Must-see attractions in Vienna

  • Staatsoper (Opera House), Innere Stadt.

    Staatsoper

    Vienna

    Vienna's foremost opera and ballet venue, the neo-Renaissance Staatsoper, is one of the finest concert halls in the world. Even if you can't get tickets…

  • Detail of Stephansdom Cathedral roof.

    Stephansdom

    Vienna

    Vienna’s Gothic masterpiece Stephansdom – or Steffl (Little Stephan), as it’s ironically nicknamed – is Vienna's pride and joy. A church has stood here…

  • Rathaus, Vienna

    Rathaus

    Vienna

    Vienna's neo-Gothic City Hall, completed in 1883 by Friedrich von Schmidt (who designed Cologne Cathedral) and modelled on Flemish city halls, with lacy…

  • Mozarthaus Vienna

    Vienna

    The great composer spent close to three happy and productive years at this residence between 1784 and 1787. Exhibits include copies of music scores and…

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    MuseumsQuartier

    Vienna

    The MuseumsQuartier is a remarkable ensemble of museums, cafes, restaurants and bars inside former imperial stables designed by Fischer von Erlach. This…

  • Kaiserliche Schatzkammer

    Vienna

    The Hofburg's Kaiserliche Schatzkammer contains secular and ecclesiastical treasures (including devotional images and altars, particularly from the…

  • Front view of the Albertina museum.

    Albertina

    Vienna

    Once used as the Habsburgs' imperial apartments for guests, the Albertina is now a repository for an exceptional collection of graphic art. The permanent…

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    Karlskirche

    Vienna

    Built between 1716 and 1739, after a vow by Karl VI at the end of the 1713 plague, Vienna's finest baroque church rises at the southeast corner of…

  • Museum Judenplatz

    Vienna

    The main focus of Museum Judenplatz is on the excavated remains of a medieval synagogue that once stood on Judenplatz, with a film and numerous exhibits…

  • Austria, Vienna, view to lighted Hofburg Palace at twilight

    Hofburg

    Vienna

    Nothing symbolises Austria's resplendent cultural heritage more than its Hofburg, home base of the Habsburgs from 1273 to 1918. The oldest section is the…

  • Dinosaur model inside the Naturhistorisches (Natural History) Museum in Vienna.

    Naturhistorisches Museum

    Vienna

    Four billion years of natural history are covered at Vienna's Naturhistorisches Museum. Among its minerals, fossils and dinosaur bones are exceptional…

  • Schloss Schönbrunn

    Vienna

    The Habsburgs' opulent summer palace is now a Unesco World Heritage site. Of its 1441 rooms, 40 are open to the public; the Imperial Tour takes you into…

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    Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna

    Vienna

    A highlight of any trip to Vienna is a visit to the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, brimming with works by Europe’s finest painters, sculptors and…

  • Secession

    Vienna

    In 1897, 19 progressive artists swam away from the mainstream Künstlerhaus artistic establishment to form the Wiener Secession (Vienna Secession). Among…

  • Literaturmuseum

    Vienna

    An 1844 Biedermeier building houses Austria's literature museum, which opened in 2015. It contains books, manuscripts, letters, photos, illustrations and…

  • Haus der Musik

    Vienna

    The Haus der Musik explains the world of sound and music to adults and children alike (in English and German) in an amusing and interactive way. Exhibits…

  • Neue Burg Museums

    Vienna

    Three Neue Burg museums can be visited on one ticket. The Sammlung Alter Musik Instrumente (Collection of Ancient Musical Instruments) contains a…

  • Kaiserappartements

    Vienna

    The Kaiserappartements, once the official living quarters of Franz Josef I and Empress Elisabeth, are dazzling in their chandelier-lit opulence. The Sisi…

  • Leopold Museum stairway entrance

    Leopold Museum

    Vienna

    Vienna has ophthalmologist Rudolf Leopold to thank for this splendid museum within the MuseumsQuartier. Leopold was a young student in 1950 when he bought…

  • MUMOK, Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna

    MUMOK

    Vienna

    Modern-art museum MUMOK contains Vienna’s premier collection of 20th-century art, taking in Fluxus, nouveau realism, pop art and photorealism. Rotating,…

  • People enjoy the Naschmarket in Vienna.

