Things to do in Vienna, District 4

Museums & sights·Ages 6+·Indoor

Franz West and Vienna

An exhibition exploring Franz West's relationship with his home city Vienna, open to all audiences.

Vienna Museum Karlsplatz · Karlsplatz 8, 1040 Wien

Sports·Ages 6–14·Indoor

Taekwondo for beginners

An introductory taekwondo training session covering meditation, warm-up and basic techniques for kids and families.

Verein Bushido Kampfkunst- und Körpertraining · Margaretenstraße 28, 1040 Wien

Play·Ages 2–5·Indoor

Sensory Play - 2 to 5 years

A playful sensory activity for toddlers aged 2-5 and their parents.

Kachel Café | Tiler and Stove Fitter · 12 Viktorgasse, 1040 Wien

Arts & crafts·Ages 6+·Indoor

Craft – An Art! – Wien Museum Creative

An exhibition tour and creative workshop exploring the history of Viennese craftsmanship.

Vienna Museum · Karlsplatz 8, 1040 Wien

Music·Ages 12+·Indoor

Early music – newly interpreted: Tobias Tietze

Lutenist Tobias Tietze performs rediscovered lute music by Andreas Bohr von Bohrenfels from the Viennese imperial court, for lovers of early music.

ORF RadioKulturhaus – RadioCafe · Argentinierstraße 30a, 1040 Wien

Learning·Ages 16+·Indoor

Talent Meets Chance – Information Fair

An information fair on job opportunities for people with Down syndrome and cognitive disabilities, connecting them with companies and support services.

Vienna Museum · Karlsplatz 8, 1040 Wien

Museums & sights·Ages 6+·Indoor

Fashion from Four Centuries

Exhibition exploring the cultural history of colour through 350 garments from Vienna's fashion collection.

Vienna Museum Karlsplatz · Karlsplatz 8, 1040 Wien

Museums & sights·Ages 6+·Indoor

Vienna. My History

Permanent exhibition retracing the history of Vienna from early times to the present via 1,700 objects.

Vienna Museum Karlsplatz · Karlsplatz 8, 1040 Wien

Museums & sights·Ages 16+·Indoor

Discussion circle: Music is in the air! Memories of the loveliest songs

A discussion circle for adults sharing personal memories and experiences connected to music and composers of Vienna.

Vienna Museum · Karlsplatz 8, 1040 Wien

Museums & sights·Ages 16+·Indoor

Vienna's sex stories

A guided tour exploring the history of sex and love in Vienna through exhibition highlights, for adults.

Vienna Museum · Karlsplatz 8, 1040 Wien

Museums & sights·Ages 6+·Indoor

Guided tour of Wien Museum

A guided tour exploring the most famous objects of Wien Museum's permanent exhibition on the city's history.

Vienna Museum · Karlsplatz 8, 1040 Wien

Music·Ages 12+·Indoor

soulparlez – Album Presentation

A live concert where the band soulparlez presents their new album blending jazz, pop and chanson.

ORF RadioKulturhaus – Studio 3 · Argentinierstraße 30a, 1040 Wien

Theatre & stage·Ages 3–8·Indoor

Kasperl Theatre of the Wiener Kinderfreunde

A puppet show for young children featuring Kasperl and friends solving funny adventures.

Freie Bühne Wieden · Wiedner Hauptstraße 60B, 1040 Wien

Music·Ages 16+·Indoor

Ö1 Classical Meeting Point: Katharina Klement

A talk with composer and award-winner Katharina Klement, for adults interested in classical music.

ORF RadioKulturhaus – RadioCafe · Argentinierstraße 30a, 1040 Wien

Music·Ages 0–12·Indoor

Peter and the Wolf

A free chamber music performance of Prokofiev's classic composition, suitable for families with children.

Ehrbar Hall · Mühlgasse 30, 1040 Wien

Museums & sights·Ages 12+·Indoor

Have you seen Vienna at night?

A guided tour exploring how Viennese life at night has changed through the centuries, for adults.

