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The cultural city of Salzburg offers the right thing for every taste:
It goes without saying that music is in the air in Salzburg. The Salzburg Festival, classical concerts and song evenings, rock and pop concerts or Austrian traditional customs - the spectrum is huge. Numerous museums and galleries are waiting to be visited by young and old.
And of course the great son of the city, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, will not be forgotten.
In 2026, the City Gallery Salzburg presents contemporary art exhibitions, including works by Gloria Zoitl, Kritzlschul (interactive), ‘lines, actually’ with three artists, Herwig Geroldinger on species extinction, and Florian Köhnlein with unusual materials. A must for art lovers in Salzburg!
In our events calendar, you’ll find all concerts, whether classical or modern, festival dates, exhibitions, vernissages, city festivals, as well as events for families and traditional events, and much more.
Salzburg’s modern architecture often remains hidden behind its baroque buildings. In Cycle 1: 1900–1940, we present 10 examples of modern architecture in Salzburg.
Salzburg – a city with history and art from many eras, yet there is also room for modern art. Moreover, it’s in a public space, freely accessible.
Discover the most beautiful filming locations of The Sound of Music in Salzburg – from Mirabell Gardens to Leopoldskron Palace. From 2026 you can expect your own Sound of Music Museum in Hellbrunn!
Free spirit, child prodigy, restless traveler: The life and works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Salzburg.
Where would Salzburg be without “The Sound of Music“? There is hardly any other film that has so motivated tourists throughout the world to put an Austrian city on their travel agenda. But not just Julie Andrews, but also Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz and Nicolas Cage have played against the elegant backgrounds provided by Salzburg. And there was the time that “Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart” in the run-up to the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest hosted by Austria became a hit in Salzburg’s Festival Hall.
Narrow streets and wide squares – here you can feel the whole story of the Prince Archbishops and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. This city knows how to inspire again and again. Visitors and locals alike move between the UNESCO World Heritage Site with the Hohensalzburg Fortress, Getreidegasse or Hellbrunn and the festival hype in summer and the enchanting Christmas market in winter
The MdM Salzburg is an impressive art museum that specializes in contemporary art and modern masterpieces – from photography, video, objects to architecture.
The 2025 program, “Picturing Justice,” examines the complex practice of justice and emphasizes the diversity of perspectives as opposed to a simple distinction between “right” and “wrong.”
