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In the same week, the FPÖ asked Austria's parliament to ban rainbow pedestrian crossings and mocked Vienna's queer history centre Qwien for installing armoured glass near a far-right venue. Every other party pushed back.
Vienna gave us one of our easiest stretches of nomad life — good trains, real gay nightlife, and a visa reality we want other nomads to know about before they book anything.
A day after the city's official Pride opening at the Rathaus, Vienna's queer community gathered at the Prater on May 30 for the Community Fest and Pride Run — the warm-up for a Rainbow Parade that turns 30 this year.
Vienna Pride opened Thursday with a daylong policy conference at City Hall and a sixteen-day program ahead of it. The slogan is VISIBLE Since 1996. The political climate makes the framing land differently than it did even a year ago.
Vienna Pride opens May 29 with a Conference at the Rathaus and runs through the 30th Regenbogenparade on June 13. Three hundred thousand people are expected on the Ringstrasse. Here is what the program looks like and why the anniversary framing matters.
Linda Lampenius and Pete Parkkonen took the trophy with Liekinheitin. The EBU's controversial flag rule — performers limited to the national flag, audiences allowed Pride and Palestinian flags — survived the night, but the optics tell a more complicated story.
Vienna's official Eurovision side-event zone for queer fans runs May 13–16 at the Volksgarten Pavillon and Säulenhalle. Four days of public viewings, queer clubbing, and panel programming wrap around the contest's two semi-finals and Saturday-night Grand Final.
The European Broadcasting Union's contested 2025 ban on Pride flags for performers and delegations carries into Vienna's Eurovision week. Spectators get a more permissive list — and a fire-safety asterisk. Here's what to expect when the contest opens May 12.
Vienna is hosting Eurovision May 12–16 and the 30th Regenbogenparade on June 13. We spent a stretch of 2022 there. Here's what we tell people who are flying in for the queer summer the city is about to have.