Vienna Museum · Karlsplatz 8, 1040 Wien

Music·Ages 12+·Indoor

5 Million Pesos Special

A jazz concert featuring musicians who won the Ö1 Jazz Scholarship.

ORF RadioKulturhaus – Large Broadcasting Hall · Argentinierstraße 30a, 1040 Wien

Theatre & stage·Ages 16+·Indoor

A Melange with Musalek

A philosophical talk/show for adults exploring the real and unreal in a world of data and illusions.

ORF RadioKulturhaus – RadioCafe · Argentinierstraße 30a, 1040 Wien

Theatre & stage·Ages 16+·Indoor

"Nau, haummas net sche?" - Reading of Christine Nöstlinger

A reading of Christine Nöstlinger's texts accompanied by live music, for adults.

Ceremonial Hall of District Office Wieden · Favoritenstraße 18, 1040 Wien

Museums & sights·Ages 16+·Indoor

Who still needs real models? An AI live-prompting session

A live AI-prompting demonstration and discussion on AI models in fashion, for adults.

Vienna Museum · Karlsplatz 8, 1040 Wien

Museums & sights·Ages 16+·Indoor

Room, Kitchen, Cabinet – Wien Museum Slowed Down

A guided exploration of housing history and social living conditions in early 20th-century Vienna for adults.

Vienna Museum · Karlsplatz 8, 1040 Wien

Museums & sights·Ages 16+·Indoor

Who Owns Vienna?

A guided tour on Vienna's urban planning history from car-centric development to gentle urban renewal, for adults.

Vienna Museum · Karlsplatz 8, 1040 Wien

Museums & sights·Ages 6+·Indoor

Concert tour: 600 years of festive culture – Thursday atelier

A museum tour with live music tracing 600 years of Viennese festive culture through history.

Vienna Museum · Karlsplatz 8, 1040 Wien

Music·Ages 16+·Indoor

Elly Wright - Autumn Leaves

The artist invites friends and fans to join a musical sing/swing-along evening.

Amtshaus Wieden · Favoritenstraße 18, 1040 Wien

Museums & sights·Ages 6+·Indoor

Vienna in our language

A guided tour of Vienna Museum showing highlights of the city's history, open to all ages.

Vienna Museum · Karlsplatz 8, 1040 Wien

Social·Ages 16+·Indoor

Clothes swap party

A community event where people can swap clean, used clothing and accessories for women and toddlers.

Amtshaus Wieden · Favoritenstraße 18, 1040 Wien

Museums & sights·Ages 16+·Indoor

Between art and me, a sheet of paper – Writing workshop

A writing workshop for adults in the Franz West exhibition at Wien Museum, exploring the artist through notes and words.

Vienna Museum · Karlsplatz 8, 1040 Wien

Arts & crafts·Ages 2–12·Indoor

Tile painting for kids from 2 years

A creative tile-painting workshop for toddlers and young children.

Kachel Café | Tiler and Stove Fitter · 12 Viktorgasse, 1040 Wien

Museums & sights·Ages 6+·Indoor

Tactile tour – Play of Colours. Fashion from four centuries

A tactile guided tour of a fashion exhibition designed for sighted, visually impaired and blind visitors.

Vienna Museum · Karlsplatz 8, 1040 Wien

Museums & sights·Ages 16+·Indoor

Great Female Artists from Vienna

A guided museum tour exploring works by female artists in Viennese culture from Biedermeier to Actionism.

Vienna Museum · Karlsplatz 8, 1040 Wien

Music·Ages 12+·Indoor

Rauhnacht

A concert by the band Rauhnacht blending alpine folklore and world music influences, for general audiences.

ORF RadioKulturhaus – Studio 3 · Argentinierstraße 30a, 1040 Wien

Theatre & stage·Ages 16+·Indoor

The Round Table

A satirical cabaret show on ORF III tackling absurdities in politics, economy and culture, for adults.

ORF RadioKulturhaus – Large Broadcasting Hall · Argentinierstraße 30a, 1040 Wien

Learning·Ages 18+·Indoor

EmpCo & UWG in marketing practice: Shaping future-proof communication

A professional lecture on legally safe and credible marketing communication for adults.

