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"Heya Girls!"
I admit, I haven't quite managed to make the transition from midsummer to damp, cold autumn yet. I'm trying hard to suppress a burgeoning case of autumn depression. On Saturday, I might succeed. Firstly: The weather forecast says we’ll have sunshine. And secondly: three unusual flea markets. Original, fun, and easy on your wallet! The flea market with the most beautiful view over Vienna takes place on the Ikea rooftop terrace at Westbahnhof. You can buy discounted items from Ikea and all kinds of second-hand goods, including fashion from various vendors. There's also DJ music, pizza, drinks, and a raffle. Fashion fans with larger sizes will find what they're looking for at the Curvect Second Hand Market. Pre-loved, new, boutique fashion, and designer pieces in sizes 46 to 62 hang on the clothes rails. There's no room for body shaming here. And if you only have time in the evening, head to the Nightmarket in the 3rd district. There's live music and not only fashion, vintage items, and accessories to buy, but also young art.
Wishing you a surprising week,
Your CitySpotterGirl
Ikea Flea Market, 1150 Vienna. 4 October 11:00 to17:00. Web Curvect, 1070. 10:00 to 15:30. Web Nightmarket, 1030. 17:00 to 22:00. Web
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| THURSDAY |
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feinstoff#design.popup
We love: relaxed, local shopping! Ten designers have now come together and organised a fine pop-up event to showcase the highlights of their current collections to women for three days at the start of autumn. Among the treasures being offered are the minimalist designs by Amateur, the creative jewellery pieces by kabllo, the cool shirt-and-pants combos by Langer Modedesign, and the handbags by Loosebag that are practical yet stylish at the same time. As always, special attention is paid to high-quality materials – we've already got our shopping bags ready!
Ausstellungsraum, Gumpendorfer Straße 23, 1060 Vienna. 2- 4 October. Web |
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Waves Vienna 2025
A festival with lots to discover music-wise: for 4 days, Vienna's well-known clubs on the Gürtel rock with sound and vibrate with electronic music. Over 100 newcomers will perform on 11 stages. Cool venues such as Chelsea, Coco, and The Loft open their doors to Zelda Weber, Anoraak, and Garcia Picasso. Every genre is represented, from rock to hip-hop to indie. This year, there will also be a focus on music acts from Spain, and since the festival turns 15 already, there will also be a grand opening gala. So we’re off to the concert and performance extravaganza!
Various locations in Vienna. 1 to 4 October. Day ticket: from 39 €. Web |
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Figurine Workshop at Augarten
It's not every day that you get the chance to potter about in one of the world's most famous porcelain factories! At the figurine workshop, crafting queens can mould their own porcelain figurines at the Augarten manufactory! The two-day workshop begins with choosing your favorite figurine and a short introduction to the production process. Then it's time to get down to business, and once everything is in shape, it's time to fire it. Of course, you can take your work home with you (and show off to your next visitor ;-) PS: Lunch together is also on the agenda!
Manufaktur im Schloss Augarten, Obere Augartenstraße 1, 1020 Vienna. 2+3 October. 9:00 to 16:00. 490 €. Please sign up. Web |
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Long Day of Refugees
In light of the ongoing conflicts, the issue of displacement has once again painfully entered the general consciousness in Europe. On today's Long Day of Refugees, you can learn more about it at 40 free events. Caritas Vienna is organizing a pop-up choir, Spektakel is hosting a comedy evening with five performers from Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, and Ukraine, and the Main Library is holding a trilingual reading from the anthology “Der lange Winter der Migration” (The Long Winter of Migration). Also special: a bicycling course for refugee women and the Ukrainian choir Barbareum!
Langer Tag der Flucht, several locations in Vienna. 3 October. All day. Free of charge. Web |
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| Eleonore False |
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Foto Wien 2025
From A for Albertina to Z for Zoom Children's Museum – for one month, photography fans can once again look forward to a month of photographic ecstasy throughout the city. Works by 333 artists at 99 participating locations transform Vienna into a city of images. Today, the festival kicks off with, among other things, the exhibition “Science/Fiction – A Non-History of Plants.” In a fascinating mix of photography and artificial intelligence, it’s all about plants here. The exhibition takes visitors on a journey into an unknown realm between nature and fiction!
Foto Arsenal Wien, Arsenal Objekt 19A, 1030 Vienna. 3 October-2 November. Opening: 3 October. 19:00. Web |
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Feldenkrais Days
It's rare to be able to experience yourself so intensely! With an Austria-wide activity week, the Feldenkrais Association invites you to try out Feldenkrais and experience it for yourself. The programme includes mostly free activities for listening or participating. In Vienna, for example, you can learn to relax your eyes and, in the process, improve your vision, or train your back and balance. Today, the last day of the activity days, there are exciting individual lessons available. It's the perfect opportunity to try it out, as no previous experience is necessary!
