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New Years Day Concert in Vienna. A dream come true.

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After watching this concert on TV for many years, we were able to attend the concert for 2009.

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New Years Day Concert in Vienna. A dream come true.

January 1, 2009

Concert-goers arriving.

Although we were familiar with this event from TV coverage, the experience far exceeded our expectations. We booked a limo for transfer from our hotel to the Musikvieren the day before and arrived at the concert hall at around 10.30 for the start at 11.15. Just taking in the scene outside was amazing....seeing all the people arriving for this very special event. With some trepidation we approached the entrance and produced our tickets (even at this stage we couldn't believe we were actually doing this). Maybe the tickets would be forgeries or maybe there would be some other problem, but no, all was well and we entered the Musikvieren. Nothing had prepared us for the majesty of this famous concert hall on New Years Day. Filled with beautiful flowers and the sheer grandeur of the occassion.

Then the concert itself....lasting around 2.5 hours it felt like ten minutes. Certainly, this was an experience which will live with us forever.

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tvillingmarit says:

This is one of my dreams to, hope it will come tru some day. This concert is fantastic and when the orcestra plays Radetsky March as the final pice I`m in heaven.
Wishes you the best for 2009.

Posted on: Jan 05, 2009

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Concert-goers arriving.

The Musikverien.

John.

Lynda.

Inside The Golden Hall.

Lynda

Holiday Inn South Vienna

Out of town.....but with easy access.

We used this hotel mainly because we had reward points available, so in effect we stayed for free.
Upon arrival, we thought 'oh dear, we're miles from anywhere'. But after a little investigation, we found that access to the city is very easy by public transport or taxi.
To get to the centre you need to get a bus 65A to the nearest metro station (Reumannplatz, 15 mins), then take the metro from there (line U1, another 15 min). In a cab it's about 15 euro to Stephansplatz.
Nothing special here, but a decent hotel, which we will quite happily use again.
There is a large shopping centre right opposite the hotel with several bars and restaurants.

Holiday Inn Vienna-South.