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"Heya Girls!"
Half of Vienna has already jetted off on holiday, but you can still get that holiday feeling without travelling. It's supposed to get hot again in our favourite city this weekend. So on Sunday, you could escape to the water, for example on the wakeboard lift (photo). Or cool off in the city's underground. Or go for a walk in the treetops, bury your toes in the sand, solve historical murders in the city thanks to Augmented Reality, or plunge down the Danube Tower's on the worst slide, the highest in Europe, in a glass tube. I will pass on the latter, but a massage at the glamorous Aisawan Spa or a search for the secret code in the pleasantly cold Stephansdom are tempting options. You can discover all these ideas and much more in my brand-new book “Sonntag in Wien”. You can check out a reading sample here. You will find so many suggestions (including some unusual ones) that the 52 Sundays of the coming year won't be enough to try them all ;-) In any case, it will make Vienna feel like a holiday!
Wishing you a relaxed week,
Your CitySpotterGirl
Sonntag in Wien. Available in every bookshop and our web shop.
Photo: Wakeboard Lift
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| THURSDAY |
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| ...artauction |
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| Kamilla Bischof |
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SOS Mitmensch Charity Auction
Going once, going twice, going third – helped! Top art is currently on offer at the Dorotheum Charity Auction in aid of SOS Mitmensch's human rights work. Generous donations have already been made by the artists: 118 drawings, prints, paintings and photographs have been collected. They include drawings by Paul Flora, paintings by Thomas Baumann, works by Friedrich Erhart and vintage prints by Lisl Ponger. Bidding will be around 10% of the starting price. You can join the bidding online from the comfort of your own home – but only until today!
Dorotheum online for SOS Mitmensch. Bidding until 4 July. Web |
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| SU |
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Stock Sale: SU Handmade Jewellery
Some jewellery just screams summer, sea & sun-kisses. Take the lovely SU boutique on Josefstädterstraße, for example. Earrings, necklaces and bracelets are almost always unique pieces or part of a tiny series and handmade. The look: An exquisite mix of antique and modern, perfectly combining organic earthiness with elegance, Istanbul with Vienna and precious materials with semi-precious stones, freshwater pearls and enamel. Good news: these treasures are currently up to 50% off! It pays to be quick, because the offer is only valid while stocks last!
SU Handmade Jewellery, Josefstädterstraße 20, 1080 Vienna. Tue-Fri 10:00 to 18:00, Sat until 15:00. Web |
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| magdas LOKAL |
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Outdoors Sharing Dinner
Mhmm...just reading the menu makes your stomach grumble with delight! After having cooked with greats such as Haya Molcho and Konstantin Filippou, Asli Fincanci is back at the magdas Hotel as head chef and today she is letting her spoon dance through the cooking pots for a particularly fine gourmet event: a 4-course sharing menu! The food will be served at the large table in the hotel garden, with oriental delicacies ranging from vegan and veggie to meaty, such as miso-glazed aubergine steak, grilled baharat chicken and lime pudding. So delicious!
magdas LOKAL, Ungargasse 38, 1030 Vienna. 4 July from 18:30. 49 €. Please book in advance. Web |
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Thai Streetfood Festival
If your summer holiday is still a little way off – no problem, you can treat yourself to a cultural change of scenery in the middle of Vienna today. The Thai Streetfood Festival turns the Danube promenade into a miniature Thailand: Thai chefs serve street food specialities, there are exotic drinks, traditional Thai dance performances, fashion shows and folk music. What's particularly great is that anyone who wants to recreate the new flavour discoveries at home can take part in workshops on typical Thai cuisine – and it's free of charge!
Thai Street Festival, Donau-Promenade, 1200 Vienna. 5-7 July 10:00 to 22:00. Free entry. Web |
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| Susa Kreuzberger |
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Summer Sale Susa Kreuzberger
Now you gotta be quick! Fashion designer Susa Kreuzberger is currently offering up to 70% off her avant-garde eye-catching pieces! Since Corona has increased her need for colour, there are an unusual number of designs not only in black, but also in red, blue and turquoise. Particularly fancy: the dresses painted with graphic patterns and the light and airy silk robes! From the latest summer pieces to prototypes and real bargains from previous collections, there's plenty to stock up your summer wardrobe. On your marks, get set, go!
Showroom Kreuzberger, Kettenbrückengasse 20, 1040 Vienna. Wed-Sat 12:00-18:00. Web |
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| Belvedere, Wien |
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Belvedere 21 Summer Party
Art and a party are already a dream combination, but when outdoor and free admission are involved, there's practically no stopping you. Friends of art and bubbles will get their money's worth at the Belvedere Summer Party: guided tours of the exhibitions by Sonia Leimer, Tamuna Sirbiladze and Angelika Loderer, an open mic stage for texts, speeches, comedy and sound art, short film screenings in the Blickle cinema and so on and so forth. Away from the art, there will be DJ music and the opportunity to dance in the open air in the sculpture garden. Why only once a year, actually?
