The Danube Island Festival is profitable for our city!
It is Europe's largest open-air festival - and attracts thousands of music enthusiasts to the Danube Island every year: But the Danube Island Festival is not only profitable for...
Triumph: Gold for Europe's largest open-air festival
The Danube Island Festival wins the hearts of festival enthusiasts year after year and this time it even caught the attention of the expert jury of the Austrian Event Award...
Running event of the year: Vienna is ready for the marathon weekend
On April 20th and 21st, Austria's largest active sports event, the Vienna City Marathon (VCM), will take place again. This requires precise planning, cooperation and...
Donaustadt: Car thrown onto playground in accident!
Luckily, a traffic accident in the 22nd district ended lightly. One of the two cars involved left the road and broke through the fence...
Ernst Nevrivy: “I’ll run again in the 2025 election!”
After some turbulence in the last few months, the Donaustadt district leader is now making it clear what the future looks like. The Donaustadt district leader Ernst Nevrivy appears in an exclusive interview...
Red-white-red newcomers conquer the DIF stage
The Danube Island Festival has always been committed to supporting emerging musical talent. This year it was that time again: The 14th Rock The Island Contest, in collaboration...
Seestadt: Democracy lives like the trees and meadows
Democracy in the Seestadt is alive - just like the many trees, bushes and meadows! The Vienna district newspaper was able to see this at a citizens' meeting...
Danube Island Festival: Proud anniversary result for the 41st
The Donauinselfest, Vienna's annual highlight of the music and cultural scene, celebrated its 40th anniversary last year. From the first tender beginnings to this year's anniversary...
Old Danube: Floating mowing brigade in action
The Vienna Waters mowing team is back on the Old Danube. In full operation, 15 amphibious mowing boats as well as other collection and support boats are in use...
Seestadt boss: The new ÖFB campus is there for everyone!
Our sports insider Robert Sommer introduces Seeststadt boss Dr. Gerhard Schuster three crucial questions - here are the answers:
Start of the season in the Hirschstetten flower gardens!
With the beginning of spring, the Hirschstetten flower gardens in the 22nd district have reopened their doors. Botanical gardens, theme gardens and the zoo await visitors...
Groundbreaking ceremony for the new football association campus!
The groundbreaking ceremony for the largest construction project in the history of the ÖFB has taken place - sports minister Werner, among others, was happy about this in Seestadt...
Donaustadt: Victory Square should be an oasis of well-being
The Neos have now presented interesting plans for the historically important square. What should Victory Square look like in the future? For the Neos in the Danube city...
Women's power at DIF: A look behind the scenes
International Women's Day is not only an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of women, but also to recognize those who often work in the background...
Exhibition: Insanely beautiful – quite insane
As part of the first Vienna Women's Week, over 30 artists will present their works on the explosive topic of "beauty" from March 7th to 9th...
Donaustadt: Mega cycle highway in final phase!
The redesign of Wagramer Straße between Donauzentrum and Kagraner Platz will create 109 green spaces with a total of 8.100 square meters and around 100 new trees. A...
Apprentices wanted: event in the shopping center
From February 20th to 24th, 2024, the apprentice event “Technicians of Tomorrow” will go into its second round at the Westfield Donau Center. With mechatronics, automotive technology and...
Major construction project VIENNA TWENTYTWO is secured
ARE Austrian Real Estate Development GmbH takes over the shares of the struggling SIGNA Group in VIENNA TWENTYTWO. This provides planning security again for...
All-clear: Parking spaces remain at the Danube Tower!
The all-clear for residents at Bruckhägen and Arbeiterstrandbadstrasse: the parking lot at the Donauturm will remain intact. This ensures the continued existence of the overlap zone between...
S-Bahn: timetable changes due to construction work
The ÖBB is carrying out work on the superstructure of the Nordbahn Danube Bridge. This will have an impact on the S-Bahn timetable in and around Vienna next weekend. The...
