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Wien Modern

29 Oct - 21 Nov 2009 (annual)

The Wien Modern contemporary music festival holds concerts in the Vienna Konzerthaus, Musikverein and other city venues. The festival brings a distinctive cutting edge to the capital of…

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Snow Leopards: Out of the Shadows. Steve Winter, USA, National Geographic Magazine. 1st prize Nature Stories. © Steve Winter, National Geographic Magazine

World Press Photo

30 Oct - 29 Nov 2009; not Mon

The World Press Photo exhibition heads for the WestLicht photography gallery in Vienna. In 2009, 196 award-winning photographs from across the globe capture the most powerful, moving and at…

Pet Shop Boys. Courtesy of CMP Entertainment

Pet Shop Boys

2 Dec 2009

Electronic dance music duo Pet Shop Boys are on an extensive tour on the back of the release of latest album, Yes. This date sees them perform at Vienna's Gasometer.

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Depeche Mode. Courtesy of Live Nation

Depeche Mode

3 Dec 2009

Doom-laden synth-rock gods Depeche Mode are on an extensive tour in support of latest album, Sounds of the Universe. This date is at the Vienna Stadthalle.

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Ben Hur Live

5 - 6 Dec 2009

An ancient arena is recreated at the Vienna Stadthalle for the production of Ben Hur Live. The show, which was 15 years in the making and coincides with the 50-year anniversary of the film…

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Voice Mania logo. © Voicemania Archiv

Voice Mania

6 Nov - 6 Dec 2009 (annual)

Vienna's Voice Mania is an international festival of song featuring everything from pop to beatbox via gospel. Around 40 soloists, quartets and choir ensembles from countries all over the…

Franz Ferdinand. Courtesy of SJM Concerts

Franz Ferdinand

11 Dec 2009

Arch funksters Franz Ferdinand head out on an extensive tour on the back of their latest album, Tonight. This date sees them bring their spiky guitars and dance beats to Vienna's Gasometer.

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Vienna Christmas Market © Kreitner & Partner

Vienna Christmas Market

14 Nov - 24 Dec 2009 (annual)

Every Christmas the Rathausplatz square is done up with trees, twinkling lights and decorations, and filled with wooden huts housing stalls. Try traditional Viennese Christmas treats like…

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The Kaiserball at the Hofburg © Österreich Werbung / Wiesenhofer. Courtesy of the Austrian National Tourist Office

Kaiserball

31 Dec 2009 (annual)

The Vienna Balls are seen as the epitome of glamour and decadence and present a perfect opportunity to waltz yourself into the stunning winter atmosphere of the city. The traditional opener is…

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New Year's Eve in Vienna, Fireworks in front of the City Hall © Österreich Werbung / Popp

New Year's Eve

31 Dec 2009 (annual)

Some 700,000 visitors turn out for Vienna's New Year's Eve celebrations - a New Year's Eve Trail that starts on City Hall Square. Large screens, stages, DJ sets and around 70 refreshment…

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Palmenhaus, Vienna. © phoenics.at

Palmenhaus

1 Mar - 31 Dec 2009 (various dates)

Set in the flower-strewn Burggarten in Vienna's Innere Stadt, the Art Nouveau Palmenhaus affords superb views of the Hofburg Imperial Palace through glass walls. Pull up a chair under the palm…

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The New Year's Day Concert at Vienna's Musikverein © Österreich Werbung / Lammerhuber, courtesy of the Austrian National Tourist Office

New Year's Day Concert

1 Jan 2010 (annual)

Strauss' waltz melodies played by the Vienna Philharmonic ring in the new year in the Musikverein's fabulous Golden Hall. Balloted tickets are allocated a year in advance. If you miss out, try…

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Impressionism - Painting Light

11 Sep 2009 - 10 Jan 2010

Vienna's Albertina gallery brings together around 170 impressionist and post-impressionist works. The Impressionism - Painting Light exhibition both celebrates the finished pieces and delves…

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Edvard Munch and the Uncanny in Art

16 Oct 2009 - 18 Jan 2010; not Tue

Vienna's Leopold Museum presents masterpieces by Munch and his contemporaries. Around 150 works by Munch, Ensor, Kubin, Schiele and others explore how the hidden depths of the soul were…

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Resonanzen

16 - 24 Jan 2010 (annual)

Resonanzen, Vienna's winter festival of early music, returns to Vienna Konzerthaus. Each year a series of concerts develops a different theme while the style of music, and instruments used…

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The annual splendour of the Vienna Medical Doctor's Ball (Wiener Ärzteball). Courtesy of Wiener Ärzteball photo, courtesy Wiener Ärzteball

Vienna Medical Doctor's Ball

30 Jan 2010 (annual)

It would be a shame to visit Vienna without a waltz at one of the city's renowned balls. The Vienna Medical Doctor's Ball (Wiener Ärzteball) in the stunning ballrooms of the Hofburg is famous…

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Time for another quadrille... HOSI

Rainbow Ball

Jan 2010 (annual)

Vienna's gay and lesbian community turns out for the Rainbow Ball in the elegant period ballroom of the Parkhotel Schönbrunn.

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Light and shade. Painting of the Viennese Biedermeier

10 Sep 2009 - 31 Jan 2010; not Mon

Karlsplatz Vienna Museum presents a broad overview of the art of the Biedermeier period (between 1820 and 1850), which was especially prevalent in Austria. Works include landscapes and…

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Dancers of the State Opera Ballet in formation. Courtesy of Gerhard Fally  Gerhard Fally

Ball der Wiener Kaffeesieder

5 Feb 2010 (annual)

A high point of Vienna's ball season is the Ball der Wiener Kaffeesieder (or more intriguingly perhaps, the Ball of the Viennese Coffee House Owners). The owners of the city's famous coffee…

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lya & Emilia Kabakov, Installation

1989. The End of History or Beginning of the Future?

9 Oct 2009 - 7 Feb 2010

Marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Vienna's Kunsthalle Wien explores the metaphors connected with such a decline in system and political upheaval. The exhibition…


Highlights

World Press Photo

WestLicht

30 Oct - 29 Nov 2009; not Mon

Pet Shop Boys

Gasometer

2 Dec 2009

Depeche Mode

Vienna Stadthalle

3 Dec 2009