The Sigmund Freud Challenge: a playful way to discover Vienna
Sigmund Freud is a cult figure from Vienna who has left a lasting impression all over the world – in pop culture as much as in psychology. He was a pioneering thinker who made a major contribution to our modern understanding of humanity. That’s something to celebrate: ivie, the city guide app for Vienna, offers a special opportunity to use a smartphone to playfully follow in the footsteps of Sigmund Freud with your smartphone with the Sigmund Freud Challenge.
The challenge involves visiting special places in Vienna that played an important role in the life and work of Sigmund Freud. This is how it works: In order to score points for the challenge, you have to check-in digitally at 6 locations across Vienna with your smartphone and correctly answer 3 quiz questions for each location.
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Exclusive prizes await: Each month, 30 Sigmund Freud stationery sets will be raffled off among all the participants who achieve the minimum number of points. The set is modeled on the original stationery used by Sigmund Freud. You need to score maximum points in order to be eligible for the main prize. The main prize is a weekend in Vienna for two people at the legendary Hotel Stefanie – the oldest hotel in Vienna. Here’s a tip for you: If you want to get all the questions right first time, listen to the Sigmund Freud Audio Guide, which is also available on ivie.
Must-visit locations
There are many places in Vienna with a strong connection to Sigmund Freud. There is the Sigmund Freud Museum at Berggasse 19, where Freud lived and had his practice, for example. The Sigmund Freud Challenge also takes us to Freud’s favorite coffee house, Café Landtmann. The Josephinum, a museum that chronicles the exciting history of medicine in Vienna, is also part of the tour, as are Sigmund Freud Park, the University of Vienna and the Old General Hospital (Altes AKH), where Sigmund Freud worked as a doctor as a young man.
These 6 locations must be visited if you want to score maximum points. It is not necessary to enter the museums, institutions or coffee house to complete the check-in. The check-in will work within a distance of 100 meters from the locations.
- Sigmund Freud Museum
- Josephinum
- Altes AKH (Old General Hospital)
- Sigmund Freud Park
- University of Vienna
- Café Landtmann
How many points you need to win
To qualify for the draw for the main prize (a luxury weekend in Vienna for two people at the Hotel Stefanie from Friday to Sunday), you need a maximum score of 30 points.
You can achieve this by answering all the quiz questions (3 questions per location) correctly and checking in at all 6 of the Sigmund Freud locations in the ivie challenge – the digital check-in will work within a distance of 100 meters of the location.
- Answer all 3 quiz questions for each location correctly to score 3 points. What if you answer one of them wrongly? You can repeat each quiz as many times as you like.
- The digital check-in will give you 2 points per location.
- Each location therefore gives you a maximum of 5 points.
You need at least 20 points to be eligible to win a Sigmund Freud stationery set (30 stationery sets will be raffled off each month). You can do this by, for instance, answering all the quiz questions correctly (there are 3 questions per location) and completing at least one check-in (2 points). You need to be registered on the ivie app.
You can pick up your stationary set at the Tourist Information Albertinaplatz (Albertinaplatz 1, 1010 Vienna). The staff there will ask to see your points score in the ivie app.
FAQs – Sigmund Freud Challenge
The challenge is organized by the Vienna Tourist Board, Invalidenstraße 6, 1030 Vienna. Apple or google have no connection with this competition.
What will I need before I can take part in the challenge?
- You will need an up-to-date smartphone and the free ivie app (available in the Apple and Google Play stores).
- You can find the Sigmund Freud Challenge on the ivie homepage or in the ivie main menu.
- You will need to accept the conditions of participation and switch on location-sharing in order to start the quiz.
Do I need to be in Vienna in order to take part in the challenge?
- Location-sharing on your smartphone is required in order to take part in the challenge. You do not have to be in Vienna, however, if you just want to answer the quiz questions. If you want to be in with a chance of winning the monthly or main prize, you have to be in Vienna and visit the Sigmund Freud locations.
Do I have to reveal the location of my smartphone, and if so why?
- You can only be in with a chance of winning if you visit the Sigmund Freud locations of the ivie Challenge in Vienna and check in nearby via the ivie app. This requires location-sharing to be activated on your phone.
How do I check in at the various locations?
- You must be in the immediate vicinity of the particular location. Open the respective location in the ivie app and click on Check-In. When ivie asks you to identify your location, you must confirm this in order to complete the check-in. The check-in will work within a distance of 100 meters from the locations. You do not have to enter the premises.
How do I qualify for the monthly prize of a Sigmund Freud stationery set?
- You need to score at least 20 points. You can do this by, for example, answering all the quiz questions correctly (there are 3 questions per location) and check in to at least one location. You need to be signed in to the app.
How do I get the Sigmund Freud stationery set?
- You will need to collect your stationary set from the Tourist Information Albertinaplatz (Albertinaplatz 1, 1010 Vienna) and show your points score in the ivie app to the staff there. Please be aware that the stationary sets are limited in number! 30 Sigmund Freud stationery sets will be raffled off each month.
- Each person may only claim a maximum of one Sigmund Freud stationery set.
What do I need to do to be eligible for the main prize, a luxury weekend at the Hotel Stefanie?
- If you want to enter the draw for the main prize, you need to score the maximum 30 points. You will achieve this if you answer all the quiz questions correctly (3 questions per location) and check in at all 6 Sigmund Freud locations in the ivie challenge.
- You need to be registered on the ivie app.
When will the winner of the main prize be announced?
- The draw for the main prize will take place once the challenge ends on December 31, 2024. The winner(s) will be informed by email.
When does the World’s Fair Challenge finish?
- The challenge will come to an end on December 31, 2024.
What does the luxury weekend include?
- The weekend at Hotel Stefanie includes two nights from Friday to Sunday for two people.
