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Facilities for the Disabled
Viennese bread roll,
are often filled with Legislation in recent years
caviar, egg, smoked has made Vienna, with its
salmon, cheese or sometimes inconvenient old
salami. Glasses of buildings, far more accessible,
Sekt, a sparkling or “barrier-free”, to use the local
wine, are always term. A comprehensive booklet
available. in English can be downloaded
Buffets are usually at www.wien.info/en/travel-info/
open for up to one accessible-vienna. Many venues
hour before the start will assist those in wheelchairs
of a performance and to special viewing areas.
are often fairly empty.
They are an ideal Transport
place to have a
Dancing at the grand Opera Ball (see p141) small bite to eat and Normal service on the buses,
some thing to drink, and the trams and underground
individual seating plans and it coffee is extremely good. (U-bahn) lines shuts down
is a good idea to have them in It is not usual to tip ushers around midnight, depending
front of you when booking at theatres, unless you are on the route. For night owls, the
your tickets by telephone. Most being shown to a box, but subway lines stay open 24 hours
hotel porters will also have you may round up the price on Friday and Saturday nights
copies of seating plans for the of a theatre programme. and every night before a public
principal venues. Coats and hats have to be holiday. Lines run every 15
If you book by telephone left in the cloakroom before minutes. There are also 26 bus
remember that Parkett (stalls) you go to your seat. There is routes running from midnight
are in front and are usually usually no fixed charge, and to 5am, some going deep into
the most expensive. In some tipping is at your discretion. the suburbs. These night buses
theatres the front rows of the are marked “N-”, with the
stalls are known as Orchester- Late Night number of their route, and they
sitze. The Parterre (back stalls) run every 30 minutes. Taxis will
are cheaper and the dress circle Many of the better restaurants not be found cruising looking
(the grand or royal circle) is stop serving food as early as for fares; instead, they wait
called Erster Rang, followed by 10pm. But music clubs such as at designated taxi stands
the Zweiter Rang (balcony). At U4 (see p229) carry on into the or at hotels. They can also
the Burgtheater and Opera early hours. Restaurants with be requested by phone.
House, there are two extra late hours are noted in the
levels called the Balkon and Where to Eat and Drink section DIRECTORY
Galerie. The higher you go, the (see pp210–19). In addition to
cheaper the seats are. Boxes are these, there are cafés open until Late Night
known as Logen and the back 1am and scores of very late- Bitzinger bei der Albertina
seats are always cheaper than night takeaway shops. But Albertinaplatz. Map 4 D1 & 5 C4.
the front seats. you have not been to Vienna Open to 4am.
At the Wiener Volksoper (see until you have joined the
p229) they still have Säulensitze, 4am sausage devotees at a Würstelstand am Hoher
seats where the view is partly Würstelstand. North American Markt
obscured by a column. These fans of the cheese dog will Hoher Markt 1. Map 2 E5 & 6 D2.
cheap tickets are bought by become instant converts to Open to 4am.
music lovers who come to the Käsekrainer. Würstelstand
listen rather than to view. There Südtirolerplatz
are four tiers of boxes at the Südtirolerplatz. Map 4 E5.
Volksoper, known in ascending Alternative Open to 4am.
order as Parterre, Balkon, Erster Vienna is not just about history Zum Scharfen René
Rang and Zweiter Rang. and tradition. Explore the Schwarzenbergplatz 5.
Buffets at Vienna’s principal emerging hipster culture and Map 4 E2.
theatres provide alcoholic street life, for free, in a 3-hour Open to 5am.
and non-alcoholic drinks, and tour that is unique and enter-
tasty snacks which range from taining. Visits to squats, artists’ Alternative
open sandwiches at the workspaces and street art in Free Original Vienna
Akademie theater (see p230) areas like Kirchengasse and Alternative Tour
and Volks oper to the more along the canal are designed By reservation only.
elaborate concoctions at the to show the other side of this Tel 664 585 6206.
Opera House and Burgtheater. city of tradition. Evening pub ∑ free-vienna-tours.com
Sandwiches, made from a crawls are also arranged.

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