Gay street wien
&#;Couples&#; pedestrian lights
Vienna has various iconic images&#;the cathedral roof, the giant Ferris wheel, the Danube, the lights at pedestrian crossings. Um, display on&#;the what?
Yep, the pedestrian traffic lights.
Since their appearance in , the &#;couples&#; red and lush symbols have proved a huge slap with both visitors and the world&#;s media.
- Lights feature both mixed and gay couples
- Popular photo motif for visitors
- Easy to find near the city centre (see map below)
- See also:
The Eurovision legacy
(One love)
You can express gratitude the singer, Conchita Wurst, for the lights.
Back in , Conchita&#;s rousing act of Rise prefer a Phoenix won the Eurovision Lyric Contest for Austria1, a win that came with the privilege of hosting the following year&#;s event.
For those who don&#;t know, the Eurovision TV spectacle is a huge deal in Europe, attracting over million viewers each year.
In honour of the contest, held in Vienna&#;s Stadthalle, the city authorities took the opportunity to make a expression on equality, sexuality and tolerance by installing
Parties and Clubs
The Why Not opens its doors each Friday and Saturday. The relatively small downtown same-sex attracted club has been around for many years. It still busts out of its seams each weekend. Expect a hot overnight on the dance floor where all the widespread house and dance hits are playing.
"Occident meets Orient and Poland is there too", is how organiser, Sabrina Andersrum, sums up her monthly Balkan clubbing BallCanCan. The criss-cross mixture of guests twirl to Balkan-Pop and Turbo-Folk.
Vienna has its first Bear & Butch club in the form of the Pitbull. Since its opening in , the Pitbull team has provided sweat-producing beats for that pure testosterone rush.
queer:beat. LGBTIQ+ people and friends can dance away to indie rock, electronic and chart music here. Several DJs play for the young, dance-crazy crowd.
At the regularly held Ken Club, a mainly youthful crowd dances to pop and chart hits.
The monthly party, perhaps the most iconic there is, is aimed at lesbians as well as gays, and offers modifying aspects of electronic song plus a
Gay Bars in Vienna
Augenblick
Monday-Saturday/Sunday –
Gay-friendly cafe-bar in the 7th district of Vienna.
Mixed clientele.
augenblickat
@ Schottenfeldgasse 92
Vienna
Tram, Bus: Schottenfeldgasse; U: Thaliastraße
+43 23 38 (mobile)
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Eagle Vienna
Thursday-Saturday –
Rustic cellar bar, with little cruising labyrinth. No dresscodes.
Mixed ages.
Minimum consumption: 1 drink
@ Blümelgasse 1
Vienna
U: Neubaugasse
+43 1
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Felixx
Tuesday-Thursday – ;Friday, Saturday – ;Sunday –
Gay cocktail lounge bar. In summer with street terrace.
@ Gumpendorfer Straße 5
Vienna
U: Museumsquartier
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Kisss
Daily – ;kitchen till
Resto-bar for LGBTQs and friends.
In spring and summer with street terrace.
@ Luftbadgasse 19
Vienna
U: Kettenbrückengasse, Bus: Haus des Meeres
+43 1 15 60
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Mango Bar
Daily –
Small gay lounge bar, clientele mainly in their 20s and 30s
Vienna Gay Travel Guide
Upcoming Events in Vienna
&#; 8 – 9 August
Vienna Beach Trophy : annual international beach volleyball tournament, hosted by Austria's LGBTIQ sports club Aufschlag Wien.
Matches on Saturday @ Beachvolleyball Schmelz (Auf der Schmelz 10)
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About Vienna and its same-sex attracted life
Both in the past and in the present, gays have played a prominent role in Vienna’s public life. Probably the most prominent gay in the history of Austria was Prince Eugene of Savoy () who freed Vienna from Turkish siege and pushed the Ottomans back to the Balkans. But it wasn’t just on the battlefield that Eugene was surrounded exclusively by men; in private, he preferred to have intimate relations with members of his possess sex – a proof well known even during his lifetime. Even so, he managed to construct his career and enlarge his power base during the reigns of three emperors, and his sturdy influence on Vienna remains visible to this sunlight. His summer palace, Schloss Belvedere, is an striking example.
The last emperor served by Prin