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New Year’s Eve 2011/12
Superb exhibitions and a dazzling array of events, concerts, operas, operettas and the hit musicals "Ich war noch niemals in New York" (I've never been to New York) and "Sister Act" (German version) promise a New Year's Eve program brimming with excitement throughout the day and night.
On 31 December, Vienna's old city center transforms into a giant party zone: Top entertainment is guaranteed by the New Year's Path, which winds its way from City Hall through the narrow lanes of the city center. Along the New Year's Path, about 50 gastronomes serve you punch and culinary treats. Numerous stations provide humorous entertainment with a show program, waltzes, an operetta, rock, pop and folk music as well as a DJ line-up. The Vienna Dance Schools offer crash courses in the waltz, and large fireworks display draw the crowds to the Prater and Heldenplatz.
A unique New Year's atmosphere can also be enjoyed on a boat trip along the Danube, at the Imperial Ball in Hofburg Palace and at New Year galas held in City Hall and the city's leading hotels. The Majestic Imperator train, a "palace on rails", allows you to ride into the New Year in luxurious style, while the Vienna State Opera once again stages its traditional performance of Johann Strauss' "Die Fledermaus".
New Year's Day in Vienna will be greeted in classic fashion with a morning "hangover cure" brunch - featuring the Vienna Philharmonic's New Year's Day concert on a big screen - in front of City Hall.