The Anton-Schneider-Straße Festival is the most tradition-steeped street festival in Bregenz, celebrating culinary enjoyment and musical entertainment in Vorarlberg’s state capital every summer. The street steeped in history with its characteristic old buildings offers an outstanding setting for this charming festival, which has long been a fixed component of Bregenz’s event scene.
©Udo Mittelberger
A culinary festival with music
Each year in August, the port of Bregenz becomes a summer boulevard of enjoyment. Before the familiar Bregenz skyline with the yellow post office building from the times of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, Bregenz Art House, the State Theatre and the vorarlberg museum, a varied culinary and musical programme is offered. A sea breeze, the choicest food and good entertainment are guaranteed.
The Bregenz Event Calendar contains all events in Bregenz and informs you about all the music, sport and cultural events so that you do not miss any further dates.
20th of October 2016, 19:30pm
Bregenz invites guests to enjoy culinary and musical delights
On 20th of October, it is time for Bregenz to invite guests to its Long Night of Music again. A good opportunity to get to know the diversity of Bregenz’s gastronomy and the local music scene.
Pfänderbahn AGKarteUnique panorama!
When the hecticness of the everyday routine gains the upper hand again, the residents of Bregenz have a miracle cure – their 1,064-metre-high local mountain. With this view from the summit onto Lake Constance, the city and the Alps, one’s thoughts are calmed and the stress is put into perspective. Each of the two cabins comfortably offers space for 80 people. Silently and in an environmentally friendly manner, you glide towards the mountain.
vorarlberg museumKarteDiscover history in an exciting environment and in an innovative manner!
Located between the lake and the city centre, in direct proximity to the Art House and the State Theatre, the architectural masterpiece of the new vorarlberg museum forms the end of the culture boulevard. The main point of attraction is the more than 150,000 artefacts from art, history, folklore and archaeology that deal with the history and present of Austria’s westernmost federal state from a wide range of perspectives.
© Udo Mittelberger
Bregenz, the state capital by Lake Constance, offers a range of tourist attractions. Historic buildings, traditional landmarks and modern architecture show Bregenz in all its facets.
©Daniela Schönenberger
From small round hikes to extended hikes: a well-developed and signposted network of paths awaits you.
The uniqueness of Vorarlberg’s state capital is characterised above all by the landscape combination of lake and mountain. The local mountain of the residents of Bregenz, the Pfänder, presents itself as an ideal opportunity to include hikes in one’s leisure pursuits.
Vorarlberger LandestheaterKarteTheater am Kornmarkt
The State Theatre in Bregenz plays a significant role in the cultural happenings of Vorarlberg’s state capital. The repertoire ranges from classics to debut performances. The theatre, as a place of imagination, stories and emotions, focuses consciously on traditional and contemporary theatre art, thus finding its recognition in the cultural landscape of the Lake Constance region.
© Udo Mittelberger
An important component that refines Bregenz city life is the weekly markets. Guests experience the markets as places of encounters that invite one to discover a variety of culinary delights and specialities. Locals, too, take advantage of the appealing opportunity to find tasteful, high-quality products for kitchen and household. Hospitableness and down-to-earthness characterise the city’s market bustle. An inspiring wealth of culinary art vivifies the streets and squares, which invite one on a delightful journey of discovery.
You can find the current weather for Bregenz by Lake Constance, a 3-day forecast, temperatures and fog and storm probabilities, etc., here, clearly presented.
Kunsthaus Bregenz KUBKarteKUB architecture
The Art House stands in the light of Lake Constance. Its structure is built from glass plates, steel and a stone mass of cast concrete that forms structure and space in the interior of the building. Viewed from outside, the building gives the impression of an illuminant.
One Marathon – Three Countries: 9 October 2016
The 3-country marathon is unique. It starts on the picturesque island of Lindau. From there it goes on to Austria. Through Lochau, then on to Bregenz, Hard, Fußach, Höchst, over the Swiss border to St. Margrethen and then back over the Rhine dam to Hard and then to the finish stadium in Bregenz.
October '19
ELSE (OHNE FRÄULEIN)
© Helmut WalterELSE (OHNE FRÄULEIN)
„Else (ohne Fräulein)“ ist angelehnt an Arthur Schnitzlers inneren Monolog „Fräulein Else“. In dem Klassiker von 1924 kämpft eine junge Frau gegen die verlogenen Moralvorstellungen einer männerdominierten Gesellschaft. Dramatiker Thomas...
Bregenz
In Bregenz, locals and visitors alike enjoy the interplay of contrasts:
On one side Lake Constance, on the other side the mountains; the relaxed rhythm of a small city with 28,000 inhabitants here, the lively range of cultural opportunities of international rank there. This mix, this special flair, characterises Vorarlberg’s state capital. It offers its guests the best views – not just at the lake stage – and a setting that leaves one wanting more: cycling, hiking, bathing, a boat trip, a shopping stroll, concerts, museums, galleries, etc. – simply put, the plus by the lake.