Art, culture, gastronomy: Eventlocations in Salzburg embody Salzburg’s rich cultural history in the most diverse ways in picturesque scenic locations – in some cases with impressive architecture. Salzburg’s excellent trolley bus network makes almost all locations easily accessible. And the Salzburg Card often opens the door to new experiences.

Alter Markt (Old market)

The Old Market in Salzburg's Old Town was laid out as a municipal trading and market square as early as the 13th century. Between 1873 and 1927 the square was called Ludwig-Viktor-Platz, after the youngest brother of Emperor Franz Joseph I, Archduke Ludwig Viktor, who lived in Klessheim Palace from 1861.

ARGEkultur

ARGEkultur is a space for events and productions. It is a place of critical discourse and open and constructive dialogue and is a year-round and continuous organiser in the local and regional context. The ARGE is located on the edge of the old town next to the Uniplatz and is a proven party location for the 4x annual HOSI-Fest.

Das Kino (The Cinema)

Das Kino am Giselakai on the Salzach sees itself as a place to give film its own venue as an influential medium of the 20th century in Salzburg. As Salzburg's only art house cinema, Das Kino shows a specially selected film programme outside the mainstream. Das Kino curates and organises film festivals, film series and film clubs and supports the local and Austrian film scene. For example, the Queer Film Evening is currently held here once a month, a cooperation with the HOSI Salzburg.

Salzburg Cathedral Square

The Salzburg Cathedral Square is the heart of Salzburg's old town. The square in front of Salzburg Cathedral is not only the setting for Jedermann at the Salzburg Festival in August each year. The cathedral is also the backdrop for the annual Christkindlmarkt, which, with over 500 years of history, is one of the most beautiful Advent markets in the world.
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DomQuartier

The DomQuartier is a unique interplay of 1300 years of Salzburg's ruling history, art, music and architecture. It opens up authentic (early) baroque experience spaces and enables an exciting journey of discovery in the footsteps of Salzburg's prince archbishops.

Felsenreitschule

The Felsenreitschule is built into the Mönchsberg and fascinates with its stage and stone arcades. With 1,437 seats, it is one of Salzburg's most important concert halls. It was carved out of the rock at the foot of the Mönchsberg in the 17th century. Under Max Reinhardt, the Felsenreitschule became the venue for the Salzburg Festival for the first time in 1926.

Gallery House Mario Mauroner

The Gallery House Mario Mauroner Salzburg was built in 1932 in the Bauhaus style. Today, the house directly on the Salzach is the 2nd location of the Mario Mauroner Gallery and artistic meeting place in the Sculpture Garden. During the 2022 festival season, there will be Art Talks here every Saturday with artists from the "My one and only" exhibition.

Großes Festspielhaus

The Großes Festspielhaus is one of the largest concert halls in the world. It was ceremoniously opened on 26 July 1960 with Richard Strauss' "Rosenkavalier" conducted by Herbert von Karajan. The Großes Festspielhaus is the main venue for the annual Salzburg Festival. Outside its gates, the high society of the Salzburg Festival meets onlooking visitors and an international crowd of photographers every year.
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Haus der Natur (House of Nature)

On more than 7000sqm, the Museum of Nature and Technology offers the natural history museum, which deals with Salzburg's immediate surroundings all the way to distant outer space. The live animal section shows fish and reptiles and a coral reef. And the Science Centre explores common questions about physics, mathematics and technology with hands-on exhibits. A versatile museum visit for which you can easily plan a day at the Haus der Natur.

Haus für Mozart (House for Mozart)

The "Haus für Mozart" - originally called the "Kleines Festspielhaus" - was ceremoniously opened in 1925 and is one of the top concert halls in Salzburg, along with the Großes Festspielhaus and the Felsenreitschule. In 2006, the former court stables were converted. The House for Mozart seats 1,580 people. Since the conversion, the Felsenreitschule and the "Haus für Mozart" can also be used simultaneously.

