What to see in 2025

In Salzburg, Austria final spring, I skipped across the fountain outdoors Mirabell Palace.

Others did too.

Some 60 years earlier, Maria and the von Trapp kids danced across the palace’s Pegasus Fountain, singing “Do-Re-Mi,” considered one of most well-known songs from “The Sound of Music.”

The film recounts the story of the von Trapp household, and the novice nun Maria who serves as governess of the seven kids, and later (spoiler alert) marries their father solely to must flee the Nazi regime following the annexation of Austria.

Beginning Feb. 6, the Lodge Schloss Leopoldskron (Leopoldskron Palace) will host an exhibition of things referring to the actual von Trapp Household, in addition to memorabilia and pictures from the film.

A brand new audio information app, with tales of the filming informed by Nicholas Hammond, who performed Friedrich von Trapp within the film, will information guests alongside a path across the city of Werfen, the place the picnic scene was filmed.

All year long, the Salzburg Marionette theater will channel “The Lonely Goatherd,“ as carried out by the youngsters within the movie, by placing on particular reveals.

Should you love the dirndl attire the ladies wore within the movie, the Salzburger Heimatwerk, a standard retailer at Residenzplatz 9, is designing a particular anniversary outfit celebrating the movie and can host a one-time exhibition.

On Oct. 23, an English-speaking symposium is scheduled to debate the relevance and significance of “The Sound of Music” to Salzburg at present, in response to SalzburgerLand, the town’s tourism advertising group. On the Felsenreitschule theater, the panel will embrace unique solid members. Within the night, there can be a themed gala with unique music and performances, and, once more, solid members in attendance.

Later within the 12 months, the Salzburg Theatre will carry out “The Sound of Music” musical in German with English subtitles. Performances are scheduled on choose dates in November and December.

Eating places, such because the Stiftskulinarium St. Peter — which claims to be Europe’s oldest restaurant — will supply particular movie-themed menus, that includes regional specialties.

Just a little late to the get together, “The Sound of Music Museum” is ready to open in Salzburg in 2026.

One of many places featured later within the movie is the really gorgeous Felsenreitschule, the theater the place the von Trapps sing in the course of the Salzburg Music Competition, and which is a venue for the annual pageant to this present day.

After their efficiency, the household flee right into a cemetery. St. Peter’s Abbey is listed as a capturing location within the movie, however scenes depicting its picturesque St. Peter’s Cemetery had been principally filmed on a recreated Hollywood set.

For a particular deal with, keep on the Lodge Sacher Salzburg, the place Julie Andrews stayed whereas filming the film.

The hill that’s alive with music — and which options within the opening scenes of the movie — is in Germany, simply throughout the border from Austria. The precise spot is on personal land, and the proprietor is reportedly not eager on vacationers. That mentioned, there are public paths which lead alongside the meadow, and, in case you are decided to see it, it’s value following the mountain path to catch a glimpse.

Simpler to achieve is the Untersberg, the place Maria and the youngsters picnicked, and which provides superb views over the mountains and throughout Salzburg. It’s typically included on “The Sound of Music” excursions, however if you wish to go it alone, it is a brief 20-minute experience by taxi.

And what in regards to the von Trapp home? The unique household villa stands in a secluded park on Traunstrasse 34. As soon as the true von Trapp’s household’s precise residence, it was later became a lodge which sadly has since shut down, with the gardens additionally closed to the general public. However you’ll be able to stroll across the outdoors of the grounds and catch a glimpse of the true Villa Trapp.

Keep in mind when Maria and all the youngsters capsized their boat? The grand palace, courting to 1736, starred along with the Frohnburg Palace (now a part of Mozarteum College Salzburg), for exterior and inside pictures. And, as an added bonus, the Leopoldskron Palace has been became a luxurious lodge, so friends may acknowledge a few of inside nooks from the movie.

By the way, the unique white music gazebo which stars frequent within the movie was moved to Hellbrunn Palace.

And eventually, the marriage venue. Maria and Captain von Trapp tied the knot on the beautiful Basilica St. Michael in Mondsee, which interprets to Moon Lake. Mondsee is eighteen miles from Salzburg, and might be reached by bus line 140 in 40 minutes.

The charming small city is a good location to wrap up your journey and keep a day or two. The lake’s mountain setting is ideal to calm down with “The Story of the Trapp Household Singers,” written by Maria von Trapp.

When the von Trapp household fled war-torn Europe, they settled in Vermont. As we speak, the farmstead has been expanded and you may keep within the unique von Trapp Household Lodge in Stowe. The lodge whose setting and décor is the following smartest thing to visiting Austria can be stuffed with the true household’s historical past.

The Kennedy Middle in Washington, D.C., is just one of many theaters within the U.S. performing “The Sound of Music” in 2025. The musical begins in September, and goes on tour in December.