    Naschmarkt

    Vienna

    Vienna’s famous market and eating strip began life as a farmers market in the 18th century, when the fruit market on Freyung was moved here. Interestingly…

  • National library, Vienna - interior bookshelves

    Nationalbibliothek Prunksaal

    Vienna

    Austria’s flagship library, the Nationalbibliothek, contains an astounding collection of literature, maps, globes of the world and other cultural relics;…

  • Detail of art-nouveau Stadtbahn Pavillion, Wieden.

    Stadtbahn Pavillons

    Vienna

    Peeking above the Resselpark at Karlsplatz are two of Otto Wagner’s finest designs, the Stadtbahn Pavillons. Built in 1898 at a time when Wagner was…

  • Klimt Villa

    Vienna

    The Klimt Villa immerses you in the sensual world of Vienna's most famous Secessionist. In a leafy corner of Hietzing, the 1920s neo-baroque villa was…

  • Jesuitenkirche

    Vienna

    Opposite Dr-Ignaz-Seipel-Platz is the Jesuitenkirche, formerly the university church, which dates from 1627. In 1703 this church received a baroque…

  • Memorial plaque on facade of Beethoven's residence, Innere Stadt.

    Beethoven Pasqualatihaus

    Vienna

    Beethoven resided on the 4th floor of this house from 1804 to 1814 (he apparently lived in around 80 places in his 35 years in Vienna, but thankfully not…

  • Third Man posters at Third Man Museum.

    Third Man Museum

    Vienna

    Fans of this quintessential 1948 film about Vienna (voted best British film of the 20th century by the British Film Institute) will enjoy the posters,…

  • Minoritenkirche

    Vienna

    The Minoritenkirche is a 13th-century Gothic church that later received a baroque facelift. The stubby edifice was ‘shortened’ (ie partially destroyed) by…

  • Pavillion-cafe at ZOO (Tiergarten), Hietzing.

    Tiergarten

    Vienna

    Founded in 1752 as a menagerie by Franz Stephan, the Schönbrunn Tiergarten is the world's oldest continually operating zoo. It's home to 712 species of…

  • Schloss Schönbrunn Gardens

    Vienna

    Within the sprawling, partially forested Schlosspark, the beautifully tended formal gardens of the palace, arranged in the French style, are a symphony of…

  • Palais Liechtenstein

    Vienna

    Once the architectural muse of Italian landscape painter Canaletto, Palais Liechtenstein is a sublime baroque palace that sits in beautifully landscaped,…

  • Holocaust-Denkmal

    Vienna

    Deliberately reminiscent of a bunker, the steel-and-concrete Holocaust-Denkmal (2000) is a memorial to the 65,000 Austrian Jews who perished in the…

  • Volksgarten in bloom

    Volksgarten

    Vienna

    Spreading out between the Burgtheater and Heldenplatz, the Volksgarten is great for relaxing among dignified rose bushes and even more dignified statues…

  • Uhren Museum

    Vienna

    Opened in 1921 in the Hafenhaus, one of Vienna’s oldest buildings, the municipal Uhren Museum's three floors are weighed down with an astounding 21,200…

  • University Main Building

    Vienna

    Founded in 1365, Vienna’s venerable university was the first in the German-speaking countries. Today it enrols up to 95,000 students. Grand Duke Rudolph…

  • Entrance to Brotfabrik

    Brotfabrik

    Vienna

    Located in the gritty 10th district, this former bread factory from the 1890s has been transformed into a warren of contemporary art galleries and…

  • Graben

    Vienna

    Today Vienna's most elegant shopping street, Graben began life as a ditch dug by the Romans to protect Vinodoba. In 1192 Leopold V filled in the ditch and…

  • Römer Museum

    Vienna

    This small expanse of Roman ruins dating from the 1st to the 5th century CE is thought to be part of the officers’ quarters of the Roman legion camp at…

  • Street view of Westlicht gallery

    Westlicht

    Vienna

    A former glass factory now houses this photography gallery and museum. It hosts confronting photography exhibitions and has a permanent display of over…

  • Josephinum

    Vienna

    Architecture fans sometimes visit this Enlightenment-era complex for its superb 1785 neoclassical structures alone, although Joseph II's purpose-built…

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