Belvedere 21, Arsenalstraße 1, 1030 Vienna. Freitag, 5 July, 16:00 to 23:00. Free entry. Web |
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| SATURDAY |
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| ...exhibition |
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| V&V, Wally Jungwirth |
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Hat Courage
Admittedly, they are not really that far in the front of the brigade of fashion accessories. Yet hats are so multifaceted and sometimes even have impressive transformation skills, as designer Wally Jungwirth demonstrates. Under her label thatsart, she creates hat models that can be folded flat and then return to their original shape undamaged! Also impressive: the designs from Sylvia Fedorova's bobbin lace collection, which are reminiscent of the ancient crowns of Egyptian queens. Both can currently be admired at Galerie V&V!
Galerie V&V, Am Bauernmarkt 19, 1010 Vienna. Wed-Fri 13:00 to 19:00, Sat 12:00 to 18:00. Web |
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| Kadampa Meditationszentrum Österreich |
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Open Doors in the Buddhist Temple
Today we will be taking seven-mile steps towards enlightenment and good karma ;-) The Kadampa Meditation Centre for Modern Buddhism is opening its doors for one day and invites you to ask questions, discover and meditate. First, spiritually interested people can take a guided tour through the premises of the meditation centre, then at 14:30 there is a joint meditation and then there will be a short talk on how to get through life happily and stress-free. And finally, coffee, tea and cake will surely warm your heart. All free.
Kadampa Meditationszentrum, Schleifmühlgasse 15, 1040 Vienna. 6 July 14:00 to 16:00 Free entry. Web |
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| William P. Gottlieb, CC |
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The Story of Jazz: Ella Fitzgerald
It's getting jazzy again today at the Metropol! As in Newport, Nice and Montreux, big names and up-and-coming newcomers from all over the world will be performing with the famous Kurt Prohaska Trio. Vocally and instrumentally. With a wide variety of line-ups, bands and acts and this year in honour of vocal sensation Ella Fitzgerald. Over the course of three days, this series of concerts will take you on a journey through the history of jazz and the different eras of the genre – today together with Bettina Krenosz, who will be performing Ella's highlights from the 1970s and 80s!
Wiener Metropol, Hernalser Hauptstraße 55, 1170 Vienna. 6 July 19:00. 30.50 €. Web |
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| SUNDAY |
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| ...newexhibition |
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| S. Hansen, Sagemüller/Meyer |
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Mapping the 60ies
Now the events on display are not as brand-new as the exhibition itself. Because “Mapping the 60ies” is based on the idea that many socio-political movements of the 21st century have their roots in the 1960s. Black Lives Matter and #MeToo, for example, are based on the anti-racist and feminist movements of the time, as are the current discussions about war and mechanisation. Like a creative history book, the exhibition uses artworks and publications to show the historical connections between events and artists. Fascinating!
mumok, Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Vienna. Tue-Sun 10:00 to 18:00. 10 €. Web |
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| In Good Shape Vienna |
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Pilates & Drinks at Indigo Hotel
Madonna, Miranda Kerr and Cindy Crawford have all long been Pilates addicts. No wonder, the secret of great charisma lies above all in a graceful posture, which is created by strengthening and mobilising the core and lower back. You can do the same as the VIP graces today with a Pilates session on the idyllic terrace of the Indigo Hotel. And afterwards: delicious drinks and socialising! PS: Please bring your own mat, and if the weather is bad, the body-tuning will be happening in the adjoining meeting room instead!
Indigo Hotel, Rechte Wienzeile 87, 1050 Vienna. 7 July 18:30. From 10 €. Web |
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| ...romance |
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| La Crêperie |
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Picknick by the Water
With the current temperatures, we’d like to move the dining room outside! To wooden jetties, stone terraces and lush greenery, for example. Because that’s right where La Creperie has settled down serving French cuisine – which romantics can also enjoy as a moonlight picnic with baguette and prosecco on a boat. There is also an optional 'royal' version with crémant, hors d'oeuvres platter, smoked salmon, roast beef, prawns and tete de moine. You can find even more inspiration for Sunday planning in the new book “Sonntag in Wien” (Sunday in Vienna) by your CitySpotterGirl!
La Creperie, An der Oberen Alten Donau 6, 1210 Vienna. Tue-Sun 17:00 to 19:30 or 20:00 to 22:30. From 65 €. Web |
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| MONDAY |
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| ...rooftop |
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| Philipp Lipiarski |
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Organics Sky Garden
Oh right, it's Monday again... If you would like to float a little longer in those carefree weekend vibes, we have just the go-to address for you: High above the rooftops, the Organics Sky Garden welcomes you once again with a wonderful panoramic view of Vienna. This green roof oasis is the perfect place to chill out, have a few drinks, marvel at the sunset and, if you get a sudden case of the munchies, stow away some bruschetta, parmigiana or prosciuotto burata pinsa until the beginning of September. This way, it's easy to forget that it's only Monday ;-)
Organics Sky Garden, Wipplingerstraße 2, 1010 Vienna. Mon-Sat 17:00 to 24:00. Web |
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| Tina Reiter, bytinksi |
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Sommer Rhapsodie
Admittedly, the ambience in the historic Liechtenstein Garden Palace is atmospheric in itself. But at today's festival opening, a real vocal giant will give you goosebumps: Together with Wolfgang Puschnig, the celebrated jazz singer Simone Kopmajer shines with musical fireworks. This year you can also look forward to performances by greats such as Birgit Minichmayr and Christoph Grissemann. Once again, you can feast in the idyllic ambience of the Hofkellerei, ranging from canapés and sparkling wines to a multi-course menu. Something for all the senses!
