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Dear friends of Austria and fellow travelers,

We recently took you on a tour of some of Vienna's most renowned cultural institutions, today we are exploring some exhibition highlights to look forward to this fall, a much anticipated museum reopening, as well as a beautifully curated itinerary that will introduce you to some of Vienna's lesser known neighborhoods and dish up some insider tips.

Talking about insider tips, completely unsponsored and unpaid - here are two of our personal favorites: We have probably talked about the "Granny Café" Vollpension before: some of the best cakes and the best vibes in all of Vienna! Here seniors can actively get involved in our society with a meaningful activity, find self-empowerment and increase their disposable income. It also creates a dialogue between young and old – because eating (homemade cake) brings people together. Another place that we highly recommend, because it is 1. a great hotel and 2. has an awesome mission: The magdas (likeit) Hotel Vienna City: They create purposeful jobs and offer a profound training program for people who had to flee their countries from all over the world to become professional hosts in the hotel industry. 

With warmest regards,
Sigrid Pichler & Helen Bitschnau

Managers of Public Relations
Austrian Tourist Office New York City
sigrid.pichler@austria.info 
helen.bitschnau@austria.info  
tel 212 575 7723 x 119 or x 112
www.austria.info 

   

Michelangelo and the Consequences at the Albertina from September 15, 2023 to January 7, 2024: Representation of the nude human form is a central theme in art. The Albertina is tracing the evolution of art via a curated selection of seminal pieces from the 15th to the 20th centuries. The starting point of the exhibition is preeminent Renaissance master Michelangelo, whose works inspired subsequent generations.

Louise Bourgeois at the Belvedere from September 22, 2023 to January 28, 2024: In its new solo exhibition, the Lower Belvedere will be showing – for the first time in Europe – the early painted works of Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010), who is considered the mother of the feminist avant-garde. The 1940s works of the Franco-American artist enter into a dialogue with her later sculptures, installations and graphics. 

Early in December 2023, the Wien Museum on Karlsplatz will reopen after a major refurb almost four years in the making. The Vienna city museum was not just extensively renovated, but significantly expanded, too: new highlights include a new “floating” floor, a beautiful public terrace, cafe and much more. The goal of the project – besides expanding the building and bringing it up to the state of the art – was to incorporate the surrounding area. A spacious glass pavilion has been added to the entrance area, while the plaza in front of the museum and a restaurant with outdoor seating on the ground floor (operator GMS Gourmet promises modern Viennese cuisine) looking out over Karlsplatz help to anchor the space in the local environment
Launching in February 2024, the first temporary exhibition to be held at the remodeled venue will be dedicated to the work of Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, the legendary Baroque architect who built Schönbrunn Palace and the Karlskirche (Church of St. Charles; right next to the Wien Museum). Starting on May 23, 2024, the exhibition "Secessions – Klimt, Stuck, Liebermann" will shed light on the secessionist movements in Vienna, Berlin, and Munich around 1900.

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Vienna is located in the heart of Europe and is known for its Imperial charm as well as its arts and creative industries. With our curated 3 Day Itinerary, we provide glimpses into the lives of Emperors and Empresses and take you from the famed Lipizzaner horses to late night music venues designed by no other than Jugendstil architect Otto Wagner. 

Art, culture, history, music - all of this calls for proper nourishment: not necessarily elegant, but typically Viennese, you need to head to a typical Viennese sausage stand. Just steps away from the Albertina museum we mentioned before and the Vienna State Opera is the Bitzinger sausage stand, widely held to be the city’s best – and your shot at feeling like a true local. Let's stick with the Viennese classics for a moment - sausage stands, coffeehouses, and Heurigen (wine taverns) - the trifecta of an ultimate Viennese culinary experience! Vienna is the world’s only major city producing its own wines within city limits - and most of it is consumed in Austria! Vienna's famed coffeehouses are more than just a place to get coffee and a snack. So much so that UNESCO awarded Viennese Coffeehouse Culture the Intangible Cultural Heritage designation.