Vienna has a lot to offer in the way of entertainment. It isn’t called the cultural capital of Europe for nothing. Amazing theater, opera, museums, balls, concerts, you name it they have it here. Yeah okay, that’s all really great if you want to be proud of yourself for being so cultured. I myself like doing the above. But sometimes, some of us just want to go out and shamelessly party.
Not too long ago my husband and I enlisted two friends of ours and went out for a very fun Saturday night. Our first stop was Wein & Co Stephansplatz in the Inner City. It’s a very cool wine bar. We arrived at 6:30pm, which seems to be the happening time for the Viennese to visit a watering hole. Reservations are not accepted and the place was packed.
The wine list was surprisingly small, but the red bottle we settled on was divine. We stood around at the crowded bar for awhile until we had the luck of snagging a table. There we ordered cheese platters and proceeded to have a roaring good time with a few more bottles of wine.
Wein & Co Vienna Austria
We were at Wein & Co for about two hours when Toni Polster, one of the most famous and successful Austrian soccer players, came in. The whole crowd hushed for a few minutes as he rolled in with his entourage. As an L.A. girl myself, and having experienced celebrities before, I almost laughed until wine came out of my nose. Where do these people get this from, a celebrity handbook on how/what to do? It was funny watching him “be” a celebrity. Well anyway, I digress.
Wine & Co slowed down after 8pm as people went to dinner. We hung in there until around 11pm and then made the short walk over to the Sky Bar on Kärntner Straße. This is a very cool bar. It has a lounge atmosphere with dim lighting and comfortable chairs that you just sink into and never want to get up out of. The drink list was lllooonnnnggg with any type of drink that your heart could desire. I really liked the place, but do have to smile a bit at the name. Sky Bar sort of indicates high up. I think the bar is on the 8th floor. No no, pay attention. I said 8th floor, not 80th floor. But what’s in a name.
We kept an eye on our watches and noticed that after one drink at Sky Bar we had to scoot. The public transportation system stops running at 12:30am. You have to make sure you get home before then. Taking a cab isn’t really that expensive though because Vienna isn’t that big a city. From the Inner city you can get just about anywhere for €15.
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