Fun and entertainment Vienna

It's one of the most endearing Lokals in Vienna. This nightclub and bar occupies an old synagogue. The music comes out of huge speakers. Every day new DJs come to mix different sounds. Around the circular zinc ring in the centre of the hall, the decor illuminated by overhead projectors changes every evening and throughout the evening. All in all a very lively spot, young and classy at the same time. One can rarely sit down in the evening. The address is discreet, no flashing sign at the entrance: aim for the arcades!

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A trendy and spacious address on two floors with large openings on the street and comfortable designer furniture. You can eat breakfast or menus on composite trays, bento or canteen style. Freiraum is a multiple and original spot, at the same time a traditional café with coffee and pastry, a bar to have an aperitif, a lounge café where you can relax, a restaurant where you can eat quickly or not, a cocktail bar. The clientele is varied in its styles and expectations. For an alcoholic evening, an intimate dinner, etc...

One of Vienna's best theaters, along with the Burgtheater, but without the Burgtheater's big crowds. This address is typical of the classic Viennese intellectual scene. The theater itself is a charming place. The building is nestled in the heart of the old Josefstadt district and has plenty of character. If you speak German, here's a scene to recommend, otherwise you'll still enjoy the atmosphere. You'll enjoy performances of classical and contemporary texts, always with an original approach.

No, it's not the French park dedicated to volcanism! We're a long way from Saint-Ours-les-Roches and the Puy-de-Dôme. Vienna's Vulcania is one of the darlings of the "Bermuda Triangle", particularly popular with students. This Lokal stands out for being quite comfortable and spacious, for a change. It's a friendly pub where you can watch the big soccer matches and choose from a wide range of beers and wines, as the sign at the entrance indicates. Vulcania is undoubtedly one of the most pleasant and lively bars in the area.

It is the largest nightclub in Austria, located at the foot of the Great Vienna Tower. Here the dancers are really partying and can move around on two levels and four dance floors, with twelve theme bars. The music is also there for all tastes: house, electro, trance, R'n'B and soul, hits from the 1970s to 1990, salsa and latino. There is also the sensational attraction of the "midnight metamorphosis": a gigantic laser show during which the two main dance floors are transformed into a dance palace.

This huge brick and metal hall is Vienna's oldest metal construction. Beautifully renovated, it has become a venue for a wide variety of events. For example, markets, trade fairs, design exhibitions, meals with live entertainment, gala dinners, giant screen projections, not to mention spectacular concerts with special effects and headliners, such as the one scheduled for October 2022 with The Cure. For 2024, concerts will include Gregor Meyle & Band and Cem Adrian.

The Badeschiff Wien, a huge floating bathing and relaxation area, combines two boats on the banks of the Danube Canal. Here, you can enjoy an almost seaside atmosphere. The decks feature a solarium with blue sea-colored deckchairs, a restaurant open until 10pm, a bar open from early morning, a swimming pool, a sun terrace for sunbathing and live music in the evening. Sometimes the deck is even transformed into a nightclub... An original water-based leisure site, much appreciated when the sun comes out!

One of the strongholds of the Third-Wave coffee culture, i.e. modern and trendy, far from the traditional culture of the hushed Viennese coffee. According to the principle of the genre, this address combines a roastery, a store dedicated to coffee and its tasting, and a café in the sense of a space to drink coffee. You can sit in a room with vintage-inspired furniture to taste original coffees and great vintages served according to the rules of the art.

One of Vienna's modern cafés, as opposed to the traditional Viennese version, Caffè Couture has been a great success, offering a wide range of coffee-related services in the city center. Located in a historic passageway, Caffè Couture is first and foremost a coffee roaster with the highest standards, both in the selection of its plantations and in the processing of its beans. You'll find everything you need for coffee, from percolators to cups. It's also the place to enjoy a fine vintage coffee with a viennoiserie.

It is reached by a pretty passage. This establishment is located in a paved courtyard of the XVIIIth century, all in length, lined with old-fashioned stores with their frontages uniformly painted in green bottle. One will appreciate the contrast of atmosphere between the peaceful terrace, where one comes to have a drink in summer, and the soberly "destroyed" room, where a hot drink will warm you up in winter. Nice menu of coffees, beers and pastries. You can also enjoy a homemade soup. Calm and relaxed atmosphere. Regular jam sessions.

