{"id":69243,"date":"2024-03-11T08:25:49","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T07:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=69243"},"modified":"2025-09-16T16:50:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T15:50:07","slug":"alte-borse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/alte-borse\/","title":{"rendered":"The Alte B\u00f6rse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><a href=\"#tickets\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/alteboersetickets.jpg\" alt=\"View of part of the front of the Alte Boerse\" class=\"wp-image-69242\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The neorenaissance Alte B\u00f6rse building along Vienna&#8217;s Ring once echoed with the guttural barks of impatient brokers. Now you&#8217;re more likely to hear the melodic tunes of Strauss and Mozart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Completed in 1877<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Used by the stock exchange until 1998<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Notable for its columned red facades<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Now an event &amp; classical music venue<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiqets.com\/en\/vienna-attractions-c60335\/tickets-for-old-stock-exchange-palace-mozart-and-johann-strauss-concert-with-ballet-p1091582\/?partner=visitingvienna&amp;tq_campaign=LG_Alte\" rel=\"sponsored\">concert tickets<\/a>* in the Alte B\u00f6rse\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Central &amp; top acoustics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/classical-concert\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5359\">classical concert locations<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/ring\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1546\">The Ring<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/classical-concert-dress-code\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"75082\">What to wear to concerts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From stocks to Strauss<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/alteboerse1.jpg\" alt=\"Diagonal view of the old stock exchange\" class=\"wp-image-69239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/alteboerse1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/alteboerse1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The view from Schottenring)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of the famous buildings around Vienna&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/ring\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1546\">Ring boulevard<\/a> live on what you might call the &#8220;bottom half&#8221;: the roads that run clockwise from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/urania\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"34177\">Urania<\/a> in the east along to the University of Vienna in the west.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many, but not all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/ringturm-ring-tower\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1337\">Ringturm<\/a>, for example, at the northern tip of the Ring. And a huge neorenaissance palais dominates the middle of the northwestern stretch: the Alte B\u00f6rse or Old Stock Exchange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The clue, as so often, is in the name: when the Alte B\u00f6rse first opened in 1877, it was just the B\u00f6rse and housed the actual Vienna Stock Exchange.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/oldstockexchangefloor1880.jpg\" alt=\"Festsaal of the Vienna stock exchange around 1880\" class=\"wp-image-69233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/oldstockexchangefloor1880.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/oldstockexchangefloor1880-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The stock exchange floor in a photo traded by L. T. Neumann k.k. Hof-Kunsthandlung and taken by Johann Stauda around 1880 ; Wien Museum Inv.-Nr. 106081\/77; excerpt reproduced with permission under the terms of the CC0 licence)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Empress Maria Theresa founded that institution in 1771, which stayed in its new home all the way until early 1998. At which point the Stock Exchange building on the Ring gained the prefix &#8220;old.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Architect Theophil von Hansen gave the B\u00f6rse the neorenaissance style popular in that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/historicism\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"28926\">era of historicism<\/a>, though the architecture stands out through the dominance of red between the columns and arches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hansen also designed several other famous Viennese landmarks, such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/musikverein\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5593\">Musikverein<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/parlament\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"262\">Parliament<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/gemaldegalerie-paintings-gallery\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"42411\">Academy of Fine Arts<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This new B\u00f6rse excited much interest at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/franz-joseph\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"26307\">Emperor Franz Joseph<\/a> himself visited at midday on Wednesday March 14th 1877 for half an hour, which seems to be the date considered the official opening. Though the formal handover took place the following Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/alteboerse2.jpg\" alt=\"Rear fa\u00e7ade of the Alte Boerse\" class=\"wp-image-69240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/alteboerse2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/alteboerse2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Another view of the fa\u00e7ade)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The public were invited to view the new construction on the Friday and Saturday after the Emperor&#8217;s visit. Newspapers noted that the invitation also extended to women&#8230;if accompanied by a man. (I assume they worried the ladies might faint at the sight of all those Doric columns.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thousands took up the invite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So many, in fact, that one Archduke Friedrich had to cancel his own plans to visit. Though the Emperor and Empress of Brazil apparently popped in on the Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One newspaper report at the time commented on the enormous construction costs despite the use of stucco rather than marble, but described the result as (my rough translation):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u2026a monumental building of the first order\u2026the large arches and huge pillars giving the main part an impressive character<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/oldstockexchange1880.jpg\" alt=\"Stock exchange in Vienna around 1880\" class=\"wp-image-69232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/oldstockexchange1880.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/oldstockexchange1880-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(View of the stock exchange around 1880 in a photograph by Johann Stauda; Wien Museum Inv.-Nr. 93021\/68; excerpt reproduced with permission under the terms of the CC0 licence)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The writer also marveled that the floor of the stock exchange was even bigger than the Musikverein&#8217;s concert hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They specifically mentioned four marble fountains as somewhere people could wash their hands after making deals of questionable purity and concluded that the overall result (again, my rough translation):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u2026without doubt has a rightful claim to a preeminent position among Vienna\u2019s magnificent buildings<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Parts of the building, however, served other purposes, and this multifunctionality continues today: the Alte B\u00f6rse operates, for example, as an event venue, home to prime office space, and occasional period drama set: it appeared as a casino in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/songsfilms\/vienna-blood-season-4\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"78652\">Season 4<\/a> of Vienna Blood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tickets\">Concert tickets &amp; tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The main hall hosts regular concerts by the Wiener Residenz Orchestra, who make use of the rich d\u00e9cor and excellent acoustics. Their programme covers the classical music and melodies most closely associated with Vienna. Think Mozart and Strauss, in particular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Booking service provided by Tiqets.com*, who I am an affiliate of)<\/p><div data-tiqets-widget=\"availability\" data-layout=\"full\" data-product-id=\"1091582\" data-partner=\"visitingvienna\" data-tq-campaign=\"AW_Alte\"><\/div><script defer src=\"https:\/\/widgets.tiqets.com\/loader.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Nothing on your dates? Try some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiqets.com\/en\/concerts-opera-vienna-tickets-l206741\/?partner=visitingvienna&amp;tq_campaign=MSconcerts\" rel=\"sponsored\">alternative concerts<\/a>*)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get to the stock exchange<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Given the Ring location, the Alte B\u00f6rse is easily reached by a short walk from the centre of town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subway: just a skip and a jump from Schottentor station on the U2 line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tram\/bus: the Alte B\u00f6rse has its own tram and bus stop (B\u00f6rse), reached by tram lines 1, D and 71 and bus lines 3A and 40A.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Schottenring 16, 1010 Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1VpgWfXwOCZC4gSO3zwKdzTnaiMkOqOl6\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Neorenaissance building once echoed with the barks of brokers. 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