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Dry January · Vienna

Dry January in Vienna, and still out of the house.

21 listings in Vienna where the evening is about something other than the drink: run clubs, game nights, chess and quizzes, language cafés, sauna socials, soft clubbing. Pubs and bars stay listed everywhere else on the site.

The numbers we can source. Alcohol Change UK, the charity behind Dry January, reports 215,000 participants in 2024 and 200,000 in 2025 on its own campaign page; sign-up for 2027 had not been announced when we checked on 20 October 2026. That counts people who signed up with the charity, not everyone who skips a drink in January. Alcohol Change UK ↗

This page only adds a view. Bars, pubs and every other listing stay exactly where they are on Come Alone. Dry January, Damp January (drinking less) or neither: all fine.

A month

One regular thing a week, built from what exists

A suggestion, not a schedule: the first listing of each kind below. Check the official page for the January dates.

  1. Fri 1 – Sun 3 Jan. Run club: adidas Runners Vienna - Social Run — Monday 18:30
  2. Week of 4 Jan. Game night or quiz: Paradice Board Game Night at JO&JOE Westbahnhof — last Friday of month
  3. Week of 11 Jan. Language café: Table de conversation en francais (Vienna French language meetups) — Wednesday 18:30
  4. Week of 18 Jan. Sauna social: Apostelbad (Stadt Wien sauna bath) — Tue-Fri 13:00-21:00, Sat 08:00-19:30 (validity 14 Sep 2026-30 Apr 2…
  5. Week of 25 Jan. Soft clubbing: Ecstatic Dance Vienna — monthly Sun 17:30-22:00 (date varies with venue availability)

Run clubs

Run clubs in Vienna

Run clubs and walking groups: the drink, if any, comes after. Check the official page before you go.

Game nights, chess and quizzes

Game nights, chess and quizzes in Vienna

The game is the point; a pub quiz is still a pub, and an alcohol-free drink is a normal order there. Check the official page before you go.

Language cafés

Language cafés in Vienna

Talk, practise a language, go home early. Check the official page before you go.

Sauna socials

Sauna socials in Vienna

Heat, cold plunge and tea. Alcohol-free is tagged where the page says so. Check the official page before you go.

Public sauna

Apostelbad (Stadt Wien sauna bath)

Apostelgasse 18, 3rd district, Vienna
Tue-Fri 13:00-21:00, Sat 08:00-19:30 (validity 14 Sep 2026-30 Apr 2027); second unlabeled schedule Thu-Fri 13-19, Sat 8-18
price on the page
checked 2026-10-19
Public sauna

Hermannbad (Stadt Wien sauna bath)

Hermanngasse 28, 7th district, Vienna
Tue-Fri 13:00-21:00, Sat 08:00-19:30 (validity 14 Sep 2026-30 Apr 2027)
price on the page
checked 2026-10-19
Public sauna

Jorgerbad (Stadt Wien Kombibad sauna)

Jörgerstraße 42-44, Vienna
Tue 13-21 mixed; Wed 09-16:30 separate, 16:30-21 women+mixed; Thu-Fri 09-21 separate; Sat/Sun 08-13 separate then women+mixed to 19:30/17:30
price on the page
checked 2026-10-19
Social session

Therme Wien - Sensual Magic (Tuesday women's sauna)

see the page
Tue from 14:00 until the sauna closes
Sauna surcharge 15.00 EUR (session price not listed)
checked 2026-10-19

Soft clubbing

Soft clubbing in Vienna

Dancing in daylight: coffee raves, ecstatic dance, zero-proof nights. Check the official page before you go.

Ecstatic dance
Alcohol-free (organiser says)

Ecstatic Dance Vienna

— Oeverseestrasse 2C, Vienna
monthly Sun 17:30-22:00 (date varies with venue availability)
25 EUR
checked 2026-10-19
Ecstatic dance
Alcohol-free (organiser says)

Ecstatic Dance Wien (dunkelbunt) at Boom Chakra Laka

NordbahnSaal, Boom Chakra Laka — Bruno-Marek-Allee 5, 1020 Wien
roughly monthly Fri 19:00-22:00 · next: 2026-11-20
22-35 EUR (35 EUR per session shown)
checked 2026-10-19
Ecstatic dance

Tanz durch den Morgen (Boom Chakra Laka)

NordbahnSaal, Boom Chakra Laka — Bruno-Marek-Allee 5, 1020 Wien
selected Saturdays 09:00-11:00 (morning ecstatic dance with live piano) · next: 2026-11-21
price on the page
checked 2026-10-19

Three phrases

What to say at the bar

Pubs and bars are still on the map; this is how to be at one and not drink. For more phrases for a specific evening, try First Phrases ↗.

ENESFRDEITPT
Something alcohol-free, please.Algo sin alcohol, por favor.Quelque chose sans alcool, s’il vous plaît.Etwas Alkoholfreies, bitte.Qualcosa di analcolico, per favore.Algo sem álcool, por favor.
I’m not drinking tonight, but I’m in.Esta noche no bebo, pero me apunto.Ce soir je ne bois pas, mais je suis partant(e).Ich trinke heute nichts, bin aber dabei.Stasera non bevo, ma ci sono.Hoje não bebo, mas alinho.
Do you have anything without alcohol?¿Tenéis algo sin alcohol?Vous avez des boissons sans alcool ?Habt ihr etwas ohne Alkohol?Avete qualcosa di analcolico?Têm algo sem álcool?

How it works

A month of evenings out in Vienna: how it works

  1. Pick one regular thing a week, such as a run club on Wednesday or a game night on Friday. A fixed slot is easier to keep than a plan.
  2. Open the official page and check the date, time and price; January schedules shift after the holidays.
  3. Open Meet & Mint to see who else is going and say hi in the event chat. Many of the events on our sites are also in the app.
  4. Order what you like. Use the phrases above if it helps; nobody at a quiz or a run-club coffee is counting.

Questions people ask

Where can I go in Vienna in January without drinking?

We list 21 options in Vienna: run clubs, game nights, chess and quizzes, language cafés, sauna socials, soft clubbing. Each is from a page we checked, with the date we checked it.

Are there alcohol-free events in Vienna?

2 listings in Vienna carry an alcohol-free or alcohol-optional tag taken from the organiser’s page. Where there is no tag, the page does not say.

Do you hide bars and pubs?

No. This section only highlights alcohol-free and alcohol-optional options. Bars and pubs stay in every other listing on Come Alone.

How current is the Vienna list?

Each card shows the date we checked it; library and book-club events come from the feed for 1–31 January 2027 and fill in 2–6 weeks ahead. Always confirm on the official page.

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