220 Grad Nonntal
The Nonntal location of 220 Grad. A neighbourhood café south of the Altstadt between the Cathedral and Nonnberg Abbey. Good coffee in a quieter setting.
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Contemporary
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220 Grad Rupertinum
The first location of Salzburg's 220 Grad specialty coffee brand, in the Rupertinum building on Wiener-Philharmoniker-Gasse. A natural stop on a museum visit.
AEIOU
Installed 2002
A cubic art pavilion by Anselm Kiefer (2002) in Furtwänglerpark. Walk of Modern Art #1, the very first commission. Named after the enigmatic Habsburg motto Alles Erdreich ist Österreich Untertan.
Afro Café
One of the most distinctive independent cafés in Salzburg. African-inspired flavours and a warm, colourful atmosphere on Bürgerspitalgasse. Long-running. A genuine original.
Alchemist Belge
Salzburg's specialist craft beer bar. Belgian and Austrian craft beers in a city where tap options have long defaulted to Stiegl or Augustiner. Small and unpretentious.
Arcotel Castellani
Design hotel in the Alpenstraße area south of the centre. Garden. Contemporary interiors. Quieter residential neighbourhood. Well connected by public transport.
ARGEkultur
Founded 1986
Salzburg's principal alternative cultural centre, founded in 1986. Year-round theatre, concerts, dance, readings, and interdisciplinary events that deliberately operate outside the mainstream Festival world.
Arte Hotel Salzburg
Contemporary design hotel near Salzburg Airport. More characterful than a standard airport hotel. Easy bus access to the Altstadt. Convenient for early departures.
Arthotel Blaue Gans
Inn since 1549
Arthotel Blaue Gans is on Getreidegasse, Salzburg's most famous shopping street and the address of Mozart's birthplace, in a building dating to 1350. The Blaue Gans (Blue Goose) has been an inn at this location for centuries and has reinvented itself as an art hotel, filling the historic structure with rotating contemporary art.
Awilda
Installed 2010
A monumental white bust of a young woman by Jaume Plensa (2010). Walk of Modern Art #9. Approximately five metres tall, standing in the University of Salzburg law faculty courtyard. Named after a legendary Scandinavian pirate princess.
Berliner Block
Installed 2017
A massive rectangular stone block in Mirabell Gardens by Georg Trieb (2017). Walk of Modern Art. A deliberately plain object contrasting with the surrounding Baroque garden's ordered symmetry.
Beyond Recall
Installed 2011
Four neon light cubes on the Staatsbrücke by Brigitte Kowanz (2011). Walk of Modern Art #10. A deliberate act of remembrance for the victims of the Nazi regime. Kowanz died in 2022.
Blaue Gans Restaurant
Inn since 1549
The restaurant of the Arthotel Blaue Gans at Getreidegasse 41. Inn since 1549. Contemporary art on the walls, Austrian cooking with modern interpretation. Medieval architecture meets current culture.
Caldera
Installed 2008
A large bronze sculpture by Tony Cragg on Makartplatz (2008). Walk of Modern Art #6. Organic, swirling form that visitors can enter and experience from within.
Cloak of Conscience
Contemporary
There is no body inside the cloak. The bronze sits under the southern arch of Salzburg Cathedral as an empty hooded mantle, folds and all, with the figure who should be wearing it simply absent.
Connection
Installed 2011
An 11-metre stainless steel wave sculpture by Manfred Wakolbinger at Rudolfskai (2011). Walk of Modern Art #10. Visitors can pass through it. One of the less-visited Walk pieces.
Cool Mama Hotel
Playfully designed boutique hotel in the Neustadt. Distinct personality. Younger travellers and design-conscious visitors. More energy and wit than a standard hotel.
Die Sprache der Vögel
A monumental bronze sculpture by Anselm Kiefer in the courtyard of the Chiemseehof (Salzburg's parliamentary building). Walk of Modern Art final work. An eagle's wings rising from a towering stack of books, 4.2 metres tall.
Esszimmer Salzburg
One of Salzburg's leading fine dining restaurants, Michelin-recognised. In the Mülln district. Contemporary Austrian and European cuisine: precise, seasonally driven.