HOSI Salzburg

The Homosexual Initiative (HOSI) Salzburg is a non-profit association that has been working for social acceptance and legal equality of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people for 40 years. Among other things, the HOSI Salzburg organises numerous events, for example the HOSI Festival four times a year.

International Mozarteum Foundation

The Mozarteum Foundation Salzburg focuses on the person and work of Wolfgang Amadé Mozart. With initiatives in the three core areas of concert events, Mozart museums and science, it builds a bridge between the preservation of tradition and contemporary culture.
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Hallein Celtic Museum

The Hallein Celtic Museum is one of the largest museums of Celtic history and art in Europe. The combination of Iron Age burial grounds, settlement areas and salt mining on the Dürrnberg is unique in Europe. Walk-through galleries, insights into burial chambers, ornate gold jewellery - the art and culture of the Celts can be experienced in the Hallein Celtic Museum.

Living Room

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The Living Room in Bayerhamer Straße is an event location for up to 220 people. The stage can be used flexibly with extensive equipment. The kitchen can be used by any caterer. The urban design, a flexible catering model and excellent eco-values round off the offer.

Collegiate Church

At the end of the 17th century, Prince Archbishop Paris von Lodron was already planning to build his own Roman Catholic university church in Salzburg on the site of the former Frauengarten. It was over 70 years later that the new church was completed by architect Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach under Prince Archbishop Johann Ernst von Thun and consecrated in 1707.

MARK Salzburg

MARK Salzburg is an independent, open cultural centre for contemporary art and cultural education. The aim of the projects and events taking place in the house is the production, mediation and presentation of an appealing, innovative, contemporary art and cultural programme. A central value is the participation and acceptance of all people from different walks of life.
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Mirabell Palace

Mirabell Palace was built in 1606 by Prince Archbishop Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau for his mistress Salomé Alt. Today, the baroque palace houses the wedding hall, which can also be used for partner ceremonies. The castle is surrounded by a large park, Pegasus fountain, dwarf garden and the Rose Hill, which has its own flair as a cruising area at night.

Mozart residence

From 1773 to 1787, the Mozart family lived in the "Tanzmeisterhaus" on today's Makartplatz. The spacious eight-room flat on the first floor now houses the Mozart Residence Museum. Among other things, Mozart's fortepiano is on display here, original documents and portraits of the Mozart family are shown and the family's Salzburg years are brought to life.

Museum der Moderne Salzburg

The Museum der Moderne Salzburg presents art at two locations. The Rupertinum, opposite the Festspielhaus, comprises the Prints and Drawings Collection, the Modern Gallery and the Austrian Photo Gallery. On the Mönchsberg, exhibitions are shown on classical modernism, art since the end of the Second World War and contemporary art.

Mozart cinema

In 1905, "moving pictures" were shown for the first time in Salzburg. Since 1918, the Mozartkino, the oldest still existing cinema in the city of Salzburg, has been located in the rooms of the Altstadthotel Kasererbräu. The history of the cinema makes for fascinating reading and is a testament to the cultural history of this part of Salzburg's old town, which is somewhat off the beaten track. The hotel reception of the 4-star Hotel Kasererbräu is also the cinema box office.
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Rockhouse Salzburg

The Rockhouse is an event hall in Salzburg's Schallmoos district at the foot of the Kapuzinerberg. The building was originally used as an ice cellar and wine warehouse. After extensive renovations in the early 1990s, the Rockhouse was opened as an event venue.

Salzburg Residence

The Salzburg Residence was the Baroque centre of power during the time of the prince archbishops. Today, the Alte Residenz is a special kind of event location. Alongside Salzburg Cathedral and St Peter's Abbey, the Residenz forms the third structural framework of the DomQuartier, which opened in 2014. Embedded in a coherent tour, the state rooms and the Residenz Gallery with its magnificent collection of European painters from the 16th to 19th centuries can be seen in the Residenz.