Palais Liechtenstein, Fürstengasse 1, 1090 Vienna. 8 July 19:30. From 59 €. Web |
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| TUESDAY |
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| ...exhibition |
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| Mischa Nawrata |
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The Last Days of Democracy
Creepy, ingenious and utterly fascinating! Ten years ago, to mark the centenary of the First World War, Deborah Sengl used 200 prepared white rats to stage 44 scenes from Karl Kraus's play The Last Days of Mankind. The artist reinterpreted the classic work, which captures the mood of the times very well, using the food-rats and drawings to bring an unsavoury past to life. Now these very same rats are back: 16 scenes from the original exhibition have been selected and brought up the present with texts by the writer Lydia Haider. A must see!
Jüdisches Museum, Dorotheergasse 11, 1010 Vienna. Until 29 Sept. Sun-Fri 10:00 to 18:00. 15 €. Web |
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| Open House Theater |
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Romeo & Juliet
Verona will be located in Währing until the end of July: Because in order to mark the 460th anniversary of William Shakespeare's birth, the most famous love story will be performed in the open air at Schloss Pötzleinsdorf: What if your first true love was someone you were supposed to hate? Romeo and Juliet, torn apart by the bitter separation of their parents, risk everything to be together. Will this spark a revolution or will the generation gap continue? You will learn the answer to this tonight in an original English-language version!
Schloss Pötzleinsdorf, Geymüllergasse 1, 1180 Vienna.9 July 19:30. 47.25 €. Web |
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| WEDNESDAY |
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| ...newexhibition |
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| Dieter Nuhr |
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Dieter Nuhr: Elsewhere is Everywhere
Dieter Nuhr is known to many as a cabaret artist, but it is less known that the humorous German also has artistic talent. From today, his photographic works and paintings, in which Nuhr's home region, the Ruhr, plays a central role, will be on display over 900 sqm at the Kunstforum. What’s special: The artist subjects his photographs and drawings to elaborate digital processing, robbing them of their uniqueness. This artistic alienation is Nuhr's way of exploring the duality of strangeness and familiarity, distance and proximity.
Kunstforum Wien, Freyung 8, 1010 Vienna. 10 July-4 August 15:00 to 21:00. Free entry. Web |
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| Dominique Zimmermann |
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Bees in the City
“And the bee that I mean ...” – well, in this case it's more like 450 very different black and yellow striped buzzers! Because that's how many bee species are at home in our favourite city. In today's guided tour with NHM researcher Dominique Zimmermann, those interested will be introduced to the projects researching the wild bee fauna at the Natural History Museum and can learn all about how science is focusing on conserving these important pollinators. A walk afterwards will also explore the potential of flowering areas in the city!
Meeting point: entrance hall NHM, Burgring 7, 1010 Vienna. 10 July 17:00. 18 € + 9 € guided tour ticket Web |
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| TALK OF TOWN |
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| Shop of the Week |
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| Justine Lepoix |
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Jana Wieland
Big news for fashion queens: Jana Wieland has opened her first physical store! On 33 square metres in Zollergasse, you can now not only find the typical shirt silhouette pieces, but also the new bridal fashion collection for the first time. And it is anything but classic white, but in the typical “bow sleeve shirt” look, in fairy-like sorbet colours and with lots of transparency, as casual as it is romantic. You can wear it again for other occasions after the big day. The bridal wear is also at the heart of the minimalist boutique, alongside metallic cabin curtains, and floats light as a feather from the ceiling. So magical and so Jana Wieland – we love!
Jana Wieland, Zollergasse 25, 1070 Vienna. Tue-Fri 12:00 to 19:00, Sat until 18:00.
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| smaier |
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Moriz
Finally, a fine address in the 15th district again! Or to be more specific: the best Topfengolatsche in years! The brand-new, modern Moriz confectionery bakery bakes exclusively - look here - vegan. The Punschkrapferl, meringue tarts, Mohnzöpfe and croissants are 100% organic and are freshly made in a huge bakery (neo-German: manufactory) and served in the adjoining café. Accompanied by a hot chocolate or a tasty Melange – that's the way to live. The young team, who describe themselves as sustainability nerds, have created a place that makes you want to make the journey to Äußere Mariahilfer Straße.
Moriz, Mariahilfer Straße 204, 1150 Vienna. Mon-Thu 7:00 to 17:00, Fri until 22:00, Sat 9:00 to 22:00, Sun until 20:00. Web |
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