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In the hour before midnight on New Year’s Eve, for example, the main national TV station plays Dinner for One, a short comedy sketch recorded in 1963 (in English!). At midnight itself, the giant Pummerin bell of Vienna’s Stephansdom cathedral rings in the New Year with the chimes simultaneously broadcast across TV and radio. The New Year’s Eve trail is exactly as it soundsa series of linked festive sites across Vienna, each fitted out with a temporary open-air stage and all geared up to entertain passers-by. The Silvesterpfad in 2024 allows revellers to enjoy seven open-air sites on streets and squares around the central district and one outside the centre. A typical New Year's Eve in Vienna. There aren't many cities that celebrate the change of year with more splendor and exuberance than Vienna. The moment the Pummerin, the biggest bell in Vienna's St. Stephen's Cathedral, strikes midnight and the Viennese dance a brisk New Year's waltz in three-four time, this world city reveals its true character again. 1. New Year's Eve Events a. Silvesterpfad Vienna (New Year's Eve Trail) New Year's Eve In Vienna 2024/2025. Clearly, our annual grand street party Silvesterpfad ('New Year's Eve Path') celebrates New Year Eve in Vienna on the largest scale. Each year, the event lines up a dozen free open air New Year Eve concerts in Vienna's historic city Vienna New Year's Eve Trail. A highlight on December 31 is the Vienna New Year's Eve Trail. From 2.00 pm in the afternoon to 2.00 am the following morning, top entertainment is guaranteed by the New Year's Eve Trail in Vienna city center. Along the New Year's Eve Trail, dozens of gastronomes serve punch, sparkling wine, and culinary specialties. What is the Vienna New Year’s Eve Trail? The New Year’s Eve Trail takes over eight locations in Vienna’s city centre and the Prater amusement park, with plenty to see and do. The action starts at 2 pm on December 31st and runs through to the early hours of January 1st. The Volksgarten’s New Year’s Eve party is a big deal most years. It’s a favourite for many reasons – the club knows how to throw a mega party over their three floors, it’s in prime position to get a good view of the midnight fireworks, and well, they typically recruit DJs that know how to keep you going until the early morning. For New Year's Eve, the advice is to go to the party venue in advance. Useful passes and cards: To save on travel and museum admission, we recommend purchasing the Vienna City Card. Average cost of New Year's Eve dinner: €80.00 to €120.00 per person The New Year markets; Schlumberger sparkling wine cellar tour; Before midnight. Like just about everywhere in the world, friends and families gather together on New Year’s Eve in Vienna (or Silvester, as it’s known in German) to celebrate and think of all the resolutions they can break within the next week. Pigs and more The Vienna New Year’s Eve Trail is one of the largest and most famous New Year’s Eve events in Austria. Every year on December 31st, Vienna’s city center transforms into a huge open-air party zone, attracting visitors from all over the world. New Year's Eve at The Hoxton. Vienna's The Hoxton, which opened in April 2024, is celebrating its first New Year's Eve with a program that fails to dissappoint: Gourmets will get their money's worth with next-level dining in the Bistro Bouvier, where delicacies such as steak au poivre and mille-feuille will be served (7:30 pm, €120 per head Spend a magical New Year’s Eve in one of the most exclusive locations in the heart of Vienna – the grand ballroom of Vienna City Hall! Let us indulge you with an exquisite 4-course Gala dinner as well as an excellent musical entertainment selection. Map of Restaurants in Vienna for New Year's Eve. Looking for the perfect place to celebrate New Year's Eve in Vienna? Look no further! Check out our comprehensive map of all the top restaurants in the city that are offering special New Year's Eve menus and festivities. From traditional Austrian cuisine to international flavors, there's The three New Year’s concerts. Everyone is familiar with the concert on the morning of 1 January, but there are actually three concerts performed by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra on 30 December and 1 January: Preview, on the morning of 30 December; the New Year’s Eve Concert, at 7.30 p.m. on 31 December; and the New Year’s Eve Concert, at 11.15 a.m. on 1 January. Great entertainment, all night long Vienna New Year’s Eve Trail, one of the largest New Year’s Eve celebrations in Europe, is the perfect place to look back on the past year, toast to the future and to welcome the new year in a boisterous manner together. 2023 is about to roll upon us, and yet there are probably still some things left to do and left to plan. We put together a list of things you could do on New Year’s Eve in Vienna. 1.Silvesterpfad. If you don’t mind the big crowd and the buzz of the inner city, you should do the Silvesterpfad (new year’s eve track). The 2025 Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Concert takes place on January 1, 2025, under the baton of Maestro Riccardo Muti in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna. The 2025 New Year's Concert will be broadcast in over 90 countries and followed by millions of television viewers around the world. The Programme of the New Year's Concert 2025 Pre-COVID, the square in front of city hall hosted the city’s biggest New Year’s Eve party and community waltz as part of the formal Silvesterpfad celebrations. At the last full event, seventy market booths paved the way toward the midnight festivities, with over half just there to see you had enough to eat and drink. Enter the new year with style on a majestic train ride. New Year’s Eve Gala. When: 7:30pm–2am Where: Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof Entry: 398€ (incl. train ticket + 5-course dinner), buy a ticket. You wanna’ end the year in style? Book the New Year’s Eve Gala on the Majestic Train. After dinner, you can join the party on Vienna’s New Year’s Eve Trail. Dance the night away to the Danube Waltz and greet the New Yea with fireworks and the chimes of the Pummerin bell surrounded by the unique backdrop of Vienna city centre.
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