After a quite busy week behind (and in front) of me today is the day to watch the new Hunger Game movie at the cinema and have some hot punch or mulled wine afterwards on one of the many Christkindlmärkte. This picture is from last year at Karlsplatz, there will definitely be some new ones soon!
Have a great Sunday!
This weekend 100 street artists from around the world left the streets and met at Karlsplatz. Musicians, jugglers, fire shows, walk acts, pantomime, dancers, acrobats and many more cast their spell on their audience on six different spots.
There are also workshops, special kids shows, a pop up art market, lots of different food stands and a dance floor. Check out the wide range of artists on the Buskers Vienna website!
Slowly, sometimes very, very, very slowly but steady Vienna is changing, even if some might deny it, it is happening. Until some years Karlsplatz was know to be the place to buy drugs and use them right there. It was kind of a lost place. But about ten years ago a project called “Kunstplatz Karlsplatz” was initiated to redesign the park area and promote art projects on Karlsplatz. In last years it was transformed to an area of cultural exchange and became a lovely location for festivals, concerts, exhibitions, open air cinema and lots of other events. There is always something going on Karlsplatz, even if you´re just sitting at the large pond in front of Karlskirche and watching the ducks floating by.
Today Karlsplatz became an open air concert stage again, the Popfest is held for the fifth time. There will be around 60 concerts outdoors on Karlsplatz and indoors in neighboring cultural institutions, such as the Wien Museum, Künstlerhaus and the Vienna University of Technology. See the full program at: Popfest 2014