Three seriously injured in an accident in Brigittenau
There was a serious traffic accident in the 20th district yesterday. Two women and a man between the ages of 54 and 69 were...
City warns against ice skating on natural waters
The bitter cold has caused the Old Danube and other stagnant natural bodies of water to freeze over. But be careful - appearances are deceptive: the ice cover is only a few centimeters...
Old Danube: Audio guide invites you to take a winter walk
The Old Danube is also an attractive destination in winter. A guide system in the form of steles ensures that even those who are not familiar with the area can find their way around quickly....
Our districts offer great attractions during Advent
From Christmas winter concerts to Advent punch in the Danube Tower, a visit to the Christmas market or winning great prizes in the Holding Advent calendar, Vienna offers in the most contemplative...
Vienna's 1st mega cycle highway is entering its final phase
The climate-friendly redesign of Wagramer Straße in the 22nd district is heading towards its highlight: the completion of the structurally separated two-way cycle path over a length of...
Stammersdorf: Gentlemen without a mixed set!
The Stammersdorf men's choir impressed with their performance in the Volksheim. It wasn't Christmas yet, not even Advent - but the guests at the Volksheim in...
Slide with an adrenaline rush over the rooftops of Vienna
The "Donauturm Slide", a breathtaking art installation by the internationally renowned artist Carsten Höller, was launched on the Danube Tower on October 3, 2023 in a spectacular helicopter action...
Cozy Advent village in beautiful Kaisermühlen
Cheers to Boy Scout Group 46, which is particularly committed in the run-up to Christmas. Things will be cozy in Kaisermühlen on December 2nd. An Advent village invites...
Danube City: Cultural Autumn after A Midsummer Night's Dream
Theater, cabaret, readings and lots of music in Seestadt: a great festival with Stermann, Maschek and Co that lasts until the coming winter. After...
Donaucity: Trend sport padel tennis brings momentum
The huge facility on Arbeiterstrandbadstrasse offers 16 artificial turf football pitches, 14 tennis courts and, recently, six new padel tennis courts. You want to get started with the trend sport. At the Donaucity sports center in...
Donaustadt: Kagraner Steg has now been completely renovated!
Good news for pedestrians and cyclists: The repair of the Kagraner Steg, a footpath and cycle path built in 1991 over the Old Danube, has been completed. The...
Idyllic spirit of adventure in the National Park Camp
Part 67 of the Vienna District Gazette series with initiator Josef Taucher takes you to the Lobau natural area. You have to experience the National Park Camp: pure nature with a pinch of adventure romance...
District Business Awards: The winners of the Danube city!
This is what winners look like! Or better: the top companies in the 22nd district that have now been recognized at the District Business and Medical Awards. An evening...
A beacon of child and adolescent health
Seestadt, Europe's largest urban development area, is Vienna's most child-rich district! Therefore, new standards were set in the area of health care and a children's medical center was opened...
Elementary school visits the Johanniters
21 students from a second class at the Hammerfestweg all-day elementary school from the Donaustadt in Johanniter-Center-Nord spent an exciting day. Many questions were asked by the experts there...
The workers raise their voices in the Seestadt
A special treat awaits those interested in culture at the choir concert of the Viennese Workers' Singers in the Kulturgarage Seestadt. Six unique choirs perform together. Next Friday,...
New guitar festival in the Seestadt Aspern
The countdown has begun: The first international guitar festival "Art of Guitar Vienna" will celebrate its premiere from November 3rd to 4th in Seestadt Aspern. The festival will...
“A Dog for Lily”: New animal protection book for children
For World Animal Protection Day on October 4th, TierQuarTier Vienna, MA 48 and the Vienna Animal Protection Ombudsman published the new Pixi book “A Dog for Lily”. Children and adults...
Seestadt gets a children's medical center
From October 1st, the Seestadt practice “Child and Youth Health Lighthouse” will become one of the first pediatric medical centers with a health insurance contract in Vienna. The ordination offers a...