Various locations in Vienna. 20 September – 3 October. Free of charge. Web |
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kimoneo
Silk, style, and a good story: An Austrian designer and two creative japanologists bring the timeless beauty of Japanese kimonos to Austria. With the kimoneo label, vintage kimonos are transformed into handmade, unique fashion pieces, such as elegant kimono jackets, convertible wrap skirts, stylish tote bags, and elegant pouches. Each piece is unique, crafted from precious silk and brocade. Today, you can slip into these exquisite pieces, fall in love with them, and take them home. For snacks, the pop-up shop will fittingly offer green tea and Japanese sweets!
Raum im Raum, Kirchberggasse 11, 1070 Vienna. 4 October, 11:00 to 18:00. Web |
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Cheesecake Tasting
Careful, CitySpotterGirl is about to drop a few calories into your email inbox ;-) Namely: Lillet Rosé, pumpkin-hemp, matcha-black sesame, or beetroot-dark chocolate cheesecake. Plus, food blogger Eva Kamper-Grachegg will participate with a delicious hazelnut version. Doesn't that sound tempting? The Marriott Hotel is inviting you to its Garden Cafe today to sample a wide selection of different cheesecakes (first come, first served!). The tasting is free, and the cake that receives the best rating from the hobby gourmets will then be added to the menu.
Vienna Marriott Hotel, Parkring 12a, 1010 Vienna. October 4 from 12:00. Free. Web |
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Museum of Change
How wonderful! Under the name “Museum of Change”, the courtyard facade of the old main post office will now be transformed into an open-air museum with an AI screen displayed every evening. The images are generated using artificial intelligence, but the artist Sha is the creator of the production. The goal of the project is to create a liaison between historical architecture and innovative media art, where light, sound, image, space, and the interaction between human and artificial intelligence merge into a futuristic work of art. It always starts at sunset!
Museum of Change, Dominikanerbastei 11, 1010 Vienna. From 2 October from 19:00. Web |
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| TimTom, Wien Museum |
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Women in Viennese History
This is a man's world... Sounds quite outdated now, but unfortunately it was true for a long time. For ages, history was written only by men and told from their perspective. As a result, women's contributions were often excluded. And yet women actually ran their own businesses during the Middle Ages, ruled entire empires in the Baroque period and fought for workers' rights during the Industrial Revolution. Today, a guided tour of the permanent exhibition at the Wien Museum enables you to retrace their steps and discover some long-hidden stories!
Meeting point: Foyer Wien Museum, Karlsplatz 8, 1040 Vienna. 5 October 11:00 to 12:00. 5 €. Web |
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Pop Chop Vienna Future Food Week
Foodies, take note: This week is all about feasting! For the Vienna Future Food Week is underway, and you can look forward to a colourful array of events centred around the food of the future. From exciting talks with personalities from the food scene to pop-ups and tasty events in several restaurants, you can indulge your taste buds for a whole week. Today, for example, the “Breakfast Club” with Milan Gataric, who runs LUX in Rotterdam, is taking place at meinklang. Breton Kouign-Amann cake and burek will be served. Also on offer: a wine flea market!
Several locations in Vienna. 3-11 October. Breakfast Club 5 October from 9:00. Programme online |
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The Pacemakers
They got a sense of humour – and energy! The Pacemakers are between 60 and 86 years old, have millions of fans online, and are probably the most famous senior dance team in the world. With their motto, “You're never too old to move!” they successfully break stereotypes and celebrate aging. The exciting thing is that eight original members are currently in Vienna giving dance classes! At the “Day Disco Workshop,” you learn a choreography with the seniors, and it becomes pretty obvious that they won't need a pacemaker for a long time ;-) Two days in Vienna, today in Maria Enzersdorf!
Dynami Dance Tanzstudio, Grenzgasse 111, Objekt 9, 2344 Maria Enzersdorf. 5 October 15:00. 25 €. Web |
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Open House at TQW
A week full of events with free admission! That's what's currently on offer at Tanzquartier, which will be celebrating its Open House with over 30 local artists and musicians. In every room, there's a different spectacle happening, including workshops, labs, performances, artistic aperitifs, open rehearsals, intimate concerts, and guided tours. If your artistic streak starts to stir, you can also take part in all kinds of different workshops. Today, for example, there's ballet techniques, GLiTcH! yoga (a mixture of softcore martial arts and vinyasa) and voice training!
