“Gladly, the so called ‘Akademikerball’ is meanwhile not imaginable without protests against this event. This protest movement is important and justified, as long as the ball of the political right wing die-hards is held at Hofburg Palace. The Vienna Ball of Sciences sets a mark for cosmopolitanism and tolerance on the dance floor. Great, that we have ball events like this!”

Lucia Grabetz, Board member of the Austrian Students’ Association

Photo: VSSTÖ / Novotny