Musikverein
Musikverein Wien
The Golden Hall inside the Musikverein building, home of the Vienna Philharmonic and venue of the New Year's Concert, famed for its shoebox-shaped acoustics.
The Golden Hall is the grand concert hall inside the Musikverein building (1870, designed by Theophil Hansen). Its gilded female caryatids and ceiling paintings are dazzling. Its shoebox-shaped structure is widely regarded as one of the world's finest concert hall acoustics. It is the home of the Vienna Philharmonic and the venue for the annual New Year's Concert on January 1. Tickets for that concert are drawn by lottery on the official site in February of the previous year. Regular concert tickets cost about €30–150 and can be bought at musikverein.at, and cheap standing tickets are also available. If you don't attend a performance, you can join a guided tour for about €10. In July and August, performances are mostly Mozart ensemble shows aimed at tourists, and their quality varies. Getting there: it's a 3-minute walk from Karlsplatz subway station, and 5 minutes on foot from the State Opera.
Opening hours
Concerts usually start around 19:30; check official website for tour times
Nearby sights
- Karlskirche
- Haus der Musik
- Vienna State Opera
- Hotel Sacher & Original Sachertorte
- Imperial Crypt (Kapuzinergruft)
- Albertina
- Secession Building
- Austrian National Library State Hall