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Schönbrunn Palace's yellow façade seen from the main courtyard

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Vienna essentials

8 placesFreeUpdated November 5, 2026

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

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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

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Before you go

How to see Vienna's essentials

  1. Schönbrunn at opening time

    Buy a timed palace ticket on the official site and arrive when it opens, before the tour groups. The gardens and the walk up to the Gloriette are free.

  2. The centre in one day on foot

    The cathedral, Hofburg, Opera and Café Central are all within ten minutes' walk of each other. Save the Kunsthistorisches Museum, across the Ring, for the afternoon.

  3. Timed entry at the Belvedere

    The Upper Belvedere, home of The Kiss, uses time-slot tickets; general admission is around €23 and the price varies by day.

  4. The wheel at dusk

    The Prater is a metro ride away (Praterstern). The park is free to enter; the Ferris wheel is paid separately.

Checked on November 5, 2026. Opening hours and tickets can change, so check each place’s website before you go.

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