Lectures and guided tours

“Under Vienna” takes you into the mysterious underworld

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Vienna hides a fascinating world of air raid shelters, supply tunnels and vaulted cellars beneath its streets and buildings. In addition to the well-known "3rd Man Tour", the new "Unter Wien" association now offers the opportunity to explore previously hidden and unknown aspects of subterranean Vienna on guided tours. On April 22, interested visitors will also have the chance to immerse themselves in the "Mysterious Viennese Underworld" at a lecture.

Photographer Lukas Arnold has been exploring Vienna's underground secrets for seven years and has now founded the "Unter Wien" association together with his colleague Clemens Arzberger. The association is dedicated to researching and documenting underground buildings in the Austrian capital and aims to raise awareness of this hidden heritage.

On the "Tour U", you will experience a historic cellar from the 19th century, which has large vaulted cellars and was once used as an air raid shelter during the Second World War.

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Following the enormous success of the lecture "Mysterious Viennese Underworld", the association launched its public tours in April, which met with great interest, much to the delight of the founders. The first tour, "Tour U", leads into a large vaulted cellar from the 19th century, which also served as an air raid shelter during the Second World War. The second tour, "Tour M", starts in May with the first dates and leads into an original mother-child bunker.

Association wants to preserve the history of the city
Under the motto "The bunker as a memorial against forgetting", Arnold, Arzberger and their team want to preserve history and keep the memory of past events alive with the tours through Vienna's underworld, as they emphasize. To support them, they also have the Viennese singer Hans Ecker on board, with whom a video was filmed in the city center to accompany the tour through the mystical Viennese underworld.

Additional date for completely full lecture
In view of the great interest, the association is also offering an additional date for its underworld lecture on April 22. A great opportunity to discover some of Vienna's least known but historically significant places, including an abandoned theater and a secret bunker from the Cold War era. Lukas Arnold shares not only his extensive knowledge, but also his passion for the hidden aspects of the city.

The lecture "Mysterious Viennese Underworld" takes place in the Sargfabrik with free admission, although donations are requested. Admission is at 6:30 pm and the start is scheduled for 7 pm.

On the first date of the "Unter Wien" lecture, the hall was full within a very short time, so it is recommended to arrive early.

(Bild: Unter Wien)

(Bild: Unter Wien)

For anyone who would like to find out more about the association's activities or is interested in future guided tours, information is available on the website. And if you can't make it to the Sargfabrik on April 22, you can follow the lecture live on the association's Facebook page.