The Vienna Festival’s music festival (9 May - 20 June 2010) is one of the traditional highlights of Vienna’s concert calendar, featuring top-flight international orchestras, world class conductors and soloists and great works.

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The approximately 5,700 artworks of the Leopold Collection include around one thousand watercolors. Due to their sensitivity to light, such works on paper cannot be exhibited frequently. Many of these artworks have not been shown at all since the Leopold Museum was opened in 2001. To celebrate the u ...
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Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663-1736) was the most important Austrian army general in history. In (1683) he arrived penniless at the court of Leopold I and in the same year started his brilliant military career at the Relief of Vienna during the Turkish invasion. Prince Eugene was a pivotal figure in t ...
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One of the hot spots of the city during summer is the Music Film Festival in the square in front of the City Hall. Operas and classical music films projected on a giant screen, free of charge. International culinary specialties at different stands (3. -11. 7. & 19. ...
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Thousands of professional dancers, choreographers and teachers from all over the world, come together, work together, for five weeks, in one city - ImPulsTanz. For 26 years, Vienna's International Dance Festival has been presenting a ...
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International Fair for Contemporary Art: Europe’s only international trade fair for contemporary art focusing on Central and Eastern Europe takes place for the 6th time in 2010 and is attracting an ever increasing group of fans. This includes private and institutional art ...
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During "Summer in the MQ", Vienna's Museums Quarter - one of the world's largest cultural areas - will present itself as an urban oasis of joie de vivre. Its spacious courtyards are a popular summer hang-out from early May until late September. In addition to art, culture, theater, music, ...
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The High School of equestrian art!
The Lipizzans are the oldest horses bred for representative purposes in Europe. The physique and forceful grace of these intelligent and lively horses bred from Spanish, Italian and Arab blood is particularly suited for the representative eq ...
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The city’s best venues become stages for jazz each summer, with performances at the Vienna State Opera, the MuseumsQuartier, City Hall and open-air concerts in the arcaded courtyard of the Vienna City Hall. Performances this year among many others from: Gilles Peterson,  Air, Al Gree ...
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Life Ball is Europe’s largest and most flamboyant charity event in the fight against AIDS. The opulent fashion show, which takes place before the ball at City Hall Square, is free and open to the public. Each year it attracts up to 40,000 spectators. On the occasion of the XVIII International ...
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