2020 “Vienna's the City, the Place to Become the Top of the Line.”
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2020 “Vienna’s the city, the place to become the top of the line.” – Billy Joel – er ernitz Wu fan te d/S Boar urist To enna Vi © o ienna.inf .v www 2 Monika and Sylvester Levay and Gayle Berry- Zöchbauer granted us an exclusive look at their private apartments. They live in famous tourist destinations: Schönbrunn Palace and the MuseumsQuartier. We went to see them and talked about what it was like to live in a monument! And we have another special feature story for you: have you ever looked at a bee hive at close quarters? We will treat you to a fascinating insight into the colorful world of Vienna’s honey bees. And we tell you why these insects are so important for the city. And if bees could talk, they would surely agree that Vienna is the world’s most livable city. Dear reader, If anyone still needs convincing, in this Vienna Journal we share ten good reasons why the city deserves the title. It’s not for nothing that in 2019 There’s music in the air. And there is no better air the international consultants at Mercer named the for it than in Vienna, the Capital of Music – this was Austrian capital the most livable city in the world also clear to Ludwig van Beethoven, who selected for the tenth year in a row! In another coup for the Austrian capital as his new home in 1792 before Vienna, respected UK magazine The Economist rising to stardom in the city. 2020 will mark the named us ‘The World’s Most Liveable City’ for the 250th anniversary of his birth. To this day, Vienna second year in succession. continues to attract some of the world’s most Simply turn to our events page to find out just talented musicians. Because our music schools, how nice winter in Vienna can be. conservatories and universities, with the mdw – You can look forward to a publication brimming University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with stars of all sizes and surprising insights into leading the way, are among the very best in the the city – and to your next trip to Vienna, which is world. And for those who have already achieved hopefully coming up some time soon. global recognition, there is nothing better than performing in the city’s magnificent opera houses and concert venues. International stars Billy Joel, Hans Zimmer, Yuja Wang and Joshua Bell all share this exclusively with us – and do not hold back with their declarations of love for the city either. Sigmund Freud was – and still is – a superstar who made his most important intellectual breakthroughs in the city, writing ‘The Interpretation Norbert Kettner of Dreams’ here which first appeared 120 years Managing Director, Vienna Tourist Board ago. In this edition of the Vienna Journal we take a look at the new Sigmund Freud Museum and the new Austrian Netflix series ‘Freud’, which will be available to 148 million account holders around the world from spring 2020. Published by: Vienna Tourist Board, Invalidenstrasse 6, A-1030 Vienna, www.vienna.info · Editor-in-chief: Robert Seydel · Texts (in alphabetical order): Susanna Burger, Karoline Gasienica-Bryjak, Helga Gerbl, Susanne Kapeller, Angelika Lechner, Stefan Müller, Robert Seydel, Julia Zangerl · Edited by: Renate Hofbauer · Photo research: Elisabeth Freundlinger · Produced by: Hermann Höger, Irmgard Steiner · Image production: Julia Forst · Art direction and layout: seite zwei · Final layout: Kreativ · Evelyne Sacher-Toporek · Printed in Austria by Ferdinand Berger & Söhne GmbH No liability accepted for errors or omissions. Content subject to change without notice. Copy deadline: September 2019 Picture credits Cover Billy Joel: © Stefan Wuernitzer Page 2 Norbert Kettner: © Vienna Tourist Board/Peter Rigaud Page 3 See corresponding pages Page 4 Billy Joel: © Stefan Wuernitzer Page 5 Hans Zimmer: © Stefan Wuernitzer · Yuja Wang: © Stefan Wuernitzer · Joshua Bell: © Stefan Wuernitzer Page 6 Beethoven bust: © Innenansicht, chapter “vermachen”, 2017, photo: Klaus Pichler © Wien Museum · Wiener Symphoniker: © Vienna Tourist Board/Peter Rigaud · House of Music: © Vienna Tourist Board/Paul Bauer · Collection of Historic Musical Instruments: © Vienna Tourist Board/Paul Bauer Page 7 Beethoven Museum: © Vienna Tourist Board/Paul Bauer · Beethoven portrait: Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven, ca. 1901, Julius Schmid © Wien Museum · Theater an der Wien: VBW/© Peter M. Mayr Page 8 Volksgarten: © Vienna Tourist Board/Christian Stemper · Tram: © Vienna Tourist Board/Peter Rigaud · Drinking fountain: © Vienna Tourist Board/Paul Bauer Page 9 Alte Donau: © Vienna Tourist Board/Paul Bauer · Vienna University of Economics and Business: © Vienna Tourist Board/ Christian Stemper · Stacked chairs: © Vienna Tourist Board/Peter Rigaud · Leopold Museum: © Vienna Tourist Board/Peter Rigaud Page 10/11 Schönbrunn Palace and MuseumsQuartier feature stories: © Vienna Tourist Board/Paul Bauer Page 12/13 Cartoon: Bernd Ertl, www.ausgezeichnet.com Page 14 Café Ansari: © Mato Johannik · Café Savoy: © Vienna Tourist Board/Peter Rigaud · Café Espresso: © Espresso Page 15 Café Bauchstich: © Martin Dudek · Café Schopenhauer: © Café Schopenhauer · Café Ritter: © Gerhard Deutsch/ NA Kurier/picturedesk.com · Die Turnhalle: © Philipp Lichtenegger · Manner wafers: © Manner · Manner stonemason: © Vienna Tourist Board/Gregor Hofbauer Page 16 Netflix Freud series: © ORF Satel Film Bavaria Fiction Jan Hromádko · Portrait of Sigmund Freud: © Sigmund Freud Copyrights/Max Halberstadt · Sigmund Freud Museum rendering: © qucumber.at Page 17 feinedinge*: © Noisternig · Augarten coffee service: © Augarten Wien · Said The Fox: © saidthefox.at/photo: Mark Glassner/Key ring: Werkstätte Carl Auböck · Golif: © KMG/ photo: Ingo Karnicnik · Nychos: © Silke Sapina · Die Schöne gallery: © Die Schöne/Kiki Heindl Page 18/19 Bees, beehive, honey, beekeeper, honeycomb, flower: © Vienna Tourist Board/Paul Bauer Page 19 Swan: © Wiener Wildnis · Stadtpark: © Vienna Tourist Board/ Peter Rigaud Page 20 Ernst Fuchs Museum: © Vienna Tourist Board/Christian Stemper · Tram: © Vienna Tourist Board/Peter Rigaud · Men, Rossauerlände: © Vienna Tourist Board/Slash · Augarten: © Vienna Tourist Board/Paul Bauer Page 21 Narrenturm: © Vienna Tourist Board/Paul Bauer · Amalienbad: © Vienna Tourist Board/Paul Bauer · Snow globes: © Vienna Tourist Board/Christian Stemper · Alte Donau: © Vienna Tourist Board/Paul Bauer · Stammersdorf cellar lane: © Vienna Tourist Board/Paul Bauer · Karl-Marx-Hof: © Vienna Tourist Board/Paul Bauer Page 22 Tourist Info Vienna International Airport: © Vienna Tourist Board/Rainer Fehringer Page 23 Vienna Ice World: © Vienna Tourist Board/Christian Stemper · New Year’s Eve: © Vienna Tourist Board/Christian Stemper · Street with Christmas VIEN decorations: © Vienna Tourist Board/Christian Stemper · Music Film Festival: © Vienna Tourist Board/Christian Stemper · Vienna City Marathon: © VCM/FinisherPix · Summer Night’s Concert: © Sommernachtskonzert/Terry Linke · mumok: © Vienna Tourist Board/Paul Bauer 3 WORLD-FAMOUS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE “VIENNESE BY CHOICE” Vienna is the world’s most livable city – as Four international stars who sing Vienna’s praises, confirmed by numerous studies and rankings. and just love the city and its music: rock legend We have picked out ten of the best reasons why Billy Joel, film music composer Hans Zimmer, Vienna is so special, showing how it manages to pianist Yuja Wang and violinist Joshua Bell. They top the leaderboard year in, year out. are all “Viennese by choice”, like Beethoven before them. 2020 marks the 250th anniversary of the great composer’s birth. HERE’S TO YOU, LUDWIG! Major celebrations are the order of the day for 2020, when the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth swings around. All over the world his music continues to ring out with its unmistakable revo- lutionary edge. But we will be focusing on Vienna, as it was here that the great composer chose to 23 COFFEEHOUSES AND make a life and career for himself. SWEET FACTS ABOUT MANNER Explore the variety of Vienna’s coffeehouse scene in a stroll through all 23 of its districts. And we will tell you everything you have ever wanted to know about those famous Manner A ROOM WITH A VIEW wafers. Living where others go on holiday: we visit the Levay family at their apartment in Schönbrunn Palace and call in to see Gayle Berry-Zöchbauer at her home in the MuseumsQuartier – two exclusive feature articles. VIENNESE TYPES AND BLACK CAMELS Zum Schwarzen Kameel – half bistro, half upmarket restaurant and a unique kaleidoscope of Viennese society with people from all walks of life immortal- ized in a tongue-in-cheek pull-out cartoon. FREUD, DESIGN AND VIENNA: THE STAGE IS YOURS! ART ON THE FRINGE Vienna is full of hidden locations that can take some finding. These are the places where Sigmund Freud is still a superstar. The visitors can experience typically Viennese Sigmund Freud Museum reopens in moments, meet Viennese people and discover early 2020 and the Netflix series ‘Freud’ the real Vienna – unadorned, unexpected and will be available to 148 million account unbelievably special. holders around the world. In Freud’s day, Vienna had a world-class reputation for design. And still does, as shown by the current crop of designers. The capital also has a burgeoning art scene outside the VIENNA’S HIGH FLYERS city center: we take a look. The city’s honey bees – probably its hardest- working residents – enjoy the perfect habitat in Vienna. We paid one of the capital’s beekeepers a visit and watched the bees at work. Plus: accompany us on a trip along the river VIENNA INFO AND Wien from Hütteldorf to the Danube Canal. EVENT HIGHLIGHTS Travel information at a glance: from the Vienna City Card to all the contact details you need for the perfect stay in the city. Plus: all the event highlights NA of 2020. VIEN 4 Beethoven was “Viennese by choice”. Ludwig van Beethoven moved here from Bonn for good at the age of 22. Even at that time, Vienna was the place to be for musicians. Like him centu- ries earlier, big name international stars are making Vienna their go-to place for music.