For many years the best remedy for my yearly cultural summer depression has been the Salzburg Festival. It always feels a bit like Christmas to visit Salzburg during the festival season when the small, usually sleepy city becomes vibrant and lively. You will hardly bump into any real natives of this city during the summer as it will be populated by hoards of The Sound of Music fans. Also, a large migration of classical music and theater lovers takes place as Salzburg turns into Austria's capital of music during the five weeks of the festival.
During this time keeping an eye out on a walk through the city it is likely you will spot a famous face, be it one of the artists performing in the festival or a socialite in town to see a performance or two (Salzburg rolls out the red carpet for their premieres for a reason). If you don't become lucky during your walk I recommend a visit to the restaurant Triangel, located right in front of the small festival house where the festival top nobs like to meet for a chat. I also recommend this place if you're simply looking for a good restaurant as the food served at Triangel is delicious. For amusement reasons they name their dishes after the festival's artists every year. Who doesn't like to say, "I'll have a Michael Schade!" (FYI: Noodles and vegetables of the wok with fried fillet of char!)
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| Triangel. View from the small festival house. |
If on top of all the greatness that is Salzburg in the summer you're also lucky enough to even be granted (one doesn't simply buy) a ticket to one of the performances you shall have the perfect Salzburg experience. The world class artist per performance ratio is exceeded hardly anywhere else. Will I be among those lucky ones this year? I have yet to find out. But either way I will most certainly not miss out on Salzburg during festival time.
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