds up with the traditional Christmas market (Christkindlmarkt) held in front of the Rathaus.
Vienna's public holidays include 1 January, 6 January (Epiphany), Easter Monday, 1 May (Labour Day), Ascension Day, Whit Monday, Corpus Christi, 15 August (Assumption), 26 October (National Day), 1 November (All Saints' Day), 8 December (Immaculate Conception) and Christmas.
Activities
The rolling hills and marked trails of the Wienerwald are perfect for hiking. Tourist guides conduct around 40 different guided walking tours of the city, covering everything from Art Nouveau architecture to Viennese Jewish traditions. The Third Man Tour takes in all the main location spots used in the film, including the underground sewers that house more than 2 million rats. The Prater also has a wood with walking trails, and of course it's the place to go for a ride on the city's much-photographed Ferris wheel (Riesenrad). Cycling is a popular activity, especially along the banks of the Danube. There are plenty of swimming options, from indoor and outdoor pools to nude beaches on both banks of the New Danube (Neue Donau). Both the Old Danube and the New Danube provide opportunities for water sports such as sailing and rowing, windsurfing and water skiing.
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The Viennese year kicks off with sumptuous costumed balls in January and February. Classical music takes over in March with the month-long Spring Festival and Easter's OsterKlang Festival. The Vienna Marathon is run in May, and the year's cultural highlight is the month-long Vienna Festival, featuring a wide-ranging program of the arts. Musical events pop up all over the city during the July-August KlangBogen Festival, Opera Film Festival and International Dance Festival. Trade fairs come to town in September, and October features the annual Viennale Film Festival. November's Wien Modern festival focuses on avant-garde music for a change, and the year winds up with the traditional Christmas market (Christkindlmarkt) held in front of the Rathaus.
Vienna's public holidays include 1 January, 6 January (Epiphany), Easter Monday, 1 May (Labour Day), Ascension Day, Whit Monday, Corpus Christi, 15 August (Assumption), 26 October (National Day), 1 November (All Saints' Day), 8 December (Immaculate Conception) and Christmas.
Activities
The rolling hills and marked trails of the Wienerwald are perfect for hiking. Tourist guides conduct around 40 different guided walking tours of the city, covering everything from Art Nouveau architecture to Viennese Jewish traditions. The Third Man Tour takes in all the main location spots used in the film, including the underground sewers that house more than 2 million rats. The Prater also has a wood with walking trails, and of course it's the place to go for a ride on the city's much-photographed Ferris wheel (Riesenrad). Cycling is a popular activity, especially along the banks of the Danube. There are plenty of swimming options, from indoor and outdoor pools to nude beaches on both banks of the New Danube (Neue Donau). Both the Old Danube and the New Danube provide opportunities for water sports such as sailing and rowing, windsurfing and water skiing.
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