Built in 1357 in the heart of Vienna, this palace was owned by several princes of the Palffy dynasty. It houses a Baroque hall adorned with strikingly beautiful paintings. Damaged during the Second World War, it has been carefully restored. Today, it is an ideal setting for cultural evenings. Its musical vocation is historic. The highlight of its history was the concert given by the six-year-old Mozart, accompanied by his sister "Nannerl". Mozart, Beethoven, Strauss and Schubert are still played here. Concerts and receptions.

It's the 23rd arrondissement's 360° café. Located on the 8th floor of the emblematic Danube Tower, built in 1964, the Turm Café rotates on itself at 170 m from the ground. Sit back and watch the whole capital go by while you sip your coffee and enjoy a pastry. And it's a real spectacle that unfolds before your eyes that you can't get enough of. This floor also houses a restaurant where you can eat every day at noon or in the evening. At night, with the lights of the city, the show is even more magical!

This is Ikea's greenest store. Inaugurated in autumn 2021 at Gare de l'Ouest, the elegantly planted, glazed cubes are open to the public on the roof terrace. Here, you can picnic in a warm, panoramic space, or enjoy a coffee and a sandwich at the rooftop kiosk. On the floor below, there's a restaurant and even the new Jo&Joe hotel. And, of course, you can shop at Ikea. And deer!

Church concerts are a classic in Vienna, and are particularly popular in summer for their freshness. This beautiful Baroque church offers an elegant setting and impressive acoustics for the chamber music concerts regularly performed here, featuring works by Mozart, Haydn, Schubert and Beethoven. On specific dates, the performers use historic instruments. Free seating and program included in ticket.

The house has been in existence since 1974. A true Kaffeehaus, the Dommayer is as remarkable for the quality of its service with an impeccable ballet of costumes and redingotes, as it is for its magnificent and delicious pastries. Very popular with the bourgeoisie, it also has an astonishing intergenerational mix, even if the majority of regulars are older people. The furniture and interior decoration are in harmony with the rest, and the whole thing breathes a bygone past, but one that everyone here seems nostalgic for. Pleasant terrace.

In a quiet alleyway between the Donaukanal and Stephansplatz, this cosy, classy lounge bar offers an impressive A to Z cocktail menu, from Aviation Cocktail to Zombi Cocktail to Long Island Ice Tea, all at reasonable prices. The atmosphere is calm and the clientele is made up of regulars. It's an ideal place to spend a quiet evening re-envisioning the world. There's a tiny terrace in summer, where seating is packed, but to compensate, cocktails can be taken away until 1am.

One of the highlights of Viennese nightlife in the Second District. Thick walls so as not to bother the neighbours and carefully designed architecture. Hip-hop, electro and techno are in the spotlight here. Young people and artists. Lots of atmosphere, lots of dancers. We don't come here to make tapestry but really to have fun. The DJs appreciate the sophisticated equipment and the clubbers appreciate the large stage and the lighting effects that help create a lively atmosphere.

One of those small Viennese cafés typical of the outlying districts, more intimate and less touristy than those in the city centre, known here as Vorstadt-Cafés. The Goldegg Café has been in existence since 1910 and is distinguished by its magnificent Art Nouveau bistro style. In addition to the refined wood panelling and the green lounge area, the billiard tables are also an attraction. The billiard tables are also attractive, although the games are played in a restrained manner. The chef's focus is on traditional, fresh and affordable bistro cuisine.

A cultural institution and a cosy bar in the 7th district. A large hall and a smaller one attracting a mixed population, mostly students. A relaxed atmosphere, slightly intellectual and bobo, with a very good choice of small dishes and drinks. Lounge atmosphere. In the basement, a club with good concerts or DJs. Suitable for coffee, dinner, having a good time, partying... The Wirr also has an address at the Brunnenmarkt, the only café with a market stall on Yppenplatz, with a very pleasant terrace.

This cultural café occupies a pleasant place, in front of the Saint Joseph church. It is a cosmopolitan and offbeat place. On the program: reading evenings and vernissages that engage and present heterogeneous artists, even folkloric ones. You will discover Romanian painting or Irish folk music. A deliciously bohemian address that offers a witty menu. Large choice of beers, wines by the glass, coffees, teas, lemonades. And for the small hollows, soups, salads, spaghettis, pierogis, garnished toasts...

