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The Prater Ferris wheel at sunset, with Vienna's rooftops and the cathedral spire beyond

Vienna

Habsburg palaces, Klimt and coffee houses where time slows down.

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Tips for Vienna

Transport, opening hours, food and what to avoid.

  1. Getting there

    From the airport, by train

    The CAT runs nonstop to Wien Mitte in 16 minutes, but the S7 suburban train and ÖBB Railjets cover nearly the same route for much less. Buy the ticket from the ÖBB machines in the terminal.

  2. Getting around

    One ticket for everything

    A single ticket is €3.20 from machines and €3 in the WienMobil app, valid on the U-Bahn, trams and buses. If you'll ride a lot, the 24, 48 and 72-hour passes pay off.

  3. Getting around

    No gates, but inspectors

    You walk into the U-Bahn without passing a barrier, but plain-clothes inspectors fine anyone without a valid ticket. Always carry yours.

  4. Getting around

    Trams 1 and 2 round the Ring

    They run along much of the Ringstrasse, past the Opera, Parliament, City Hall and University. It's a sightseeing ride on a normal ticket.

  5. Getting around

    Mind the bike lanes

    Many cycle lanes run along the pavement, marked on the ground. Cyclists don't slow down, so don't walk in them.

  6. Eating

    Coffee houses aren't in a hurry

    Your coffee comes with a glass of water and you can stay for hours with the papers. When you're ready, ask for the bill at the table: 'Zahlen, bitte'.

  7. Eating

    Tip as you pay

    Round up by about 10%, but don't leave it on the table: when paying, tell the waiter the total you want to pay and they'll charge that.

  8. Opening hours

    Sundays, shops are shut

    Almost all shops and supermarkets close on Sundays. Only those in the big railway stations and the airport open.

  9. Watch out

    The Mozart-costume sellers

    Around the cathedral, people in wigs and frock coats sell tickets to 'Mozart concerts'. They're usually pricey tourist shows; for real music, check what's on at the Opera or the Musikverein.

Checked on November 5, 2026

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  1. Essential

    Museums & culture· Innere Stadt

    St. Stephen's Cathedral

    The Gothic cathedral at the very heart of Vienna, with its patterned tiled roof and the 136-metre south tower you can climb on foot.

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    West front of St. Stephen's Cathedral, with its Romanesque portal and patterned tiled roof
  2. Essential

    Museums & culture· Innere Stadt

    Hofburg Palace

    The Habsburgs' winter palace, a city within the city. Inside are the Imperial Apartments and the museum devoted to Empress Sisi.

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    The curved, colonnaded wing of the Neue Hofburg facing Heldenplatz
  3. Essential

    Museums & culture· Hietzing

    Schönbrunn Palace

    The Habsburgs' summer palace, with Baroque state rooms and vast gardens rising to the Gloriette, which looks out over the whole city.

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    Schönbrunn Palace's yellow façade seen from the main courtyard
  4. Essential

    Museums & culture· Landstraße

    The Belvedere

    Two Baroque palaces joined by terraced gardens. The Upper Belvedere holds Klimt's The Kiss, alongside the world's largest collection of his paintings.

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    The Upper Belvedere lit up at blue hour
  5. Essential

    Museums & culture· Ringstrasse

    Kunsthistorisches Museum

    The Habsburg painting collections in a domed palace: the world's largest Bruegel room, plus Velázquez, Rubens, Titian and Vermeer.

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    The Kunsthistorisches Museum building and its central dome on the Ringstrasse
  6. Essential

    Museums & culture· Innere Stadt

    Vienna State Opera

    The first great building on the Ring, opened in 1869, staging opera or ballet almost every night. There are cheap standing places and guided tours.

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    Façade of the Vienna State Opera, with its arched loggia over the entrance
  7. Essential

    Viewpoint· Leopoldstadt

    Prater Ferris Wheel

    The 1897 Ferris wheel in the Prater, whose wooden cabins rise slowly to 65 metres. It's the wheel from The Third Man.

