Austria Culture and Sights

Vienna's latest cultural offering. A unique museum complex of 60,000 m² has been created over the past years within the ensemble of the completely renovated former Baroque court stables. More than twen...

Vienna's most delightful food bazaar. Ancient Viennese tradition and the Balkans in the Wiental. Biggest and most beautiful food market of the town, more than 500 m long and marvellously sensuous.

Visit Vienna's number one emblem, the Gothic cathedral. This emblem of the city, which the Viennese lovingly term "Steffl", is the most important Gothic building in Austria. Insider tip: Anyone who cli...

Forests, meadows, "Wurstelprater" and a big wheel - the recreational paradise with an underground connection. The Viennese used this almost 15 km long forest and meadow landscape threaded by dead river...

A multi-coloured architectural spectacle. The communal housing area, designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser, defies the laws of symmetry and orthogonality. The building can only be looked at from outs...

Prince Archbishop Wolf Dietrich had a summer residence built for Salome Alt in 1606. It was later rebuilt by Franz Anton Harrach, and the grounds were landscaped by Fischer von Erlach. After a fire in...

The biggest imposing medieval fortress 119 m above the city. This fortress is the chief landmark of Mozart's city; it can be reached on foot or by the cable car (around since 1892). Built in 1077; late...

The very best of baroque architecture in Prince Eugen's two summer palaces. This includes Klimt, Schiele and co. in the Austrian gallery. The former summer castle of Prince Eugen is a must for every vi...

Having preserved its rich townscape, Salzburg is also deeply associated with musical genius, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. . Salzburg has managed to preserve an extraordinarily rich urban fabric, developed o...