We've been partying here since 1985. It's a fancy address with good company. The concert program explains the prices, but also the attendance, even though it is a small, simple and long hall overlooking the street. A crowd of regulars, more and more numerous as the night progresses, invests this constantly animated address. As the week goes by, the music changes: reggae, soul, funk, acid jazz, and jam sessions. An eclecticism that encourages encounters..

A pioneer and a cult venue! More than thirty years old, the U4 remains at the cutting edge of new trends. And yet, it's the place to dance to old hits... Prince, Sade, Grace Jones, Kurt Cobain with Nirvana, Courtney Love, Johnny Depp, David Guetta have all graced the U4 stage. Some came when they were already international stars, others launched their careers here. The atmosphere is guaranteed, with decibels, lights, smoke and plenty of customers. Come with your mates for a wild night out.

Time Travel Vienna takes you on a virtual journey to discover Vienna's history in eight stations in the vaulted cellars of the St. Michael's Cloister on Habsburgergasse. A 5D cinema recreates Roman Vienna, you tremble with disgust at the plague in Vienna with its rats, you tremble with fear at the second Turkish siege of Vienna in 1683, you rejoice in the love between Emperor Franz Joseph and his Sisi, you admire the courage of Maria Theresa, and in the ballroom it's Mozart and Strauss who liven up the party.

The Bricks is housed in a vaulted cellar on the edge of the Augarten garden. Here different DJs from Vienna come to perform daily to express their inclinations, their talents, their discoveries in a wide range of music. Theme evenings are regularly scheduled. It is thus a background of mixed music that one comes to hear here, marrying according to the evenings soul, funk, reggae, latino, afro... And it is a heterogeneous clientele that one meets there. The atmosphere is generally very friendly.

A café-restaurant on Ringstrasse opposite the MAK, Museum of Applied Arts, whose interior was redecorated by Oswald Haerdtl in the 1950s, but which has been in existence since 1904. This establishment is a real hit, and not just with coffee-lovers, and although it's spacious, it's hard to find a seat on one of its plush banquettes, especially on Sunday afternoons. A pianist plays in the evenings on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. If you can't find a seat, head across the street to the cosy Salonplafond im MAK.

The bakery has been in existence since 1860 and has numerous locations in Vienna. It was the first building to be constructed in the centre of the new Helmut Zilk Park, the green lung of the innovative Viennese districts that are springing up behind the Haupbahnhof. People come here for a coffee, a pastry or a sandwich at any time. At weekends, the park is one of the most popular green spaces for Viennese people, especially for families, who can enjoy a playground and a fitness trail made of wood.

An excellent opportunity to enjoy an exceptional environment for a break between two exhibition rooms. On the second floor of the museum, with your entrance ticket, you can make a charming stopover under the baroque rotunda of this historic and sumptuous building on a comfortable bench, for a coffee, a pastry, a snack, or even a real meal in privilege. Courteous service, services and prices identical to those charged "outside".

This refined restaurant, a fusion of China and Japan, enriches the landscape of the Naschmarkt, both culinary and visual, day and night. It is one of the latest trendy addresses, located on a street bordering the market. You will settle in a vast, high-ceilinged room with a chic design decoration and a pleasant atmosphere. You come here to have a drink or a quick coffee, breakfast or a snack at any time of the day. The restaurant is rather expensive, but since it is also a bar, a simple coffee can be enjoyed.

It's a bit of a bohemian café. It's not really to drink coffee that you go to Vienna's^1st district. The Art Deco-style Café Engländer sees a permanent parade of artists, creatives and advertisers rather than tourists. It's an authentic place to discover and a trendy address where you can appreciate the traditional Viennese café decor and elegant service. Here, you can enjoy a coffee topped with cream and a pastry, as well as a good breakfast in the morning while reading the press. Another address in Praterstern.

Founded in 1971, Vienna's prestigious Hofburg Orchestra regularly performs classical concerts in the magnificent halls of the former imperial palace in the first district of Vienna, the Festsaal or the Zeremoniensaal. For decades (since 1980), it has enchanted a varied audience with a program that runs throughout the year, from its first New Year's concert to the traditional Christmas concerts, including the famous Strauss & Mozart concerts held several times a month from May to October.

This opera house occupies a large historic building in the ^9th arrondissement, which it has used for over 120 years to present opera, operetta, musicals, classical concerts and ballets. A more accessible address than the Opéra National, with shows that are generally more modern, even burlesque, popular and affordable for audiences new to the subject. Special events are programmed for children and families around opera, operetta, classical music and dance.