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    The Prater Ferris wheel and its red wooden cabins against the sky
  8. Essential

    Café· Innere Stadt

    Café Central

    The vaulted, columned coffee house in a Herrengasse palace, open since 1876. Freud, Trotsky and the writers of fin-de-siècle Vienna were regulars.

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    Inside Café Central, with vaulted ceilings, marble columns and round tables

  9. Museums & culture· Innere Stadt

    The Albertina

    A Habsburg palace with a permanent collection running from Monet to Picasso and restored state rooms. Its terrace looks onto the Opera.

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    The Albertina palace in central Vienna

  10. Museums & culture· MuseumsQuartier

    Leopold Museum

    The museum of Vienna 1900 in the MuseumsQuartier, with the world's largest Egon Schiele collection plus Klimt and Kokoschka.

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    The MuseumsQuartier courtyard in winter, with lit-up stalls and the Leopold Museum behind

  11. Museums & culture· Innere Stadt

    Spanish Riding School

    Lipizzaner horses and classical dressage in a Baroque riding hall inside the Hofburg. You can see a full performance or the morning training.

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    The Spanish Riding School in Vienna's Hofburg

  12. Museums & culture· Karlsplatz

    St. Charles's Church

    Vienna's great Baroque church, its green dome flanked by two columns modelled on Trajan's. It's reflected in the pool in front.

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    The Karlskirche, its green dome and twin columns, in front of the pool on Karlsplatz

  13. Museums & culture· Karlsplatz

    Secession Building

    The white temple of Viennese Art Nouveau, built in 1898 and crowned with a dome of gilded laurel leaves. Klimt's Beethoven Frieze is in the basement.

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    The white Secession building topped with its dome of gilded laurel leaves

  14. Special place· Landstraße

    Hundertwasser House

    A 1985 social housing block with no straight lines, colourful façades, wavy floors and trees growing out of the windows.

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    Corner of the Hundertwasser House, with colourful façades, columns and plants on the balconies

  16. Museums & culture· Innere Stadt

    Imperial Crypt

    Beneath the Capuchin Church lie the Habsburgs, Sisi and Franz Joseph among them, with Maria Theresa's double sarcophagus at the centre.

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    Maria Theresa and Francis I's bronze double sarcophagus in the Imperial Crypt

  17. Viewpoint· Döbling

    Kahlenberg

    The Vienna Woods hill with the best view of the city and the Danube, above the vineyards and the wine taverns of Grinzing.

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    The wooded Kahlenberg hill, with the transmitter mast and buildings on top

  18. Viewpoint· Donaustadt

    Danube Tower

    The 252-metre tower in the Donaupark, with an observation deck around 150 metres up and a revolving restaurant above the Danube.

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    The Prater wheel with the Danube Tower behind, seen over Vienna's rooftops

  19. Nature & beaches· Innere Stadt

    Volksgarten

    The garden beside the Hofburg with thousands of rose bushes and a Greek temple in the middle. In May and June it's the loveliest corner of the Ring.

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    The Volksgarten, the garden beside the Hofburg

  20. Shopping· Innere Stadt

    Graben

    Vienna's smartest pedestrian street, lined with old shops and centred on the Plague Column, a Baroque eruption of clouds and angels.

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    Graben pedestrian street with the Baroque Plague Column in the middle

  21. Shopping· Mariahilf

    Naschmarkt

    Vienna's biggest market, a mile of stalls selling fruit, spices and cheese, with small restaurants squeezed between two avenues.

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    The central aisle of the Naschmarkt, between the market's permanent stalls

  22. Shopping· Innere Stadt

    Julius Meinl am Graben

    The flagship delicatessen of Vienna's famous coffee brand, with floors of chocolate, wine and preserves. A good place for an edible souvenir.

