City of creative industries
Vienna is widely known for its impressive artistic and cultural legacy. Today, the city is a hub for creative and cultural industry, fostering a flourishing creative community whose work generates and makes use of creative technology, generating new ideas and creating jobs. Culture and creativity remain central to Vienna’s story from an economic standpoint: in 2021, 37% of all creative enterprises in Austria had their headquarters in the capital city.
In addition to the classic and contemporary music scene and a buoyant ecosystem for applied and fine arts, world-renowned artisans in fields ranging from fashion to food make their home here. Over the past few years, a lively scene of independent developers and designers creating creative digital content of high quality has taken root. Media, creative technologies, gaming, publishing, the visual arts, music, and fashion all find their place here, supported by a close-knit and uplifting creative network. Vienna embraces finding artistic solutions, with creative technologies fostering the kind of outside-the-box thinking required to combat modern challenges, such as the climate crisis.
This is evidenced by interdisciplinary pilot projects tackling future-oriented topics - from urban production and sustainable use of resources through to new forms of consumption and hospitality. In the Biofabrique Vienna, for example, unused resources like urban waste streams are developed into new construction materials for architecture and design.
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Vienna Business Agency - Supporting Creative Companies
Funding, competitions, events, networking, cooperations, publications and research for creative companies. The Vienna Business Agency is dedicated to strengthening and promoting Vienna as a business location on behalf of the City of Vienna.
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Kreativwirtschaft Austria
Kreativwirtschaft Austria advocates for creative professionals from architecture, music, books & publishing, radio & TV, design, software & games, film & photography, advertising, and the performing arts.
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Kreative Räume Wien
Kreative Räume Wien is a service for vacancy activation and interim use for companies in the cultural, social affairs, creative industries, and who provide community work within the districts.
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EIT Culture & Creativity
EIT Culture & Creativity is a vibrant community of leading stakeholders in the cultural and creative ecosystem, including companies, cultural and creative organisations, higher education institutions, research centres and public administrations.
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Mica-music austria
Mica provides information on the Austrian music scene, supports Austria-based musicians with advice and information, promotes local music at home and abroad, and improves the conditions for music productions in Austria.
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Vienna Film Commission
The first point of contact for national and international film productions, the Vienna Film Commission acts as an intermediary between the City and the film industry, aiding in obtaining shooting permits, finding locations or connecting service partners.
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Vienna Club Commission
The Vienna Club Commission is an independent service centre that supports all players in club culture with target group-specific services such as advice and workshops, know-how, but also with networking and national and international public relations work.
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Austrian Fashion Association
The Austrian Fashion Association aims to promote the professionalisation and internationalisation of the Austrian fashion design scene. They are committed to artistic, experimental and responsible fashion design practice.
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