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Few cities celebrate the new year with as much style and grace as Vienna, Austria. The city, known for its waltz music and baroque architecture, welcomes the new year with music, fireworks, and lots of dancing.
The festivities include a huge downtown street party with live music, plenty of “sekt,” the German sparkling wine, and dancing. The party stretches from City Hall to Teinfaltstrasse and features live entertainment, food and drink along the route. At midnight the “Pummerin” bell at St. Stephen’s Cathedral starts to ring, heralding in the official fireworks display and the new year.
In addition to the street party, there are a half-dozen or so formal balls, including the famous Imperial Ball, where ladies dance in hooped gowns and gentlemen bow in full jacket and tails.
On New Year’s Day, the Vienna Philharmonic celebrates the coming year with the “neujahrskonzert,” a concert of Strauss music and a holiday tradition since 1939. Tickets are next to impossible to get–there are 30,000 on the waiting list–but the concert is broadcast on television stations around the world, including PBS stations in the United States.
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