Salzburg Things to Do

Salzburger Performance Tage is a contemporary dance festival organized every year by a local dance society, Tanzimpulse, and is accompanied by a series of workshops that attracts dance students from all over Europe. Performance... more

Salzburg Panorama Tours offers The Original Sound of Music Tour. This was the company that organized the film crew's transport during filming in 1965. You can choose from a number of tours in and around Salzburg and you can act... more

Everything began in postwar times when a cinemascope-cinema was established in this building with 600 seats. A bizarre mixture of cinema, concerts and sporting events like boxing took place in the modest building in the heart... more

In the Hotel Sacher, is an excellent cafe called Cafe Sachar. The atmosphere is elegant and weather permitting, you can sit outside and enjoy the views of the Old Town and its fortress. The cafe and the Salzachgrill which is si... more

The old Petersbrunnerhof is once again buzzing with life. A few years ago, a successful and self-supportive theater group opened its doors here. The Elisabethbühne stages modern pieces, as well as classic plays from way back yo... more

The Dommuseum is quite new, only being founded in 1974. The Cathedral itself provides the dignified frame for exquisite objects from the Cathedral treasure, among it Prince Archbishop Wolf Dietrich's monstrance, liturgical tool... more

Although the Salzburger Kunstverein was one of the first institutions of its kind founded by artists and friends in 1844, it is definitely one of the most interesting places dealing with contemporary international and national... more

The Salzburg Easter Festival was founded in 1967 by the late and great conductor Herbert von Karajan. The festival comprises a series of concerts in the Mozarteumand other venues, in the week between Palm Sunday and Easter Sund... more

An event called Salzburger Advent evokes a Christmas mood every year in the first half of December. The concerts take place at the Kollegienkirche, a baroque church in the heart of the Old Town. Over 100 players create a perfor... more

The Michael Haydn Museum provides visitors with a fascinating insight into Salzburg's unique musical history. Haydn himself was a leading 18th-century composer and teacher who influenced generations of musicians. Throughout the... more