MCÖ Office · Wohllebengasse 4, Tür 9, 1040 Wien

Learning·Ages 16+·Indoor

Josef Frank as a political writer

A talk exploring the little-known political and literary side of architect Josef Frank, for adults.

Vienna Museum · Karlsplatz 8, 1040 Wien

Music·Ages 12+·Indoor

Ö1 Radiosession: Ignaz Tschinön

A live radio session with Ignaz Tschinön and his ensemble, playing music inspired by 60s/70s funk and Viennese dialect lyrics.

ORF RadioKulturhaus – Studio 3 · Argentinierstraße 30a, 1040 Wien

Museums & sights·Ages 6+·Indoor

Music Tour Through 200 Years of Viennese History – Wien Museum Creative

A museum tour combining live music and objects to explore Vienna's musical history from the 19th and 20th centuries.

Vienna Museum · Karlsplatz 8, 1040 Wien

Museums & sights·Ages 16+·Indoor

1683 – What we believe we know about the 'Turkish Siege'

A dialogue tour critically examining collective memory and depictions of the 1683 siege of Vienna.

Vienna Museum · Karlsplatz 8, 1040 Wien

Museums & sights·Ages 16+·Indoor

The Great Urban Transformation 2.0 – Thursday Atelier

A talk exploring how Vienna's urban design must adapt to climate change for a liveable future.

Vienna Museum · Karlsplatz 8, 1040 Wien

Learning·Ages 16+·Indoor

Presentation of the 7th Vienna Integration and Diversity Monitor

A talk presenting results on integration and diversity in Vienna, for adults.

Wien Museum Karlsplatz, 1040 Wien

Learning·Ages 16+·Indoor

The invention of the Viennese way – diversity has history

A panel talk with pioneers of Vienna's integration policy about its early history and debates.

Vienna Museum · Karlsplatz 8, 1040 Wien

Learning·Ages 16+·Indoor

Update Ukraine – The End of Certainties

A panel discussion with experts on European security policy and lessons from Ukraine for adults.

ORF RadioKulturhaus – Large Broadcasting Hall · Argentinierstraße 30a, 1040 Wien

Museums & sights·Ages 6+·Indoor

Historical portraits: Eye-catchers and riddles

A guided museum tour deciphering the hidden messages in historical portrait paintings.

Vienna Museum · Karlsplatz 8, 1040 Wien

Museums & sights·Ages 16+·Indoor

Vienna Would Be Different – Unrealised Grand Projects

A guided tour about Vienna's never-realised urban planning projects using models and maps.

Vienna Museum · Karlsplatz 8, 1040 Wien

Music·Ages 12+·Indoor

Flora Geißelbrecht & Jelena Popržan – Album Launch

Two violists present their debut album blending new music, jazz and folk, for concert audiences.

ORF RadioKulturhaus – Large Broadcasting Hall · Argentinierstraße 30a, 1040 Wien

Arts & crafts·Ages 16+·Indoor

Soul Sisters Advent Punch & Vernissage "Wegweiserinnen"

A cosy evening with punch and the opening of photographer Priska Seisenbacher's exhibition, for adult women.

Goldeggasse 2 · 2 Goldeggasse, 1040 Wien

Learning·Ages 16+·Indoor

Hilde Spiel – Writing Between Worlds

A book presentation event about writer Hilde Spiel's life and work, for adults interested in literature and history.

Vienna Museum · Karlsplatz 8, 1040 Wien

Museums & sights·Ages 6+·Indoor

What colours tell us – Wien Museum slowed down

A guided exploration of about 350 fashion items examining what colours reveal about society and emotions.

Vienna Museum · Karlsplatz 8, 1040 Wien

Arts & crafts·Ages 16+·Indoor

Opening: Kunsthalle Wien Prize 2026

Opening event with a performance by Valentino Skarwan and speeches for the award exhibition featuring Lotti Brockmann and Valentino Skarwan.