WienMobil-Hüpfer: E-bus on demand in two districts
After the successful test operation in Liesing, the mobility offer is now also available in the Danube city. With the WienMobil Hopper, Wiener Linien offers a practical...
WBB night brings no luck for the Capitals
The hall was well filled with almost 5.000 spectators, and the rows of seats in the Vienna District Gazette were also full. The mood was correspondingly good at the WBB night, in the legend...
Danube Tower doesn't rotate, but everything revolves around it
A spectacular innovation is planned for the anniversary year 2024 - although it is still a secret. The famous panoramic café on the Danube Tower is standing still! Fault...
Aiming high: Great balance of the sports field movement
It's done: After a month of "free sport in the neighborhoods", the "Finale Grande" took place in the Donaupark. A spectacular trampoline show, cheerleading, lacrosse and hula hooping -...
This year summer ends on September 6th
The sign that summer is coming to an end: Confiserie Heindl is starting the autumnal chocolate chestnut season. By far the most popular creation of...
Exciting: Discover the Old Danube with a new app!
The newly released Hearonymus app offers a free guide to the Old Danube. Whether you're a die-hard fan or just a casual visitor...
From the start of school: On a “hop” to the Danube city
The WienMobil Hüpfer is an on-demand electric bus that will also be on the road in the Danube city from September 4th. In Liesing the hopper is...
Extended! Joy about Mazzucco market in the 22nd district
The Mazzucco market, which opened on a trial basis in May this year in Seestadt (22nd district), has become very well established. It will be extended. The market is...
The Seestadt Aspern is so cool and cool!
Greening, unsealing, cooling – the City of Vienna is currently paying particular attention to these key points when redesigning squares and streets. Also the...
Clear rules for cycling in the Lobau are required
The driving ban for cyclists in Vienna's Lobau is not new, but it is currently causing a stir among visitors and bicycle commuters from the Danube city...
Danube Tower: Creative photos thanks to the latest technology
The perfect souvenir of a beautiful day at the Danube Tower, in which Wien Holding is also involved. Together with the photographers or at the...
Donaustadt: Vehicle caught fire
A vehicle engulfed in flames triggered a fire department operation in the 22nd district. The driver was drunk. In Gänsehäufelgasse a car caught fire while driving...
In the game of kings, Adiya is the real queen
The neighborhood service wohnpartner organized a chess tournament in the Danube city for everyone up to the age of 14. After several exciting games, 10-year-old Adiya won the...
Seestadt technology center continues to grow
The expansion of the Seestadt technology center is entering the next stage: With the third component (tz3), the Vienna Business Agency is creating additional modern infrastructure for companies...
Danube Island Festival: Now we have a world record!
At the 40th Danube Island Festival, the world record for the biggest rock band of all time was set with “88.6 Rocktogether”! 1.112 musicians performed the song “Enter Sandman” together...
Prefabricated building in the 22nd district has now become a work of art
The “Kulturlabor Gemeindebau”, the cultural arm of the wohnpartner neighborhood service, has refined a fire wall at Siebenbürgerstrasse 2-12 with a 60 m2 mural. The picture...
The anticipation is rising: RAF Camora is rocking the festival stage!
This weekend, the largest open-air festival with free admission is celebrating a cool anniversary: At the 40th edition of the Donauinselfest, Radio FM4 is hosting the big...
Good tip: go to the Danube Island Festival without a car and stress
From Friday there will be another weekend of great entertainment at the Danube Island Festival. But the ÖAMTC warns: vehicles parked in violation of traffic conditions will be rigorously towed away! Friday to Sunday...
New at #dif23: Recruiting island with top jobs!
New this year at the Donauinselfest: Visitors have the opportunity to find out about jobs and training positions from well-known companies at two locations. This...
Lifesaver: The 41st Defi helps in community construction
Over 12.000 people die of sudden cardiac death every year in Austria. 80 percent of all cases happen within your own four walls. The chances of survival increase through...
