Vienna sights

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...

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...

One of the largest green houses in Europe (2200 sqm), built 1883. Australian plants, Mediterranean flora as well as tropical plants and orchids flourish in three temperature zones.

Take a bike, cab or tram on Vienna's magnificent boulevard all around the city centre. This "Ringstraße" is 4.5 km long, 57 m wide including the two side avenues, and lined by numerous splendid private...

The heart of the empire - with Lipizzaners, a boys' choir, a treasure trove and the national library. "The Burg" was the residence of the Austrian ruling house for over 600 years, from the enfeoffment ...

The almost identical museums standing opposite to each other are products of the Ringstraße architects Gottfried Semper and Karl von Hasenauer. Wall and ceiling paintings by Ernst and Gustav Klimt, Mi...