Arne-Karlsson-Park is – with a size of 12.500 square meters – among the biggest parks of Vienna’s 9th district Alsergrund. It is named after the head of the Swedish relief action for Vienna in 1946/47, when Karlssons initiative led to 70.000 food rations being given to poor and hungry people every day. Unlike some other Viennese parks, Arne-Karlsson-Park is accessible all day and night and serves as a recreation area for students from the many nearby University departments. Moreover there are ramps and half-pipes for skaters. Until 1860 the area was used for a so called Siechenhaus, a special house for quarantined people who were isolated because of contagious diseases. Afterwards the City of Vienna built a Bürgerversorgungshaus, a hospital for poor people. In 1928, the park was opened in today’s shape, except for the 700-square-meter air-raid-shelter that was erected during the Second World War.

Recent Session(s) at this location

• The Wooden Birds The last time we accompanied a band to the Arne-Karlsson Park, it was cold, dark and there was no living soul around. Unlike the former nightly Shout Out Louds performance on a half pipe, The Wooden Birds’ park visit on a spring afternoon immediately allures a cloud of interested bystanders. Kids and more kids. It is no secret that they are the most forthright and unsophisticated audience to convince, as they act so much on impulse. If they li... more ... June 24th, 2009 - (2 Comments)

• Shout Out Louds The five members of Shout Out Louds met at the Academy of Arts in Stockholm, Sweden. Initially they wanted to call their band “Luca Brasi”, which is the name of a character in the Italian novel “The Godfather”. But there was already another band out there with this name. However, the name change didn’t affect their ambitions and Shout Out Louds have since then become one of the most popular Scandinavian bands after just two full-length-records... more ... March 11th, 2008 - (4 Comments)

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