40 years of the Danube Island Festival: Don't miss anything with the app!
Visitors to the 40th Danube Island Festival can look forward to around 1.000 artists and 700 hours of program on the anniversary. The birthday is going to be huge! Great...
“LiDo” hiking day: There’s really something going on!
Anyone who would like to experience the districts of Floridsdorf and Donaustadt in a new way and discover many Grätzl highlights is invited to the big walking event “18...
At the lake: defibrillator with automatic emergency call
At the start of the bathing season, a special campaign by Vienna's helpers took place at Lake Aspern. Employees from various institutions as well as five Seestadt middle school classes took part. Presents...
Companion: The WBB rocks the Danube Island
The Vienna District Gazette and the Danube Island are a special story. Last Pentecost weekend was the “number one in Vienna” with 500.000 readers (31% reach) at...
Bright sea of colors for your 45th birthday
For the 45th birthday there was no cake with burning candles, but rather glowing facades. Around 400 party guests marveled at the “young at heart” residential complex on Rennbahnweg, which...
World's first Jina Mahsa Amini Street!
Vienna is getting a Jina-Mahsa-Amini Street – making it a global pioneer! By naming the street after the murdered Iranian Kurd, the city is sending a clear signal...
New “face” for Breitenleer Straße!
Breitenleer Straße will soon have a new “face” - and it will be an even friendlier and, above all, greener one: Because until...
Start of the ferry boat season: island hopping in the middle of Vienna!
The Copa Cruise is back on the New Danube! With the electrically powered catamaran, the city offers a...
Seestadt: Sustainable student paradise
More than 10.000 people already live in Seestadt. The urban development project is one of the most ambitious in all of Europe. Overall, here in the Danube city...
New market buzz in the Danube city from May
The Danube city is getting a new market! From May 5th, the stallholders at the Mazzucco market (Seestadt) will be offering their delicacies for sale. The new market has every...
The Danube Park is now even greener
The Danube Park was built on a former garbage dump in the 1960s. The 60 hectare park was created especially for the international Vienna Garden Show....
“Long to die”: A teacher as “Bruce Willis”
Bruce Willis has a brother in spirit in the Danube city: Markus Hauptmann, who works in his civilian job as a teacher at the elementary school on Rennbahnweg,...
Comic fair on the 22nd/23rd April at MetaHall
The two-day event will take place as the conclusion and highlight of the current “Vienna Comic Week” next weekend (April 22nd and 23rd) in the MetaHall (22nd,...
The animal mowing brigade is back in action
They have been back in action since Monday: Lotti, Hannerl, Rudolfa, Pünktchen, Rosi and the ram Willi. The sheep flock of the Mostviertel farm Kablhof has...
Mowing is taking place again on the Old Danube
The current temperatures don't quite make it possible to believe it: summer is just around the corner and with it the long-awaited swimming season. For...
Hirschstetten: This is where the Danube city really blossoms
The flower gardens in Hirschstetten have reopened their doors: there you can feel, see and smell spring on 60.000 square meters. The Danube city is blossoming -...
Stork alarm: Already 1.000 babies in Seestadt!
This “anniversary” was a nice reason for the Wiener Bezirksblatt to take a tour of the urban development area in the Danube city together with managing director Gerhard Schuster...
Pilot project: Works of art decorate intersections
Following the London model, some streets in Vienna are now also becoming more colorful. The city “rolls” in the districts of Meidling, Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus and in the Donaustadt colorful,...
133rd award for Donaustadt police officers
At the Police Gala 133, which traditionally takes place on March 13.3th. takes place, two police officers from the district were honored. Group Inspector Wolfgang Lukits received the 133rd Award for “Special...
New community building in Seestadt handed over
In the “Am Seebogen” district, 76 new community apartments were recently moved into by their residents. At the same time, a kindergarten was opened in the immediate vicinity. The location of...
