Global Challenges, Local Solutions: Vienna’s vision for arts and culture

Austria’s capital is the country’s most populous city with nearly two million citizens and famous for its musical legacy and architectural grandeur

Vienna City Data

Indicator Figure Source and Notes
Admissions: Cinema (Per year) 13,700,000 Film Industry Reports — Film Industry Reports
Admissions: Main film festival (Per year) 92,000 Vienna.at — Viennale Festival
Admissions: Theatre (Per year) 4,735,689 Vienna Annual Statistics 2014
Attendance (Estimated): Carnival/festival 2,700,000 Vienna Danube Festival
Attendance (Estimated): Carnival/festival (Percentage of city population) 141.00% Vienna Danube Festival
Average daily visits: Top five art exhibitions 20,785 Vienna Annual Statistics 2014
Book loans by public libraries (Per year) (Million) 5 Stadt Wien
Book titles published (Per year) 8343 Statistik Austria
Bookshops 470 Orf.at
Cinema screens 137 WKO
Cinema screens (Per 100,000 population) 7.13 Calculation
Cinemas 27 WKO
Dance performances (Per year) 57 Tanzquartier Wien
Education: Degree level & higher (Percentage) 23.00% Vienna Annual Statistics 2014
Festivals & celebrations 19 Stadt Wien
Film festivals 25 Research
Films given theatrical release (Per year, per country) 450 Film Industry Reports
Foreign born population (Percentage) 31.00% Stadt Wien
Foreign films given theatrical release (Per year, per country) 450 Film Industry Reports
Geographical area (Square kilometre) 415 Stadt Wien
Heritage & historical sites 9,900 Stadt Wien
Households 918,000 Statistik Austria
International students 170,842 Vienna Annual Statistics 2014, 2012/2013
International tourists (Per year as percentage of population) 413.00%
International tourists (Per year) 7,926,768 Stadt Wien
Libraries (Per 100,000 Population) 5.9 Vienna Annual Statistics 2014
Major concert halls 6 Vienna Tourist Board
Michelin star restaurants 12 Michelin Guide — (1; 2 & 3 stars)
Museums 56 Vienna Annual Statistics 2014
Music performances (Per year) 2,350 municipal event department Dep 36
National museums 14 Vienna Annual Statistics 2014
Nightclubs, discos & dance halls 100 Internal
Non professional dance schools 25 Die Wiener Tanzschulen
Other museums 42 Vienna Annual Statistics 2014
Percentage of national population living in the city 20.60% Vienna Annual Statistics 2014
Percentage of public green space: Parks & gardens 50.00% Stadt Wien
Population 1,920,949 Stadt Wien
Public libraries 85 Statistical Yearbook of the City of Vienna 2021
Restaurants 7,756 WKO
Specialist Higher Education Institutes: Private 4 Stadt Wien
Specialist Higher Education Institutes: Public 4 Stadt Wien
Theatres 85 Stadt Wien
Theatrical performances in theatres (Per year) 6,600 Municipal event department Dep 36
UNESCO World Heritage Sites 2 UNESCO — Zwei Welterbestätten in Wien: Innere Stadt und Schloß und Park von Schönbrunn. -
Visits to top five most visited museums & galleries 8,272,000 Statistik Austria
Working Age Popluation 1,247,307 Stadt Wien

City Data

  • 1,920,949 Population
  • 415 Area SQKM
  • 2 UNESCO World Heritage sites
  • 7,926,768 Tourists P.A.
  • 56 Museums
  • 85 Libraries
  • 13,700,000 Cinema admissions
  • 50.00% Green space %
  • 470 Bookshops
  • 170,842 International students

Key Facts

  • Vienna is one of Europe’s classical music capitals, having been home to Mozart, Schubert, Brahms, Mahler, Strauss, and Beethoven.
  • Cultural participation is the top policy driver for the city, which is committed to providing ‘low-threshold access’ for all its residents
  • As Vienna’s population continues to grow and people move out from its centre, leading institutions and key cultural players are extending their programming into decentralised areas of the city.

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