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Popfest at Arena
Yep, the Popfest can take place! But in an unusual way: the former addendum “at Karlsplatz” is not quite right this year. The music festival moves halfway to the Arena and will be very colourful! Today alone, the indie poppers Buntspecht play there alongside the Femme DMC rapper Dacid Go8lin and the 80s beats of Zack Zack Zack alongside the poetic folk singer Anna Mabo. And so it goes, until everything will come to a crescendo again on Sunday at Karlsplatz. Let's see how well it all works out. In any case, such cool music festivals have been sorely missed!
Arena, Baumgasse 80, 1030 Vienna. 22-25 July 18:00. Free. Web
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Clearance Sale at ESCA Shop
The two graphic wonder-siblings from Esca have long since designed their way into CitySpotterGirl’s heart (see Shop laudation). But now the prizes are tumbling for 3 days, as well! Many of their cool and playful fairytale and animal print textiles are reduced by up to 50%! Naturally, all pieces are hand-printed, available in cosy organic cotton quality and great colours. Coffee drinkers take note: enamel cups with small glaze defects are also available at a reduced price of minus 30% – ready for the camping holiday, the hiking tour or the morning coffee. So nice!
ESCA, Lange Gasse 19, 1080 Vienna. 21-23 July 12:00 to 19:00. Web
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„Auf Wiedersehen, Kinder!”
It was an adventurous life: They way Ernst Papanek gave hundreds of Jewish refugee children a home in shelters near Paris more than 80 years ago and saved not only their lives but also their souls with his revolutionary reform pedagogy is impressive. CitySpotterGirl’s daughter Lilly Maier, now an author and historian, has created an impressive memorial to the forgotten Viennese and is reading from her work in the park today. An immensely optimistic book that shows that with courage, dignity and love you can totally “just save the world “, after all!
Wanda-Lanzer-Park, Phorusgasse, 1040 Vienna. 22 July 18:00. Free entry. Web
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FRIDAY |
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...finedust |
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Joanna Pianka |
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Dust Chambers at MQ
Attention, misleading! The two pop-up balloons that you can enter are by no means dust catchers, on the contrary: they are completely dust-free rooms! Every half minute or so, the air in the installation is completely exchanged by means of a fan and nanotextile. Life without air pollution is unimaginable in big cities like Vienna – here you can experience what it would be like. The organiser is the Dusts Institute, a mixture of research platform and art space. Soon there will also be “Dust Collection Walks” to find out what fine dust is in the air and where.
MuseumsQuartier, Hof 2 Fürstenhof, 1070 Vienna. 23 July 16:00 to 22:00. Free. Please register. Web
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Trial training at Boxschmiede
Boxing is brutal, bloody and only for men – just prejudices? Boxing clubs like the “Boxschmiede” want to put an end to this and also give women the chance to discover this sport for themselves. Twice a week, the club offers a special “women's boxing” session, where nobody gives you stupid looks or offers unnecessary comments, but where you simply have fun moving and practising strength and stamina – boxing is quite a demanding whole-body sport. Today there's a free trial training session, you don't need any equipment except sportswear.
Boxschmiede, Neubaugasse 31/9, 1070 Vienna. 23 July 8:45 to 10:00. Free. Please register. Web
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Hidden Stars
Look, a shooting star! On clear nights, you can see the Great Bear even in Vienna. Other stars and constellations are very rarely or never seen in Austria because they are in the southern sky. These “hidden” star formations will be explored today in the Zeiss Planetarium on the edge of the Wurstelprater. Specifically, under the guidance of astronomers, you’ll travel to the southern hemisphere, where there are constellations such as the “Southern Cross” or the “Centaurus”. Those who want to learn more about fascinating celestial phenomena such as star clusters and dark clouds must also go.
Planetarium Wien, Oswald Thomas Platz 1, 1020 Vienna. 23 July 18:00. 9 €. Web
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SATURDAY |
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Depot Deko Day
Ever stood in a shop and thought: that's pretty, but I could just do it myself? Yes, we can! Today, you can make your own flower wreaths and other stylish decorative arrangements at home accessories retailer Depot. The staff members at the store are skilled in creative decorating and will pass on tips and tricks: today at the G3 shopping centre, just outside Vienna, and at the branch on Mariahilferstraße on 29 July. Making your own table decorations etc. means prettifying your living space without much effort – very nice!
Depot Filiale G3, Wilhelm-Hornbach-Straße 1, 2201 Gerasdorf. 24 July 11:00 and 15:00. Free. Web
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Full moon boat ride at the Old Danube
Finally there’s something for the romantics among us – in hopefully nice weather, you can fully indulge in your feelings and take a boat ride at the Old Danube in the evening air and under the full moon. The boat hirers will extend their opening hours so you may sail to the most romantic places until shortly before midnight. Hopefully in nice company and definitely with a bottle of Prosecco because that is included in the price. There are sailing boats, rowing boats, electric boats and paddle boats available for the nightly trip. Aloha oe!
