Vienna International Center UNO City

Following measures taken in the early 1970s to construct the Danube Relief Channel, UNO-City and an international conference center, the Austria Center Vienna, were created at the end of the Danube Bridge which lies opposite the Altstadt. In years to come it is planned to develop a second ultra-modern city center around UNO-City, to be known as Danube City.

Picture - The Vienna International Center in Vienna.

Picture - Vienna International Centre in the UNO city.

View a slideshow of Vienna International Center Pictures

UNO-City is leased by the State on a 99-year agreement for a peppercorn rent of one schilling a year to the United Nations, several of whose organizations are housed here. These include the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the Department of the UN for International Commercial Law (UNCITRAL), the International Atomic Energy Authority (IAEA) and the High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). Since August 27 1979 the complex has officially been extra territorial. The idiosyncratic office blocks, standing between 54m/177ft and 120m/395ft high, were built between 1973 and 1976 to plans by Johann Staber. The architectural embellishments and the interiors are mainly the work of renowned Austrian artists; on the UNO Plaza stands "Polis", a bronze casting by Joannis Avramidis, while inside can be seen pictures by Wolfgang Hollegha, Georg Eisler, Karl Korab, Kurt Regschek, Peter Pongratz and Friedensreich Hundertwasser, with reliefs by Alfred Hrdlicka and Giselbert Hocke.

Transit: U-Bahn: Kaisermuhlen Vienna International Center (U1); Bus: 90A, 91A, 92A.

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Austria Center

The Austria Center Vienna adjoining UNO-City was opened in 1987. It is an ultra-modern center for events and conferences and can seat anything between 50 and 4000 delegates. Fourteen rooms of various sizes are available for concerts, dances, banquets, exhibitions and theatrical and TV shows. The accommodation is on four floors and each room has its own foyer so that different events can be held at the same time. The floor space of the foyers, totaling over 9,390sq.m/1,000,000sq.ft, can also be used for exhibitions. All the public rooms have the necessary technical provisions for TV, film and slide projections as well as for simultaneous translation in up to nine languages. In addition there are offices and rooms for 10 to 70 people available for meetings. In the main center conferences of UN size can be held (there are direct links to the HQ of the United Nations). When laid out in parliamentary style it can accommodate 2,100 delegates; in rows, twice as many can be seated. In addition there are a press center and a radio station, a post office, bank, travel bureaux, restaurants, coffee shops and a cocktail lounge.