When the concert moves
When the concert moves
Why some Börse Palace concert dates are in the Schubertsaal of the Vienna Konzerthaus, how to tell which room you are booking and what changes.
Take a seat at the Börse ↗Quick answer
The Börse Palace concert has two meeting points. Most dates are in the old Stock Exchange palace at Wipplingerstraße 34. Some dates are in the Schubertsaal of the Wiener Konzerthaus at Lothringerstraße 20, 1030 Wien. The programme and the ticket are the same, but the room and the route differ, so read the location on the booking page and on your confirmation.
Two rooms, one ticket
The ticket describes two meeting points and says that yours depends on the option you select. It also asks you to check the location carefully when you book. The orchestra's own calendar shows the same pattern, with some dates in the Palais alte Börse and others in the Wiener Konzerthaus. This is a feature of how the orchestra schedules its series across Vienna's rooms, not a fault in the booking, and it means that two evenings in the same week can be in different districts.
How to tell which room you are booking
Open the booking page, choose your date and read the location line for the option you select. Your confirmation repeats it. If you are planning dinner or a walk around the concert, fix the room first, because the Börse is in the first district on the Ringstraße and the Konzerthaus is in the third, just beyond the edge of the first. If the room matters to you, pick another date rather than hoping for a change.
The Konzerthaus in brief
The Wiener Konzerthaus opened in 1913. It was built between 1911 and 1913 by the architects Fellner and Helmer, working with Ludwig Baumann, as a house for festivals and concerts, and it stands in the third district, close to the edge of the first. The building has several halls: the Großer Saal, the Mozartsaal, the Schubertsaal and the Berio Saal. The orchestra's venue page describes the Schubertsaal as a festive, salon-style room. The Konzerthaus is a major concert venue in its own right, with resident orchestras and festivals, so a date there puts you in one of the city's busiest concert houses, where several concerts can run at the same time in different halls.
What stays the same and what changes
The ticket is the same: a reserved seat in your category, a printed programme and the cloakroom, with a length of 1.5 hours. The performers are the orchestra, opera singers and ballet dancers. What changes is the room, which is a salon in a large concert house instead of a palace hall, and the trip to it. The Wiener Linien planner handles either address. A room change does not change the music, but the atmosphere differs, so choose according to whether you prefer a former stock exchange or a concert house.
If you booked the wrong room
Check the location line on your confirmation as soon as it arrives, not on the day. If the room is not the one you meant, contact the seller through the booking page, because the dates, rooms and terms belong to the booking site and the organiser, not to this guide. The ticket carries its own cancellation terms, which the booking page states. Looking early gives you the most options, since a cancelled date can be replaced with another before the calendar fills up.
Choosing between the two rooms
If you want the building as part of the evening, pick a Börse date: the former exchange on the Ringstraße is the unusual setting. If you care more about the concert house, or a date at the Börse does not suit you, a Konzerthaus date gives you the same programme in a room made for music. Neither is a downgrade, because the programme and the performers are the same in both. Whichever you pick, read the location line twice, and keep the confirmation on your phone so that you walk to the right door on the evening.
Frequently asked questions
Which dates are at the Konzerthaus?
The booking page shows the location for each date. The calendar changes, so read it when you book.
Is the programme different at the Konzerthaus?
The ticket describes the same concert. The room and the route change.
What is the Schubertsaal?
A salon-style hall in the Wiener Konzerthaus, as the orchestra's venue page describes it.
Where is the Konzerthaus?
At Lothringerstraße 20, 1030 Wien, in the third district.
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