Kunsthalle Wien Karlsplatz · Treitlstraße 2, 1040 Wien

Museums & sights·Ages 6+·Indoor

Fashion in Shape – Restorer's Tour

A specialist tour showing the restoration techniques behind a historic fashion exhibition.

Vienna Museum · Karlsplatz 8, 1040 Wien

Learning·Ages 16+·Indoor

Johan Hartle – Architecture and Ideology in Red Vienna

A lecture examining the political contradictions behind Red Vienna's famous communal housing programme, for adults.

Vienna Museum · Karlsplatz 8, 1040 Wien

Museums & sights·Ages 6+·Indoor

Guided tour in Czech at Wien Museum

A Czech-language guided tour of Wien Museum's permanent exhibition on Vienna's history.

Vienna Museum · Karlsplatz 8, 1040 Wien

Music·Ages 12+·Indoor

Anja Om Plus – Musical Advent Calendar

A cappella and electronic music concert by Anja Om Plus blending jazz, pop and Austrian folklore.

ORF RadioKulturhaus – Large Broadcasting Hall · Argentinierstraße 30a, 1040 Wien

Arts & crafts·Ages 8+·Indoor

Pattern Workshop

A free drop-in workshop designing patterns on paper and fabric for families with children from age 8.

Vienna Museum · Karlsplatz 8, 1040 Wien

Museums & sights·Ages 6+·Indoor

Vienna Becomes a Metropolis

A dialogue tour on Vienna's urban transformation in the decades before 1900.

Vienna Museum · Karlsplatz 8, 1040 Wien

Games·Ages 12+·Indoor

Ö1 Christmas Quiz 'gehört.gewusst': Celebrity nutcrackers

A charity Christmas quiz show featuring four celebrity contestants benefiting the Ö1 'Licht ins Dunkel' project.

ORF RadioKulturhaus – Large Broadcasting Hall · Argentinierstraße 30a, 1040 Wien

Music

The Magic of Christmas

Elisabethkirche Wien · St.-Elisabeth-Platz 9, 1040 Wien

Theatre & stage·Ages 6+·Indoor

The Little Witch

A family theatre piece for children aged 6+ based on Otfried Preußler's novel about a young witch proving herself.

Volkstheater Districts – Theater Akzent · Theresianumgasse 18, 1040 Wien

Museums & sights·Ages 16+·Indoor

Great Master Artists in Vienna – Wien Museum Creative

A creative programme exploring female artists in Vienna's art history, including a hands-on studio activity for adults.

Vienna Museum · Karlsplatz 8, 1040 Wien

Museums & sights·Ages 6+·Indoor

Concert tour: Working Worlds – Studio on Thursday

A guided museum tour with live music exploring 200 years of Viennese history through songs and objects.

Vienna Museum · Karlsplatz 8, 1040 Wien

Festivals & markets·Outdoor

Art Advent

A Christmas market with crafts, organic food, live acts and a children's program, for the whole family.

Karlsplatz, 1040 Wien

Festivals & markets·Outdoor

Christmas Magic Schwarzenbergplatz

A new Christmas market with light installations, crafts, food and children's activities for the whole family.

Hochstrahlbrunnen Fountain · Schwarzenbergplatz, 1040 Wien

Arts & crafts·Ages 6+·Indoor

Kunsthalle Wien Prize 2026: Lotti Brockmann & Valentino Skarwan

A joint exhibition of two award-winning emerging artists supporting contemporary art discourse in Vienna.

Kunsthalle Wien Karlsplatz · Treitlstraße 2, 1040 Wien

Museums & sights·Ages 6+·Indoor

Down Syndrome. About Us, With Us

A free museum exhibition about people with Down syndrome, presented by and with them, for all ages.

Vienna Museum · Karlsplatz 8, 1040 Wien

Social·Ages 16+·Indoor

16 Days Against Violence Towards Women and Girls at the Wieden Library

A thematic programme for the 16 Days Against Violence towards Women and Girls campaign at the Wieden Library.

Wieden Library · Favoritenstraße 8, 1040 Wien