Babenberger Passage

A special kind of club has made its home in an abandoned pedestrian underpass. The Babenberger Passage, with its futuristic interior, is now one of the best-known discotheques in Vienna.

Sometimes, bad planning from years gone by also has its good sides. The Babenberger Passage situated on – or rather under – the Ringstrasse, between the Imperial Palace and Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, was planned as a pedestrian underpass. Road traffic should be able to flow above ground undisrupted.

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Large hall in Club Passage — © SRS Architekten/Nikolaus Mautner Markhof

Disco — © SRS Architekten/Nikolaus Mautner Markhof

This idea has long since been consigned to history, and the Babenberger Passage was unused for many years until it was given a new lease on life as a thriving club. The atmosphere is futuristic, and the flexible design elements, combined with state-of-the-art lighting systems at times almost give the impression of being on a spaceship instead in a former imperial capital.

And the music? The programme features club, dance, house, soul, R'nB - and visitors can be sure of a lot of funky beats. If this calls Kruder & Dorfmeister or Nigel Hayes to mind, you're on the right track.