Gartenbaukino in Vienna / Austria

The Gartenbaukino in Vienna is a unique cinema in the city. Refounded in 1960, it exudes the grandeur and self-confidence of a classic premiere cinema. With its impressive large screen and 736 seats, it is the last remaining large cinema with only one screen in Vienna's city center.

The cinema regularly uses postcards to draw attention to itself.

Here is a series of 6 postcards:

Gartenbaukino, 2011, Photo by Stefan Oláh

Tiled wall in the upper foyer, 2021, photo by Rainer Dempf

Lower foyer, about 1960

Room, 2011, photo by Stefan Oláh

Room, 1961, photo by Lucca Chmel

Upper foyer, about 1961

A postcard to support the Gartenbaukino

The cinema opened on October 19, 1919, under the management of Ludwig Domansky, with the film "Columbus Discovers America." 

The name "Gartenbaukino" is dereived from the "k.u.k. Gartenbau-Gesellschaft" - the Imperial and Royal Horticultural Society. The cinema was established in its former exhibition hall with 639 seats..

To this day, the Österreichische Gartenbau-Gesellschaft  (Austrian Horticultural Society)  owns the cinema.