Seestadt as the “cradle” of democracy
On the shores of Lake Aspern, the exhibition “What does the Constitution have to do with me?” invited people to an exciting examination of our form of government:...
Open day at the district boss
District head Ernst Nevrivy invited people to an “open day” in his office in Donaustadt and was overwhelmed by the great interest of the population. Many people...
Danube Island Festival 2023: Looking for young talent
The Danube Island Festival, which takes place this year from June 23rd to 25th, is celebrating its 40th anniversary. This year we are once again looking for young talents who can...
Neighborhood Treasure: The “Budget for Your Idea”
The “Neighborhood Treasure” of the Urban Renewal Area Management (GB*) is entering its second round this year. In this initiative, local residents talk about the design of their...
The big anniversary: 40 years of the Danube Island Festival
The anniversary edition of the Danube Island Festival, Europe's largest free open-air festival, will take place from June 23rd to 25th. The organizers have already given a first insight into...
Lobau is not left high and dry
Since the Danube was regulated with the “Vienna breakthrough” in the 19th century, the natural flow from the Danube into the Lobau has been prevented - but exactly...
Sausage stand fans at Nevrivy district leader
Ernst Nevrivy apparently knows everything: three students from a class at the AHS Heustadelgasse visited the Donaustädter as part of their geography and economics lessons...
Seestadt's greening offensive continues
Seestadt Aspern, one of the largest urban development areas in Europe, is expected to offer more than 2030 people a new home by 25.000. The plans for the mega project...
Donaupark should be bigger and greener
The Danube Park, which was created from a landfill during the Vienna International Garden Show in 1964, is becoming even bigger and greener - the...
Until February 12th: Gaming history in the 22nd
The Donaustadt District Museum is coming off its winter break. And to the delight of all gaming fans. Because as reported, the museum on Kagraner Platz next to the...
At Tesarek in the town hall: Ernst Nevrivy as a guest
“At Tesarek in the town hall” is the name of the talk format, which, in cooperation between W24 and the WIENER BEZIRKSBLATT, includes exciting discussions with members of the city government and...
Kagran: Apartments and lots of greenery instead of parking spaces
The Donaustadt district administration is moving. This month, the district council at Schrödingerplatz with head Errnst Nevrivy packed their things and moved to the new Vienna...
District museum focuses on gaming history
The latest exhibition at the Donaustadt District Museum is all about gaming. The lovingly arranged special exhibition entitled “8 Bit plus” highlights...
In “Napoleon” they went to the dogs
The “Napoleon” at Kagraner Platz 33 has developed into a gastronomic hotspot not only for the Danube city, but for the entire north of Vienna!...
Sani made his dream come true in the 22nd district
Sani Kostadinovic always knew that he would one day take the leap into self-employment: Now, at the age of 53, his dream is...
Punch and be amazed in the Hirschstettner Advent
From now on, the Hirschstetten Flower Gardens are once again all about Christmas: until December 23rd, the Christmas exhibition of the Vienna City Gardens can be viewed from Thursday to...
The forest that never forgets
Part 57 of our series “Josef Taucher presents: WIENER WONDER-WELTEN” takes you to the Asperner Memorial Forest in the 22nd district. The natural area has existed for 35 years now...
Thanks from a loyal reader goes to an unknown helper
The good news is the better: That's why we're happy to publish a heartfelt thank you from a loyal reader of the WIENER BEZIRKSBLATT to a stranger! "I...
Students ran for the “good” mileage money
Almost 4.000 students showed off their social and sporting side on October 12th and 13th. Because the LIDL Austria school run made...
First community building in the Seestadt Aspern
Seestadt Aspern is getting its first community building: It is currently being built in an attractive location directly at Elinor-Ostrom-Park near the Seestadt U2 station at Mela-Köhler-Gasse 7...
Youth took over OBI in the Danube city
Great idea from OBI in the Danube city: 110 students and apprentices were responsible for the smooth running of the North Market! Advise, plan, sell, bill...