Sadly, WeFair recently announced no further events in Vienna and will focus on Linz only.
Previous review:
Another event for the times we live in. WeFair in the Marx Halle helps us make the right choices when it comes to sustainable fashion, food, travel and more.
- Lots of products for sale
- Some 200 exhibitors & info stands
- Clothes, personal and household items, & much more
- Tombola and food trucks, too
- Next dates: TBA (see note above)
- See also:
Fashion. Food. Lifestyle
(The entrance)
In the 1970s, when we still had attention spans, I recall reading a book on how to save the world. (Clearly, not enough of us read it.)
Back then, buying organic food required a trip to the chemist. Now the big supermarket chains in Austria have huge organic own brands.
What we buy, what we eat, how we travel. So many choices now.
WeFair helps us guide that choice to purchases proven to support sustainability. The event started in the city of Linz in 2008, but has now reached Vienna in an annual spring appearance.
(A previous event; photo © WeFair – Max Roeder)
On my visit, around 200 info stands and sales booths packed the Marx Halle venue.
Exhibitors offered clothes, shoes, cosmetics, accessories, gourmet food, household goods and sportswear, as well as travel & financial services…each fair to the environment and to the people in the production chain.
All those exhibitors must satisfy a variety of sustainability criteria that go beyond classically green issues to include, for example, how workers are treated and other ethical considerations.
So you can expect to see a plethora of organic food symbols, Fairtrade labels, Austrian and European environmental certifications, and similar.
(And, among the info stands, people to help you understand how to sort the greenwashing from proper certified commitment once you’re shopping back in daily life.)
(We came back with a scarf from the Gary Mash® stand and a lot of lovely jams, pestos and syrups from the Dein’s & Mein’s stand. The strawberry-chili jam was heavenly)
As well as the chance to refine your purchasing choices and buy plenty of items right away, WeFair had a few bonus activities on my trip. For example:
- Talks and discussions at the weekend, though I suspect most will always be in German
- A tombola, where every ticket won. Prizes varied from organic snacks and soap right up to a weekend hotel break or a year’s free travel on all Austrian public transport (with our wonderful “Klimaticket”)
- Food trucks selling regional organic fare. Fare that’s fair (and if that’s not an ad slogan somewhere, it should be)
Quite apart from the breadth of products and information available, the general atmosphere was genuinely relaxed and friendly. I spent a lot of time chatting with people at the booths.
Dates, tickets & tips
Until the cancellation, the 2025 WeFair in Vienna would have been a three-day event across the 11th, 12th and 13th of April with opening times of:
- Friday: 2pm to 7pm
- Saturday: 11am to 6pm
- Sunday: 11am to 5pm
Tickets were relatively inexpensive for a big Viennese fair. A standard adult pass, for example, cost €8 on the door in 2024 and covered all three days. You could also buy tickets in advance (and at a discount) online through the website (see below).
How to get to WeFair
Follow the travel tips at the bottom of the Marx Halle article.
The venue lies not far from two stations on the U3 subway, for example (Schlachthausgasse and Erdberg). Or take the tram 71 from the centre of town to the St. Marx stop.
Address: Karl-Farkas-Gasse 19, 1030 Wien | Website