Frau im Fels
Installed 2007
Companion piece to Sphaera by Stephan Balkenhol (2007). Walk of Modern Art #5. A female figure emerging from a stone wall in the Toscaninihof, suspended between presence and absence.
Fuxn
Organic bakery and café with multiple Salzburg locations. Serious bread, organic sourcing, loyal local following. A step beyond the traditional Konditorei model.
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac
Founded 1983
One of the world's leading contemporary art galleries, founded by Thaddaeus Ropac in Salzburg in 1983 before expanding to Paris, London, and Seoul. Exhibitions timed partly around the Festival season.
Gurken
Installed 2011
Oversized cucumber sculptures in Furtwänglerpark by Erwin Wurm (2011). Walk of Modern Art #10. Vegetables of no cultural pretension, enlarged to the scale of monuments. One of the few Walk pieces that makes people laugh.
Hangar-7
Red Bull built a glass-and-steel hangar at Salzburg Airport in 2003 to display its aircraft collection and contemporary art, and added one of Austria's more ambitious restaurants in the same space. The building by architect Volkmar Burgstaller is a curved glass shell that makes the vintage aircraft and Formula 1 cars visible from the outside at night.
Heart of Joy
One of Salzburg's longest-running vegan/vegetarian restaurants. Alongside Spicy Spices, represents the committed plant-based dining scene in a meat-and-dairy city.
Homage to Mozart
Installed 2005
A monumental sculpture by Markus Lüpertz (2005) near Ursulinenplatz. Walk of Modern Art #3. A meditation on creative energy, not a reverential portrait.
Hotel Cocoon Salzburg
Compact design hotel. Munich-based Cocoon group. Budget-conscious with more design character than standard. Younger travellers and city-breakers.
Hyperion Hotel Salzburg
Luxury design hotel in the Palais Faber, a Wilhelminian-era building on Rainerstraße. Austria's first Hyperion Hotel, opened 2022 after a EUR 60 million conversion. 115 rooms, H-Hotels group. The most recent addition to Salzburg's five-star offer, in the Neustadt near the Congress Center and Mirabell.
Imlauer Sky Bar
Rooftop bar at the IMLAUER Hotel Pitter Salzburg. Panoramic view over the city toward fortress and Mönchsberg. Less well-known alternative to the Steinterrasse.
K6 Rooms
Compact boutique rooms concept. Stylish, well-designed, smaller format. Solo travellers and couples wanting modern and thoughtful without full-hotel overhead.
Kaffee Alchemie
Salzburg's leading specialty coffee shop. A third-wave café for visitors who find the grand cafés too formal or the tourist cafés too generic.
Karajan-Statue
Contemporary
A life-size bronze of Herbert von Karajan caught mid-rehearsal, both arms forward, baton in his right hand, standing in the garden of the Makartplatz house where the conductor grew up. The popular label calls this his birthplace, but Karajan was actually born in a sanatorium on Franz-Josef-Strasse in 1908. The house is where the family lived.
Ludwig Burger Salzburg
A quality locally run burger restaurant on Linzer Gasse, opened 2016. Austrian organic beef, a short menu done well, dogs welcome.
M32
The restaurant and café at the Museum der Moderne Monchsberg. Sleek contemporary space with one of the best panoramic views in Salzburg. The terrace at sunset is hard to argue with.
Magazin
A wine bar and restaurant near the Mülln district. Exceptional Austrian wine list. One of the most intelligent combinations of restaurant and wine shop in the city. Frequented by the Festival world.
Meissl & Schadn Salzburg
An upscale restaurant on the Neustadt side, offering refined Austrian and regional cuisine. A reliable choice for a serious dinner during Festival season.
Motel One Mirabell
German Motel One chain. Budget-design that punches above its price. Mirabellplatz location: one of the best in the city for the price. Design-conscious on a moderate budget.
Museum der Moderne Mönchsberg
Opened 2004
Salzburg's modern and contemporary art museum sits on top of a limestone cliff directly above the Baroque old town, which is one of the odder institutional juxtapositions in Austrian cultural geography.
