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When the weather dips to freezing temperatures and snow is on the ground, there is still a place in Vienna where you can bring your children for hours of entertainment. The BOGI Park is the largest indoor playground in Austria, a paradise for kids ages 1 to 12 – and even kids at heart! Located in Gutheil-Schoder-Gasse, the 5,000 square meter amusement park is fun in capital letters. The idea behind the play park is to let the children experience as much physical fun as possible and that can be seen with the plethora of entertaining activities and features. […]

For fans of the theater culture in Vienna who would love to soak up on the history of the performing arts in the city, there is the Osterreichisches Theatermuseum, the Austrian Theatre Museum in the Baroque Palais Lobkowitz. Opened in 1922 at the Austrian National Library, the vast collection of theater memorabilia housed in the museum dates back to the 17th century. It was only in 1979 when the museum was transferred to the Palais Lobkowitz after being acquired by the government. In 2001, it was integrated as a branch of the Kunsthistorisches Museum. […]

It may seem odd to some but there is a museum that is dedicated to a 1948 British film that starred an American actor and showed the gritty side of post-war Vienna. […]

With over 100 museums in Vienna, visitors will definitely be able to explore different facets and genres of art. One of them is the School of Fantastic Realism which was a movement that started in Vienna in 1946. The genre followed Surrealism but it was a combination of techniques of Old Masters and the use of religious and esoteric symbolism that set it apart. The movement was founded at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, all students of Professor Albert Paris von Gutersloh. […]

The first landscaped garden in Austria still maintains its proud place near the Vienna Woods as a haven for relaxation and fun outdoor activities. Also called the Black Mountain Park, the 80-hectare park is located in the 17th district of Hernals along the Neuwaldegger road. It was built in the 18th century by Count Franz Moritz Lacy along with a row of luxury chalets on the Hameau. It was originally known as the Lacy Park and was during its time the largest landscape garden in Europe. There was a Chinese pavilion and a “Garden of Eden” along with other landscape garden features. […]

A time-honored tradition in Vienna and most awaited by classical music lovers worldwide is the Neujahrskonzert, or the Vienna New Year’s Day Concert performed by the Vienna Philharmonic. Started in 1939, the concert was originally held on New Year’s Eve and was called Auserordentliches Konzert (or “extraordinary concert”). The only music pieces performed then were from Johann Strauss II and conducted by Clemens Krauss. The Vienna Philharmonic initiated the classical music concert at a time when Austria needed a source of inspiration and hope for a better tomorrow. […]