2nd Viennese Juggling Heaven
When?
May 13–16, 2010
The festival starts on Thursday at 3:00 p.m. and ends on Sunday at 2:00 p.m.
Where?
Vienna
Capital of Austria. The juggling festival will take place in the
Don Bosco House, located in Hietzing (Vienna’s 13th
district), in the southwest of Vienna.
A large hall, several conference rooms (all in all about 500 square meters) and a nice meadow (about 3000
square meters) will be at the jugglers’ disposal.
Address: Don Bosco Haus, St. Veit-Gasse 25, 1130 Wien
How to get there?
By public transport:
The Don Bosco Haus is close to subway station Unter St. Veit. (A seven minute walk through St. Veit-Gasse, confer also the maps provided at http://www.donboscohaus.at/inhalt/anreise.)
From train station Westbahnhof: Take subway U6 (direction Siebenhirten) and change at Längenfeldgasse for U4 (direction Wien Hütteldorf). Get off at Unter St. Veit.
From train station Wien Meidling: Take subway U6 (direction Floridsdorf) and change at Längenfeldgasse for U4 (direction Wien Hütteldorf). Get off at Unter St. Veit.
From train station Provisorischer Ostbahnhof: Take tram No. 18 (direction Burggasse-Stadthalle) and change at Margaretengürtel for subway U4 (direction Wien Hütteldorf). Get off at Unter St. Veit.
From train station Franz Josefs Bahnhof: Leave the train one station earlier than Franz Josefs Bahnhof at Spittelau. Take subway U4 (direction Wien Hütteldorf). Get off at Unter St. Veit
From the airport Wien-Schwechat: Take the train (“Schnellbahn”) S7 (direction Wien Floridsdorf) and change at Wien Mitte for subway U4 (direction Wien Hütteldorf). Get off at Unter St. Veit.
By car:
Please, have a look at the maps provided at http://www.donboscohaus.at/inhalt/anreise.
Housing:
Seminar rooms at the festival site will be adopted as sleeping halls. (Bring your own sleeping bag and mat!) Alternatively, Don Bosco House offers rooms at moderate prices.
Festival program:
Planned activities:
Free juggling 24 hours a day
Workshops on all festival days
Fire session in the garden
Open stage
Public show
Creative juggling games
TschebetschexTschellentsch 2010: the ultimative tournament for soccer fanatic jugglers
etc.
Cost:
4-day ticket (accomodation in seminar rooms and public show included):
If preregistered before April 13, 2008: EUR 20,–
On site: EUR 25,–
Day tickets:
Thursday, Friday: EUR 7,–
Saturday: EUR 20,– (public show included), EUR 7,– (public show excluded)
Sunday: EUR 5,–
Public show only:
EUR 15,–
Preregistration
Via the festival’s homepage
Closing date: April 13, 2010
Festival organisation:
Westend-katholische Jugend in cooperation with Don Bosco Haus Wien, Association Artis-Tick and Filzis Jonglerie
Further information:
Festival homepage:
http://www.jonglierhimmel.at.tf/
Contact:
Phone: +43 1 87839/430 (Maria-Theres Böhm), or, +43 1 87839/429 (Katalin Kiss)
E-mail: dbh@donbosco.at
Tourist information:
Info Wien
City of Vienna
(German only)
If already in Vienna, the best place to get tourist information is here:
Tourist-Info Zentrum, Albertinaplatz/Maysedergasse, 1010 Wien
(Opening hours: daily 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.)
Trains:
ÖBB timetables
Map of Vienna: City map (German only)
Public transport in Vienna:
General information (German only)
Timetables
Maps
Some further links:
Movies and photographs from the first festival:
Festival homepage, section “Review 2008”
Report jonglieren.at: 1. Wiener Jonglierhimmel 2008