Vienna enchants in Autumn 2019

From walks and hikes in the Autumnal Vienna Woods, visits to wine taverns and music events, to a magical world of lights at the Vienna Christmas World on Rathausplatz – that s how diverse the city on the Danube can be in Autumn and early winter. Exhibitions, festivals and Advent markets do what they know best to thrill bon vivants in Vienna.

Release time : 2019-09-12 14:01:47

source : www.vienna.info

From walks and hikes in the Autumnal Vienna Woods, visits to wine taverns and music events, to a magical world of lights at the Vienna Christmas World on Rathausplatz - that's how diverse the city on the Danube can be in Autumn and early winter. Exhibitions, festivals and Advent markets do what they know best to thrill bon vivants in Vienna.

September and October are high season for Viennese wine. The harvest is over, and the "Junge Wiener" of the current vintage is poured in the simple 'Buschenschenken' wine taverns of the wine growing towns on the edge of the city, as is the "Wiener Gemischter Satz". This specialty, which was even awarded the DAC seal of quality in 2013, involves growing the grapes of at least three different white wine varieties and pressing them together. The delicious wines can normally be enjoyed in a wine tavern with hearty home-made food from the buffet. Just as hearty is the food at the Wiener Wiesn-Fest, which runs right next to the Giant Ferris Wheel (September/October) - with beer tent and lively dance music.

At the Albertina, the focus has been on a comprehensive shows of the work of Albrecht Dürer as well as the Austrian painters Maria Lassnig and Arnulf Rainer. The Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna focuses on the brilliant Renaissance artists Caravaggio and Bernini (from mid-October). The Leopold Museum presents Richard Gerstl from the end of September and German ism from mid-November. At the Bank Austria Kunstforum, the focus is on the work of Pierre Bonnard in “The Color of Memory” (“Die Farbe der Erinnerung”) (from mid-October) And the MAK - Austrian Museum of Applied Arts/Contemporary Art presents Otto Prutscher as “Universal designer of Vienna Modernism” (“Allgestalter der Wiener Moderne”) (from mid-November) as well as “Thonet and modern furniture design” in “Bentwood, versatile” (“Bugholz