NH Collection Salzburg City
NH Collection Salzburg City is at Franz-Josef-Strasse 26 in Salzburg's Neustadt district, on the street that runs north from Mirabellplatz through the 19th-century residential expansion across the Salzach from the old town.
numa | Mozart Salzburg
Numa Mozart Salzburg is a serviced apartment property at Franz-Josef-Strasse 27 in Salzburg's Neustadt, directly across the street from the NH Collection Salzburg City. The Numa brand operates a European serviced apartment network with self-catering units and app-based check-in.
Paracelsus Bad
Contemporary
On the top floor of Salzburg's city baths, an open-air pool sits level with the rooftops of the old town, so swimmers face the fortress and the Mirabell gardens from the water. The Paracelsus Bad is the contemporary swimming and spa building on Auerspergstraße, next to the Kurgarten (the spa garden by Mirabell).
Radisson Blu Altstadt Hotel Salzburg
Radisson Blu in the Altstadt. Unusual advantage for an international chain: UNESCO historic core location. Cathedral, Getreidegasse, and Festival venues all walkable. The building dates to 1377, originally a beer hall and later a private residence before conversion.
Republic Café
Contemporary café and bar at Salzburg's Republic cultural venue. Coffee by day, drinks by evening. Younger, more evening-oriented. Connected to Salzburg's contemporary cultural life.
Restaurant Ikarus
The flagship restaurant inside Hangar-7 at Salzburg Airport. Each month a different world-class guest chef cooks their signature menu. Conceived by Dietrich Mateschitz. One of the most distinctive dining experiences in Austria.
Sky Space
Installed 2006
A permanent Sky Space installation by James Turrell (2006), adjacent to the Museum der Moderne Monchsberg. Walk of Modern Art #4. An architectural chamber with a precisely shaped aperture opening directly to the sky.
Sphaera
Installed 2007
A five-metre golden sphere on Kapitelplatz by German sculptor Stephan Balkenhol (2007). Walk of Modern Art #5. A 1.4-metre bronze figure of an ordinary man stands on top looking across the square. Companion piece: Frau im Fels in the Toscaninihof. Nine metres total height including pedestal.
Spicy Spices
One of Salzburg's pioneering vegetarian and vegan restaurants. Serious, flavour-forward plant-based cooking in a city traditionally centred on meat and dairy. Friendly and welcoming.
Spirit of Mozart
Installed 2004
A light installation on the Staatsbrücke by Marina Abramović (2004). Walk of Modern Art #3. Transforms the bridge's nocturnal atmosphere in honour of the city's most famous son.
Steinterrasse
The celebrated rooftop terrace bar atop Hotel Stein. One of the most coveted outdoor drinking spots in Salzburg. Panoramic view over rooftops, Salzach, fortress, and Mönchsberg. Particularly at sunset.
Szene Salzburg
Salzburg's leading venue for contemporary performing arts: dance, theatre, performance art, and interdisciplinary work outside the classical mainstream. Operating since the 1970s.
The Glass Garden
Michelin-starred restaurant inside a glass-and-steel vault built against the medieval walls of Schloss Mönchstein, above the Altstadt. One of the most architecturally distinctive dining environments in Salzburg.
Unipark Nonntal
Contemporary
The University of Salzburg lifted an entire faculty onto stilts so the public could keep walking underneath it. Opened in 2011, the Unipark Nonntal houses the cultural and social sciences departments, the language, education, and arts institutes, at the southern edge of the old town.
Vanitas
Installed 2009
An installation by Christian Boltanski (2009) in the Romanesque crypt beneath Salzburg Cathedral. Walk of Modern Art #8. Twelve sheet-metal figures cast shifting shadows by candlelight. A recorded voice announces the time at regular intervals. Boltanski died in 2021.
Wyndham Grand Salzburg
Wyndham Grand brand. One of the city's larger five-star international hotels, opened 1991. Full-service luxury with a dedicated conference centre of 1,750 sqm. Primary audience: corporate travellers and large groups. Certified Austrian Ecolabel and Wyndham Green Level 5.
Ziffern im Wald
Installed 2003
Fibonacci sequence numerals in the Mönchsberg forest by Mario Merz (2003). Walk of Modern Art #2. Discovered one by one as the walker moves through the trees behind the Museum der Moderne Monchsberg. Merz died in 2003, the year of the installation's completion.