Wien ein bisschen anders - trip planner

The Hapsburg answer to Versailles. The summer residence of the Hapsburg dynasty is one of Vienna's main attractions. It can be traced back to a bourgeois manor house that Emperor Maximilian II develope...

The zoo, on the western side of the Palace park, opened in the mid-18th century and is therefore one of the oldest in Europe. There are many animals in the enclosures, some wild.

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...

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...

Dinosaur skeletons, insects and the Venus of Willensdorf. From dinosaur skeletons to the world's largest collection of insects with over 6 million specimen - the spectacular building on the Ringstraße ...

The very best of baroque architecture in Prince Eugen's two summer palaces. This includes Klimt, Schiele and co. in the Austrian gallery. The Lower Belvedere, one of the two splendid palaces of Belvede...

The very best of baroque architecture in Prince Eugen's two summer palaces. This includes Klimt, Schiele and co. in the Austrian gallery. The Upper Belvedere, one of the two splendid palaces of Belvede...

The outer castle gate, which provides the boundary for the huge, largely lawned area towards the ring road, is the work of Peter von Nobiles dating from 1824 and is supposed to commemorate the Battle ...

Dinosaur skeletons, insects and the Venus of Willensdorf. From dinosaur skeletons to the world's largest collection of insects with over 6 million specimen - the spectacular building on the Ringstraße ...

One of the world's largest art collections, with lots of works by Breughel, Rubens, Dürer, Tizian & co. The "Kunsthistorisches Museum" (Art History Museum) is one of the world's great museums. Its cent...

One of the world's largest art collections, with lots of works by Breughel, Rubens, Dürer, Tizian & co. The "Kunsthistorisches Museum" (Art History Museum) is one of the world's great museums. Its cent...

A ride on the 67-metre high "Riesenrad" ferris wheel, constructed in 1896/97 is something no visitor should miss doing. The steel construction is situated in the Prater, a fun fair and recreation park...

At 252 m the Donauturm is the highest building in Vienna. 2 express lifts travel approx. 165 m in 45 seconds. At the top, the 2 revolving restaurants offer visitors a splendid view.

Perched on a hill in the park stands the colonnade structure, with neo-classic. triumph arches (1775). The Gloriette was built in commemoration of Austria's victory at Kolin in 1757.

The Heldenplatz was built after the French retreated from Vienna and blew up the castle bastion. Here is the outer castle gate from 1824 which was converted into a memorial in 1933.

The imperial-royal Court Opera House with its loggia, the side arcades and the metallic barrel roof was subjected to severe criticism at its official opening in 1869. In the meantime, the Viennese hav...

mumok. As a part of the new museum quarter - here the classical, modern, the Austrian avant-garde of the post-war period and the most important art schools of today find a home.

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...