Alte Donau, between water park and Gänsehäufl, 1220 Vienna. Make reservation for a boat! 24/7 20:00. Web
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Tini Trampler |
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Tini Trampler: La Die Gaga Project
La Die Gaga is a chansonnière (actually a chicken) who retells patriarchal music history with her queer musicians. Men often write songs “for” women. Nice in theory, but quite often rather hilarious. Tini Trampler shows this in her variety show of musical, Viennese song, pop and chanson. As “La Die Gaga” she takes the male patriarchy in light music for a ride and puts it under the microscope. She covers songs written for the singer's sweetheart, deliberately stumbling over clichés and criticising cemented gender roles. With humour. Ha!
Muthsamgasse, 1140 Vienna. 24 July 20:00. Free entry. Web
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SUNDAY |
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Haeferl |
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The eventful lives of dead women
Falco, Qualtinger, Schubert or Schnitzler – when you think of Austrian celebrities buried at Vienna's Central Cemetery, you usually start with the men. Wrongly so, as Elke Papp knows. The city guide invites you on a historical walk in the footsteps of famous women who have found their final resting place here. The actress and “most beautiful woman in the world” Hedy Lamarr, Austria's first female architect Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky or Johanna Dohnal, Austria's first female minister, are on the programme. It's about time to commemorate these women!
Meeting point: Zentralfriedhof, 2nd gate, 1110 Vienna. 25 July 16:30. 16 €. Please register. Web
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Oska
It's rare that mainstream radio stations and indie listeners agree. But the soft folk-pop of the musician Oska is currently played on Ö3 as well as on FM4! Oska's real name is Maria Burger and she comes from Waldviertel. She came to Vienna to study music and sing in the streets, and in 2020 she signed her first record deal with the Canadian label Nettwerk – and has long been able to fill concert halls with her sound that's somewhere between Regina Spektor and Feist. She got her stage name from her brother, who has the same name, but with an “r” at the end.
Floridsdorfer Brücke, at the school ship, 1210 Vienna. 25 July 18:30. Free of charge. Web
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TUESDAY |
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Jules Stipsits |
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Familie Lässig
Familie Lässig is the Austrian version of a supergroup. Where else do so many stars get together to make music out of sheer fun! Manuel Rubey, Clara Luzia, Gunkl, Cathi Priemer as well as Gerald Votava and Boris Fiala play their originally interpreted and always wittily moderated songs from hits to pop with a lot of charm. Another characteristic of a real supergroup: the Familie Lässig often play only one concert a year! This summer they will be performing on Viktor Gernot's stage in the Prater for one evening. Really very cool.
Praterbühne, Prater 121, 1020 Vienna. 27 July 7:30pm. 35-45€. Web
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Puzzled
Xenia Laffely's artworks almost didn't make it to Vienna – they were stuck behind the cargo ship “Ever Given” in the Suez Canal. Just before the exhibition opened, however, the Swiss-born artist's embroidered images of selfies and screenshots did arrive, after all. Laffely, who is exhibiting in Austria for the first time, wants to make the digital world haptic. This is also done by her Austrian colleague Susanna Flock, in whose video installation artificial intelligence made flesh tries to survive in our world. Fascinating and well worth seeing!
Kunstraum NÖ, Herrengasse 13, 1010 Vienna. Until 31 July, Tue-Fri 11:00 to 19:00, Sat until 15:00. Free. Web
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Shop of the Week |
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Commone |
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Vintage Commone
A paradise for friends of high fashion with a slim(er) purse! The small shop is jam-packed up to the ceiling – you won't find any baggy second-hand fashion here, but selected pieces by Fendi, Versace, Kenzo, Moschino, Dior etc. For a Gucci bag or a special Burberry coat, you may easily spend a few hundred euros here. But owner Arian Alexander Commone’s goal is to make vintage fashion accessible to everyone, offering much cheaper items, as well. Plus, Commone also provides – super convenient – style advice to make sure you find just the right piece.
Vintage Commone, Hofmühlgasse 20, 1060 Vienna. Tue-Fri 15:00 to 20:00, Sat 12:00 to 18:00, Sunday on request. Web
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Wiener Chic
New and delightful: this little coffee house not only tempts its guests with seductive French sweets and coffee from Costa Rica, but also with elegance and style. A very long time ago, there used to be a glove factory situated here called Wiener Chic – and the young owners have extensively renovated it and turned it into a gem. The boss's wife happens to be an architect, what luck ;-) Now you can eat eclairs, lemon tarts, macarons and mini-cheesecakes in style and take a baguette with nuts or perfect croissants with you afterwards. So chic!
Wiener Chic, Schönbrunner Straße 58, 1050 Vienna. Mon-Fri 7:00 to 19:00, Sat 8:00 to 18:00, Sun until 14:00. Web
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ABOUT US
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