Peace Light 2025: Here is where you can pick it up in Vienna

Between 9 AM and 12 PM, the Peace Light 2025 can be collected at all main fire stations of the Vienna professional fire brigade. At the central fire station in Vienna's first district (Am Hof 7), the fire brigade museum is also open from 9 AM to 12 PM, where the Peace Light can also be collected.

Small and large visitors can spend the morning there to pass the time until the Christ Child arrives. All those who wish to take the Peace Light are requested to bring their own lantern.

Information about the Fire Brigade Museum in Vienna

The fire brigade museum is located in the central fire station Am Hof in Vienna and is open on Tuesdays from 2 PM to 5 PM and on Sundays and public holidays from 9 AM to 12 PM. During the Christmas holidays, it is open from December 24th to 26th and on December 28th and 31st, as well as on January 4th and 6th, each from 9 AM to 12 PM (on December 23rd and 30th and on January 1st, 2026, the museum remains closed). Admission is free.

List of Fire Stations from which the Peace Light can be collected in Vienna:

Central Fire Station/Fire Brigade Museum, Am Hof 7, 1010 Vienna
Rathaus Station, Lichtenfelsgasse 2, 1010 Vienna
Main Fire Station Leopoldstadt, Vorgartenstraße 223C, 1020 Vienna
Main Fire Station Mariahilf, Gumpendorfer Gürtel 2, 1060 Vienna
AKH Station, Währinger Gürtel 18 - 20, 1090 Vienna
Main Fire Station Favoriten, Sonnwendgasse 14, 1100 Vienna
Main Fire Station Hernals, Johann Nepomuk-Berger-Platz 12, 1170 Vienna
Main Fire Station Döbling, Würthgasse 5 - 9, 1190 Vienna
Main Fire Station Floridsdorf, Josef Brazdovics-Straße 4, 1210 Vienna
Main Fire Station Donaustadt, Erzherzog Karl-Straße 170, 1220 Vienna
Main Fire Station Liesing, Siebenhirtenstraße 8 - 10, 1230 Vienna

Red Cross in Vienna Passes on ORF Peace Light

In Vienna, the Peace Light can be picked up on December 24th at two Red Cross locations:

Austrian Red Cross: Wiedner Hauptstrasse 32, 1040 Vienna (signage directs the way to the ORF Peace Light at the reception) from 8 AM to 1 PM

Vienna Red Cross: Nottendorfer Gasse 21, 1030 Vienna (use the entrance on the ground floor, signage directs the way to the ORF Peace Light) from 8:30 AM to 4 PM

Peace Light in Wiener Neustadt

The Peace Light is also available for pickup at the alarm center at Babenbergerring 6, 2700 Wr. Neustadt from December 19th to December 26th, 2025. The Peace Light is ready in the entrance area of the Volunteer Fire Department Wiener Neustadt (entrance Herrengasse) from now on. Lantern and candle must be brought by oneself.

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