The national holiday on October 26th will be celebrated again in the old normal after two years of Corona mode. The federal army is returning to its full extent to its performance show on Vienna’s Heldenplatz, the doors of the government and parliament are open again.
The national holiday traditionally began with the laying of a wreath by Alexander Van der Bellen, other members of the government and high-ranking military officials in the votive room of the castle gate. “In silent remembrance of the soldiers who fell for Austria’s freedom and the victims of fascism,” announced the Federal President via Twitter. Afterwards, the major swearing-in ceremony will take place at Heldenplatz and an overflight with two Eurofighters and a C-130 Hercules will take place. “The planes will form up in the Tulln area and fly over Heldenplatz at 10:56 a.m. at a height of 300 meters,” said army spokesman Michael Bauer via Twitter. The return flight is via Mödling or Tulln. The government is transparent in the afternoon: from 12 p.m. to 4.30 p.m., interested parties can visit the representative premises of the Federal Chancellery in groups and meet government members including Chancellor Karl Nehammer (ÖVP). Other ministries in the government district are also open to visitors . Likewise the parliament in its temporary quarters in the Hofburg. And the Constitutional Court (VfGH) is also open to the public on the national holiday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. However, he receives “representatives of civil society” in his premises in the Hofburg.
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