Salzburg Congress

Salzburg Congress is the multifunctional conference centre in the heart of the city of Salzburg: 15,000 square metres on five floors and up to 15 halls set the stage for international congresses, meetings, product presentations and events.

Salzburg Central Station

Salzburg's main train station was reopened in 2014 after six years of renovation and refurbishment. Since then, it has welcomed arriving visitors with a friendly and light mixture of concrete, steel and glass and 1a connection to the trolleybus network. Every year, the Salzburg Pride Parade starts on the station forecourt.
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Salzburg Arena

The Salzburgarena was opened on 7 December 2003 with a concert by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt. The arena offers a spectacular location for events, concerts, trade fairs, sporting events, galas and television shows on the grounds of the Salzburg Exhibition and Congress Centre. Numerous world stars have been guests here to date.

Salzburgring

The Salzburgring has been a car racing circuit since 1969 and today is an impressive event location and excursion destination – in an idyllic landscape. In summer, the electronic music festival "Electric Love" takes place here. The Salzburgring is located 14 kilometres east of Salzburg, halfway to Lake Fuschl.

Salzburg State Theatre

The Salzburg State Theatre is the leading and formative institution for the performing arts in the city and province of Salzburg. Under the umbrella of the theatre, opera, drama, ballet and the youth section "Junges Land" work together as lively and distinguished sections. The theatre stages about 400 performances per season from September to June.

Salzburg Museum

On a total of 3,000 m2 of exhibition space, the Salzburg Museum shows permanent exhibitions and changing special exhibitions on the art and cultural history of the city and province of Salzburg. The main building is the Neue Residenz in the old town. In addition, the Salzburg Museum has various locations in the city and the surrounding area.
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Szene Salzburg

For more than 50 years, the independent cultural association SZENE Salzburg has been providing important artistic impulses, presenting cross-border art and creating innovative formats in the city of Salzburg. In 1986, SZENE Salzburg moved into the former city cinema in the heart of the old town on Anton-Neumayr-Platz, where it defines its work in four main areas:

Toscaninihof

The Toscaninihof is a square in Salzburg's old town at the foot of the Peterswachtbastei of the Mönchsberg below the Edmundsburg. Adjacent are the Felsenreitschule, the Haus für Mozart stage house, the Franciscan monastery and the Collegium Benedictinum. The Mönchsberg garages have an exit into the courtyard, which provides access to the festival district and the entire Old Town.

Seifert Dance School

The Seifert dance school offers 1500 square metres of dance courses. Courses for adults, teenagers, children and senior citizens. Wedding courses, dance courses without a partner and private lessons are also on the programme or are possible. The Dancing Star Bar is open daily. There is the annual Seifert Ball and the premises are also used for exhibitions.

Unipark Nonntal

Unipark Nonntal is a campus of the University of Salzburg in the Nonntal district. Since 2011, the Unipark has been home to various faculties and facilities of the university. The lecture halls of the Unipark are also known for various events such as poetry slams and film screenings.
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City gallery Zwergelgarten

The Dwarf Garden is part of the old bastion used to fortify the New Town on the opposite side of the Salzach from the Old Town. Today it is part of the Mirabell Gardens at Mirabell Palace. The City Gallery of the City of Salzburg is located on this area. The Dwarf Garden is also a popular cruising park.

Volksgarten (People’s Garden)

Large inner-city park with outdoor pool, skating rink, fitness equipment, beach volleyball and football courts. It is also home to the Winterfest, the largest festival of circus acrobatics (December to January each year). The Volksgarten offers a varied programme both in summer and winter.

Rupertinum

The Rupertinum is a location of the Museum der Moderne on the Mönchsberg. The Rupertinum houses the Moderne Galerie and Graphische Sammlung Rupertinum as well as the photographic art of the Museum der Moderne's collection.
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