A New Era for Vienna’s City Museum
Reopened in 2023 after a major city-funded renovation, the Wien Museum blends architectural preservation with bold expansion. A ‘floating’ concrete cube adds two new floors of exhibition space, while.
Culture Summer Vienna: Making summer culture accessible to all in Vienna
Kultursommer Wien (‘Culture Summer Vienna’) is a city-funded open-air festival offering free, high-quality performances across Vienna’s neighbourhoods. With a EUR 4 million annual budget, it supports fair pay for.
Foto Wien: Strengthening Vienna’s cultural infrastructure
Foto Arsenal Wien is a publicly funded institution dedicated to contemporary photography and lens-based media. Following a EUR 3 million renovation of a historic building in the Arsenal complex,.
From market to melting pot: how Brunnenpassage builds community through street culture
Located in one of Vienna’s busiest street markets, Brunnenpassage stages around 400 events and 100 projects a year that are geared towards acclimatising newcomers to the city.
Where art, politics and social change converge in Vienna: WUK performing arts
WUK performing arts is a programmatic area of the WUK: a state-funded art and culture hub spanning 12,000 square metres in an ex-locomotive factory in Vienna’s eighth district, which.
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Culture Without Disciplinary Divides
‘Interdisciplinarity’ has become the new normal for Vienna’s cultural agenda. Theatres host fine art exhibitions and museums put on live concerts as Vienna embraces a creative.
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A new open-air arena on the banks of the Danube will fill a gap in dedicated summer public events by hosting classical Music and Opera concerts year round.
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A city for all: Vienna’s vision for inclusive cultural participation
To encourage more access to Vienna's cultural offerings, The Kulturpass offers socially disadvantaged people free admission to numerous cultural institutions.
Vienna
With nearly 30% of its current residents born outside of Austria, Vienna has become an attractive destination for expatriates, owing to its robust public resources, engaged public, and overall.