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    Corner building on Graben with the Julius Meinl shop on the ground floor

  23. Café· Innere Stadt

    Café Sacher

    The Hotel Sacher's café opposite the Opera, all red velvet, serving the original Sachertorte of chocolate and apricot jam.

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    The Hotel Sacher, opposite the Vienna State Opera

  24. Café· Innere Stadt

    Demel

    The former imperial court confectioner on Kohlmarkt, with period salons and a glass-walled bakery where you can watch the pastry chefs.

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    The shopfront and entrance of Demel on Kohlmarkt

  25. Café· Mariahilf

    Café Sperl

    An 1880 coffee house that has barely changed, with billiard tables, velvet banquettes and newspapers on wooden poles. It features in Before Sunrise.

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    Café Sperl on Gumpendorfer Strasse

  26. Café· Innere Stadt

    Café Hawelka

    The small, dim coffee house on Dorotheergasse where post-war artists and writers gathered. Its speciality is Buchteln, warm jam-filled buns.

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    Café Hawelka on Dorotheergasse in Vienna

  27. Restaurant· Innere Stadt

    Figlmüller

    The family restaurant famous since 1905 for its pork schnitzel, pounded so thin and wide it hangs over the edge of the plate.

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    The hanging sign of Figlmüller restaurant on Wollzeile

  28. Restaurant· Innere Stadt

    Plachutta

    The home of Tafelspitz, Vienna's boiled beef, brought to the table in its copper pot: you drink the broth first, then eat the meat.

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    Plachutta restaurant in Vienna, famous for its Tafelspitz

  29. Restaurant· Innere Stadt

    Bitzinger Sausage Stand

    The sausage stand by the Albertina and the Opera, open until late. The classic is a cheese-filled Käsekrainer with mustard and bread.

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    The Bitzinger sausage stand next to the Albertina

  30. Restaurant· Heiligenstadt

    Mayer am Pfarrplatz

    A Heuriger wine tavern in the house where Beethoven lived in 1817, with a courtyard and wine from its own vineyards on Vienna's edge.

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    Beethoven's house on Pfarrplatz in Heiligenstadt, now the Mayer wine tavern

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Schönbrunn Palace's yellow façade seen from the main courtyard8 places

Vienna essentials

St. Stephen's Cathedral, the Hofburg, Schönbrunn, the Belvedere, the Kunsthistorisches Museum, the State Opera, the Prater wheel and Café Central.

The Karlskirche, its green dome and twin columns, in front of the pool on Karlsplatz11 places

Imperial and Art Nouveau Vienna

From the Gothic of St. Stephen's to the Baroque of the Karlskirche and Schönbrunn, the Opera on the Ring, Klimt's Secession and Hundertwasser's curves.

The Kunsthistorisches Museum building and its central dome on the Ringstrasse8 places

Vienna's museums

Bruegel at the Kunsthistorisches, Klimt at the Belvedere, Schiele at the Leopold, Monet and Picasso at the Albertina and Sisi's world in the Hofburg.

The Prater Ferris wheel and its red wooden cabins against the sky5 places

Vienna viewpoints

Vienna from above: the Kahlenberg among the vineyards, the Prater wheel, the Danube Tower, the cathedral towers and Schönbrunn's Gloriette.

Inside Café Central, with vaulted ceilings, marble columns and round tables11 places

Where to eat in Vienna

The great Viennese coffee houses, the original Sachertorte, Figlmüller's schnitzel, Plachutta's Tafelspitz, late-night sausages, a wine tavern and the Naschmarkt.

Vienna's old town fits inside the Ring, the grand boulevard that circles it, so you can walk most of it; trams and the U-Bahn take you out to Schönbrunn, the Belvedere and the Prater. We've gathered the essentials, the architecture from imperial to Art Nouveau, the museums, the viewpoints and the classic cafés and restaurants. Pick a collection, save it to Google Maps and have it ready on your phone.

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