Social Events
| Sunday | July 3, 2011 | Informal Get-together |
| Monday | July 4, 2011 | Invitation of the Mayor of Vienna / Reception at the Vienna City Hall |
| Tuesday | July 5, 2011 | Congress Banquet |
| Wednesday | July 6, 2011 | PTF meeting (for PTF scholars) |
| Thursday | July 7, 2011 | "Heuriger" – typical Viennese wine tavern |
Sightseeing Programme
The following highlights are intended:
- Guided Tour 1 - Walk through the “Old Vienna“
Monday, 2pm - duration: app. 2 hours - meeting point: Josefsplatz
The purpose of this walk is to present parts of old Vienna that cannot be shown to the visitor in the course of a regular sightseeing tour. Starting at Josefsplatz, this walk takes you past the Imperial Palace, the winter residence of the Imperial family. After a walk through the Volksgarten you reach Beethoven-Pasqualatihouse where the famous composer lived for more than 8 years. Subsequently, your walk leads you over Herrengasse and Graben to St. Stephen's Cathedrale. After a turn around with its numerous cultural and historical highlights you stroll through small lanes and yards, which really provide you an impression of the old Vienna.
- Guided Tour 2 - Art Nouveau in Vienna - Explored on foot
Tuesday, 10am - duration: app. 2 hours - meeting point: Josefsplatz
In the course of this city walk we will show you some extraordinarily beautiful Art Nouveau buildings, The most renowned representatives of the Art Nouveau style are the architects Josef Hoffmann, Joseph Olbrich and especially Otto Wagner (1841-1918), who ranks among Vienna's most important and noteworthy Art Nouveau architects at the turn of the century. His masterpieces, like, for example, the Karlsplatz subway station or the building of the Post Office Savings Bank brought a major change to the townscape of Vienna. The highlight of our walk is a guided tour through the Secession, which was created by architect Joseph Olbrich and features the "Beethovenfries" of Gustav Klimt.
- Optional Day Tour - Romantic Danube Valley – “Wachau“
Wednesday - duration: app. 9 hours - meeting point: congress venue
Extra voucher needed (see Fees / Sightseeing Excursion Wachau)You start your tour per bus to Wachau, the romantic Danube valley situated before Vienna. Your first destination is Melk, where you visit the magnificent Baroque monastery and admire the breathtaking view of the Danube. After lunch (price not included) you go on a boat trip on the Danube, which takes you from Melk to Spitz. Past the picturesque town of Durnstein with the Kuenringer castle, where 800 years ago King Richard I Lionheart was held prisoner, you continue by bus to Krems. In Krems, in the course of a short walk, you will have the opportunity to take a look at the medieval town center with the Sgraffito-houses. After that, you will return to Vienna.