3 pm: Doors open to visitors who are welcomed by the Zwentendorf Brass Band in the party tent.

3:30 pm: Festive opening, accompanied by the Zwentendorf Brass Band in the party tent. Interviews with Franz Mittermayer and Felix Sawerthal, managing directors of EVN Abfallverwertung NÖ; Hermann Kühtreiber, mayor of Zwentendorf; Maria Christina Waidmayr, chairperson of the Zwentendorf citizens board; and Gernot Alfons, EVN Abfallverwertung NÖ works manager. Discussion between Rudolf Gruber, EVN Director General, and Wolfgang Sobotka standing in for Governor Erwin Pröll.

4:30 pm: Blessing given by parish priest Kazimierz Sanocki, following up on his blessing at the foundation-stone ceremony in October 2001. After two and a half years of accident-free work, the priest does EVN Abfallverwertung NÖ the honour to bless the completed plant.

5–8 pm: Open day and tours of the plant. Visitors are guided along a safe route from the entrance gate to the panorama lift and visitors catwalk, from where the bunker and cranes can be seen, to the info centre at the top floor, where they are shown a 3D film. Returning by lift or staircase to the ground floor, they circumvent the plant. After a glimpse into the open flap of the garbage bunker in the truck unloading shed, they pass along the automated container crane delivery station, the railway tracks to the garbage delivery point and the slag halls, where they can view the boiler and flue gas cleaning area. At the end of the tour, visitors are awaited by an ÖBB show car and can hop onto a Hector engine.

5–8 pm: Child-care programme, including bouncy castle, make-up session, competition to paint the nicest waste incinerator, Punch and Judy show, ÖBB kid saloon car and a special guided tour for children. A high point of the programme is a movie showing the travails of a shoddy old football and sneaker passing through the plant, followed by a guided kiddie tour.

5–8 pm: Open air or tent buffet barbecue dinner, full of sparkling delicacies: suckling pig, oxen and chicken on the spit, grilled cutlets and sausages, and, to round it all off, delicious gateaux baked by the wives of the Zwentendorf fire brigade members.

8:45 pm: Cabaret programme, a special “garbage gig” created and anchored by Peter Meissner from Radio NÖ in the party tent.

9:45 pm: Köhler & Köhler – the legendary Köhler brothers and their band in a rare performance for EVN Abfallverwertung NÖ.

10:30 pm: The Paradise City Firespitters in front of the party tent – ten fire-eaters walking around and spitting fire: an inflammatory experience.

11 pm: The Phoenix Firedancers in front of the party tent showing off their dazzling fire tricks.

11:20 pm: EVN Abfallverwertung NÖ fireworks – the crowning highlight and scintillating finale: brilliant rockets illuminating the sky.