Film Festival at Vienna’s Rathausplatz
Europe’s largest cultural and culinary festival returns for its 35th season
The Film Festival at Vienna’s Rathausplatz is the summer hotspot for culture, culinary delights and pure joie de vivre!
With free admission, the festival has been attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors every year for over three decades.
The unique mix of top-class music film productions and first-class cuisine from the kitchens of all over the world ensure an incomparable experience in the midst of one of Vienna’s most beautiful surroundings.
The 35th Film Festival at Vienna’s Rathausplatz will take place from 28 June to 31 August 2025.
#soVIENNA
For more than 30 years, the City of Vienna has offered appealing cultural attractions free of charge at Vienna’s Rathausplatz. And this year once more, over the course of 65 days, the Film Festival will offer a unique combination of major music productions and top-quality gastronomy under the open sky.
Pure joie de vivre combined with the lightness of summer – the Film Festival ist just #soVIENNA!
Culture
A first-rate program awaits you! The Film Festival presents an all-out production featuring a particularly appealing cultural offer, with crowd pullers that have sold out concert halls, stadiums and opera houses around the world.
Be it opera, classical, pop, rock, jazz, dance, world music or musicals – this year’s program leaves nothing to be desired.
Dining
For the last three decades, the Film Festival has set the hearts of foodies and all lovers of good food racing. After all, what could be better than enjoying excellent cuisine with your loved ones against one of the most attractive backdrops in the city?
Whether you go for international dishes, local cuisine or cool drinks: the festival at the Rathausplatz is offering something to suit all tastes once again this year.
Opening times
35th Film Festival at Vienna’s Rathausplatz
June 28 to August 31, 2025
11 am until midnight
free admission
How to get there
Tram:
Lines 1, D, 71:
Rathausplatz / Burgtheater stop
Line 2:
Parliament
Underground:
U2 Rathaus
Weather
Webcam on the Burgtheater with a view of Vienna City Hall