TQW, Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Vienna. 6-11 October. Free entry. Programme online |
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Miista Sample Sale
Buying things is sexy. Ruining the planet in the process is not. That's the credo of Spanish label Miista, which has fully committed itself to craftsmanship with its alternative designs. However, this also means that the stylish boots, cool grunge dresses, and little mohair tops don't exactly come cheap. So be sure to take advantage of this opportunity, because Miista will be holding a big sample sale in Vienna until October 11! And because this sale is meant to be just as exclusive as the clothing itself, you can only find out the address by registering on the Miista website ;-)
Miista Sample Sale, address available on request via Facebook. 7-11 October. Web |
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Bicycle & Lobster
No sooner have the first gingerbread biscuits appeared in supermarkets than the MAK unveils its Christmas decorations! The Kunstblättersaal is currently adorned with over 800 delicate works of art from Bohemia. These festive and charming lobsters, aeroplanes and stars date from the heyday of Gablonz Christmas tree decorations, which spanned the period from the 1920s to the 1980s. They were most elaborately crafted using glass rods, hollow glass structures or twisted glass beads and transform the exhibition space into a glittering cosmos – truly enchanting!
MAK, Stubenring 5, 1010 Vienna. Until 1 Feb 2026. Tue 10:00 to 21:00, Wed-Sun 10:00 to 18:00. 15.50 €. Web |
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Anna Mabo: Ferdinand Raimund
Her name is Anna Mabo, his name is Ferdinand Raimund. She writes poetry, he writes poetry. She is from Vienna, he is from Vienna. He writes about fairies, she writes about him. He works at the Theater in der Josefstadt, she works at the Rabenhof. So it all fits perfectly – if it weren't for their 206-year age difference. But anyone who knows Ferdinand and Anna knows that a little bit of reality has never been able to ruin a good story for them. Musician and theatre shooting star Anna Mabo takes us on a journey through time across the entire Raimund cosmos with wit, fate and a great love story!
Rabenhof Theater, Rabengasse 3, 1030 Vienna. 7 October, 20:00. 28€. Web |
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Candle Painting at &friends
The &friends shop in the 4th district is like a little Mediterranean island in the heart of Vienna. Amongst the dried flowers, stationery, scented candles, slow fashion items and decorative items, founder Yasmin also holds workshops on the store's upper floor. Now that the summery after-work events are finished anyway, we need new ways to spend our evenings. Today, for example, it could be candle painting! For this, you paint pretty candles with wax colours. There will be bubbly drinks, and by the end of the evening, you will have both new decorations and a little buzz. ;-)
&friends, Schleifmühlgasse 5, 1040 Vienna. 8 October, 18:00 to 20:00. 20€. Web |
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Michaelina Wautier
Forgotten, suppressed, celebrated: Flemish Baroque painter Michaelina Wautier is truly an unusual case in art history! For centuries, her work was misunderstood or attributed to male colleagues. At a time when female artists were preoccupied with still lifes and genre painting, if anything, Wautier succeeded with historical painting and provocative motifs, and did not even shy away from depicting naked male bodies. All the more astonishing given that women had no access to nude painting at the time. These revolutionary works can now be admired at the KHM for the first time!
KHM, Maria-Theresien-Platz, 1010 Vienna. Tue-Sun 10:00 to 18:00, Thu until 21:00. 23€. Web |
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Thalia Zedek
She is a queen of emotions: In her haunting stories of loss and hope, strife and triumph, she conveys her very personal emotional world. Thalia Zedek has been active since the early 1980s and is a member of several notable alternative rock bands. Her lyrics and music are invigorating and touch the listener from the very first time. Any doubts? Today, the songwriter from Washington will be performing her LP “The Boat Outside Your Window” at Chelsea – where you can experience the power of her voice for yourself. Or you can just click here ;-)
Chelsea, U-Bahnbögen 29-32, Lerchenfelder Gürtel, 1080 Vienna. 8 October 20:30. 26 €. Web |
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Gibun
“Not My Drama”, “Yuzu Got This” and “Berry Badass” are just some of the humorous names that Seh-Ra Klepits has given her teas. The Viennese woman of Korean heritage founded the tea brand Gibun a few years ago, and has now opened a brand new store in the 19th district. The variety of flavours is stylishly displayed on the shelves and can be purchased in ornate steel tins. Korean tea ceremonies are also offered here – and you should definitely visit one, because Seh-Ra is a trained tea sommeliere, among other things for upscale restaurants. You can read more about her exciting job in CitySpotterGirl's interview with her at the portal!
Gibun, Döblinger Hauptstraße 60, 1190 Vienna. Tue-Fri 10:00 to 18:00. Web |
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Oha Fusion Cuisine
With elegantly laid tables and friendly, attentive service, Oha is unlike the (now almost countless) number of Asian restaurants in our city. The aim here is to move more towards fine dining. The fact that the menu is served on an iPad still takes some getting used to, but it's practical as the dishes change frequently. Maki, nigiri and sashimi are of course always on the menu, and the fusion cuisine is evident in the main courses. The restaurant draws on all Asian cuisines. Tomato beef ramen is served alongside curry chicken, unagi don with eel and crispy gyoza. It's not a quick meal here – but everything is freshly cooked.
Oha, Wiedner Gürtel 12, 1040 Vienna. Sun-Thu 12:00 to 15:00, 17:00 to 23:00, Fri+Sat until midnight. Web |
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