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10:00-19:00). Or you can reserve (full-price) tickets for the musicals by phone (call Wien
Ticket at tel. [phone]).
Films of Concerts
To see free films of great concerts in a lively, outdoor setting near City Hall, see “Nightlife
in Vienna,” next.
Ballroom Dancing
Ifyouliketodance(waltzandballroom),orwatchpeoplewhoarereallygoodatit,consider
the Dance Evening at the Tanz Café in the Volksgarten (€5-6, May-Aug Sun from 18:00,
www.volksgarten.at ).
Organ Concerts
St.Peter'sChurchputsonfreeorganconcertsweekdaysat15:00andweekendsat20:00(see
here ).
Classical Music to Go
Tobring home Beethoven, Strauss, orthe Wiener Philharmonic ona top-quality CD, shopat
Gramola on the Graben or EMI on Kärntner Strasse. The Arcadia shop at the Opera is also
good.
Nightlife in Vienna
If powdered wigs and opera singers in Viking helmets aren't your thing, Vienna has plenty
of alternatives. For an up-to-date rundown on fun after dark, check www.viennahype.at .
The Evening Scene
More than ever, Vienna has become a great place to just be out and about on a balmy even-
ing. While tourists are attracted to the historic central district and its charming, floodlit
corners, locals go elsewhere. Depending on your mood and taste, you can join them. Survey
and then enjoy lively scenes with bars, cafés, trendy restaurants, and theaters in these areas:
Donaukanal (theDanubeCanal,especiallypopularinthesummerforitsimportedbeaches);
Naschmarkt (after the produce stalls close up, the bars and eateries bring new life to the
place through the evening; see here ) ; MuseumsQuartier (surrounded by far-out museums,
a young scene of bars with local students filling the courtyard; see here ) ; and City Hall (on
the park-like Rathausplatz, where in summer free concerts and a food circus of eateries at-
tract huge local crowds—described next).